In season 7, episode 7 of The Simpsons, Homer Simpson decides that he is fed up with his job and wants to work from home. He comes up with a master plan to gorge himself to massive proportions so that he would qualify for disability and be allowed to work from home. This got me thinking. Is obesity a disability? I decided to approach this from a legal perspective and do some further investigation.

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Welcome to the Legal Blog of the Law Offices of Edward F. Wallace.

A quick introduction into our lawyers:

Edward F. Wallace has been practicing law for over 30 years. He received his law degree from Suffolk University Law School in 1978. He is admitted to practice before all the courts of the States of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, and the Supreme Court of the United States. Attorney Wallace is certified as an Advocate by the National College for Advocacy and a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Laura Sheppard received her law degree from the Massachusetts School of Law in 1996. She is admitted to practice before all the courts of the States of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. Attorney Sheppard is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association.

A quick introduction to our webmaster:

Nicole Canavan received her B.A. in English and Medieval Studies from Smith College in 2002. She received her M.A. from University College London in the UK in 2003 in Scandinavian Studies. She is currently the webmaster and designer of TheMediationLawyers.com. In addition to her work at this law firm, she moderates two unrelated websites.