About
Brady & Kunz is a Toms River law firm whose attorneys, Thomas Kunz and Terry Brady, handle workers' compensation and Social Security disability cases. The firm also lists personal injury, real estate, criminal defense, family law and wills and estates.
The workers' compensation practice covers back, neck and shoulder injuries, slip-and-fall and construction accidents, repetitive stress conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome, work-related vehicle crashes, and occupational illness or exposure claims. It also handles disputes after a claim is filed, including denied claims, stopped benefits and disagreements over medical treatment, permanency or settlement, which are pursued through the New Jersey Division of Workers' Compensation. The firm's website explains the main benefit types: authorized medical care, temporary disability wage replacement, and permanent partial or permanent total disability, as well as what reaching maximum medical improvement does and does not mean.
For Social Security claims, the site separates SSDI, which depends on a person's work credits and earnings record, from SSI, a needs-based program for people with limited income and resources. It outlines each stage a claim may pass through: the initial application, reconsideration (generally requested within 60 days of a decision), a hearing before an administrative law judge, Appeals Council review and, for some claims, federal district court. The firm says it prepares clients for hearings, where medical or vocational experts may also take part.
Consultations are free; the website does not publish a fee schedule. The office is in the Bayview Corporate Center, and real estate matters have their own email address and fax line. The firm also lists land use and planning work, and its site names communities served including Brick, Howell, Berkeley, Lacey, Manchester, Point Pleasant, Seaside Heights, Stafford and Asbury Park.
