Clifford R. Mermell, Esq., created the law firm of Gillis, Mermell & Pacheco, P.A. on March 1, 1996. Mr. Mermell has been the senior and managing partner of the firm since its creation. The firm was created to champion the rights of injured workers nationwide. It represents cases under the Worker's Compensation, Wrongful Termination, Personal Injury, Admiralty and Maritime, Defense Base Act, and Longshore & Harbor Worker's Compensation Act Laws.
If you are employed as a contractor working overseas for private employers on U.S. military bases and you are injured on the job, you may be able to receive compensation and medical care under the Defense Base Act.
The United States government employs thousands of contractors around the world to support the U.S. military. These employees are all covered under the Defense Base Act (DBA).
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May 2020 be a year of much success and prosperity to you and your family!
From all of us at our Defense Base Act Law Firm of Gillis, Mermell & Pacheco, P.A. to you and your family: thank you!
From all of us at our Defense Base Act Law Firm of Gillis, Mermell & Pacheco, P.A. to you and your family: thank you!
If you are a contractor from Ecuador hired by the United States government to work in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Kuwait or any other zone of danger in the world,
If you are a contractor from Peru hired by the United States government to work in Iraq or Afghanistan or other danger zone
If you are a contractor from Colombia hired by the United States government to work in Iraq or Afghanistan or other danger zone
As a Chilean contractor injured while working in Iraq, Afghanistan or anywhere in the world for the United States government, the American law may grant you the protection you deserve
These lawyers helped me since 2017 with my Defense Base Act case. They are very professional and compassionate. They took good care of me and my case