Furman Law Group is a relentless advocate for America's veterans. We take on the VA's wall of denials, delays, and red tape so the men and women who served get the benefits they earned. Nationwide representation. Decades of experience. No fee unless we win.
Initial claims, supplemental claims, higher-level reviews, and Board appeals. We know the system because we've broken it open from every angle.
Engage Counsel →Burn pits, Agent Orange, Camp Lejeune, Fort McClellan — if your service made you sick, we have the experts and the records to prove it.
Engage Counsel →Mental health claims are the most undervalued by the VA. We pursue accurate ratings and challenge low-balled decisions with C&P expertise.
Engage Counsel →If your service-connected conditions prevent you from working, you may qualify for 100% compensation regardless of your combined rating.
Engage Counsel →We don't take cases. We take positions. The VA has lawyers, doctors, and a thirty-year head start. Our veterans have us. That's the deal — and we like the math.
Free, confidential case evaluation. No fee unless we recover for you.
Mobilize Our Team →Jim Furman's career began in the cockpit. As a Huey pilot with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam, he flew over 780 combat hours — recovering downed aircrews, extracting Marine Recon teams from behind enemy lines, and bringing wounded soldiers home. He was awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, 22 Air Medals, and the Army Commendation Medal. He retired as a Major and Master Army Aviator.
After Vietnam, Jim earned his bachelor's degree with honors from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, an MBA from the University of North Florida, and his law degree from the University of Texas at Austin — where he worked with Dean Page Keeton on the seminal legal text Prosser & Keeton on Torts, then clerked for the late Texas Supreme Court Justice C. L. Ray.
For more than 40 years, Jim has tried complex litigation in aviation, maritime, and products liability law across the United States and internationally — Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and South and Central America. He served as lead counsel against Boeing and Bell in the early V-22 Osprey crash cases, was called to testify before the DoD Blue Ribbon Panel and both Armed Services Committees of Congress, and his work led directly to design changes that have saved the lives of service members ever since.
He was instrumental in exposing the Bell Helicopter mast-bumping defect that had killed nearly 250 U.S. servicemen — work he undertook alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mark Thompson — and in forcing Sikorsky to redesign the Black Hawk's flight controls after a string of unrecoverable crashes between 1981 and 1984.
Today, Jim represents veterans pro bono before the Veterans Administration and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as a member of the National Association of Veteran Advocates. He has been featured on 60 Minutes with Mike Wallace and on the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer for his work on military aviation safety.
Jim has lived in Austin since 1978 with his wife of 54 years, Susan. Both of his sons have served as Naval and Marine officers. He is the proud grandfather of eight.
I'd been denied three times in five years. Furman took my file, found two missing service records, and built a case the VA couldn't deny. 100% rating, plus retroactive pay. They treated me like family from day one.
My husband passed before his Camp Lejeune claim was approved. I thought it was over. Furman walked me through DIC and survivor's benefits step by step. Compassion and competence — both rare these days.
The VA had me at 30% for PTSD. Furman gathered new evidence, got me a real C&P exam, and pushed it to 70% with TDIU on top. They don't accept the first answer — and that's exactly what you want in a lawyer.
A new era of college athletics demands a new kind of advocate. Furman Law Group represents collegiate and professional athletes in NIL contracts, transfer portal disputes, and eligibility fights — and prosecutes the coaches, agents, and handlers who exploit them. We protect the talent. We come for the rest.
For collegiate and professional athletes navigating NIL, the transfer portal, and the new economics of college sports.
Brand deals, collective contracts, group licensing. Plain-language review and aggressive negotiation so athletes — not handlers — keep the value of their name, image, and likeness.
NCAA eligibility appeals, transfer waivers, and disputes with conferences and institutions. We move at the speed of a recruiting calendar — not a courtroom calendar.
Bad agency contracts, hidden fees, duty-of-loyalty breaches. We get athletes out of relationships built to extract from them.
Long-form endorsement deals, social media obligations, image rights, and exit clauses written in the athlete's favor.
For the bad actors — the coaches, agents, boosters, and handlers who think the rules don't apply. They do, and we enforce them.
Civil and regulatory action against coaches, programs, and intermediaries who improperly contact, recruit, or induce committed athletes — including violations targeting high school and underage prospects.
When a coach uses position, access, or authority to exploit, coerce, or manipulate athletes — particularly minors — we build the case. Title IX, civil rights, state-level criminal referrals, and civil damages.
The line is bright and we hold it: adults in positions of authority do not get unsupervised access, financial leverage, or contractual control over minors. We pursue every lawful remedy when that line is crossed.
Booster fraud, collective misconduct, pay-for-play schemes, illicit inducements. We work with compliance offices, investigators, and athletes themselves to expose and unwind violations.
Athletes built the industry. Now they're old enough — and well-counseled enough — to own a piece of it. Our job is simple: protect that, and go after anyone who tries to steal it.
Confidential intake. Same-day response for time-sensitive matters.
Open A Case File →Veterans, athletes, families. Whether it's a denied VA claim or a sports-law matter that needs to move now, we read every intake personally. Confidential. No obligation. No fee unless we win.