Don’t Risk Your Benefits – Take An Unemployment Attorney
An experienced unemployment attorney will make the key difference in your upcoming hearing. Unlike most administrative hearings, unemployment hearings are set up as adversarial – sort of like a mini-trial. Each side has an unemployment attorney and present their respective cases. The rules of evidence are in force, hostile cross examinations occur, the judge or “referee” is a neutral arbiter, and each side presents their own testimony. Many employees take for granted the legal nature of the hearing and make costly mistakes that ultimately lose them benefits. If you understand the difficult nature of these proceedings, you understand that you need an unemployment attorney at your side. Call RMN today at (412) 626-5626 or email us at lawyer@RMN-Law.com
It is an unfortunate reality in Pennsylvania that unemployment benefits are determined through an adversarial process. The state incentivizes the employer or business to fight unemployment. In fact, certain companies always bring an unemployment attorney, a human resources agent, witnesses, and documentary evidence. For example, if you worked for UPMC or Giant Eagle, there is a virtual certainty this will occur.
Folks who go it alone are generally unprepared for the hearing they are about to walk into. When the judge says “present your case” people often just freeze. But even if you are an experienced unemployment attorney, like our lawyers, we wouldn’t recommend going it alone. That’s because we know the difficulty of presenting your own case while you are the star witness – even if you are an unemployment attorney!
It is a reality that unemployment hearings are biased toward the employers. You are well advised to bring an unemployment attorney who can give you the best possible chance. Call RMN today at (412) 626-5626 or email us at lawyer@RMN-Law.com