Lafayette, LA Medical Malpractice lawyers (245)

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Scott Webre
5.0 stars 4 reviews
Avvo Rating: 10.0
Licensed since 1991
I was born and raised in Lafayette. I am blessed with a beautiful and supportive wife, Sarah, and two inspiring and wonderful young children. We enjoy boating, water skiing, hunting, fishing and spending time with family. We are active members of ...
Practice areas & skills: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Michael Durand
5.0 stars 1 review
Avvo Rating: 7.7
Licensed since 1979
38 years in a litigation practice that currently entails almost exclusively defense of oil related companies in high profile property contaminaiton lawsuits ("legacy lawsuits" as they are known in Louisiana). Been with the same lawfirm the entire...
Practice areas & skills: Medical Malpractice, Appeals, Insurance, Environmental and Natural Resources
Kenneth St. Pe'
Not yet reviewed
Avvo Rating: 8.4
Licensed since 1993
A top rated law firm handling Personal Injury and Wrongful Death cases as well as employment wage cases and class action litigation. Board Certified in medical malpractice and 20+ years investigating and handling hundreds of nursing home neglect...
Practice areas & skills: Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Employment & Labor, Personal Injury, Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
Shawn Carter
Not yet reviewed
Avvo Rating: 7.7
Licensed since 2003
Practice areas & skills: Medical Malpractice, Construction & Development, Litigation, Business, Bankruptcy & Debt
Daniel Palmintier
Not yet reviewed
Avvo Rating: 7.6
Licensed since 1992
Practice areas & skills: Medical Malpractice, Health Care, Litigation, Appeals
William Stagg
Not yet reviewed
Avvo Rating: 7.5
Licensed since 1982
Practice areas & skills: Medical Malpractice, Intellectual Property, Health Care, Government
Glenn Armentor
5.0 stars 1 review
Avvo Rating: 6.7
Licensed since 1977
Personal injury, malpractice attorney, providing legal aid to the seriously injured. The Glenn Armentor Law Corporation is established as a pre-eminent plaintiffs' litigation firm in Louisiana. We have amassed a phenomenal success rate*, & have be...
Practice areas & skills: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Car Accidents, Motorcycle Accident, Slip and Fall Accident
Jacob Hargett
Not yet reviewed
Avvo Rating: 7.3
Licensed since 2009
Practice areas & skills: Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Admiralty & Maritime, Personal Injury, Brain Injury
Marc Judice
Not yet reviewed
Avvo Rating: 7.2
Licensed since 1977
Practice areas & skills: Medical Malpractice, Insurance, Environmental and Natural Resources, Admiralty & Maritime, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Jonathan Villien
Not yet reviewed
Avvo Rating: 6.8
Licensed since 2011
Practice areas & skills: Medical Malpractice, Litigation, Health Care, Contracts & Agreements

Medical malpractice

Everyone makes mistakes. But when doctors, nurses, therapists, or dentists make them, the effects can last a lifetime. Patients have a right to expect that medical procedures will be properly performed. Medical malpractice attorneys represent you if you are injured by a healthcare provider's careless or accidental mistakes. For example, if a doctor leaves behind gauze in your body during surgery, resulting in an infected wound that requires even more surgery, the doctor committed medical malpractice. Medical malpractice attorneys can recognize injuries caused by mistakes; they know the most common mistakes that cause injuries, and they know how to find and present information useful to prove your case. Medical malpractice attorneys also know how much insurance is available if the health care provider is responsible for what happened to you.