A workplace accident or work-related injury causes pain and hardships in your life, especially if it prevents you from returning to your job. The stress and financial strain are compounded if your workers’ compensation benefits are delayed or denied.
At Koszdin, Fields, Sherry & Katz, we have successfully represented thousands of injured workers and stand ready to help you too. From our office in Van Nuys, we serve clients throughout the Greater Los Angeles area and across Southern California.
All of the firm’s partners are certified specialists* in workers’ compensation law. This designation is based on rigorous standards for legal knowledge, ongoing education, courtroom experience and peer evaluation.
Our legal team has handled virtually every type of workplace injury and illness, including physical injuries, repetitive motion injuries, heart conditions, stress-related disability and claims for compensable consequences (side effects of the original work injury).
Our mission is to provide compassionate support and strong legal representation to people injured on the job. We are committed to the rights of injured workers and vigorously protecting those rights by standing up to employers and insurance companies.
Our law firm also handles claims for Social Security Disability, for both work-related and non-work related injuries.
Our attorneys are recognized and respected in the workers’ compensation legal community as leaders in this field. We provide aggressive legal advocacy if you encounter any problem with your claim for workers’ comp benefits, including:
We can intervene if your claim has been denied, but we encourage you to contact us right away after a work injury to ensure you get full benefits in a timely fashion.
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