We do one thing. Ricks Law represents Veterans and their families before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and nothing else. No criminal defense, no family law, no personal injury. Every hour of this practice goes into a single question: did the VA get your case wrong as a matter of law, and can that be proven to a federal court?

That focus is unusual, and it matters more than it might sound. CAVC practice is not the same work as filing a claim at a regional office or arguing before the Board. It is federal appellate litigation, governed by its own rules, its own body of case law, and its own standards of review. A firm that handles it occasionally, between other matters, is learning on your appeal.

What Focus Actually Buys You

• Familiarity with the Court's rules and the judges who apply them
• Knowledge of current, controlling case law rather than general VA procedure
• Recognition of the errors the Board makes repeatedly
• Experience with the Secretary's counsel and how they litigate
• Judgment about which arguments a court will actually credit

Where This Experience Comes From

Before opening this firm, our practice was built inside the system now on the other side of the case: at the Board of Veterans' Appeals, where these decisions are written, and at VA's Office of General Counsel, where they are defended. Knowing how a decision is drafted, and how it will be defended, is a practical advantage when the task is finding the flaw in it.

More than 300 appeals have been handled before the Court. That volume is what turns knowledge of the law into judgment about cases.

What We Do Not Do

We do not file initial claims. We do not represent Veterans at regional offices or before the Board. When a case belongs at one of those stages, we say so and point you toward the right help. Sending you elsewhere costs us a case and saves you time.

One Practice, One Purpose

Veterans earned these benefits under law. When the VA denies them by misapplying that law, someone has to make the argument in the one forum with authority to say so. That is the entire purpose of this firm.