Defense Base Act - Cooperation and Litigation Process

Cooperation of our clients is such an important factor for Barnett and Lerner to successfully litigate our clients' Defense Base Act cases. Only with our clients' full cooperation and due diligence in assisting our team can we make the litigation process as smooth and efficient, and effective as possible. Employers may make allegations to refute a clients claim for compensation under the DBA guidelines, this is why we must complete a thorough checklist that can only be done with client cooperation.

Our clients must be actively involved in the claim process with Barnett & Lerner with full cooperation, for example in locating pertinent documents (like an old employment contract) to determine wages, duration and relevancy to the claim. Cooperation creates a solid attorney/client relationship while securing verification and documentation to move forward with the claim.

Follow up for acquiring COMPLETE additional information is crucial, and only attainable with client/attorney cooperation.