Long Term Disability Insurance Lawyers
We work on a contingent fee basis. No attorney fee is paid to us unless we recover benefits for you!Have your LTD benefits been denied or terminated by an insurance company? Has your appeal been denied and your only remaining legal option is to file a lawsuit? Is the insurance company constantly requesting forms, records, and medical opinions without any end in sight? Are you being requested to attend a medical examination or an in-person interview with a representative of the insurance company? Have you been offered a lump sum settlement in lieu of the future payment of your monthly LTD benefits? Are you currently struggling to continue working due to a disability and want to understand the confusing terms of your long term disability policy? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, please allow us the opportunity to provide you with a free legal consultation with one of our experienced long term disability lawyers at Capitan Law.
Capitan Law represents disabled individuals from all over the country. We never represent insurance companies. We are ready to fight for your best interests. To schedule a free consultation to discuss your case with our compassionate and skilled long term disability lawyers, contact us today at (267) 419-7888.
Meet Our Founder
Joe is the founder of Capitan Law and manages the firm’s Philadelphia and Glen Mills, PA law offices. Joe focuses his practice on long term disability, individual disability, short term disability, and Social Security disability.
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How the Long Term Disability Process Works
The application process for long term disability insurance benefits can be challenging, requiring endless paperwork, doctor forms, and medical records being. We can help.
Once denied, the appeal process may be your only chance to submit evidence to protect your benefits. You truly need a lawyer to appeal, before a lawsuit is your only option.
Applications and appeals proving disability are denied. If so, there may come a time when your only remaining option is to file a lawsuit. We sue insurance companies to recover the benefits you are owed.
Lump sum settlements can occur at various stages of the disability claim process. We can negotiate with the insurance company on your behalf to recover the most money possible.
Why You Need a LTD Lawyer
When you need help with a long term disability claim, it is critical that you hire an attorney, especially one with experience in handling group long term disability benefits. Not many attorneys have experience in handling long term disability cases. Disability law is much different than personal injury law, for example. A personal injury attorney can help you file a claim against the negligent party who caused your injury, but they probably will not be much help when it comes to filing a disability insurance claim.
At Capitan Law, we focus exclusively on disability insurance cases. Our law firm’s area of practice is very narrow. Long term disability appeals and litigation are what we devote over 95% of our time and effort to as we work to maximize our clients’ chances of success. This laser-focus enables us to provide excellent legal representation to our disabled clients.
Because disability law is so complex, disability law firms are typically not able to successfully handle other cases. Disability cases can be complicated. If your LTD benefits are threatened, denied, or terminated in any way, we highly recommend that at a minimum you consult with an experienced long term disability lawyers here at Capitan Law. A disabled worker can have unique needs for legal representation at each stage of the LTD claims process. For example, please consider the following:
- Long term disability appeals – This may be your only chance to submit evidence to the claim administrator or insurance company. If you mishandle your own appeal (through no fault of your own), you could be jeopardizing your continued benefits and the value of your claim. Experienced legal representation is crucial once the insurance company stops or discontinues payment of LTD benefits.
- Long term disability lawsuits – It is very clear that a disabled claimant requires legal representation once his or her only remaining option is to file a lawsuit in a court of law to recover benefits.
- Long term disability settlements – From time to time, some insurance companies will offer lump sum settlements on approved long term disability claims in lieu of future payment of benefits and release of all legal rights. These agreements are typically subject to confidentiality and require close consideration of a variety of factors before a disabled claimant voluntarily agrees to accept a lump sum payout.
- Long term disability applications – Most often individuals file long term disability applications and go through that process without the assistance of legal counsel. However, there are situations where claimants should consider hiring a LTD lawyer from the start of this process in order to avoid potential problems and disputes that could arise.
- Long term disability claim management – A disabled worker can have a legitimate need for legal representation on a claim already in approved status. For example, legal representation on an approved LTD claim can be advantageous when your claim is under review due to a change in the definition of disability from your own occupation to now consider “any occupation,” when the insurance company is constantly requesting updated records and opinions in a cyclical nature, when you are being asked to attend in-person medical or other investigative interviews, or when you are aware of video surveillance being conducted.
The process and stages of a long term disability claim gets especially complicated because most claims are governed by federal law – specifically, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). If you or a loved one is struggling financially because of a debilitating injury or illness and is receiving long term disability benefits under a group insurance contract, an ERISA lawyer will be best equipped to help you successfully obtain or recover your LTD benefits.
Why Choose Us
Long term disability lawyer Joe Capitan founded Capitan Law with the goal of offering the best legal representation to clients who face challenges after their disability insurance claims have been either wrongfully denied or terminated. We are among the few law firms whose practice is devoted entirely to the practice of long term disability benefits. Most of our clients come to us facing extreme challenges – they are unable to work, they have disabling medical issues, and one of their only remaining sources of income has been stopped, sometimes without any warning. During the appeals process, our highly skilled disability attorneys use effective evidence-based legal strategies that are tailored to each client’s unique case with the goal of satisfying the particular policy’s standards of disability.
We are not afraid to go toe-to-toe with billion dollar insurance companies to best protect our clients interests where the medical, vocational and testimonial evidence supports disability under the terms of the LTD policy. We’ve successfully resolved many disputed claims for our clients, and we will continue to do it again and again.
Our law firm works on a contingent fee basis – meaning, no attorney fee is paid unless we recover payment of your long term disability benefits. We do not require any money up front. We do not charge hourly rates. We offer free legal consultations so that we can help you evaluate your claim and need for legal representation without any financial commitments to our law firm.
Capitan Law has office locations in Pennsylvania with offices in Newtown Square, Chadds Ford, and Philadelphia. In many situations, we can represent disabled individuals that live out-of-state.
We take great pride in helping good, hard-working people.
Cases We Handle
Capitan Law handles long term disability benefits claims for clients from start to finish. The types of cases we handle for clients include:
- Long Term Disability Insurance
- Short Term Disability Insurance
- Individual Disability Insurance
- ERISA Benefit Claims
- Insurance Companies We Have Fought:
- New York Life Disability Insurance Claims
- Hartford Disability Insurance Claims
- Unum Disability Insurance Claims
- Prudential Disability Insurance Claims
- Hartford (previously Aetna) Disability Insurance Claims
- The Standard (Previously Standard Insurance) Disability Insurance Claims
- Reliance Standard Disability Insurance Claims
- Lincoln Disability Insurance Claims
- MetLife Disability Insurance Claims
- Sun Life Disability Insurance Claims
- Anthem Disability Insurance Claims
- Mutual of Omaha Disability Insurance Claims
We work on a contingent fee basis, which means you don’t owe us anything unless we recover disability benefits for you.
month pre-existing condition period
days to file an appeal
days to provide proof of loss
years old is maximum duration
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Disability Cases
At Capitan Law, we protect insurance policyholders from the unfair treatment of their insurers. We understand that getting disability insurance is critical to the physical, mental, and financial well-being of many Americans. We take pride in helping everyday people stand up to the large insurance corporations so they can receive the benefits they need. Below are some questions we often get asked from clients. While this information isn’t legal advice, we are confident you will find it useful and relevant to your case. If you have any questions about your specific case, feel free to call our office at (267) 419-7888 to schedule a free, no-obligation consultation.
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The experienced long-term disability attorneys at Capitan Law know how to develop the evidence needed to put your case in the best light possible. We will comply with all the required deadlines, negotiate with the insurance company on your behalf, and file a lawsuit if necessary. Insurers prefer to work with people bringing claims without an attorney, because it makes the claims easier to deny and without proper justification. This simple fact illustrates how important it is to get legal representation when filing a disability claim.
The experienced disability attorneys at Capitan Law are here to help. We offer free consultations on all individual and group disability insurance matters. To discuss your case with a lawyer during a free and confidential consultation, contact us today at (267) 419-7888.
