SJM_Profile_Bross - Frankel_1223 - edit_profile 12 / 18 / 23 3 : 47 PM Page 1 PROMOTION B U S I N E S S S P O T L I G H T 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 - Small But 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 about people who are disabled and that fil - ters down into disability benefits , ” ventures strong bonds with clients , while its attorneys bring a Frankel , adding that the judges influencing larger practice’s experience and unique qualifications to those decisions really only have minutes to every case they take on . by MADELEINE MACCAR assess a 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 they struggled 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 The firm 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 Appeals for Veterans Claims , letting the firm if they’re disabled , they can’t get fight for veterans at the highest level . Certified unemployment . It’s a des - civil trial 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 are complex , 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 through the certification to prove it , ” Frankel disability benefits law firm Bross & Jersey and Philadelphia , the firm has remained says about 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 sonalized client experience . wheelhouse , the only time you can refer it to player and band leader , while Frankel him - “ People know the person working on somebody and 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 person who can get you the help you need ” been nominated for South Jersey Magazine’s seek employment in a series of jobs that were says Frankel . “ Many of our clients text us Awesome Attorneys list , an honor that reflects never the calling music was . Frankel vividly directly . For a lot of our clients , their smart how hard - working the Bross & Frankel team remembers the ensuing turmoil : It is , after all , phone is their main computer , and being able is — not that Frankel didn’t already have what nudged him toward a career as a dis - to text makes it easier to connect . ” ample proof of his associates ’ dedication . ability attorney . Inviting a close professional relationship “ Individually , they each have their exper - “ My dad had to reinvent himself … but he not only helps the Bross & Frankel team get tise and have built relationships with clients never really found his footing , while my to know their clients ’ needs and circum - and other attorneys , which was independently mom went back to school to get her master’s , ” stances but also establishes client trust in their verified by people writing their names down he recalls . “ I saw that struggle of living pay - legal counsel . for Awesome Attorneys — because we worked check to paycheck . As a musician and a “ They get to know the paralegal and to pull through the pandemic as a team , and small business owner , my dad’s Social Secu - their attorney , and they form a bond over the we’ve aligned in our shared personal experi - rity became an important but modest lifeline , two years we’re working on their case , ” ences each seeing someone we love battle to especially after he passed . ” Frankel explains . “ 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 , ” ? up close how illness robs an individual of their docket look like , how much longer do they he says . 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 expect so 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 . ” 725 Kenilworth Ave . , Suite 2 | Cherry Hill for months . Both instances left Frankel pro - Specializing in disability benefits and ( 856 ) 795 - 8880 | BrossFrankel.com foundly empathetic to his clients ’ challenges , personal injury issues doesn’t stop at navi - SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 20 issue 9 SouthJerseyMagazine.com | 11