Personal Injury and Wrongful Death

We have represented people and the heirs of people who suffered moderate injuries, severe injuries (including quadriplegia) or death in a wide variety of cases. Some of our cases have involved:

 Automobile accidents (single-car and multiple car)
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 Bicycle accidents (automobile-bicycle collisions)
 Toxic exposures (such as asbestos, formaldehyde, meth lab fumes/chemicals and H2S gas)
 Oilfield and Industrial accidents
 Defective products (such as vaccines, medications, power saws, automobile seats, seatbelts, and airbags)
 Dram-shop cases (cases against bar owners for auto accident caused by bar's intoxicated customer)
 Slip-and-fall accidents
 Trip-and-fall accidents
 Pedestrian/Runner accidents
 Shooting accidents
 Nursing home neglect of resident

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Professional Malpractice

Actions against hospitals, medical doctors, oral surgeons, dentists, accountants, and lawyers. - Article

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Property Damage Litigation

 Oil-field damages (lawsuits involving land damaged by oil-field operations)
 Erosion of land caused by negligence of pipeline companies
 Defective products causing property damage

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Insurance Litigation - Article

 Bad-faith failure to pay insurance proceeds, such as:

 life insurance claim, contested because of insurer's claim that insured committed suicide
 credit-life insurance claim, contested because of insurer's claim that insured could do other work
 fire insurance claim, contested because of insurer's claim that insured intentionally burned the insured premises
 uninsured motorist insurance
 business property insurance, contested because of ambiguous policy language
 health insurance, where insurer paid only what it deemed reasonable and customary

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Business and Commercial Litigation

 Breach of Warranty
 Breach of Contract
 Construction contracts & mechanics' and materialmen's lien foreclosures
 Disputes between co-owners of businesses
 Disputes between employers and past/present employees

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Miscellaneous Litigation

 Libel and Slander
 Malicious Prosecution & Abuse of Process
 Wrongful execution

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Real Estate

 Quiet-Title suits
 Partition Actions
 Foreclosures
 Fraudulent Transfer actions (to execute upon property transferred to defraud creditors)
 Title examinations
 Deeds, Contracts, options, mortgages, easements and all other instruments affecting real property


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Probate - Article

 Probates and Administration of Estates
 Estate Tax returns
 Contests of Wills and Trusts (contesting wills and trusts signed by one who was incompetent or under the influence of fraud or duress)

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Trusts/Estate Planning - Article

 Simple and Complex Trusts
 Revocable/Irrevocable Trusts
 Trusts for Estate Planning
 Trusts to Avoid Probate/Estate Administration
 Trusts to Minimize Estate Tax
 Marital Deduction Trusts/Wills
 QTIP Wills/Trusts
 Estate Tax Planning
 Gift Planning
 Family Business Planning
 Probate Avoidance
 Elder Law Issues
 Durable Powers of Attorney
 Health Care Directives
 Irrevocable Insurance Trusts
 Charitable Remainder Trusts
 Use of Wills, Trusts, Family Partnership Agreements, and all other Appropriate Media to Accomplish Estate Planning Goals

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Oil & Gas - Article

 Mineral Deeds/Conveyances
 Oil and Gas Leases
 Assignments of Oil and Gas Leases
 Oil and Gas Liens
 Oil and Gas Mortgages
 Surface Damage Act Compliance

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Municipal Law

 General Representation of Cities and Towns
 Condemnation (Eminent Domain) Actions

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Debt Collection - Article

 Suits to collect accounts receivable, unsecured notes and secured notes
 Replevins (Prejudgment Repossessions)
 Asset Hearings (examinations of debtor or others under oath to find assets to satisfy a judgment)
 Skip-tracing and Asset Searches

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Bankruptcy

Representation of creditors and debtors in all kinds of bankruptcy proceedings, including but not limited to confirmation hearings, valuation hearings, and adversary proceedings (contesting the granting of a discharge or the dischargeability of a particular debt).

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