Background

SHAPIRO AND ASSOCIATES Federal Employee Practice attorneys have, for many years represented the membership of several local branches of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) and other injured federal employees under the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) before the Office of Workers Compensation Programs (OWCP) of the United States Department of Labor handling such matters as Schedule Awards, third party claims and other federal worker compensation matters. Representation has included the full realm of federal worker compensation matters including traumatic injury, occupational disease, recurrences and other miscellaneous matters.

Expertise

SHAPIRO AND ASSOCIATES Federal Employee Injury and Compensation Practice attorneys have extensive knowledge of the practices and procedures and of the forms required under the Federal Employees Compensation Act. Experience with the relevant regulations and agency specific procedures such as those of the Health and Resource Management Office of the United States Postal Service allows for particularly effective representation in these specialized matters. Inasmuch as federal employee injury and compensation cases require significant expertise and also require experienced trial counsel, SHAPIRO & ASSOCIATES Federal Employee Injury and Compensation Practice is personally directed by Daniel B. Shapiro. With over thirty years of experience, Dan Shapiro has acquired a breadth and depth of knowledge that has allowed him and his staff to obtain outstanding results for those federal employees who have been involved in accidents, who have suffered injuries, who have been victims of malpractice or who are otherwise in need of representation to effectively pursue and assert their rights. A frequent lecturer on matters relating to injuries occurring to federal employees, Dan Shapiro has addressed and advised federal employees on their rights throughout New England and has personally represented hundreds of injured federal employees in state courts, federal courts, at OWCP, at the Department of Labor and before the Employee Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB).

Resources

In order to more effectively represent clients under federal worker compensation laws, SHAPIRO & ASSOCIATES is one of the few law firms in the country to maintain a current set of the Employees Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB) reports along with other specialized library materials and electronic research materials relating to this specialized area of practice. SHAPIRO & ASSOCIATES also maintains relationships with physicians who are knowledgeable of the standards applicable to federal worker compensation claims and familiar with the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, which is the standard for medical evaluation of federal worker compensation claims.

Rates and Fees

SHAPIRO & ASSOCIATES endorses the use of realistic, reasonable and affordable fee arrangements for all clients. As a federal employee, a realistic assessment will be made of your case and a fee arrangement appropriate for you and your case will be designed and implemented. The fee arrangement will not include an initial retainer. This type of fee arrangement gives additional security to the client as SHAPIRO & ASSOCIATES has clearly indicated its confidence in the validity of the case by going forward with no retainer. Also, the client will not be responsible for the payment of out of pocket expenses that are necessary in every case until the conclusion of the case. This will eliminate any worry the client may have about incurring the day to day expenses involved in researching and preparing a federal employee injury case. Realistic and reasonable fee arrangements are the very basis of an egalitarian judicial system. They are an equalizing factor of the greatest efficacy as they allow the pursuit of a meritorious claim without putting the client in an untenable financial position. SHAPIRO & ASSOCIATES endorses and encourages the use of such arrangements under the concept of equal justice for all.