About Rachel Alters

Rachel Faye Alters is a Partner in the Disability Income Division of Dell & Schaefer, Chartered. Rachel focuses her legal practice in representing claimants at all stages of a claim for individual or group (ERISA) long-term disability benefits including applications, ERISA appeals, ERISA litigation, ERISA exempt disability claims and lump-sum policy buyouts.

Rachel has assisted thousands of disability insurance claimants throughout the country who are either seeking disability benefits or have had their benefits denied. Rachel is passionate about helping her clients to obtain disability benefits and has committed her legal career to enforcing the rights of the injured and disabled. She has assisted claimants with claims against every major disability insurance company and has earned a reputation as an intelligent and sharp disability lawyer. Unlike most lawyers that claim they handle disability insurance claims, Rachel has the experience and ability to take a disability case from inception through a final appeal or trial.

In 1993, Rachel received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, where she received a B.A. in Psychology. She earned her J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law in 1997. In the beginning years of her legal career Rachel represented physicians, hospitals and nursing homes who were sued for alleged malpractice. After a few years of legal training doing defense work, Rachel became a plaintiff’s attorney in 2000 and she has achieved tremendous results for her clients. Some of Rachel’s legal accomplishments include a $6 million jury verdict for a client that was misdiagnosed with cancer, a $5 million dollar settlement for a client who suffered severe damage after undergoing pancreatic surgery, and a confidential settlement following a long term disability insurance class action against Prudential Insurance Company. Rachel has litigated hundreds of cases against insurance companies and she has outstanding legal writing skills.