Medical Malpractice

I began my career learning from some of the best, most experienced lawyers in Kansas. That experience has helped me become a skilled trial lawyer. Now, as a private attorney, running my own law office, I advocate for clients in Johnson County and the Kansas City surrounding area. I have successfully advocated for many clients in the court room and out, in cases regarding serious injuries or serious felonies. I have helped hundred of clients with felony or misdemeanor charges.  When you are badly injured, I help you get the money you deserve.  I have experienced great success at jury trials, bench trials, suppression hearings, pleas, and more. Before I became an attorney, I was a persuasive professional speaker for 10 years. That experience greatly honed my skills to become a dynamic persuasive trial lawyer. If you are dealing with a serious legal issue, you need skilled, dynamic, and aggressive representation by a quality trial lawyer. I focus on only two kinds of cases: serious injuries and serious criminal defense.  I help people who have been seriously injured, or are facing serious criminal charges such as a DUI or other felony.  If you have been badly injured or if you have been arrested, charged or questioned in connection with a serious crime, call an experienced lawyer right away.  I am Jerry L. Wallentine, a Kansas ad Missouri trial attorney who fights your legal battles in court.In a free initial consultation, we can discuss the facts of your case and basic strategies. I utilize innovative, aggressive and dynamic defense strategies to protect my clients' rights and interests. I prepare every case for trial rather than rushing to a plea bargain or settlement. This leads to better results whether your case goes to trial or does end up with a plea or settlement. With my history as a professional public speaker, I utilize persuasive techniques for your benefit.My practice is based in Olathe, Kansas across the street from the Johnson County Courthouse. I serve the citizens in the Kansas City area, including Lenexa, Shawnee, Overland Park, Mission Hills, Merriam, and all surrounding communities of Johnson County and Wyandotte County, as well as Jackson County, Missouri. Contact a zealous Kansas City lawyer who will fight for you!  Call 913-764-9700

Michael V. McGrail is a partner in the law firm of Wesley, McGrail and Wesley. He began his legal career in 1993 and is admitted to practice law in the State of Florida and the U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida. Mr. McGrail’s practice is limited solely to litigation matters. He represents clients who have been seriously injured through the fault of someone else. His practice is limited to personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death and insurance coverage disputes, as well as those who have been denied Social Security Disability and Supplemental Security Income. The law firm of Wesley, McGrail and Wesley is dedicated to representing clients throughout Northwest Florida who have been severely injured through no fault of their own. Whether it be representing a claimant at a Social Security administrative law hearing or trying a wrongful death claim in front a jury, Wesley, McGrail and Wesley will do everything to maximize your recovery and ensure that your case is handled with professionalism, integrity and dignity. When Mr. McGrail gets time away from the office, he enjoys boating, working out, spending time with his family and attending Florida State Football games during the fall. He is married to his high school sweetheart and has three grown daughters. Mr. McGrail has been very involved in the local sports community, having spent many years as a soccer coach, team manager and is a member of the Fort Walton Beach Allsports Association and a Wuerffel Trophy Regional Representative. He is a member of the First United Methodist Church of Fort Walton Beach where he enjoys singing in the choir and working with the youth department.

Legal challenges require top-level experience and skill. That’s why individuals and businesses in West Virginia (WV) turn to attorney William C. Brewer at William C. Brewer & Associates, PLLC. Serving clients throughout the state, William C. (Bill) Brewer provides reliable advice, decades of experience, and guidance grounded in common sense, capably lifting the legal burden from your shoulders. When someone remarks that “you’re going to need a good lawyer,” then they mean retaining the services of someone like WV trial lawyer Bill Brewer. The reason is quite simple: Brewer is one of the leading trial attorneys in West Virginia, but his background as a business owner makes him an asset to those in the corporate world as well. Brewer has represented an impressive roster of clients in an equally remarkable number of industries, so it’s safe to say that the Morgantown trial attorney can ably handle nearly any type of case. Individuals and businesses have relied on this depth of experience for nearly four decades and continue to do so with the legal team at William C. Brewer & Associates, PLLC. Brewer received his education at West Virginia University, earning a bachelor of arts degree in biology (1976). A year later, he earned a bachelor of science in accounting, also from WVU. From there, he attended George Mason University School of Law (now Antonin Scalia Law School) in Arlington, Virginia, where, in 1980, he earned a juris doctor. Since Brewer’s admission to practice law in West Virginia (1981) and before the US District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia (1981), the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (1981), the US District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia (1982), and the US Bankruptcy Court (1989), he has been integral to protecting individuals and businesses in asserting their legal rights or defending against claims or charges against them.

Our experienced personal injury lawyers regularly represent clients suffering from minor, serious, and catastrophic injuries. We have extensive experience negotiating with insurance companies and litigating personal injury and wrongful death claims throughout Minnesota. Whether you were injured in an auto or truck accident, in a collision with an insured or underinsured driver, from a fall on dangerous or neglected property, as a result of medical malpractice, from a dog bite, or in a car accident involving alcohol, we will go to work for you immediately to seek the financial compensation you need and deserve.

Louis F. Pignatelli currently practices law in several areas, focusing primarily on trial practice in cases concerning serious personal injury, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse and neglect, and wrongful death. Soon after being sworn-in, Attorney Pignatelli began to practice with his father, then Mayor Louis J. Pignatelli. He maintained the family practice while simultaneously serving as the youngest State’s Attorney in the history of Whiteside County. He rededicated exclusively to private practice in the late-1970s. Over the years, his practice has focused on obtaining compensation for injured people and their families. He has selected a handful of cases to follow this biography for your consideration. In addition to obtaining justice for injured people, Attorney Pignatelli has extensive experience in finance and financial litigation in competitive market sectors. Pignatelli secured the financing for his first residential development project with the title to his late-model Datsun. To date, he continues development of residential properties — both single-family and multi-unit — as well as commercial and industrial real estate in northwestern Illinois. Pignatelli worked with the Chicago-based Gamel Broadcasting Group. Over time he acquired a minority stake and later purchased a controlling interest in the group’s five-tower, 1,000-watt Fox Valley-area station under the call letters WFXW, serving news, talk and nightly music to Geneva, St. Charles and Batavia. Pignatelli served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Skolniks, a publicly-traded company on the NASDAQ. Then a director, Pignatelli stepped-up to captain the corporation — which produced the baked goods including the Olive Garden’s beloved breadsticks, as well as bagels and other bakery products — following the ousting of several members of management who were found to be complicit in corporate scandal. Under Pignatelli’s leadership, the national brand, franchise and wholesale divisions navigated toward an outcome in the best interests of its shareholders. Pignatelli serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Community State Bank of Illinois.

The Morlan family has lived and farmed in Cedar County Missouri since the mid 1800’s. Tad grew up in El Dorado Springs and graduated from there in 1983. Tad then attended Missouri State University and studied Economics prior to attending law school at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, where he obtained his law degree. He began practicing law in 1992. Now Tad has almost 30 years under his belt practicing personal injury in Springfield Missouri helping thousands of people.

Attorney Cardamone, named to the National Trial Lawyers Top 100, is the Founder and President of Cardamone Law and is a Certified Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Specialist with over 26 years of experience and success representing injured workers across Pennsylvania. An avid martial artist with experience in Kickboxing, Mixed Martial Arts, Aikido, Karate, and Jiu-Jitsu, Cardamone loves a good fight- and every workers’ compensation case brings exactly that- a war to win! He has been named to the Best Lawyers of America by Best Lawyers, Best Attorneys of America List by Rue Ratings, America’s Top 100 Attorneys, Top 25 in Workers’ Compensation and Brain Injuries in Pennsylvania by The National Trial Lawyers, has a 10 out of 10 rating on Avvo, and is a Super Lawyer in Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Law. In 2023, Michael was voted AV Preeminent by his peers through the rigorous Martindale- Hubbell process- the highest possible rating for legal ability and professionalism. Michael graduated from St. Joe’s Prep in Philadelphia in 1992, then attended Boston College and graduated with honors in 1996, then going on to earn his Juris Doctor from the Villanova University School of Law in 1999. He served as Co-Chair of the prestigious Montgomery County Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section from 2022-2024. He was the Pennsylvania Workers’ Comp Expert on the Ask the Experts Radio Show in Philadelphia every month from 2020 until 2024. Attorney Cardamone has a high winning percentage and is known to fight tooth and nail for his clients, to either win their case, or to get every penny possible in settlement. In his 20s, Attorney Cardamone ran three marathons, including the Boston Marathon in 1995 and the Bay State Marathon- finishing Bay State with a 3:16 time. He enjoys spending time with his wife and three children and three stepchildren, playing tennis, traveling, and trying new restaurants.

Jerry D. Andrews is a skilled personal injury attorney with more than 25 years of legal experience. He is well-known in the Texas legal community for his trial work and his skill as a negotiator. You can rely on Mr. Andrews and the firm to provide knowledgeable and compassionate representation in personal injury and wrongful death cases. The staff speaks Spanish fluently so we are able to offer excellent legal service to the Spanish-speaking community. In addition to his work in personal injury, Attorney Andrews has started an operation to serve those injured in accidents involving delivery drivers. These include UPS, Amazon, and FedEx. Learn more about our Texas Delivery Accident Lawyers Mr. Andrews was licensed to practice law in 1991 and started his own firm in 1999. To schedule a free consultation with Attorney Andrews, visit his website or call 214-221-5800.

Joel H. Schwartz started as a solo practitioner in 1965. Over the years as a personal injury lawyer, he prided himself in giving the best client service possible and helping injured victims of accidents in any way he could. As our firm grows, we continue to hire only the best and the brightest. Our 30 professionals all specialize in personal injury law. It is all that we do. We continue to provide the best service and achieve the highest results for our clients in the Boston area. Through the years, Joel Schwartz has seen many changes in personal injury law, but one thing has remained unchanged. His ideology. "We will treat each client as if their case is the most important one in our office." Joel H. Schwartz is one of the best-known personal injury attorneys today. His more than 50 years of practice and reputation for protecting the rights of victims have made him well-recognized and highly regarded in the field of personal injury law. Frequently sought out for his opinion on current personal injury law issues, he has appeared on TV & radio as an expert commentator. Since 2008, Joel Schwartz has been named amongst the Top 100 Trial Lawyers per National Trial Lawyers Association. He is also a lifetime member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the country. Membership is limited to attorneys who have won multi-million dollar settlements/verdicts for their clients. Fewer than 1% of U.S. attorneys are members. Joel H. Schwartz is a member of the Boston, Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. He is also a well-known member of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys and the American Association For Justice.

**Helping Good People in Tough Situations Since 1992** My name is Jim Crawford. I founded the Law Office of James E. Crawford, Jr., & Associates -- JC Law -- back in 1992 to protect Maryland's most vulnerable against a biased legal system while helping them get their lives back. As our clients' legal needs have grown, the Firm has grown with them to provide the same level of legal expertise and guidance in every aspect of Maryland law. I and my Firm's team of family, criminal, & business lawyers understand that each case presents unique challenges and must be met with equally unique approaches. We commit to providing clients with: + An overall professional and positive experience; + Respect and compassion during often difficult times; + Experienced attorneys with a deep understanding of the judicial system and every aspect of Maryland law; and + Zealous legal representation to champion the client’s best interests in every situation. **Criminal Defense Against Maryland State & Federal Charges** For the past 28 years, I personally have defended people who have been charged with crimes in Baltimore, Catonsville, Annapolis, Bel Air and throughout every county and courtroom in Maryland. My trial experience is extensive. I am in court in front of judges and juries almost every day of my working life. Criminal defense is about more than knowing the law; it's also about understanding people. Judges, prosecutors, lawyers, police, and defendants all bring variables that can alter the outcome of a criminal case. At JC Law, our job is to stand next to you in your hour of need and help you get your life back. + Traffic & DUI Charges + Sex Crimes, including Rape & Sex Offenses + Child Pornography Investigations & Charges + Federal Charges, including Bribery, Fraud, Conspiracy, Embezzlement, Identity Theft, & Perjury + Domestic Assault & Violent Crimes, including Murder, Aggravated Assault, Abuse, Kidnapping, & Arson + Juvenile Offenses & College Misconduct, including Underage Drinking, Cyberbullying, Academic Misconduct, & Minor-related Sex Offenses + Drugs & Weapons Charges, including Armed Robbery & Weapon Possession at School + Court System Matters, including Warrants, Bail Hearings, Probation Violations, & Expungements If you are already charged or believe you are under investigation by a state agency such as the police or the federal government, it is extremely important that you retain the services of a highly qualified lawyer immediately. The quicker we have an understanding of the facts, the easier it is to push your case to resolution. **Domestic & Family Legal Services for Maryland Families** At JC Law, we help Maryland families form the best futures for themselves and their children through the legal system. We will stand with you through it all, doing whatever is necessary to make sure your case closes with a happy ending – and a bright new beginning. + General Divorce Services, including Prenuptial Agreements & Post-Divorce Modifications + Marital Settlement Agreements (MSAs) + Mediation Services + Men's Divorce Services, including Paternity & Father's Rights + Military Family Law, especially unique Divorce & Property Division requirements + Child-Related Services, including Custody, Visitation, & Child Support; Adoption; Grandparents' Rights; and Reproductive Technology + Alimony Negotiations + Protective & Peace Orders, both Emergency & Final + Contempt of Court **Business & Civil Litigation** JC Law helps our business & civil litigation clients keep their head in the game, not the courtroom. Our expert team of business & civil litigators defend your business when legal issues appear to sap your time, attention, and resources away from what truly matters: Your professional success and livelihood. + Business Services, including Corporate Transactions & Legal Guidance, Government Contracts, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Business Organization Creation + Civil Litigation, including the Defense of Professionals, Government Investigations, and Coronavirus Issues + Real Estate, including Property-Related Dispute Resolution, Leasing, Zoning & Permitting, Liens, and Settlements + Sports & Entertainment Law, including Contracts, Litigation & Disputes, Title IX & Title VII Issues, Arbitration & Mediation, and Public Relations **General Legal Services: Your Legal Champions, Always** I want my Firm to be your go-to legal resources whenever a legal issue arises. From immigration and bankruptcy to wills and worker's comp, we are always on your side. + Wills, Estates, & Trusts, including Estate Planning, POAs & Living Wills, Trust Administration, Estate Litigation, Elder Law, and Inheritance Disputes + Bankruptcy, including Personal Bankruptcy, Business Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, and Debt Consolidation + Personal Injury, including Vehicular & Driver Accidents, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability, and Swimming Pool Injuries + Worker's Compensation, including Appeals & Hearings, Death & Dependent Claims, Settlements & Compensation, Workplace Accidents, Pre-Existing Conditions, and Fraudulent Petitions Learn more about me and my team at JamesCrawfordLaw.com.