Federal disability retirement: The role of the attorney
Obviously, as with all areas of law, the primary role of an attorney in representing a Federal disability retirement applicant (aside from the obvious role of obtaining the disability retirement...
View ArticleFERS & CSRS disability retirement: The Proper Paradigm
Whether we like to admit it or not, we all operate, in all segments of our lives, from a certain “paradigm” (reference Thomas Kuhn, Structures of Scientific Revolutions) or “world-view”. When it comes...
View ArticleOPM Disability Retirement: Proper Response to the Agency
It is often difficult to inform an Agency of one’s decision to file for disability retirement. On the one hand, it is often a place where a Federal Employee has spent many years working for; with...
View ArticleCSRS & FERS Federal Disability Retirement: When the Office of Personnel...
Federal disability retirement law is often a frustrating process. On the one hand, for an attorney, it can be a professionally satisfying area of law to practice because the end result — obtaining a...
View ArticleOPM Disability Retirement: Agency Loyalty
Many people who call me and tell me their narrative about the Agency, the medical conditions, the growing inability to perform the essential elements of the job, and the resulting need to file for...
View ArticleOPM Disability Retirement: Interaction with EEOC & Other Legal Processes
I am often asked if other legal processes already filed — an EEOC Complaint, a corollary adverse action being appealed, etc. — will have an impact upon a Federal Disability Retirement application. My...
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