The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan has held that an insurer must advise a long-term disability claimant of its internal appeal requirement within the actual plan document in order to establish a failure to exhaust defense. In Wallace v. Beaumont Healthcare Employee Welfare Benefit Plan, No. 16-cv-10625 (E.D. Mich. January […]
J.J. Conway has been named a 2017 “Top Lawyer” by dbusiness magazine in its annual Top Lawyers Issue. According to dbusiness magazine, “For our 2017 Top Lawyers peer review survey, we polled 19,000 attorneys in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, and Livingston counties. Each attorney was asked to nominate lawyers among 48 legal specialties. More information about the […]
How would you describe your typical client? Our clientele is quite diverse. We represent as broad a range of clients as you can imagine. Since our litigation practice focuses on employee benefits — like disability insurance disputes – we serve people of all ages and backgrounds. Presently, we are handling the disability insurance claims of […]
We have all been there at some point in our lives. A promise is made. A promise is broken. We feel cheated, and maybe even a little hurt. When you feel that you operate from a place of honesty, and others do not, the entire experience can be disillusioning. In their simplest form, disability insurance […]
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has cited the “spirit of ERISA” in reversing a district court decision granting summary judgment against an employee pursuing a disability claim. In Waskiewicz v. Unicare Life & Health Ins. Co., 802 F.3d 851 (6th Cir. 2015) the plaintiff-employee was suffering from mental illness when she was discharged by […]
J.J. Conway has been named a 2016 SuperLawyer by Thomson Reuters. J.J. has been listed as SuperLawyer or SuperLawyer Rising Star on nine occasions. SuperLawyers is a “rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer-recognition and professional achievement.” The selection process “includes independent research, peer […]
Our Difference
Everything we do is centered on effectively and promptly resolving our clients’ benefits disputes whether in the courtroom or at the bargaining table. We focus on successfully litigating and resolving employee benefit and contractual disputes involving private contracts of insurance and claims brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA.”)
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THE SUMMIT
- Attorney J.J. Conway participated in a round table discussion on “Employing Lawyers in the Pandemic” at the State Bar of Michigan’s 4th annual Business Symposium: The Business of the Law Firm
- Employee benefits attorney J.J. Conway named to ‘Leaders in the Law’ Class of 2021 by Michigan Lawyers Weekly
- Three Pillars: Financial Security Through Employee Benefits
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