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The Only Law Office in Southwest Florida with Board Certified Social Security Disability Attorneys

At Avard Law Offices, P.A., we practice law with one goal in mind: our clients come first. To meet this goal, we keep up-to-date with all the current changes in the law and have many published cases that have, in fact, changed the law for the better for our clients.

Attorneys at Avard Law Offices, P.A. have been handling Social Security and Long Term Disability cases since 1981. When selecting a Social Security Disability Attorney, it is important to know if the Attorney will take your case up through the Federal Court system. Many representatives handling Social Security Disability cases do not appeal to the Federal Courts. Avard Law Offices, P.A. has numerous published cases and non-published cases concerning important issues on Social Security Disability matters.

Social Security & Long-Term Disability
Areas of Focus

Certified Disability Attorneys
  • Social Security Disability Appeals Through The Circuit Court Of Appeals
  • Social Security Disability Initial Claims
  • Social Security Disability Hearings
  • Social Security Medical Cessation
  • Complaints Against The Commissioner Of Social Security
  • Long-Term Disability Insurance Cases
  • State Disability Retirement Cases

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Personal Injury & Accident Cases
Areas of Focus

  • Automobile Accidents
  • Wrongful Deaths
  • Motorcycle Accidents
  • Slip and Fall Accidents
  • Nursing Home Injuries / Negligence
  • Products Liability
  • Swimming Pool Accidents
  • Toxic Torts
  • Medical Malpractice

Veterans' Benefits Areas of Focus

  • Veterans' Disability Cases after the initial denial of benefits through the Board of Veterans Appeals and the Court of Veterans Appeals
  • Veterans' Hospital and Physician Malpractice
  • Veterans' Compensation Claims
  • Veterans' Pension Claims

VETERANS' MEDICAL MALPRACTICE & VETERANS' DISABILITY CLAIMS

Avard Law Offices, P.A. handles medical malpractice claims where the malpractice has occurred within a Veterans Hospital or Clinic. These claims include such things as traumatic brain injuries during birth, surgical mishaps, failure to biopsy, and a variety of other types of negligence. In addition, we handle all types of Veterans Disability claims that go before the Board of Veterans Appeals and the U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals.

VETERANS' BENEFITS

Avard Law Offices, P.A. handles Veterans disability compensation and pension claims; aid and attendance claims to assist Vets and their families obtain nursing home and assisted living benefits; long-term care planning for Vets, claims caused by VA health care negligence at a VA hospital facility.

Immigration Law

Immigration law addresses the laws that govern the residency of non-citizens of the United States. At Avard Law we help individuals, families, and businesses with all aspects of Immigration. We are members of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Avard Law’s Immigration services include employment authorizations, family petitions, investor visas, deportation and removal representation, workers' visas, special immigration petitions, green cards.

We focus on many types of immigration law and immigration defense. Attorneys Matthew J. Hoffman, Mark V. Zakhvatayev, Michael G. Sexton are joined by legal assistants and paralegals to represent your interests in applying for and obtaining employment-based visas, temporary non-immigrant visas such as Investor Visas, H-1Bs, L-1s, and E-2 visas. We assist families in working through the application process for their spouses, parents, brothers and sisters and children.

Our Immigration Legal Services Included Practice in:

  • Employment Immigration
  • Family based Immigration
  • Green Card Help
  • Deportation and Removal Defense
  • Business Immigration
  • I-9 Compliance
  • Visas
  • Waivers
  • Citizenship

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We speak several languages including: Spanish, French, Russian, and Ukrainian.

Call today for your Free Case Evaluation: 239-945-0808

Employment Discrimination

Avard Law Offices, P.A. handles employment discrimination cases that are based on the following types of discrimination: disability, race, color, age, religion or sex, such as sexual harassment, retaliation against an individual for filing a charge of discrimination, participating in an investigation, or opposing discriminatory practices, and discrimination against the handicapped or disabled in the hiring or firing, compensation, or promotion.

At Avard Law Offices, P.A., we practice law with one goal in mind: our clients come first. To meet this goal, we keep up-to-date with all the current changes in the law and have many published cases that have, in fact, changed the law for the better for our clients.

View a List of Published and Non-Published Cases

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Free Initial Consultation

Avard Law Offices, P.A. has a trained staff with extensive knowledge of the inner workings of the Social Security Administration. Karen Plum-Herring, a legal assistant, has 31 years experience working in the hearing offices for Social Security in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Fargo, North Dakota where she was responsible for writing decisions for the Administrative Law Judges. She specialized in the development and adjudication of claims Retirement, Survivor, and Disability benefits in the Fort Myers Social Security Office.

Avard Law Offices, P.A. has handled Long-Term Disability cases against insurance companies with equal vigor and has litigated ERISA cases in the Federal Courts.

No Fee Unless You Win*

Most of our fees are contingent on whether our firm wins your case. We do not get paid attorney fees unless you win a settlement or money judgment. *Costs excluded

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