Sims, Stakenborg & Henry, P.A.
"The Lawyer's Lawyers"
In addition to representing clients in fields listed below, we also act as an invisible lawyer assisting attorneys throughout the U.S. in:
- Analyzing defense medical reports and suggesting questions for cross examination. See an example.
- Conducting intense background research on medical expert and preparing questions for cross examination. See an example.
- Analyzing medical testimony and preparing letters, memos and medical briefs to support the plaintiff's lawyer's position on all issues medical including Personal Injury, Defense Base Act and Long Term Disability.
We also represent claimants in the following:
- Social Security Disability Claims (SSD)
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
- Individual Long Term Disability Insurance Claims (LTD)
- Individual Short Term Disability Insurance Claims
- Assisting other lawyers in proving the medical aspects of disability claims, including VA and Defense Base Act
- Assisting other lawyers in cross examining medical experts
One of our attorneys is a Registered Nurse and former prosecutor for the State Attorney's office. Another attorney lectures internationally on disability and psychiatric issues and teaches at the University Of Florida College Of Medicine. Our senior partner is a world class speaker who has given over 175 speeches, authored articles, written chapters in books, teaches other lawyers around the country how to cross-examine doctors, and consults with other lawyers to help them prove disability on behalf of their clients.
Our Competitive Edge...
- We have software that gives us up to the minute changes in medical literature.
- We also pay for software that provides us with the combined effects of medications. Sometimes the medications can be more disabling than your condition.
- We partner with the world's first company designed to provide medical specialists to assist us in analyzing cases, contribute expertise in specific areas of questioning and even join us live via the internet as we cross-examine the other side's medical experts.
- We are Members of:
- The Florida Bar Association
- The American Bar Association
- Florida Trial Lawyers Association
- National Organization of Social Security Claimant Representatives
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- National Organization of Veterans Advocates
- Our senior partner has been invited to lecture throughout the United States and the world by the following professional associations:
- American Psychological Association
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- National Association of Disability Rating Professionals
- Florida Medical Association
- International Rehabilitation Medicine Association
