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Due to health concerns associated with COVID-19, BurnettDriskill is moving all appointments to phone appointments. This is to help our clients and team maintain the social distance requested by health care professionals, local, and federal government agencies. Our lobby will…

The University of Kansas Medical Center and the University of Kansas Hospital Authority employ over a thousand people across the state of Kansas. In Kansas City, Kansas, the Hospital alone employs hundreds at its campus near 39th and Rainbow. KUMC…

In 2000, Kansas City Southern Railway employees learned that a local charity, the Santa Train, provided the only Christmas that some local children had. Seeing a need, a group of volunteers banded together and transformed retired rail cars into the…

On October 22, 2019, the Social Security Administration announced a 1.6 % benefit increase for 2020.  The 1.6% is effective for December 2019 SSA disability insurance benefits payable in January 2020 and effective for SSI payments made for January 2020…

On Monday, December 17, 2018, I appeared in federal district court to present arguments on behalf of two clients before the judge on appeals filed from Social Security Administration judges denying applications for disability benefits. If a person is denied…

Between the date when a person is overwhelmed with health problems and cannot maintain a job until the Social Security Administration awards benefits—there are many steps involved in securing a favorable decision. One of the most crucial tasks is securing…

  On July 27th, we moved into our new home. Here are some helpful tips: 1. We are on 26th Avenue in North Kansas City. If you don’t specify Avenue, your GPS might take you to Kansas City, Kansas. 2.…

Roger Guy Burnett retired at the end of 2017. He practiced honorably and successfully as an attorney for fifty years representing persons in need of help. His path to being a lawyer was not direct. Roger began his career as…

I’ve been reading through more medical records, and I am seeing a recurrent theme: “I’m fine.” “I’m doing well.” “I’m great.” Really? Because from the rest of the medical records, you are not fine. Why do we say we are…