[GRAPHIC: Super Lawyers, John R. Kane rated
by Super Lawyers, Attorney John R. Kane describes what has made him a successful lawyer.] John R. Kane: I became a lawyer because I
wanted to make a difference.
Life isn't fair, and nobody makes that claim, but when you
have a lawyer on your side, it's about as fair as it can get. In order to be a successful
attorney, I think you have to put yourself in the client's shoes. You can look at it
from a legal perspective, as any lawyer does, but in order to really understand it and to
really help somebody, you have to look at it not from your perspective, but from their
perspective. Nothing can make them whole.
Nothing can make it right. Nothing can take
back what's harmed them. The best you can do is find out what their ultimate goal is,
and what do they want to achieve? What does their family want to achieve? What sort of
justice are they looking for? I've been an attorney for 15 years, and one
of the things that I still love about my job is my clients. I can't begin to tell you how
gratifying it is when the case settles, and you look at the relief on the client's face,
and as terrible as things are, I can give them peace of mind.
I can give them relief
from their worries, and I see it on their faces, and like I said, it's just it's
what I love. [GRAPHIC: Super Lawyers, 412-227-6556, www.Sdklaw.Com,
John R. Kane rated by Super Lawyers].
Janet Ward Black Mesothelioma Attorney in North Carolina Asbestos Lawyer
The mission of this law firm is to
represent injured people. We protect people's
rights. We do that in car wreck cases, workers compensation, asbestos disease, environmental pollution
cases, we just represent anyone who has
injuries and needs help. I think sometimes people don't call
lawyers because they think they can afford them, but we represent people on a contingency
basis, and what that means is that if that
person doesn't get compensation as a result of our work we don't get
paid.
We have staff, we have technology, that can
support even the most complicated of cases and we
have individuals here who speak with power. I'm a fighter if my client's case needs
to go to trial I'll take it to trail. My clients will get their
day in court if the insurance companies won't give them a fair settlement. I think we serve our clients exceptionally well because of the amazing staff we have, we have a staff of about 20 people and if you added together all of our
years of experience together, it would probably be somewhere around a
hundred and fifty years that we've worked together.
I love helping people, they're not many professions in which you can go to work everyday and know that you are going to do some good for somebody. We're very involved in our community, urban ministries, battered women's shelter, Toys for Tots Operation Christmas Child,
we work hard with the North Carolina Bar Association to provide free legal services to people who
can't afford them. So we choose a number of different
projects to help make our community a better place. My personal philosophy for this law
firm is that all of us be committed, to protecting
people's rights.
That we do the right thing for everybody
that we represent that we take each case, no matter how
large or how small very seriously and do an excellent job
for each client. We give everyday people a
powerful voice so that they'll be treated fairly..
represent injured people. We protect people's
rights. We do that in car wreck cases, workers compensation, asbestos disease, environmental pollution
cases, we just represent anyone who has
injuries and needs help. I think sometimes people don't call
lawyers because they think they can afford them, but we represent people on a contingency
basis, and what that means is that if that
person doesn't get compensation as a result of our work we don't get
paid.
We have staff, we have technology, that can
support even the most complicated of cases and we
have individuals here who speak with power. I'm a fighter if my client's case needs
to go to trial I'll take it to trail. My clients will get their
day in court if the insurance companies won't give them a fair settlement. I think we serve our clients exceptionally well because of the amazing staff we have, we have a staff of about 20 people and if you added together all of our
years of experience together, it would probably be somewhere around a
hundred and fifty years that we've worked together.
I love helping people, they're not many professions in which you can go to work everyday and know that you are going to do some good for somebody. We're very involved in our community, urban ministries, battered women's shelter, Toys for Tots Operation Christmas Child,
we work hard with the North Carolina Bar Association to provide free legal services to people who
can't afford them. So we choose a number of different
projects to help make our community a better place. My personal philosophy for this law
firm is that all of us be committed, to protecting
people's rights.
That we do the right thing for everybody
that we represent that we take each case, no matter how
large or how small very seriously and do an excellent job
for each client. We give everyday people a
powerful voice so that they'll be treated fairly..
iWalk4MESO - A virtual race to end mesothelioma.
You dont have to be a doctor to help find
a cure for cancer. You can help by walking to raise awareness
and to raise money to fight Mesothelioma, a deadly cancer. People get it after they are exposed to asbestos. Who gets it? The skilled construction workers who built
our cities and towns and the dedicated veterans and ship-yard workers who protected us.
September 26th is Mesothelioma awareness day. We invite you to join us to do something to
stop this disease. Were having a virtual race to help spread
the word and raise money for research. Join us to find a cure for Mesothelioma.
Pledge to walk, walk to help people too sick
to march with us. Donate money for research and join the cause
by sharing your efforts on Facebook and the iWalk4MESO Facebook group. I walk for my dad, a construction worker in
New York City. We walk for our grandfather.
A United States veteran. I walk for my husband, an auto mechanic. I walk for my grandfather, a Navy ship builder. Because everyone deserves a long and healthy
life.
They built our cities and protected us. Now its our turn to be there for them. They did their part, so do yours. Join us on September 26th to end Mesothelioma..
a cure for cancer. You can help by walking to raise awareness
and to raise money to fight Mesothelioma, a deadly cancer. People get it after they are exposed to asbestos. Who gets it? The skilled construction workers who built
our cities and towns and the dedicated veterans and ship-yard workers who protected us.
September 26th is Mesothelioma awareness day. We invite you to join us to do something to
stop this disease. Were having a virtual race to help spread
the word and raise money for research. Join us to find a cure for Mesothelioma.
Pledge to walk, walk to help people too sick
to march with us. Donate money for research and join the cause
by sharing your efforts on Facebook and the iWalk4MESO Facebook group. I walk for my dad, a construction worker in
New York City. We walk for our grandfather.
A United States veteran. I walk for my husband, an auto mechanic. I walk for my grandfather, a Navy ship builder. Because everyone deserves a long and healthy
life.
They built our cities and protected us. Now its our turn to be there for them. They did their part, so do yours. Join us on September 26th to end Mesothelioma..
Illinois Mesothelioma & Asbestos Lawyers1-866-468-8631
Each year thousands of families across the
country come face to face with mesothelioma. And hard working families throughout Illinois
are impacted. This silent killer, caused by exposure to asbestos, in anything from brake
pads to home insulation, can remain dormant for decades before turning a life upside down
in a matter of months. Unfortunately, because mesothelioma is a rare cancer, many victims
have difficulty finding an advocate who understands the complex medical and legal issues they're
dealing with.
At the Simmons Law Firm, we want you to know that you're not alone. We've
been fighting asbestos companies on behalf of mesothelioma victims across the state for
over a decade. To date, we've recovered over 760 million dollars for victims living in
Illinois. We have offices in both Alton and Chicago and we're dedicated to giving each
family the personal attention they deserve.
If you live in Illinois, and you or a family
member has been affected by mesothelioma, contact the Simmons Firm today for a free
consultation..
country come face to face with mesothelioma. And hard working families throughout Illinois
are impacted. This silent killer, caused by exposure to asbestos, in anything from brake
pads to home insulation, can remain dormant for decades before turning a life upside down
in a matter of months. Unfortunately, because mesothelioma is a rare cancer, many victims
have difficulty finding an advocate who understands the complex medical and legal issues they're
dealing with.
At the Simmons Law Firm, we want you to know that you're not alone. We've
been fighting asbestos companies on behalf of mesothelioma victims across the state for
over a decade. To date, we've recovered over 760 million dollars for victims living in
Illinois. We have offices in both Alton and Chicago and we're dedicated to giving each
family the personal attention they deserve.
If you live in Illinois, and you or a family
member has been affected by mesothelioma, contact the Simmons Firm today for a free
consultation..
How to Find a Mesothelioma Attorney
How to Find a Mesothelioma Attorney Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer caused
by exposure to asbestos. Mesothelioma cases are unique in the legal
field due to the long period between being exposed and getting sick. Therefore, it is extremely important to find
an attorney who is familiar with taking on these sorts of cases. You have a limited amount of time to pursue
your claim, so you should find an attorney as soon as possible after your diagnosis.
Preparing to Search for an Attorney 1-1-Determine the jurisdiction you must make sure you are clear about the
appropriate county, or parish, and state in which to bring your claim. A lawsuit should be brought in the county,
or parish, and state in which the person you are suing, called the Defendant, lives or
operates a business. Many specialist mesothelioma attorneys will
have practices in a number of different states 1-2- Consider what you should be looking for The attorney you work with will need to be
someone you can talk to in confidence and feel comfortable with. You may be discussing very personal information
about your health and your condition.
Keep in mind that good communication and trust
is essential if you are going to have positive and successful relationship with an attorney. 1-3- Understand how costs work Understand how costs work. Attorneys in this area of law work on a contingency
basis. That means that your fee will be taken out
of any award money you receive, whether that be through a settlement or jury award.
However, some court costs and travel fees
may have to be paid by you up front. Before you sign up with an attorney you will
agree a percentage of the settlement that you will pay to the attorney after the claim
is completed. Finding Attorneys 2-1-Speak to former colleagues If a trusted friend or colleague can recommend
an attorney this could be a good option. If your colleague got a good result, and they
had a good working relationship with the lawyer, you should add this lawyer to your shortlist 2-2-Search online It's important that you spend some time carefully
reading through the legal information each lawyer provides on the website.
You should be looking for well-written and
in-depth information that evidences the expertise, experience and sensitivity of the attorney. Be wary of adverts that do not provide detailed
information, and just make a bald statement, such as "Millions of Dollars Guaranteed" 2-3-Use some online lawyer directories When you search online you will no doubt come
across a number of large online attorney directories. These can be helpful if you are struggling
to navigate the many thousands of search engine results. Use the same critical criteria to evaluate
any posting, advert or website for a mesothelioma attorney.
3-Evaluating the Attorneys 3-1-Do some initial investigation and research you need to do some investigation about the
records, history and profile of different attorneys. This can become a major task so try to focus
your search as much as possible. You can do an initial assessment by reading
through websites and evaluating the contents and presentation. Review the site for the quality of information,
grammar and spelling, and visual appeal.
Attorneys who maintain sites with large amounts
of grammar and spelling errors, low quality articles, and a barrage of ads can be crossed
of your list..
by exposure to asbestos. Mesothelioma cases are unique in the legal
field due to the long period between being exposed and getting sick. Therefore, it is extremely important to find
an attorney who is familiar with taking on these sorts of cases. You have a limited amount of time to pursue
your claim, so you should find an attorney as soon as possible after your diagnosis.
Preparing to Search for an Attorney 1-1-Determine the jurisdiction you must make sure you are clear about the
appropriate county, or parish, and state in which to bring your claim. A lawsuit should be brought in the county,
or parish, and state in which the person you are suing, called the Defendant, lives or
operates a business. Many specialist mesothelioma attorneys will
have practices in a number of different states 1-2- Consider what you should be looking for The attorney you work with will need to be
someone you can talk to in confidence and feel comfortable with. You may be discussing very personal information
about your health and your condition.
Keep in mind that good communication and trust
is essential if you are going to have positive and successful relationship with an attorney. 1-3- Understand how costs work Understand how costs work. Attorneys in this area of law work on a contingency
basis. That means that your fee will be taken out
of any award money you receive, whether that be through a settlement or jury award.
However, some court costs and travel fees
may have to be paid by you up front. Before you sign up with an attorney you will
agree a percentage of the settlement that you will pay to the attorney after the claim
is completed. Finding Attorneys 2-1-Speak to former colleagues If a trusted friend or colleague can recommend
an attorney this could be a good option. If your colleague got a good result, and they
had a good working relationship with the lawyer, you should add this lawyer to your shortlist 2-2-Search online It's important that you spend some time carefully
reading through the legal information each lawyer provides on the website.
You should be looking for well-written and
in-depth information that evidences the expertise, experience and sensitivity of the attorney. Be wary of adverts that do not provide detailed
information, and just make a bald statement, such as "Millions of Dollars Guaranteed" 2-3-Use some online lawyer directories When you search online you will no doubt come
across a number of large online attorney directories. These can be helpful if you are struggling
to navigate the many thousands of search engine results. Use the same critical criteria to evaluate
any posting, advert or website for a mesothelioma attorney.
3-Evaluating the Attorneys 3-1-Do some initial investigation and research you need to do some investigation about the
records, history and profile of different attorneys. This can become a major task so try to focus
your search as much as possible. You can do an initial assessment by reading
through websites and evaluating the contents and presentation. Review the site for the quality of information,
grammar and spelling, and visual appeal.
Attorneys who maintain sites with large amounts
of grammar and spelling errors, low quality articles, and a barrage of ads can be crossed
of your list..
How is Mesothelioma DiagnosedAttorney Joe Williams
How is mesothelioma diagnosed? Hi. I'm Joe
Williams. I'm a mesothelioma trial attorney in New York City and I can tell you that there
is generally two ways that physicians (doctors) diagnose mesothelioma. The first way of diagnosing
mesothelioma is a clinical diagnosis.
That means that a doctor is evaluating a patient's
presenting symptoms to draw a picture as to what this patient could be suffering from.
So the things that are evaluated are things like shortness of breath. Often with mesothelioma
victims builds up, it's called a "pleural effusion." But it's basically just a buildup
of fluid between a bony ribcage and the lungs. And when the fluid builds up, it pushes on
both the ribs and the lungs. The ribs don't move - they're made of bone -- so it pushes
in and impacts the lungs, makes it harder for the patient to breathe.
Shortness of breath
is a known symptom of mesothelioma. General fatigue and weakness. Weight loss, substantial
weight loss unexplained in a short period of time is another factor, another symptom,
that physicians will use to clinical diagnose or be suspicious of mesothelioma. For mesothelioma
victims, the definite diagnose comes in the form of a biopsy.
And for pleural mesothelioma,
it's a biopsy of the pleural. And the pleural is the lining on the outside of the lung,
sometimes referred to as a "saran wrap like substance" that lines the exterior (the outside
of the lung) and doctors will take a biopsy of that surface to determine if a patient
has mesothelioma. And how is that biopsy taken? Well, it's usually taken through a surgical
technique and I would say the most common one would be a video assisted thoracoscopy,
sometimes known as a VAT (a video assisted thoracoscopy). The doctors go in with several
instruments -- one of which has a camera on it -- and the surgeon (the doctor) can visualize
the area in the chest where the mesothelioma could be.
And with other instruments (and
again, this is a minimally invasive technique) the physicians can take a biopsy (a piece
of flesh). That biopsy material is then taken and sent to a pathology lab within the hospital
and the pathologists (they're specialized doctors who deal with diagnosing disease from
looking at a slide). The flesh is put onto a slide and for mesothelioma victims the slides
are often stained in certain ways so that different cell types can be visualized when
the pathologist looks under a microscope at the slide. That pathologist then writes out
a report -- it's called a "pathology report" -- and the pathology report is a very important
piece of paper that becomes part of that patient's medical case because it definitively diagnoses
their disease.
And it becomes a very important part of their legal case because it definitively
diagnoses them of having been a victim of pleural mesothelioma. I'm sure you have many
other questions about how mesothelioma is diagnosed. I'm Joe Williams and at our firm
we handle cases every day for mesothelioma victims. This is what we do every day and
we can answer your questions.
I encourage you to call our office at the number below
and we'll be happy to answer your questions. Thank you..
Williams. I'm a mesothelioma trial attorney in New York City and I can tell you that there
is generally two ways that physicians (doctors) diagnose mesothelioma. The first way of diagnosing
mesothelioma is a clinical diagnosis.
That means that a doctor is evaluating a patient's
presenting symptoms to draw a picture as to what this patient could be suffering from.
So the things that are evaluated are things like shortness of breath. Often with mesothelioma
victims builds up, it's called a "pleural effusion." But it's basically just a buildup
of fluid between a bony ribcage and the lungs. And when the fluid builds up, it pushes on
both the ribs and the lungs. The ribs don't move - they're made of bone -- so it pushes
in and impacts the lungs, makes it harder for the patient to breathe.
Shortness of breath
is a known symptom of mesothelioma. General fatigue and weakness. Weight loss, substantial
weight loss unexplained in a short period of time is another factor, another symptom,
that physicians will use to clinical diagnose or be suspicious of mesothelioma. For mesothelioma
victims, the definite diagnose comes in the form of a biopsy.
And for pleural mesothelioma,
it's a biopsy of the pleural. And the pleural is the lining on the outside of the lung,
sometimes referred to as a "saran wrap like substance" that lines the exterior (the outside
of the lung) and doctors will take a biopsy of that surface to determine if a patient
has mesothelioma. And how is that biopsy taken? Well, it's usually taken through a surgical
technique and I would say the most common one would be a video assisted thoracoscopy,
sometimes known as a VAT (a video assisted thoracoscopy). The doctors go in with several
instruments -- one of which has a camera on it -- and the surgeon (the doctor) can visualize
the area in the chest where the mesothelioma could be.
And with other instruments (and
again, this is a minimally invasive technique) the physicians can take a biopsy (a piece
of flesh). That biopsy material is then taken and sent to a pathology lab within the hospital
and the pathologists (they're specialized doctors who deal with diagnosing disease from
looking at a slide). The flesh is put onto a slide and for mesothelioma victims the slides
are often stained in certain ways so that different cell types can be visualized when
the pathologist looks under a microscope at the slide. That pathologist then writes out
a report -- it's called a "pathology report" -- and the pathology report is a very important
piece of paper that becomes part of that patient's medical case because it definitively diagnoses
their disease.
And it becomes a very important part of their legal case because it definitively
diagnoses them of having been a victim of pleural mesothelioma. I'm sure you have many
other questions about how mesothelioma is diagnosed. I'm Joe Williams and at our firm
we handle cases every day for mesothelioma victims. This is what we do every day and
we can answer your questions.
I encourage you to call our office at the number below
and we'll be happy to answer your questions. Thank you..
How Do You Prove a Mesothelioma Case in CourtAttorney Joe Williams
How do we prove a case for a mesothelioma
victim in court? Hi. I'm Joe Williams. I'm a mesothelioma trial attorney in New York
City. And I can tell you that in order to prove a mesothelioma case -- a legal case
-- for a victim in court, the first thing that we have to do is we have to be able to
prove that a particular company is responsible to that particular victim.
So how do we do
that? Well, one of the primary ways that we establish that proof is through the victim's
own testimony at a pre-trial deposition and also through their testimony at trial in which
they talk about that particular company's products and how they believe that product
exposed them to asbestos. They generally talk about the dust that was created from the work
that they did with that product. There are also other ways that we prove that that particular
company is responsible to our client. And that's in the form of employment records,
work records.
For navy seamen (men who served on Navy ships), we get records from the U.S.
Naval Archive in Washington, D.C for that particular ship. And often these records show
every piece of equipment that was ever put on those ships. So there's many ways to prove
one particular company's responsibility to our client. The next thing we have to show
is that that company knew -- or should have known -- that asbestos is dangerous and that
they never warned our client about these dangers.
How do we do that? Well we do that through
company documents -- documents from that same company -- that failed to warn our clients
about the dangers of asbestos through internal memorandums, through internal research documents
-- all of which that show that that company either knew or they certainly should have
known that asbestos was a danger and that they never warned our clients about the dangers
of asbestos. The last thing, generally, that we have to show in a legal case for a mesothelioma
victim is that our client was injured - that, of course, every mesothelioma victim suffers
greatly. And it's not just them but their spouses and families suffer as well. And we
document that through the use of medical experts who talk about mesothelioma and its course
on the human body and also through that individual victim's medical records and also through
the testimony of physicians.
Sometimes the treating physicians who actually treated our
client were able to document all of the different medical treatments. And really, all of the
suffering that our client has gone through from the time of their first symptoms until
the present day when we're in court dealing with that mesothelioma case in front of a
judge and jury. Now you may have many more questions about all the ways that we seek
to prove a mesothelioma case on behalf of our client and we can answer those questions
for you. I'm Joe Williams and at our firm we handle cases for mesothelioma victims every
day.
This is what we do; it's who we are. I encourage you to call the number on your
screen below (that's our office number) and we'll answer your questions as well. Thank
you..
victim in court? Hi. I'm Joe Williams. I'm a mesothelioma trial attorney in New York
City. And I can tell you that in order to prove a mesothelioma case -- a legal case
-- for a victim in court, the first thing that we have to do is we have to be able to
prove that a particular company is responsible to that particular victim.
So how do we do
that? Well, one of the primary ways that we establish that proof is through the victim's
own testimony at a pre-trial deposition and also through their testimony at trial in which
they talk about that particular company's products and how they believe that product
exposed them to asbestos. They generally talk about the dust that was created from the work
that they did with that product. There are also other ways that we prove that that particular
company is responsible to our client. And that's in the form of employment records,
work records.
For navy seamen (men who served on Navy ships), we get records from the U.S.
Naval Archive in Washington, D.C for that particular ship. And often these records show
every piece of equipment that was ever put on those ships. So there's many ways to prove
one particular company's responsibility to our client. The next thing we have to show
is that that company knew -- or should have known -- that asbestos is dangerous and that
they never warned our client about these dangers.
How do we do that? Well we do that through
company documents -- documents from that same company -- that failed to warn our clients
about the dangers of asbestos through internal memorandums, through internal research documents
-- all of which that show that that company either knew or they certainly should have
known that asbestos was a danger and that they never warned our clients about the dangers
of asbestos. The last thing, generally, that we have to show in a legal case for a mesothelioma
victim is that our client was injured - that, of course, every mesothelioma victim suffers
greatly. And it's not just them but their spouses and families suffer as well. And we
document that through the use of medical experts who talk about mesothelioma and its course
on the human body and also through that individual victim's medical records and also through
the testimony of physicians.
Sometimes the treating physicians who actually treated our
client were able to document all of the different medical treatments. And really, all of the
suffering that our client has gone through from the time of their first symptoms until
the present day when we're in court dealing with that mesothelioma case in front of a
judge and jury. Now you may have many more questions about all the ways that we seek
to prove a mesothelioma case on behalf of our client and we can answer those questions
for you. I'm Joe Williams and at our firm we handle cases for mesothelioma victims every
day.
This is what we do; it's who we are. I encourage you to call the number on your
screen below (that's our office number) and we'll answer your questions as well. Thank
you..
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