My father became disabled when my sisters and I were young. Our family nearly lost everything, but my parents got good legal advice and persevered. My mother became a paralegal for the attorney who helped us. My father became our hero who preserved our future through wisdom, frugality and dignity. And I became a personal injury attorney focused on matters of personal injury, workers' compensation, and wrongful death, who truly understands when serious personal injuries hit home.
Today, as a father myself, I passionately strive to help those in Asheville and the surrounding area, who suffer disabling personal injuries or the loss of a loved one find justice while working to protect children from carelessness. Many of our clients are unable to take care of their families or themselves because of serious injuries, or they have unexpectedly lost a loved one.
They need clear and frank advice, but most of all they need us to take action to protect their rights and to seek reasonable compensation.
Today, as a father myself, I passionately strive to help those in Asheville and the surrounding area, who suffer disabling personal injuries or the loss of a loved one find justice while working to protect children from carelessness. Many of our clients are unable to take care of their families or themselves because of serious injuries, or they have unexpectedly lost a loved one.
They need clear and frank advice, but most of all they need us to take action to protect their rights and to seek reasonable compensation.
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Jay has been an advocate for the injured for over 30 years.
He especially is passionate about helping victims of traumatic brain and spinal injuries, and he is zealous about protecting children from unreasonable hazards in all environments.
However, Jay started his legal career in 1988 focusing on real estate development law, a passion grown from an extended family of real estate professionals, especially his father who was a president of the Charleston Home Builders Association.
Between 1989 and 1993, Jay served as president and in-house counsel of a family-owned, mid-size residential construction company, operating in the Carolinas.
He especially is passionate about helping victims of traumatic brain and spinal injuries, and he is zealous about protecting children from unreasonable hazards in all environments.
However, Jay started his legal career in 1988 focusing on real estate development law, a passion grown from an extended family of real estate professionals, especially his father who was a president of the Charleston Home Builders Association.
Between 1989 and 1993, Jay served as president and in-house counsel of a family-owned, mid-size residential construction company, operating in the Carolinas.
Personal injury claims can be complex on many levels.
Most importantly, they require considerable resources and a multi-professional team to properly document the full nature and extent of all damages.
Please review the Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Claims section of our website, as well as our Case Experience Summaries, to learn more about the claim process and our extensive experience.
Because less serious injuries also can impose significant harm, we help to recover reasonable compensation for those who incur considerable medical care expenses and lost wages due to injuries that require physical rehabilitation but may not ultimately cause permanent disability.
Most importantly, they require considerable resources and a multi-professional team to properly document the full nature and extent of all damages.
Please review the Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Claims section of our website, as well as our Case Experience Summaries, to learn more about the claim process and our extensive experience.
Because less serious injuries also can impose significant harm, we help to recover reasonable compensation for those who incur considerable medical care expenses and lost wages due to injuries that require physical rehabilitation but may not ultimately cause permanent disability.
Our personal injury practice focuses on helping persons who have sustained life-altering, catastrophic injuries.
However, on a more limited basis, we also help those who have simply sustained more moderate injuries causing temporary hardship, including considerable medical expenses and lost wages.
We have successfully helped persons who have sustained serious bodily injuries caused by the negligence of another person or corporation.
Generally speaking, negligence is the failure to use the reasonable care of an ordinarily prudent person, but in specific contexts, such as professional malpractice, negligence typically is based either upon violations of applicable standards of professional care or the failure by a professional to use his or her best judgment.
However, on a more limited basis, we also help those who have simply sustained more moderate injuries causing temporary hardship, including considerable medical expenses and lost wages.
We have successfully helped persons who have sustained serious bodily injuries caused by the negligence of another person or corporation.
Generally speaking, negligence is the failure to use the reasonable care of an ordinarily prudent person, but in specific contexts, such as professional malpractice, negligence typically is based either upon violations of applicable standards of professional care or the failure by a professional to use his or her best judgment.
We have nearly 25 years' experience representing victims of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) from various causes.
These unfortunate and tragic circumstances have normally involved car accidents and falls from significant heights, but have also included infectious disease complications (meningitis), an electrical shock-induced cardiac arrest causing hypoxia (low brain oxygen), and an anesthesia mishap resulting in anoxia (no oxygen) resulting in permanent paralysis and severe cognitive deficits.
Brain injury effects can range from the subtle to the profound, and not only upon the victims but also upon their families.
These unfortunate and tragic circumstances have normally involved car accidents and falls from significant heights, but have also included infectious disease complications (meningitis), an electrical shock-induced cardiac arrest causing hypoxia (low brain oxygen), and an anesthesia mishap resulting in anoxia (no oxygen) resulting in permanent paralysis and severe cognitive deficits.
Brain injury effects can range from the subtle to the profound, and not only upon the victims but also upon their families.
We help families who suffer the unexpected, tragic loss of a loved one for which we believe a person or corporation is legally responsible.
Although families deserve time to grieve without being consumed by otherwise undesirable tasks, unfortunately, it often is necessary for certain actions to be taken to preserve legal rights.
The laws are complex surrounding the legal rights afforded to those who seek justice through reasonable compensation for the wrongful death of a loved one.
Furthermore, the process to advance such legal claims is complicated, time-consuming, and often confusing.
Although families deserve time to grieve without being consumed by otherwise undesirable tasks, unfortunately, it often is necessary for certain actions to be taken to preserve legal rights.
The laws are complex surrounding the legal rights afforded to those who seek justice through reasonable compensation for the wrongful death of a loved one.
Furthermore, the process to advance such legal claims is complicated, time-consuming, and often confusing.
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