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Firm Profile
The profession of law appealed to me for many reasons, including the virtues of equality, impartiality, and accountability. After being mentored for the first two-and-one-half years of my career, I was led to open my own law firm on January 1, 1998. I decided to provide high-quality service for two specific legal needs, instead of trying to handle a wide variety of legal matters.
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As an Injury Attorney, I give my clients individual, personal attention with Christian compassion. Innocent victims quickly learn that injuries not only hurt a person physically, but also financially, emotionally and relationally. Injuries often force victims to miss work, sometimes permanently damaging their ability to perform at their job. Victims are frequently unable to fully enjoy their hobbies and recreation, greatly reducing their quality of life. Sadly, their injuries often burden their loved ones and can forever alter their relationships.
I have handled cases involving a wide spectrum of injuries - from broken fingers to catastrophic third-degree burns to death.
The majority of cases I have handled involve non-catastrophic injuries, such as herniated disks, injured joints and broken bones. While these injuries may not leave visible scars, they often result in permanent pains and physical limitations. My involvement and representations have helped "even the playing field" between the injury victims and the insurance adjusters who are trained to dispute injury claims.
An example of a more severe injury case involved an industrial fire, which caused my client to suffer burns over eighty-five percent of his body, with eighty percent of his body sustaining third degree burns. To this day, he is the most severely burned patient at the regional Burn Unit to have ever survived. The funds recovered were able to improve my client's living arrangements and his quality of life.
I also had the honor and privilege of representing a father whose two young children were killed in a horrific collision. The children were riding with their mother and two other adults on Interstate 95, returning from a family vacation. Their car went across the grassy median and into the path of two tractor-trailers. All but one in the car perished. While the settlement monies did not restore my client's tragic loss, they were able to assist him in moving forward with his life.
As an attorney who has assisted hundreds of injury victims, I can explain insurance issues and legal rights, and can help victims protect their livelihood, lifestyle and loved ones.
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As a Certified Mediator, I help bring peaceful resolutions to disputes in a way that is quick, professional and inexpensive. Almost all state and federal judges now require lawsuits to go through Mediation. It is often the last best chance for the parties to control the outcome themselves. The alternative - trusting a jury of six strangers - is often less appealing.
Many businesses and individuals are wisely seeking the early help of a Mediator before spending unnecessary time and money in a lawsuit. I am pleased to conduct presuit Mediations at a reduced rate.
The Florida Supreme Court's certification process is designed to ensure that Mediators are properly trained and skilled to help bring peace to disputes. Since my certification in the year 2000, I have been referred cases by judges, attorneys, businesses, individuals, the Better Business Bureau, and the State of Florida. I have mediated a wide variety of legal issues,including Personal Injury, Commercial, Probate, Consumer, Nursing Home, Construction, Insurance, Eminent Domain, Collections, and PIP cases.
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