SJM_Profile_Bross - Frankel_1224_profile 12 / 20 / 24 2 : 32 PM Page 1 s p o n s o r e d p r o f i l e sjm gating injured and disabled clients through government , veterans or private - insurance benefits or being the litigators representing them in court : It’s also working to legitimize invisible illnesses , the debilitating nature of which can undermine an individual’s employ - SmallBut Mighty ability just as much as visible injuries do . “ I think there is a general misconception Being a boutique law firm has helped Bross & Frankel cultivate aboutpeople who are disabled and that fil - ters down into disability benefits , ” ventures strongbonds with clients , while its attorneys bring a Frankel , adding that the judges influencing largerpractice’s experience and unique qualifications to those decisions really only have minutes to every case they take on . by MADELEINE MACCAR assessa client’s situation . He also notes that those judges aren’t always using the best their needs and how he can metrics , like assuming someone with pro - provide stability amid daunting gressive multiple sclerosis or bipolar dis - uncertainty . order can continue to work just because “ Disability can happen to theystruggled through a job for years before any one of us , ” he notes . “ Our their illness became too severe to continue . clients are not having their Thefirm boasts some hard - to - find qual - best day : They’re out of work , ifications , too . Both Frankel and Jennifer they don’t know where their Stonage are licensed before the Court of next meal is coming from and Appealsfor Veterans Claims , letting the firm if they’re disabled , they can’t get fightfor veterans at the highest level . Certified unemployment . It’s a des - civiltrial attorney Elizabeth Berenato has 30 perate , stressful time . ” years of experience litigating serious injury Bross & Frankel handles a cases.That certification , held by fewer than range of matters , including sig - 3 % of New Jersey attorneys , encourages nificant personal injuries from other attorneys to refer cases to her , as it motor vehicle and other acci - requires substantial experience and peer dents , Social Security and Vet - review , including by opposing counsel and erans disability claims to judges.If an attorney gets a case and the issues people immobilized by chronic arecomplex , finding a certified trial attorney invisible illnesses . Despite han - means “ I’m a specialist here , and I’ve gone lthough Rich Frankel is a partner at dling all kinds of cases throughout South throughthe certification to prove it , ” Frankel disability benefits law firm Bross & Jerseyand Philadelphia , the firm has remained saysabout Berenato . AFrankel , it’s music that runs in his on the smaller side to facilitate a truly per - “ If you get a case and it’s out of your family . His father was a professional trumpet sonalizedclient experience . wheelhouse , the only time you can refer it to player and band leader , while Frankel him - “ People know the person working on somebodyand pay a referral fee is if it’s to a self studied music as an undergraduate . their case . When they call , they aren’t handled certified civil trial attorney , ” Frankel says . But throat cancer’s career - ending tra - by a call center , instead you’re talking to a Berenato , Frankel and Stonage have all cheotomy meant the family patriarch had to personwho can get you the help you need ” beennominated for South Jersey Magazine’s seek employment in a series of jobs that were says Frankel . “ Many of our clients text us AwesomeAttorneys list , an honor that reflects never the calling music was . Frankel vividly directly . For a lot of our clients , their smart howhard - working the Bross & Frankel team remembers the ensuing turmoil : It is , after all , phoneis their main computer , and being able is — not that Frankel didn’t already have what nudged him toward a career as a dis - totext makes it easier to connect . ” ampleproof of his associates ’ dedication . ability attorney . Invitinga close professional relationship “ Individually , they each have their exper - “ My dad had to reinvent himself … but he notonly helps the Bross & Frankel team get tiseand have built relationships with clients never really found his footing , while my to know their clients ’ needs and circum - andother attorneys , which was independently mom went back to school to get her master’s , ” stancesbut also establishes client trust in their verifiedby people writing their names down he recalls . “ I saw that struggle of living pay - legalcounsel . for Awesome Attorneys — because we worked check to paycheck . As a musician and a “ They get to know the paralegal and topull through the pandemic as a team , and small business owner , my dad’s Social Secu - theirattorney , and they form a bond over the we’vealigned in our shared personal experi - rity became an important but modest lifeline , two years we’re working on their case , ” enceseach seeing someone we love battle to especially after he passed . ” Frankelexplains . “ They know they can call or survive . That lived experience brings us That was the first time Frankel witnessed text to see what’s going on , what does the together in leading the way for our clients , ” n upclose how illness robs an individual of their docket look like , how much longer do they hesays . ability to secure a living . The second was in have to wait … and I can tell them what to January 2020 , when the Cherry Hill attorney expectso they can plan , get general assistance Bross & Frankel , P.A . found himself recovering from an emer - if they need to , lean on family and know the gency surgery and unable to do his own job end is in sight . ” 725Kenilworth Ave . , Suite 2 | Cherry Hill for months . Both instances left Frankel pro - Specializing in disability benefits and ( 856 ) 795 - 8880 | BrossFrankel.com foundlyempathetic to his clients ’ challenges , personal injury issues doesn’t stop at navi - SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 21 issue 9 SouthJerseyMagazine.com | 31