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Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect

11/17/2008
Thomas Pleasant
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Hiring a Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer

If one has sufficient evidence of nursing home neglect or elder abuse against a loved one, that person has to then decide on a nursing home abuse lawyer or attorney. There are a number to choose from in North Carolina. I personally am willing to handle nursing home abuse and neglect cases throughout North Carolina, including cases in Charlotte, Raleigh, Wilmington and Fayetteville, North Carolina, to name a few places.  At this time, my practice model allows me the freedom to spend larger amounts of time on cases, giving clients more personal attention than some of the larger more "high volume" practices. I usually meet personally with the right nursing home abuse/neglect clients, and am willing to travel throughout North Carolina to do so.

Consider that one of the most important factors in hiring a nursing home abuse or nursing home neglect lawyer, as with hiring any personal injury or insurance lawyer, is the lawyer's patience with the client. The legal process can be scary to clients, most of whom have never had any experience with lawsuits; and certainly not with complicated nursing home abuse or neglect cases.  Studies have shown that clients most want a "patient teacher" in their lawyer; and what jurors need in courtrooms is an instructor as well. In complicated cases like nursing home abuse/neglect cases, there is a lot of complicated material that must be well-organized and presented so that everyone can understand it.

Consider also that effective advocacy is primarily determined by dedication and tenacity, not necessarily by intimidation/boistrousness.  The jury science, I think, bears out that jurors are turned off by lawyers who bully and intimidate, anyway.


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