San Francisco Disability Claims Attorneys

Pillsbury & Levinson, LLP - Disability Lawyers

600 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California 94111
USA

(415) 655-1549 or (866) 460-7279

www.pl-disabilitylawyers.com

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Pillsbury & Levinson, LLP, based in San Francisco and serving statewide California, brings commitment, focus and in-depth knowledge of insurance law. We have a long track record of landmark cases and multimillion-dollar recoveries in the area of disability claim denials. With this expertise, experience and reputation, we can thoroughly analyze your case and help you pursue all legal options for getting the benefits you deserve.

Our attorneys include several of the most widely respected and frequently consulted plaintiffs' insurance litigators in the nation. We have successfully settled and tried numerous cases involving high-value professional and executive disability claims, as well as claims that have run the gamut of jobs and occupations, from laborers to executives and printing press operators to movie stars, obtaining millions of dollars in deserved benefits to the injured and incapacitated across California.

Pillsbury & Levinson obtained the largest jury verdict in the history of California on a disability claim, which was then also the largest verdict ever obtained in Marin County. We have briefed key cases before the United States Supreme Court and the California Supreme Court. Our lawyers have consulted with state and federal legislatures on laws relating to disability claims. Our disability specialists have been consulted on disability issues by the California Insurance Commissioner as well as the insurance commissioners of other states.

The lawyers specializing in disability claims at Pillsbury & Levinson are frequently asked to present at national conferences on disability law, have published on disability insurance law and ERISA and have taught trial advocacy skills to law students and practicing attorneys.

Together, our team has handled thousands of disability cases — cases of all types and against every major insurance company. Our attorneys have served on national and local trial lawyer and disability boards and committees and have lectured on disability issues to many organizations throughout the country and in Canada.

We have equally strong, proven capabilities in matters involving wrongfully denied life insurance claims, long-term care insurance and other types of coverage. When we get involved, insurance companies and their defense firms know that failing to reverse their positions and treat you fairly will lead to a fight to the finish.

While your legal rights and what we can accomplish will depend on many specifics of your case — including whether your insurance policy is employer-provided or otherwise governed by the federal law known as ERISA (for the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) — you can always turn to us for caring legal guidance that prioritizes your interests and future.

Practice Areas

Social Security Disability

Additional Practice Areas: Disability Insurance Claims; Disabling Conditions; Disability Denials and Delays; Professional and Executive Claims; Life Insurance Claim Denials and Delays.

Practice Areas Description

Our practice areas include:

- Disability Insurance Claims

Our disability law clients throughout California are victims of injuries and disease who deserve the financial support they have worked for and paid for. They deserve accountability, good faith and fair treatment from insurance companies that instead market products for the security they provide and then, all too often, "pull the rug out" when a claim is made. At Pillsbury & Levinson, LLP, we have been contesting these injustices and winning positive results for many decades, in cases across the spectrum of disabling conditions and involving the largest disability insurance companies.

- Disabling Conditions

If you have run into problems obtaining the LTD, STD or other disability benefits you need and deserve, you are far from alone. Our San Francisco disabling conditions lawyers know from many decades of high-value case experience that insurance companies employ a range of strategies for denying claims and terminating benefits — and that we can often compel them to meet their obligations through skilled case building and negotiation or trial work.

- Disability Denials and Delays

Whatever your specific situation and reasons given for nonpayment of your disability benefits, you can get help from focused, accomplished San Francisco disability denials attorneys at Pillsbury & Levinson, LLP. Our decades of experience extend across the spectrum of types of disability and related insurance coverage, including: Group long-term disability (LTD), Individual LTD policies, Short-term disability (STD), Long-term care insurance, Credit disability insurance, Life insurance, Business overhead expense insurance, and, Keyman insurance.

- Disability Insurance Companies

Our San Francisco insurance claim attorneys have won numerous multimillion-dollar settlements and verdicts over major disability insurance companies, demonstrating our skill and relentlessness in litigation on behalf of policyholders. We take action for people dealing with a full range of disputes involving both individual disability policies and group policies governed by the federal law ERISA. We are exceptionally prepared to pursue valid claims and lawsuits against disability insurance companies such as: Unum, also known as UnumProvident; The Standard Insurance; Liberty Mutual; Guardian Berkshire; LINA/CIGNA; Hartford Insurance; MetLife; Lloyd's of London; and, Assurant/Fortis.

- Professional and Executive Claims

Increasingly, high-earning professionals and executives purchase "income protection" in the form of individual disability insurance policies. Generally speaking, these are costly policies marketed primarily to doctors, other licensed professionals and high-ranking corporate executives seeking peace of mind and security for their families. Legitimate disability claims under these policies are often met with denials and delays that quickly shatter that peace of mind. Insurance companies go to great lengths to avoid paying the full benefits their individual or occupational disability policies promise. Our San Francisco professional claims attorneys have decades of experience making them pay, confronting issues with individual LTD and STD claims.

- ERISA Disability Claims

Our insurance law attorneys have helped thousands of clients across California obtain disability insurance benefits under their ERISA policies. Steps we can take include:

. Carefully analyzing your policy and overall circumstances to determine whether your case can be considered outside ERISA regulations and restrictions;
. Building the strongest possible case on your behalf and helping you pursue an ERISA appeal or, if possible, a lawsuit targeting your rightful disability benefits.

- Life Insurance Claim Denials and Delays

Insurance companies are intensely motivated by profit and cost savings, even when dealing with the lives and futures of grieving families. In many cases, they look for any way possible to avoid paying claims and full benefits. Our San Francisco life insurance claim denials lawyers have dedicated their careers to exposing such practices — many of which constitute insurance bad faith — and to winning benefits and damages for policyholders.