Client Reduces Attorneys’s Bill
May 16, 2018OUTCOME: Case resolved for approximately one-half amount due.
Selik is hired by a business owner whose attorney claimed to be owed over $100,000.
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Joel Gary Selik's Legal Cases (3)
San Diego, CA
Ethics and professional responsibility Lawyer at San Diego, CA
Practice Areas: Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Debt Collection ... +4 more
Recent Case Settlement-Legal Malpractice
Jan 01, 2015OUTCOME: Success
In a Nevada Legal Malpractice case brought in Las Vegas-Clark County, Nevada, 450-pound client suffered soft tissue injuries in a Nevada slip & fall on the property of a governmental entity. It was a ... lleged the Plaintiff suffered from medical malpractice when he had lowered consciousness at the Nevada rehabilitative hospital. As to the slip and fall, there is a Nevada governmental entity damage cap and persuasive arguments for reducing damages. Attorney Selik was able to obtain a substantial confidential settlement against the attorney. The out-of-state worker’s compensation insurer claimed subrogation, and when the insurer would not negotiate, Attorney Selik found case law in insurer’s state that precluded any worker’s compensation subrogation in legal malpractice cases. This allowed the case to settle faster and at a much higher amount.
Attorneys Fail To Get Expert Reports
Jan 24, 2014OUTCOME: Confidential payment
Large Nevada Law Firm handling Las Vegas personal injury case.