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Herbert Forsmith, Attorney at Law
Manhattan disability attorney
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New York City metropolitan area
(212) 809-1772 or (845) 278-2896
Areas Served: I represent Manhattan, Brooklyn and metropolitan New York City disability claimants at all stages—whether at application, first appeal, second appeal, or hearing level, including these counties and cities.
Primary Counties: New York: Bronx, Dutchess, Kings (Brooklyn), Nassau, New York (Manhattan), Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Rockland, Suffolk, Ulster, Westchester. Connecticut: Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, New Haven, and all other cities, towns, and hamlets. New Jersey: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Passaic, Sussex, Union.
Primary New York Metro Area Cities and Towns: Bronx County: West Bronx, East Bronx. Kings County: Brooklyn, including, Bay Ridge, Bedford Stuyvesant, Bensonhurst, Boro Park, Brighton Beach, Brownsville, Bushwick, Canarsie, Coney Island, Crown Heights, Dyker Heights, East New York, Flatbush, Fort Greene, Gravesend, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Red Hook, Williamsburg. Nassau County: Glen Cove, Jericho, Hempstead, Long Beach. New York County: Manhattan, including Chelsea, Chinatown, East Village, Flatiron, Fort George, Gramercy, Greenwich Village, Harlem, Inwood, Little Italy, Lower East Side, Lower Manhattan, Midtown, Morningside Heights, Murray Hill, NoLita, SoHo, Tribeca, Union Square, Upper East Side, Upper Manhattan, Upper West Side, Washington Heights, West Village. Orange County: Middletown, Newburgh, Port Jervis. Putnam County: Brewster, Carmel, Cold Spring, Kent, Nelsonville, Patterson, Philipstown, Putnam Valley, Southeast. Queens County: Far Rockaway, Floral Park, Flushing, Jamaica, Long Island City. Richmond County: Staten Island. Rockland County: Clarkstown, Haverstraw, Orangetown, Ramapo, Stony Point. Suffolk County: Huntington Station. Ulster County: Denning, Esopus, Gardiner, Hardenburgh, Hurley, Kingston, Lloyd, Marbletown, Marlborough, New Paltz, Olive, Plattekill, Rosendale, Saugerties, Shawangunk, Ulster, Wawarsing, Woodstock. Westchester County: Bedford, Bedford Hills, Chappaqua, Cortlandt, Eastchester, Greenburgh, Harrison, Katonah, Lewisboro, Mamaroneck, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Mount Vernon, New Castle, New Rochelle, North Castle, North Salem, Ossining, Peekskill, Pelham, Pound Ridge, Rye, Scarsdale, Somers, White Plains, Yonkers, Yorktown.
Primary Connecticut Cities and Towns: Fairfield County: Bethel, Bridgeport, Brookfield, Danbury, Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, New Fairfield, Newtown, Norwalk, Redding, Ridgefield, Shelton, Sherman, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport, Wilton. Hartford County: Bristol, Hartford, New Britain. Litchfield County: Barkhamsted, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, Goshen, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Hartford, New Milford, Norfolk, North Canaan, Plymouth, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Thomaston, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Watertown, Winchester, Woodbury. New Haven County: Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Branford, Cheshire, Derby, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, Middlebury, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, Orange, Oxford, Prospect, Seymour, Southbury, Wallingford, Waterbury, West Haven, Wolcott, Woodbridge.
New Jersey Cities and Towns: I serve all of New Jersey.
Experienced disability lawyers in other regions: Russell & Lazarus APC, DUIMiami.com, Schiffman Puig, P.C., Albuquerque disability attorney Michelle Baca, Omaha disability attorney Timothy Cuddigan, Tulsa disability attorney David Schaffer.
