Personally invested in your case.
Our attorneys work directly with their clients, from the first conversation through the moments that matter most.
Brian M. Mittman, Esq.
Managing Partner · Markhoff & Mittman, P.C.
Call 866-205-2415 Schedule with Brian- Admitted in New York
- 30+ years in practice
- Attends Board hearings personally
Brian Mittman has personally handled New York workers' compensation, Social Security Disability, Long-Term Disability, and Personal Injury cases for over three decades. He still attends workers' compensation board hearings himself — a structural choice that's possible only because the firm manages caseloads to make it possible.
He represents the named-partner promise that volume firms can't honor: the attorney whose name is on the door still answers your case.
- Admitted in New York and New Jersey
- Pace University School of Law, J.D.
- Litigates before the Workers' Compensation Board
Randy Jacobs has represented injured workers since graduating from Pace University School of Law. Over the past decade with The Disability Guys he has litigated every type of claim before the Workers' Compensation Board on behalf of hundreds of claimants.
- Admitted in New York, 2008
- New York Law School, J.D. 2007
- With The Disability Guys since 2013
Benai Lifshitz has been admitted to the practice of law since 2008 and has been part of The Disability Guys team since 2013. She has spent more than a decade fighting for the rights of injured workers before the Workers' Compensation Board and the New York State Employees' Retirement Board.
- Admitted in New York, 2007
- 20 years in practice
- Fluent in Spanish
Emily Grajales has spent two decades helping New Yorkers navigate Workers' Compensation and Social Security Disability matters, and previously served as an Agency Attorney and Hearing Officer for New York City Transit and the MTA. Today she focuses on Social Security Disability.
- Licensed in New York, 2023
- Albany Law School, J.D. 2022
- Handles Third Department appeals
Lauren Jurgens represents injured workers in Workers' Compensation matters, helping clients protect the benefits they are entitled to receive. She also handles Workers' Compensation appeals before the Appellate Division, Third Department.
Kimberly Del Prado, EDPNA
Case Manager & Licensed Representative · Markhoff & Mittman, P.C.
Call 866-205-2415 Schedule with Kimberly- Licensed representative, not an attorney
- 13 years at The Disability Guys
- Social Security Disability team
Kimberly Del Prado is a Case Manager and SSA-licensed non-attorney representative on the Social Security Disability team. She guides clients through the SSDI process up to and through the hearing level, working alongside the firm's attorneys.
No bait-and-switch. No paralegal-only contact. No portal to install.
The industry-standard failure mode is: you meet a partner at signing, then never hear from him again. Cases get handed off to associates and paralegals you never met. Communication moves to a self-service portal you don’t log into. Six months later you don’t know what’s happening with your case.
We don’t operate that way. The attorney who signs you is the attorney who handles your case — including the hearing, the IME prep, the negotiation, and the settlement conference. Case managers handle communication cadence — but the attorney of record is the attorney you actually have.
This works because we manage caseloads deliberately, not maximally. Volume firms can’t honor because their economics demand higher case-to-attorney ratios. Clients are not a number — that’s the firm’s internal mantra, and it’s structurally true because we built the firm to make it true.
What our attorneys handle
Five practice areas. One firm. No referrals out unless a specialist will get you a better result.
Workers’ Compensation
Injured at work. Lost wages. Denied benefits.
Learn more →Social Security Disability
Can’t work due to a disability. SSDI & SSI claims, denials, appeals.
Learn more →Long-Term Disability
Private LTD insurance denied or cut off. ERISA appeals.
Learn more →Personal Injury
Car accident. Construction site. Scaffold Law.
Learn more →Workers’ Rights
Retaliation, wage theft, harassment. Plaintiff-side only.
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