Legal Counseling - Attorney and Other Resources
The way to find out FOR SURE that you have a plaintiff's
attorney (which is what you need for a reliable attorney who is
most focused on YOUR rights), is to call and ask if they do
defense work for hospitals, nursing homes or hospice
corporations. If they answer, "yes," then you know that attorney
firm is NOT a "plaintiffs' only" lawfirm. Once you find
one that does not do any defense work, that would be among the
attorneys who only represent the plaintiffs' like yourself. For
information about filing a qui tam lawsuit, see our qui tam webpage.
Hospice Patients Alliance does not endorse nor recommend any
particular attorney, nor do we receive any reimbursement or have
any referral arrangements with any attorneys at all. The
following names of attorneys have been forwarded to us as
plaintiffs' attorneys. These resources are listed because we
receive so many requests to find attorneys and we are hoping to
assist you in finding the attorney who will be able to meet your
needs for legal counseling.
Please ask questions from the start when you contact an
attorney. Know what you are seeking to accomplish and find out if
the attorney has expertise in the area you wish to explore. The
law contains many specialties and no one attorney can be expert
in all. It is best to find an expert in the area of legal concern
that you are confronting. And it is helpful to get the medical
record if you can for the attorney and other experts to review.
If you are having difficulty getting the chart, please look at
some suggestions about how to
get the chart. If you still have difficulties getting the
chart, or getting a "complete" chart, then ask your attorney to
assist you.
Every attorney should have a resume (curriculum vitae) and
every client should ask for one. That will tell how often s/he
has gone to trial or up on appeal and against whom/what. It will
also show results achieved (if done right). Don't be shy about
asking questions.
Some attorneys (and other consultants) who provide legal (or other) counsel to
plaintiffs are listed below. If you don't find an
attorney listed in your exact area, we recommend that you call
one of the plaintiffs' attorneys who is closest to you, even a
few states away in distance and ask the attorney for a name of an
attorney in your area. These attorneys are often aware of other
plaintiffs' only attorneys who work in other areas or states and
are quite happy to help you find another attorney who does
similar work for plaintiffs only cases.
Consultants who provide legal counsel or consultation to plaintiffs are:
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Attorneys in California
- Joseph L. Anderson, Attorney at Law
Anderson Korzen & Associates, P.C., Trial and Appellate
Lawyers
www.AndersonKorzen.com
Elder abuse, hospice and malpractice cases
Representing plaintiffs in the Southeastern region of the United
States
Phone: 336-993-7958 Fax: 336-993-7964
233 W. Mountain St., Kernersville, NC 27284
E-mail: janderson@andersonkorzen.com
- David T. Aronberg, Esq.
Law Offices of David T. Aronberg, P.A.
301 Yamato Road, Suite 3110
Boca Raton, FL 33431
561-988-0660 phone
561-988-8100 fax
Daronberg@aol.com
- Paul F. D'Emilio, Esq.
905 W. Sproul Road, Suite 107
Springfield, PA 19064
610-338-0338 (voice)
610-338-0303 (fax)
demilio@op.net
- Thomas R. Grande
Davis Levin Livingston Grande
400 Davis Levin Livingston Grande Place
851 Fort Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
(808) 524-7500 (voice), (808) 545-7802 (fax)
Maui: (808) 877-7500, Kauai: (808) 245-6100
Hawaii: (808) 326-3200
Represents whistleblowers under the False Claims Act (qui tam actions) and consumers and health care professionals seeking to improve the quality of health care.
e-mail: tgrande@davislevin.com
www.davislevin.com and
www.quitamonline.com
- Richard Grungo, Jr. , Esquire
Archer & Greiner, P.C.
One Centennial Square
Haddonfield, NJ 08033-0968
rgrungo@archerlaw.com
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Mary J. Hoeller, R.N., J.D.
36 South Pennsylvania Street, Suite 700
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2279
Tel: 317-633-4000
Fax: 317-633-1499
Email: mary@attorneyhoeller.com
Web: www.attorneyhoeller.com
Plaintiffs' attorneys for Medical Negligence and Personal Injury, plus other areas of practice in Indiana.
- Martin S. Kardon, Esq.
1617 JFK Boulevard, Suite 1150
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215.568.5885 [voice]
215.568.1294 [fax]
mkardon@kbklaw.com
www.kbklaw.com
- Mark Allen Kleiman, Esq.
11755 Wilshire Blvd. - Suite 2150
Los Angeles, California 90025
Tel: 310-442-4820 ** 310-442-4830 (fax)
E-mail: markkleiman@earthlink.net
http://www.falseclaimspecialist.com
Specializing in Qui Tam suits
Note: Qui Tam lawsuits involve complaints about Medicare or
Medi-Cal fraud in which an individual comes forward to reveal the
fraudulent practices of a health care agency. Mark also handles
medical malpractice cases.
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Niall McCarthy
Cotchett, Pitre, Simon & McCarthy
San Francisco Airport Office Center
840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200
Burlingame, CA 94010
(650) 697-6000
Nursing Home Abuse Cases both State or Civil, Law and Federal Law, Qui Tam lawsuits as well as Women and Child Abuse Cases.
- Mark A. Morrow, Attorney at Law
Nursing Home Justice Center
http://www.nursinghomejusticecenter.com
10001 Park Run Drive
Las Vegas, Nevada 89145
Practicing in the areas of: elder abuse in nursing homes,
assisted living facilities, group homes and hospices. Also handle
wrongful death and medical malpractice.
Representing clients in Nevada and Florida
Phone: (888) 965-ABUSE (2287) or 702-385-4357
E-mail: info@nhjconline.com
- Online Lawyer Source
Online Lawyer Source offers much information on medical malpractice legal matters such as medical industry perspectives on lawsuits and the guidelines victims need to follow in filing a lawsuit due to doctor negligence. You can find an attorney in your area through this site. Very much worth visiting. If you need legal assistance, this site can help you find the attorney you need.
- Phillips & Cohen
2000 Massachusetts N.W., First floor
Washington D.C., 20036
Phone (202) 833-4567
Fax (202) 833-1815
Specializing in Qui Tam suits
Note: Qui Tam lawsuits involve complaints about Medicare or
Medi-Caid fraud in which an individual comes forward to reveal the
fraudulent practices of a health care agency.
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Marian Rosen
Marian Rosen & Associates
www.marianrosen.com/
Elder abuse, nursing home abuse and medical malpractice cases
Representing plaintiffs nationally
1330 Post Oak Blvd - Suite 2910
Houston, TX 77056
Tel. (800) 813-5890 or (713) 222-6464
Fax: (713) 227-4703
E-mail: marerosen@aol.com
- John E. Savoth, Esq.
Philadelphia, PA
1-800-666-3352.
- Not an attorney, but consultant for funeral home related matters:
Dan Rohling, funeral home director, licensed embalmer and consumer advocate has exposed the scams that exploit the public through the funeral home industry. Dan has confirmed the practice of hospice-funeral home scams in which hospices may refer exclusively or even manipulate families to use a particular funeral home. In some cases, funeral homes then give kickbacks to these particular hospices while charging unreasonably high prices to the grieving families! Dan explains how to avoid funeral home scams and get the best value in his excellent book: Funeral Information: The Consumer Guide available through HPA's online bookstore.
Dan is a certified member of the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice; he is ombudsman for the Funeral Ethics Association; a member of the Idaho Funeral Service Association; member of the National Funeral Director's Association; member of Cremation Association of North America (CANA); member of Disaster Mortuary services and a member of Global-BMS world-wide disaster services team. Dan serves as a consultant and expert witness in funeral home malpractice cases and investigations of practices in funeral homes. Specialties: Embalming, embalming procedures and regulations, crematory procedures and regulations, cemetery procedures and regulations. Hands on experience with disinterments. Experience in courtroom procedures, depositions (to include video depositions) has/have provided declarations and affidavits. Dan may be contacted at:
Dan Rohling & Associates
1907 West Flamingo Avenue, Ste 68
Nampa, ID 83651-1682
Tel. 208-442-9322 Fax. 208-442-9323
Other ways of finding a competent plaintiff's attorneys
are:
Health
Administration Responsibility Project List of Attorneys
AttorneyFind.com
Listings of attorneys in every field throughout the world, including the USA.
Search ElderSearch.com's Listing of Eldercare
attorneys
You can search here for attorneys who specialize in assisting
patients who are elderly. If your loved one is or was a senior
citizen, these attorneys can help you as well. Even if your loved
one was NOT a senior citizen, these attorneys also are very
knowledgeable about this type of case.
Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) search
page.
FINDLAW.COM
Find attorneys of any specialty, in any area of the country. With links to every aspect of the law if you need to research the law itself. A wealth of information and other links.
Listing of State Bar (attorney) Associations
Your local bar association can always give you a list of
attorneys in your area that specialize in different areas. You
would ask for attorneys that work in elder care law, or health
care and medical malpractice law. Once you get that list, you may
wish to find out which attorneys work for plaintiffs only. Now
listen carefully here. If you want to find out if they ONLY do
plaintiffs' work, call each attorney's office directly and do not
ask them if they do plaintiff's work, because you may find an
attorney that does BOTH plaintiff's and defense (corporate) work,
meaning they defend the corporations that run the hospice
agencies or nursing homes, etc. What might happen is they'll
answer, "yes, we do plaintiff's work, but never tell you they
also defend the corporations also! Some attorneys play both sides
of the fence, in other words.
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