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Disability

The World Health Organization distinguishes two classifications of disability - body functions and body structures - when medical professionals diagnose and define an individual's disability.

In body structure, an individual's disability is specifically defined by physical impairments due to defect, loss or deviation from generally accepted population standards. Body function disability is more broadly defined and focuses on physical and mental disabilities and includes but is not limited to mobility, communication, self-care and domestic life.

If you become disabled, whether the diagnosis is temporarily or permanently, you can apply for assistance from the government by filing for Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Likewise you can purchase private insurance to prepare for a possible disability.

Law Offices of Gary Green will work with you to help ensure that payments due to you are received should you become disabled but are denied when filing a claim. Our firm focuses on helping clients seeking:

Our offices have experience in representing the disabled in Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri and are familiar with each of the state's individual disability laws. If you or your loved one's disability claim has been denied call us toll free and without obligation at 1-888-442-7947 or contact us with an e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to discuss your legal options including filing an appeal.

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MEDICARE and THE PLAIN WRITING ACT of 2010

President Obama signed the Plain Writing Act of 2010 in October of 2010. This law requires that federal agencies use "clear Government communication that the public can understand and use." In January of 2011, he issued a new Executive Order stating that "[our regulatory system] must ensure that regulations are accessible, consistent, written in plain language, and easy to understand." Under the Act, beginning NO LATER THAN October 13, 2011, agencies must use plain writing when issuing new or substantially revised documents. This requirement applies to “covered documents,” which the Act defines as those documents that: - are necessary for obtaining any Federal Government benefit or service, or filing taxes (e.g., tax forms or benefit applications); - provide information about any Federal Government benefit or service (e.g., handbooks for Medicare or Social Security recipients); or - explain to the public how to comply with a requirement that the Federal Government administers or enforces (e.g., guidance on how to prepare required reports or comply with safety requirements). The Act also requires agencies to use plain writing in every paper or electronic letter, publication, form, notice, or instruction. When an agency prepares a specialized or technical publication, the agency should take into account the subject expertise of the intended audience. For purposes of the Act, the “public” means anticipated readers or recipients, including any external stakeholders affected by your agency’s mission or with whom your agency is seeking to communicate. THIS INCLUDES MEDICARE. While the Act exempts regulations from covered documents, rule making preambles are not exempted, and long-standing policies currently in effect require regulations to be written in a manner that is “simple and easy to understand.” If, after October 13, 2011, you encounter Medicare documents and forms that you find difficult or impossible to understand or follow, you can go to www.mymedicare.gov, where there are prompts that will allow you to report your difficulties. Medicare must comply with the law and work with the public in making their forms more easy to read and comprehend for everyone. For more detailed information, please visit the following website and review the full text: http://www.ghsa.org/html/staeinfo/laws/cellphone_laws.html

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No Recovery, No Fee Promise

With injury cases handled by Law Offices of Gary Green, there's the no recovery, no fee promise.

We promise you won't be charged a fee or expenses, unless there's a recovery.

And, when there is a recovery (after advanced expenses are paid back off the top) we promise our fee won't be more than your recovery!

We promise.

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TEXAS
Gary Green is the lawyer who is responsible for the content of this ad.

Client will be obligated to pay all court costs and out of pocket expenses upon the collection of a settlement or verdict.

Attorney fees computed from the gross recovery. Court costs, litigation expenses and medical bills paid from client's share of the recovery. However, if client does not recover, there is NO charge for attorney fees and NO charge for costs and expenses, except for client's medical bills. Percentage fees in personal injury cases, other than medical negligence and product liability, are based upon a sliding scale of 1/3 of the gross recovery prior to filing suit, 40% thereafter and 45% in the event a notice of appeal is filed. Fees in medical negligence and product liability cases are, based on the same sliding scale, 40/45/50. Fees in Federal Tort Claims cases are limited to 20% of the gross recovery prior to filing suit and 25% thereafter. Fees in qui tam cases set by statute.

Attorney, Gary Green was licensed to practice law in Texas in 1988.

ARKANSAS
Gary Green is the attorney responsible for the content of this ad. The geographical location of the Little Rock, Arkansas office is 1001 La Harpe Blvd., Little Rock, Arkansas 72201.

MISSOURI
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Client may be responsible for costs and expenses.

We are required to notify you of the possibility that an internet e-mail message could be randomly intercepted and disclosed by an otherwise disinterested person, as well as of the risk that the message could be intercepted by someone specifically interested in the matter which is the subject of this communication.

Neither the Supreme Court of Missouri nor the Missouri Bar reviews or approves certifying organizations or specialist designations.

The choice of a lawyer is an important decision and should not be based solely upon advertisements.

I must advise you that Internet communications are subject to interception. Therefore, your expectation of privacy may be deemed waived; and these communications may not be protected by the attorney-client privilege.

TENNESSEE
Attorney fee percentages are computed before deduction of costs.

Jean Holbert will be responsible for the performance of all legal services advertised herein.

Jean Holbert is licensed to practice law in Tennessee.

Kathleen Ball is licensed to practice law in Tennessee.

Gary Green is licensed to practice law in Arkansas, Texas, Missouri and Oklahoma.

Not certified as a civil trial specialist, medical malpractice specialist or elder law specialist by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization.

Not certified by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization as a specialist in any area mentioned herein.

OKLAHOMA
This is an advertisement.

Gary Green is the lawyer responsible for the content of the advertisement.

Green's physical office is located at 1001 LaHarpe Blvd., Little Rock, Arkansas 72201, and he is licensed to practice law in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Missouri.

Client will be obligated to pay all court costs and out of pocket expenses upon the collection of a settlement or verdict.

Attorney fees are computed from the gross recovery. Court costs, litigation expenses and medical bills are paid from client's share of the recovery.

However, if client does not recover, there is NO charge for attorney fees and NO charge for costs and expenses, except for client's medical bills.

Percentage fees in personal injury cases, other than medical negligence and product liability, are based upon a sliding scale of 1/3 of the gross recovery prior to filing suit, 40% thereafter and 45% in the event a notice of appeal is filed. Fees in medical negligence and product liability cases are, based on the same sliding scale, 40/45/50. Fees in Federal Tort Claims cases are limited to 20% of the gross recovery prior to filing suit and 25% thereafter.

Fees in qui tam cases are set by statute.

ATTORNEY LICENSURE DISCLAIMERS
The following attorneys are licensed in Arkansas: Gary Green, Mike LeBoeuf, Randy Hall, Emily White, Mattie Taylor, Thomas Nichols, Brien Saputo and John Pike.

The following attorneys are licensed in Missouri: Gary Green, Mattie A. Taylor, and Julieanne Riley.

The following attorney is licensed in Texas: Gary Green, licensed in 1988.

The following attorneys are licensed in Tennessee: Jean Holbert and Kathleen Ball

The following attorney is licensed in Oklahoma: Gary Green

The following attorney is licensed in Oregon: Mattie A. Taylor

gGreen.com was first published in 1996 and was last updated on May 21, 2012.

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