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Precedential CAVC Alert: Quinn v. Wilkie (17-4555)

38 U.S.C. §7107(b) (2012) requires “[t]he Board shall decide any appeal only after affording the appellant an opportunity for a hearing.” When a veteran has a BVA hearing, and seeks another hearing after the BVA decision is vacated and remanded,… Read More
August 28th, 2019
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Categories: Veterans Law Updates
Tags: 2019 CAVC Decisions, 38 USC 7107(b), BVA hearings, Cook v Wilkie ___ F3d ____ (November 13 2018), Drew Silow, Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), Judge Coral W. Pietsch, Judge Mary J. Schoelen, Judge Michael Allen, Ken Carpenter, M.E. Larkin, Penelope E. Gronbeck, Quinn v Wilkie ___ Vet. App. ___ (2019), St. Petersburg FL VARO, VA Office of General Counsel

Monday Morning Coffee with Chris: Do THIS when you get back from a Legal Conference.

What to do when you get back from a Legal Conference? I just returned home from a multi-day legal conference: this time the Fall Conference for the National Organization for Veterans Advocates (NOVA) in Washington, D.C. Here’s what I’ll t… Read More
October 22nd, 2018
Contributor: Chris Attig
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Categories: Building a Better Law Firm, The Business of Law
Tags: 2018 CAVC Oral Arguments, Anxious Lawyer, Barton F. Stichman, Caitlin S. Milo, Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), Headspace, Hire Slow Fire Fast, Judge Amanda L. Meredith, Judge Margaret Bartley, Judge Mary J. Schoelen, Julia A. Turner, NDSS, Next Lawyer Up, NOVA, NVLSP, Speigner v Wilkie #16-2811

PRECEDENTIAL FCOA CASE ALERT: Bly v. Shulkin (17-1287)(EAJA petition deadline at CAVC)

What is the Deep Issue in the Case? This case involves the deadline to file an EAJA Petition at the CAVC. The Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”) requires applications for attorney fees must be filed within 30 days of a court’s fin… Read More
March 14th, 2018
Contributor: Chris Attig
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Categories: Veterans Law Updates
Tags: 2018 Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, 28 USC 2412, Brandon Michael Selinsky, Circuit Judge Jimmie V. Reyna, Circuit Judge Timothy B. Dyk, Circuit Judge Todd M. Hughes, Disabled American Veteran (DAV), EAJA Petition, Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), Impresa Construzioni Geom Domenico Garufi v United States 531 F3d 1367 (Fed Cir 2008), Joseph Whitcom, Joshua E. Kurland, Judge Margaret Bartley, Judge William S. Greenberg, Justin P. Zimmer, Michael Martin, Senior Judge Bruce E. Kasold, Sioux Falls SD VARO