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Lawrence D. Rohlfing has practiced disability law since 1985. He represents the disabled and seeks to enforce their rights before the Social Security Administration, the United States District Courts, the United States Courts of Appeal, and the United States Supreme Court. Having been involved in thousands of disability claims and training of other lawyers, he brings considerable experience and expertise to the representation of disability claims under Social Security and ERISA.
Mr. Rohlfing has argued disability and other benefit entitlement claims in over a hundred claims before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He presented briefs in three cases to the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Rohlfing argued Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Nord to the United States Supreme Court in April 2003.
Mr. Rohlfing is a sustaining member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives (NOSSCR). He currently serves as the Ninth Circuit Representative to the NOSSCR Board of Directors and currently serves as the Treasurer of NOSSCR sitting on the Executive Board. Mr. Rohlfing is the past chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Social Security Section. Mr. Rohlfing has presented numerous papers to bi-annual meetings of NOSSCR, the Los Angeles County Bar Association Social Security Section, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the Southeast Bar Association of Los Angeles County, and the National Business Institute.
Mr. Rohlfing graduated from Whittier College in 1982. He graduated from Whittier Law School in 1985 cum laude. He is the proud father of seven children that he raises with his wife Maggie. He is actively involved in the community managing baseball and softball teams, coaching football, and serving as the elder of La Habra Christian Church.
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Marc V. Kalagian is the managing partner of Rohlfing & Kalagian in Long Beach, California. Mr. Kalagian practices Social Security disability and California workers' compensation law and has done so since he was admitted to the California State Bar in 1990. In addition to the California Bar, Mr. Kalagian is admitted to the Nevada Bar, the United States District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California, the District of Nevada and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Mr. Kalagian has been involved in hundreds of cases before the courts and the Social Security Administration. Mr. Kalagian is the past chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Social Security Section.
Mr. Kalagian has headed up our Long Beach office since 2000. In that office, we are pleased to be affiliated with Ronald Seivers, a longtime Social Security disability advocate in the South Bay area.
Mr. Kalagian graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1982. He graduated from Whittier Law School in 1990. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Kalagian was a regional representative for U.S. Senator Harry M. Reid in his Las Vegas office. He is the father of two children that he raises with his wife Emily. He currently sits on the board of the La Habra Girls Softball Association and is serving as an Elder of Community Presbyterian Church of La Mirada.
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