Canonsburg, PA
Litigation Lawyer at Canonsburg, PA
Practice Areas: Litigation, Business ... +2 more
OUTCOME: deferred prosecution
Client was assaulted by aggressive, drunken neighbor, but Aspen's finest saw fit to charge my client with public fighting. We pled not guilty and set the matter for jury trial and prosecution relented ... to our terms to take a deferred pros two weeks before trial date.
OUTCOME: Settled five-figure debt with $0.22 on the dollar
defended individual on collection effort after alleged debt was purchased by third party; successfully negotiated settlement paying 22 cents on the dollar including principal, court costs and fees.
OUTCOME: Satisfactory resolution
Domestic matter we negotiated including custody and child support. Matter was revisited one month before youngest child reached majority and monetary dispute was successfully negotiated and settled.
OUTCOME: Policy limits obtained from driver's carrier; currently suing UIM carrier in Pitkin District Court.
Single vehicle rollover car crash. Our client was a front seat passenger who suffered a fracture of his T-3 vertebrae.
OUTCOME: recovery from carriers maximized all around
Represented front seat passenger in rollover highway MVA. We had to reconstruct and correct the police and paramedic records to harmonize them with the medical records to establish that the injured per ... son transported to hospital was in fact our client. We were able to do this via the "911" audio records obtained from the sheriff. Recovery from BI carrier was thus maximized. Med Pay monies came to us and were thus paid out at discounted levels.
OUTCOME: Restitution Judgment of six figures
Head-on drunk driving crash. We represented the victim in the criminal prosecution of the intoxicated driver for vehicular Assault and DUI. Assisted the prosecutor in seeking restitution and saw ever ... y dollar sought was awarded in post-sentence order. collection to follow.
OUTCOME: $302,352 [civil and criminal]
Rollover MVA with intentional tort and intervening tequila consumption intrigue. Brought civil suit For negligence, intentional tort and family car doctrine in conjunction with criminal restitution ma ... tter. Client had severe trauma to hand and wrist. Our motion to seek punitive damages was granted. Recovery of triple river's BI limits. A respected local firm turned this matter down as unrecoverable. We then took the case and recovered three times the BI limits through our expert understanding of the interplay between criminal restitution and civil tort. Our client's judgment's and negotiated settlement amount was paid off within a year of reaching the structured deal.
OUTCOME: All Charges Dismissed
A "drive-by domestic" where police investigated for about three minutes before choosing which spouse to arrest. District Attorney saw it our way and dismissed the case forthwith. We have since sealed ... the arrest records from public view.
OUTCOME: Confidential settlement with financial participation of All Defendants
Serious bodily injury dog attack case aggravated substantially by ensuing infection, nerve damage and other medical complications. Settled with all defendants while motion for partial summary judgment ... on strict liability aspect of Colorado Dog Bite Statute was pending. Through persistence and near constant contact with liability adjusters that continued even after counsel was assigned, we saw the carrier advance funds to medical providers in excess of Med-Pay out of the liability reserves despite their denial of liability.
OUTCOME: deferred disposition / no conviction / no admission of fault
Contentious [and somewhat bizarre] fact pattern resulting in a homeowner being charged with assault over using minimal force to eject an apparently highly-disturbed trespasser. Our investigation and t ... he cooperation of helpful eyewitnesses brought about an acceptable disposition.
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