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02 December

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Personal Injury Law Firm Creates Family Safety Library; GJEL Accident Attorneys News Center is Resource for Motorists, Cyclists, More

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Orinda, Calif. (Vocus) December 1, 2010 Gillin Jacobson Ellis & Larsen (GJEL Accident Attorneys), a catastrophic injury and wrongful death law firm in the San Francisco Bay area, has published an online news center as a family resource on issues pertaining to motoring on the nation's roadways and bicycle paths. With a focus on driver safety, the news center features a series of auto insurance quizzes, important accident documents, and several interactive infographics that provide state-by-state snapshots of driving laws; the impact of teen brain development on driving; and bicycling safety laws throughout the country. Personal Injury Law Firm Creates Family Safety Library;...

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01 December

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Woman seeks personal injury compensation after losing a finger

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29 Nov 2010 A woman who lost a finger at a public event is seeking personal injury compensation for the pain and suffering she was caused. Clare Wiffin, 37, was attending a race at Kempton Park in Sunbury with her family when the accident occurred last year, Get Surrey reports. She needed to get some money out and asked a member of staff where she could find the nearest cash machine. The assistant directed her down an alley to the right-hand side of the course, but when Ms Wiffin went down there she was confronted by a high fence. She put her hands on top...

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30 November

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$2.7 million settlement in 2007 NYE porch death

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November 29, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A settlement was reached with the family of a man who died in a New Year's Eve porch accident in 2007 in Chicago's Lakeview community. Michael Doyle, 25, was at an apartment in the 3100-block of North Clark when he fell through a porch rail while trying to adjust his chair. The apartment's management company, Kenard Management Corporation, has agreed to pay Doyle's family $2.7 million. Doyle is from Cincinnati. He was living in Chicago and working for a futures trading firm at the time of his death. via $2.7 million settlement in 2007 NYE porch death...

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30 November

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Ex-Kaplan employee alleges company framed him after he became a whistle-blower

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Trial begins Monday for Ben Wilcox, a former dean at Kaplan who is accused of sending threatening e-mails to Kaplan students, employees and executives Ameet Sachdev Chicago Law, November 30, 2010 A trial opened Monday in a Chicago federal courtroom against an alleged computer hacker that promises to reveal more than the details of a cybercrime. Jury selection began in a case against Ben Wilcox, a 45-year-old River Forest resident who faces charges of hacking into his former employer’s computer system and sending out harassing e-mails. The former employer is Kaplan Higher Education, a for-profit education company based in Chicago that is part...

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27 November

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New York City Injury Lawyer News: DePuy Hip Implants Have High Failure Rate

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11/11/2010 // New York, NY, US // New York City Accident Lawyer // New York City injury lawyer Jonathan C. Reiter New York, NY (New York City Injury Lawyer News) With approximately 400 complaints regarding the failure of a hip replacement implant reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over a span of more than two years, DePuy faces increased scrutiny and a slew of pending personal injury lawsuits. DePuy, a Johnson and Johnson company, recalled about 93,000 hip replacement implants in August, due to a 12 to 13 percent failure rate associated with the devices, according to information provided...

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27 November

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Negligence Claims Aren’t To Blame for Physician Shortage

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Negligence Claims Aren't To Blame for Physician Shortage, Illinois Medical Malpractice Lawyer Says A Northwestern School of Medicine study overstates the impact of medical negligence litigation on the state's supply of physicians, Illinois medical malpractice attorney Patrick A. Salvi says. A recently released Northwestern medicine school study wrongly tries to blame the state's medical liability environment for driving new physicians to practice elsewhere, Illinois medical malpractice lawyer Patrick A. Salvi says. According to a story on the Feinberg School of Medicine website, the study found that half of all graduating Illinois medical students leave the state to practice, a trend that could soon...

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24 November

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Wrongful death suit: Round Lake Beach inmate died at Menard facility

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By Beth Kramer Nov 23, 2010 Lawyers recently filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of Ingram’s surviving family in Round Lake Beach, according to attorney Benjeman Nichols of Cavanagh Law Group in Chicago. Ingram died on June 26 while in custody at the Menard Correctional Facility, according to Randolph County Coroner Randy Dudenbostel. Ingram was taking psychotropic drugs, which have the tendency to raise a person’s core body temperature. The temperature high that day was 96 degrees and it was 91 degrees near Ingram’s cell, Dudenbostel said. link...

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23 November

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Webchat: When it is and isn’t fair to make a personal injury claim

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Show date: Tuesday 23rd November Show time: 3pm Watch our web TV show to find out when it’s fair to make a claim and how you can make a claim if you are hurt through negligence Many of us have at some time or another suffered an injury through no fault of our own. But whilst it may have led to time off work or a recurring back problem, a new study shows the majority of us would never dream of making a personal injury claim, whether through embarrassment or a fear of the cost. However if an injury is a result of a...

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21 November

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Chicago Personal Injury Attorney

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in Chicago, IL

The Law Office of Jeffrey Friedman, P.C. concentrates in the practice of personal injury and wrongful death cases. Our office is conveniently located in downtown Chicago. Jeffrey Friedman is committed to providing zealous representation to those people who have been injured by the wrongful conduct of other people or businesses. Chicago Personal Injury Attorney - Law Office of Jeffrey Friedman, P.C....

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21 November

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What to look for in a Chicago Injury Lawyer

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by Rachel Daley on November 5, 2010 For those who have sustained a head injuryhead injury, make an attempt to retain the services of a lawyer who specializes in head trauma. From simple things like a mild concussion to other injuries causing severe brain stress, legal counsel specializing in this field of legal practice is going to be of great service to you and your family during this period. Head injuries may be the result of a variety of things including a car accident, work accident, a slip or fall, sporting accident, violent assault, or an ‘act of God’. Whatever the...

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21 November

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The Other Asbestos Victims—Spouses and Children

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in Chicago, IL

October 27, 2010. By Brenda Craig Chicago, IL: Attorney Michael Angelides believes that there is no foreseeable end to the number of victims of mesothelioma, a rare but always fatal disease caused by exposure to asbestos that fills the lungs with tumors and essentially suffocates its victims. The Other Asbestos Victims—Spouses and Children "The diagnosis rate for mesothelioma in the US has remained constant for years, and is projected to be constant for years to come," says Angelides, whose firm Simmons, Browder, Gianaris, Angelides & Barnerd has represented hundreds of clients affected by mesothelioma in every state in the US. "This was a 100...

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21 November

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Victims of childhood sexual abuse have more time to sue

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in Chicago, IL

The statute of limitations, or deadline, for filing a lawsuit for childhood sex abuse in Illinois will increase to 20 years. Currently, the deadline is ten years, and in some cases five years. Under the new law, a victim has 20 years from the day they turn 18, or 20 years from the time when they discover that they were abused and it caused them injury, to file a lawsuit. The deadline in these cases is much longer than the typical personal injury deadline. The reason is that many victims of sexual abuse have repressed memories, and even if they...

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21 November

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Lawyer Lies, Part 2

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Michael Helfand on 10.26.10 Every day this week I'm discussing a different lie told by attorneys in the Chicago area. Today's lie is: You can't fire me! While in the best scenario you'd never need to find a new attorney, I'm blown away by the number of lawyers who make their clients believe that they are stuck with them. It happens all of the time in workers' compensation and personal injury claims and often in criminal cases too. There is nothing that prevents you from getting a new attorney. In personal injury cases, if a lawsuit hasn't been filed, it's often as...

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21 November

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Brett Favre Sexual Harassment

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Brett Favre Has Acted The Part Of The Hero Long Enough. It's Time To Yell 'Cut' And then of course, there’s the league itself. It seems likely that Favre is about to learn a humbling lesson about crashing to earth, courtesy of the same NFL that in the past never let his feet touch the ground. Yesterday, the league met with Jenn Sterger, former New York Jets sideline reporter and eye candy. The subject of the meeting was a seedy little peccadillo, involving text messages and pictures that will probably end up as a very sad blemish on the end of...

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21 November

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Glenview: Man arrested for hitting road worker

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By Jeff Danna TribLocal reporter Nov. 9 at 12:47 p.m. Leaving the scene of an accident A 49-year-old Northbrook man was arrested at 1 p.m. Nov. 4 at the Glenview Police Station and charged with leaving the scene of a personal injury accident and failing to yield to a construction worker in a construction zone after an investigation into an Aug. 13 hit-and-run at Shermer Road and Fir Street. link...

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21 November

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Chicago Nursing Home Abuse

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in Chicago, IL

Chicago nursing homes account for the majority of nursing homes in Cook County. There are currently close to 1,000 nursing home facilities in Cook County. The Chicago nursing homes alone represent over forty percent of all the Cook County nursing homes. Chicago nursing home abuse can include emotional, physical or sexual abuse. The perpetrator can be a staff member, another resident or a visitor to the home. Illinois nursing homes and Chicago nursing homes are required to provide the highest care possible to residents; failure to do so can be devastating for the victim and her family. Chicago Nursing Home...

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21 November

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Illinois Nursing Home Neglect

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Neglect in an Illinois nursing home involves the failure to provide proper care to residents to avoid harm, anguish or illness and can take many forms. It can mean that a resident does not receive proper medical care when she is sick or becomes injured, that she is not given her proper medication or that she does not receive proper meals. It can also mean that the resident receives inadequate grooming and care Link...

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21 November

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Man convicted of stalking ESPN’s Erin Andrews sued by another woman

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Local man convicted of stalking ESPN's Erin Andrews sued by another woman for allegedly similar activities By: Steve Daniels November 19, 2010 (Crain's) — Michael David Barrett, the former employee of Glenview-based Combined Insurance Co. of America who surreptitiously videotaped ESPN sports reporter Erin Andrews while she was dressing in her hotel room, is the subject of a new lawsuit by a former Combined employee who alleges he did the same thing to her. Jamie Brubaker, a Knoxville, Tenn., resident who was a saleswoman for Combined until a few months ago, filed suit Nov. 12 in federal court in Knoxville against Mr. Barrett,...

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20 November

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U. of Ill. OKs $16 million patient settlement

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10:32 a.m. CST, November 19, 2010 The University of Illinois has agreed to pay $16.2 million to a Melrose Park man who suffered brain damage while being treated for a stroke at the school's Chicago hospital....

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19 November

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Madison County jury awards couple whopping $3 million in personal injury suit

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11/18/2010 10:55 AM By Amelia Flood Former truck driver Thomas Edwards and his wife, Betty, were awarded more than $3 million in damages by a Madison County jury in their personal injury trial. The Edwardses filed suit two years ago against truck driver Gary Collier and his employer Millstadt Rendering Company over a 2007 tractor trailer crash on Interstate 55 in Ste. Genevieve County, Mo. Thomas Edwards was severely injured when the tractor trailer he was driving crashed into part of Collier's rig that had crossed the median of I-55 into his lane of traffic. The jury awarded Thomas Edwards $2.5 million in damages...

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18 November

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Illinois attorney crushed to death by own golf cart

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Illinois attorney crushed to death by own golf cart at Evanston golf course By Doug Mead, Nov 12 2010 When Skokie, Illinois firefighters received a 911 call about a “down golfer” at the Evanston Country Club, they arrived to find a Kenilworth, Illinois attorney trapped under his own golf cart. Larry Schad, a personal injury attorney, was crushed to death by his electric golf cart at the course in Skokie, Illinois. While it is unclear how the event happened, authorities report that a nearby golfer saw Schad trapped underneath the cart and was pleading for help. In comments made to the Chicago Sun-Times, Skokie Sgt....

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18 November

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Chicago Personal Injury Lawyer

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The Law Office of Jeffrey Friedman, P.C. concentrates in the practice of personal injury and wrongful death cases. Our office is conveniently located in downtown Chicago. Jeffrey Friedman is committed to providing zealous legal representation to those people who have been injured by the wrongful conduct of other people or businesses. Chicago Personal Injury Attorney - Law Office of Jeffrey Friedman, P.C....

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12 November

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Freak Accidents: They Can Happen To You

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Posted by Mark Bello November 09, 2010 6:36 PM Lost in the discussion about big business interests and creating an economic climate that will encourage big business to create jobs, lost in the US Chamber of Commerce’s phony campaign against trial lawyers and accident victims, lost in political rhetoric about fixing a false “problem” that some politicians (and the Chamber) call “lawsuit abuse”, is the fact that accidents are sudden, unexpected, events that can happen to anyone, anytime. Accidents change lives. Accidents cause devastation and physical and financial ruin. Accidents are usually preventable and are often caused by serious violations of...

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12 November

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Attack ads target Illinois Supreme Court justice

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It's the latest battleground in a decade-long national struggle over the issue of massive jury awards for victims of negligence. But the campaign against Kilbride has stirred a robust backlash from fellow judges, prosecutors and legal scholars who argue that the ads are misleading at best. "It is just terrible, appalling," said Timothy Slavin, a former Republican state's attorney and circuit judge in Whiteside County who is past president of the Illinois Judges Association. "I wasn't always a supporter of Tom Kilbride, but this portrayal of him as hostile to law enforcement just is not true." The ads are airing on numerous radio...

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12 November

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GALLOWAY v. STATE

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GALLOWAY v. STATE TANEIA GALLOWAY, Appellant, v. STATE OF IOWA, Appellee. No. 08-0776. Supreme Court of Iowa. Filed November 5, 2010. Ryan T. Beattie of Beattie Law Firm, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Joanne Moeller, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. HECHT, Justice. A parent signed release forms waiving her minor child's personal injury claims as a condition of the child's participation in an educational field trip. This action was filed against the State after the child was injured during the trip. The district court granted the State's motion for summary judgment, concluding the releases signed by the parent resulted...

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12 November

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Chicago IL Pedestrian Accident: Van Hits, Kills Cicero Woman; Man Injured

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October 27, 2010 (NewYorkInjuryNews.com - Injury News) New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com 10/25/2010 // West Palm Beach, FL, US // Sandra Quinlan // Sandra Quinlan Chicago, IL—A van struck two pedestrians early Monday, October 25, 2010, killing one of them and leaving the other with undisclosed injuries. While the driver initially fled the scene of the North Aurora crash, he turned himself in to police a few hours later, according to information provided by the Beacon-News. Reports indicated 22-year-old Doreen L. Cardenas, of Cicero, was standing outside her parked car with 22-year-old Pedro A. Navarro, of North Aurora, when a southbound van clipped Cardenas’...

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12 November

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Man suffers broken bones in Rockford accident

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JUST IN: Man suffers broken bones in accident Tuesday A 27-year-old Comstock Park man was seriously injured in a personal injury accident at the corner of Post Drive and Pine Island Drive west of Rockford. The accident occurred around 2:05 p.m. Tuesday. According to reports, a 1998 International Stake Truck being driven southbound on Pine Island by Allendale resident Todd Devos, 47, struck a 1994 Ford Ranger driven by Matthew Guiles. Guiles was making a left turn onto Post Drive when he was hit. Guiles was transported to Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids and treated. He suffered fractures to his chest, arm...

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12 November

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New York Workplace Injury Attorney Fights for Rights of Injured Hotel Workers

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2010-11-12 01:08:07 (GMT) (WiredPRNews.com - Law, Personal Injury Law News, Press Releases, new york) A recent OSHA complain from Hyatt Hotel Housekeepers promotes workplace safety standards reports New York Workplace Injury Attorney New York City, NY – (WiredPRNews.com) The Law Firm of Jonathan C Reiter, a proven New York Workplace Injury Attorney, represents injured workers from all industries and walks of life. According to New York Workplace Injury Attorneys, all employees in the state of New York have the right to safe working conditions, proper training, and functional equipment. Employers have a legal obligation to maintain a safe work environment for their...

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29 October

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Miles J. Zaremski: Lake County Judge’s Race Heats Up

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Come election day, this race — found on the back of the ballot at the bottom — comes down to what appears to be overwhelming experience versus wanting a change of scenery for the sake of change. But, should this really be the choice at all when voters know that they are asked to decide on someone who may preside over life or death criminal cases, or a personal injury matter with millions of dollars potentially hanging in the balance? Or, should it be, as it must, like choosing a fine wine — one that takes years to become robust,...

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01 September

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How to fire a lawyer in Chicago – Chicago’s Real Law Blog

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A common myth that we hear from clients is that switching attorneys is hard or not allowed. We always encourage people to stay the course if they can or try to work things out if possible, but much like the 2010 Cubs, sometimes it's just not working.The farther you are in to a case, the harder it is to find a lawyer to take over. The same is true if you are looking for a last minute replacement. Assuming you can find a new lawyer and you should try to have one in place before bouncing the old one,...

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