Military Law
Dec. 31, 2009
Lawyers Join Battle for Vets
Fourth of Five Parts. Former U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, then-chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, wrote a bill allowing veterans to hire lawyers to handle their benefit appeals.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
In the three years since a landmark 2006 law let U.S. military veterans pay private attorneys to handle benefit appeals for the first time since the Civil War, signs have emerged that the legal profession is enlisting in droves.
More than 4,000 attorneys have received accreditation since June 2008, when the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs began certifying the advocates. About 2...
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