Employee Benefits, Disability, & Insurance Specialists
We fight for the rights of plaintiffs, the disabled, retirees, and workers.
At Bolt Keenley Kim we provide expert representation and vigorous advocacy to clients in matters under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), insurance disputes, financial elder abuse.
If you have had a claim for disability, health, life, or retirement benefits denied, we are here to help. We have a long track record of litigating and winning cases against the biggest insurance carriers in the world. We help people who are suffering from chronic illnesses get the income and healthcare they need.
Contact us today for a free evaluation of your case.
Disability Benefits
If you are suffering from an illness or injury and unable to work, we can help with your disability claim. Whether you are just starting out in the claims process or are in the middle of a dispute with your insurance company, we can help. Click below to read about some of our recent successes winning disability benefit cases.
ERISA Cases
Our attorneys specialize in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), a complex federal law that governs the disability, life, health, and retirement benefits of private sector workers. If you have a question about your benefits, give us a call today, and click below to read about our work in complex ERISA matters.
Financial Elder Abuse
All too often our elders are taken advantage of financially by unscrupulous insurance companies and brokers. If you or a loved one is concerned about an annuity, life insurance, or other financial matters, contact us for a free evaluation.
Disability Benefits
If you are suffering from an illness or injury and unable to work, we can help with your disability claim. Whether you are just starting out in the claims process or are in the middle of a dispute with your insurance company, we can help. Click below to read about some of our recent successes winning disability benefit cases.
Superior Courtroom Advocacy
Every litigator says that they excel in the courtroom, but now that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals creates videos of every argument, you can see us in action and judge for yourself.
We have a proven track record winning cases in court.
Doe v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, 345 F. Supp. 3d 1172 (C.D. Cal. 2017): The Honorable André Birote of the United States District Court for the Central District of California granted summary judgment to the Plaintiff John Doe in a long-term disability case against Prudential Insurance Company in which Bolt Keenley Kim successfully persuaded the court that Prudential should not be allowed to treat the plaintiff’s HIV and AIDS cognitive decline as a “mental health illness.” The case resulted in the plaintiff recovering over a million dollars in past-due benefits, hundreds of thousands of dollars in interest due on those benefits, and compensation for over $340,000 in attorney’s fees (see Doe v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, 245 F. Supp. 32 1089 (C.D. Cal. 2017).
Dragu v. Motion Picture Industry Health Plan for Active Participants, 144 F. Supp. 3d 1097 (N.D. Cal. 2015): The Honorable Richard Seeborg of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted summary judgment to the Plaintiff in a dispute over unpaid, costly, medical bills following a severe injury. Bolt Keenley Kim was successful in obtaining an order from the court requiring the plan to pay the full cost of Plaintiff’s dental implants that were necessary after the Plaintiff suffered a traumatic injury. In subsequently awarding the Defendant to pay over one hundred thousand dollars in attorney’s fee compensation to Plaintiff, the court noted “James Keenley helped his client significantly. He Pressed Dragu’s claims and achieved enviable success.” Dragu v. Motion Picture Industry Health Plan for Active Participants, 159 F. Supp. 3d 1121, 1124 (N.D. Cal. 2016).
Hart v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, 253 F. Supp. 3d 1053 (N.D. Cal. 2017): The Honorable Thelton Henderson of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California held that our client, a nurse who was disabled by severe degenerative spinal disease, was entitled to a full recovery of long-term disability benefits, with prejudgment interest on those benefits, finding that Unum wrongly terminated her claim. Resulting in the plaintiff recovering hundreds of thousands of dollars in badly needed disability benefits and interest.
Read about our other victories on behalf of plaintiffs here.
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