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Reviewing details of cases you have handled can help prospective clients determine that you are the right attorney to assist with their legal fees.
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Sample case examples by practice area are listed below:
Bankruptcy
- Helped restructure a local farm’s debt through a Chapter 12 filing thus ensuring their continued operation.
- Successful bankruptcy proceeding for a young mother with enormous medical bills.
- Assisted an elderly client who was seeking protection from creditors’ and their collection agents.
Civil Litigation
- A music label signs a new artist but fails to record or promote the artist's material.
- A neighbor builds a structure over the property line and refuses to rectify it.
- A company fails to deliver goods in a timely fashion, another company must pay a competitor triple the price to fulfill contracts in time. We won damages and attorney fees!
Criminal Law
- Was riding in a friend’s car who got pulled over and arrested for having drugs-- booked as an accessory.
- Hit someone in a bar fight and that person lost an eye.
- A friend robbed a convenience store and the client didn’t know he was unwittingly the getaway driver.
- Stole tires off boss’s car.
- Boyfriend pulled pranks he saw on social media, even though he was asked to stop. One day he pretended to have died by suicide and filmed his girlfriend’s reaction and posted it without her consent. The girlfriend left and out of spite wouldn’t give his things back such as a gaming console.
Family Law
- Newlyweds contract detailing how to raise kids, including expectations and approach to education.
- Used mediation skills to recommend marriage counseling for a couple and saved them from divorce. 10 years later and they are still going strong!
- Custody Trial - The client received sole custody and spousal support.
- Fought for the successful adoption of a child fostered by my clients for years against drug-addicted biological parents who argued for parental custody.
Labor & Employment
- Won compensation and a positive employee recommendation for a pregnant woman who was terminated following her maternity leave.
- Won compensation and disability benefits for a worker trampled during a Black Friday sale.
- Recovered missing wages for a group of grocery store workers.
- Represented employees from multiple factories of a national brand in a class action lawsuit that resulted in better working conditions.
- Successfully upheld a non-compete agreement that blocked an employee from working for a direct competitor.
Landlord & Tenant
- Eviction of drug dealers
- Unlawful eviction.
- Rental discrimination based on gender.
- Failure to maintain property resulting in injury.
- Security deposit withheld unlawfully.
Medical Malpractice
- Helped a client sue for medical costs after a surgeon leaves a surgical instrument inside the patient's body, causing numerous ailments and requiring additional surgery to remove the instrument.
- Doctor misdiagnoses patient leading to delays in care and worsening patient condition and medical bills have quadrupled.
- The client was administered the wrong medication resulting in a severe allergic reaction and causing long lasting injuries.
Personal Injury
- An honor roll student suffers a head injury in a collision.
- Accident victim injured by a drunk driver.
- Paralyzed man wins a no-fault dispute to stay in his home.
- Motorcyclist hit by a car.
- Wrongful death of a passenger in an auto accident.
School Law
- A child is mercilessly bullied at school and staff do little to stop it causing the child to transfer to a private school.
- A school won't provide a student with disabilities enough support or accommodations.
- School refuses to give a child speech therapy even though staff and teachers make fun of the child's mispronunciations
Trusts & Estates
- Trust set up to maintain animals post owner death.
- Multi-state trust is set up to protect assets for two generations.
- Trust is set up to provide for an adult child with disabilities.
- Eliminated lien on a property for a client who bought a new home.
- Set up apower of attorney and health care proxy for a client with degenerative disease.
- Worked with client’s CPA to attain optimum wealth transfer for descendants.
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