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Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Construction Accidents, Product Liability, Nursing Home Liability, Brain and Spinal Cord Injury With a proven track record of success and a hard won reputation for excellence, Daniel is a highly skilled litigator and partner at the law offices of Gordon & Partners. Focusing on personal injury litigation, Daniel is a member of the prestigious "Million Dollar Advocates Forum"—an award that is bestowed upon less than one percent of all lawyers in the United States—and is an active member in his local community. For unparalleled legal assistance with your injury claim, contact Daniel today.

Mr. Flaherty joined Keches Law Group, P.C. in 2004 with a background in the construction industry. He is a former member of the Local 7 Steel and Ironworkers Union. Sean received his bachelor's degree summa cum laude from Quinnipiac University. While at Quinnipiac University, Mr. Flaherty was named to the Phi Beta Kapa International Honor Society. He earned his law degree from New England School of Law and is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts.Before joining Keches Law Group, P.C., Mr. Flaherty interned with the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office.

In environmental law, in exceptionally challenging cases, an ordinary approach is just not enough. Gregory A. Cade, has made this clear when he developed his personal vision of "Know your case". This is his leading principle that successfully combines all the necessary traits in order to solve complex legal issues. Having a solid science background is also a notable difference in his unique approach. Greg is using his Industrial Hygiene degree in handling injuries resulting from exposure to asbestos, benzene, creosote, coke emissions, dioxins, PAHs, PCBs, and other known toxicants. Representing thousands of individual and community claims all over the Southeast for 20 years, Greg is always driven to help injured people, be it in an occupational setting or in an environmental setting, in a mass setting or a class action setting. None of these would be possible without taking things personally, something that not every lawyer has the dedication to do. He has instilled in his entire firm a strong motivation to establish real connections with every client. Detailed knowledge, time consumption and financial risk may be enough reasons for most law firms to avoid environmental cases. For Greg, this is not the case. Patience, loyalty and knowledge make Greg a powerful ally on the side of environmental victims.

Working to protect Kentucky’s most vulnerable citizens and natural landscapes has long been Joe’s personal and professional passion. As an undergraduate student at the University of Kentucky, Joe successfully lobbied for Appalachian studies curricula and the formation of the UK Appalachian Center. As a law student, Joe spent his summers working throughout east Kentucky and central Appalachia with the Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force documenting absentee land and mineral ownership by out of state energy giants. This work inspired the creation of the Kentucky Fair Tax Coalition, which later became Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. Joe started his legal career with the Appalachian Research and Defense Fund (AppalRed) in Jackson, Kentucky, and has now been in private practice for forty years. He represented landowners in some of Kentucky’s most important mineral and tax litigation, which led to major reforms in property tax of unmined minerals and passage of the Broad Form Deed Amendment to the Kentucky Constitution in 1988. ​ From 1988 to 1992, Joe was a partner of Shepherd & Childers, where he practiced with now Franklin Circuit Court Judge Phillip Shepherd. From 2007 to 2011, Joe was a partner in Getty & Childers, a Lexington civil litigation firm. In 2012, Joe started Joe F. Childers & Associates, the predecessor to Childers & Baxter, PLLC. Joe has served on the boards of the Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center, Kentucky State University, Kentucky Employers Mutual Insurance Company, the State Board of Claims, and as Commissioner on the State Mine Safety Review Commission and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Since 2015, Joe has served as Board Chair of the Kentucky Resources Council. Joe and his wife Denise have two adult children.

Mr. O’Donnell has dedicated more than 25 years to representing individuals who have been injured in Virginia. He never represents an Insurance Company or Employer, and always speaks for the injured. Mr. O’Donnell gives individualized attention to each client, and together with his staff, carefully prepares each case, explaining the process along the way. First and foremost, Mr. O’Donnell wants his firm to be able to assist clients in getting the medical treatment they need, so that they can regain their activities/work and hopefully make a complete medical recovery as possible. Mr. O’Donnell has a statewide Virginia practice and welcomes calls from new clients and referrals from past clients and attorneys.

Ms. Natalie Mirzayan takes a compassionate approach to the practice of law and is known for her ability to listen to clients and understand their needs and goals. Ms. Mirzayan is dedicated to achieving favorable settlements at the earliest opportunity and works on the principle that negotiations are most successful when the case is well-positioned for litigation if necessary. Ms. Mirzayan makes clear to her clients that they will be actively involved in their cases, and that the case strategy will be developed based on their particular needs and circumstances. Ms. Mirzayan was awarded her law degree from California Western School of Law and after further law studies obtained an LL.M. in Taxation from Chapman University School of Law. Ms. Mirzayan was a member of the California Western School of Law Pro Bono Honors Society and received the Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services. She graduated with honors, cum laude, from the University of California Los Angeles with a B.A. in Economics. Ms. Mirzayan’s experience in litigation and alternative dispute resolution, allows her to carefully evaluate each client’s individual needs to achieve optimal results.

Dane Steffenson is a nationally recognized employment litigator, trusted advisor, and skilled problem solver with unique insight into the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) enforcement strategies, policies and procedures. Dane spent more than 17 years litigating some of the DOL's most complex, novel and high-profile cases.

Steven is admitted to practice law in the State of New York and a member of the bars of the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York and the U.S Court of Appeals for the Second and Fourth Circuits. He has been admitted pro hac vice to a multitude of U.S. District Courts across the nation. An aggressive and tenacious trial attorney /litigator prosecuting and defending complex cases in both the state and federal courts, he received recognition for his excellent professional skills and achievements, by being appointed as an ADR Mediator by the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York in 2001. Steven was lead class counsel in the MDL, In re Aon Corp. Wage & Hour Employment Practices Litigation No. 08CV5802 (Hon.Charles P. Kocoras) U.S.D.C., Northern District of Illinois and appointed as a member of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in In Re Nuvaring Products Liability Litigation, 4:08 MDL 1964 (RWS), United States District Court, for the Eastern District of Missouri.

Jason has been handling both personal injury and workers’ compensation cases in Arizona since 2006. In addition to car accidents, Jason's practice includes third-party liability claims resulting from work-place injuries like motor vehicle and trucking accidents, construction and industrial accidents, product and machinery defects.