Litigation

Our firm represents and advises clients who are or might become involved in a lawsuit or appeal as a result of a dispute, including prevention and settlement, in such areas as personal injury, medical malpractice, and criminal defense. We represent clients in both state and federal courts.

Plaintiff Personal Injury & Wrongful Death

We represent victims and the families of victims who have been seriously injured or killed as a result of the negligent or wrongful conduct of others. We understand how insurance companies and lawyers on the other side think. Insurance companies are interested in minimizing their economic exposure when a serious injury or death has occurred. They hire attorneys whose job it is to aggressively undermine each aspect of your claim. We know their tactics. We take each case on as if it will proceed to trial and we are not afraid to take a case all the way to jury verdict if that is what is necessary to produce the best possible result. Our firm represents individuals injured in all types of situations, including industrial construction, and equipment-related accidents.

Medical Malpractice

Medical negligence or "malpractice" occurs when a physician or healthcare provider either fails to do something that should have been done or does something that should not have been done which results in injury or death. Doctors and other health-care providers must follow certain standards when caring for patients. While a simple mistake is not enough to constitute negligence, a death or injury caused by the failure to provide reasonably appropriate or common standards of care or the failure to diagnose an easily detectable illness may be malpractice.

We aggressively investigate and pursue claims for catastrophic injuries and death arising out of:

• Inappropriately or Negligently Performed Surgery
• Birth Trauma
• Failure to Diagnose Cancer and Other Diseases
• Pharmaceutical Injuries and Prescription Drug Errors
• Prosthetic Injuries

We are experienced health care and medical malpractice lawyers who can help clients determine whether or not malpractice has occurred where someone is injured as a result of negligence or misconduct of individuals in the dental, medical, psychiatric, and other health professional fields.

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Vehicle & Motorcycle Accidents

Serious vehicle and motorcycle accidents require the guidance of an experienced attorney. We have years of practice and an impressive track record representing people who have suffered significant injuries in motor vehicle accidents (commercial and personal). We work with physicians and other health care providers to assess and review all the short- and long-term medical aspects of your case. During the past forty years, Paul Blumenthal has ridden and raced cars and motorcycles and thoroughly understands cars, bikes, bikers, and automobile and motorcycle injury laws. Our detailed understanding of Maryland and the District of Columbia's automobile, insurance and liability laws means we understand the different sources of recovery available to car accident victims and their families as well as the various theories of liability that enable those victims to collect from the parties who caused them harm.

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Products Liability

We represent individuals who have been injured as a result of an unsafe product that was designed, manufactured, sold, and/or furnished by a person or company. We assist those injured individuals in pursuing their claims and being fairly compensated for their injuries.

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Premises Liability

Premises liability is a rather vague term that serves as a catchall for many types of events including those involving structural design flaws, unsafe conditions, environmental hazards, improper traffic patterns and a wide range of other issues unrelated to security per se. In many cases, security-related premises liability matters involve issues such as physical security standards and generally accepted security practices. In addition to any existing standards, crime statistics, event history, community standards, and specific risk considerations play a part in determining whether an adverse event was foreseeable.

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Family/Divorce Law

We help our clients with a full range of family law issues on the trial and appellate level.

We provide representation for:

• Divorce
• Guardianship
• Child Custody, Visitation and Support
• Adoption
• Alimony and Spousal Maintenance
• Modification of Previous Orders and Awards
• Prenuptial/Premarital Agreements
• Paternity
• Restraining and Protective Orders

We believe that all of these matters should be handled quickly, economically, with the least amount of pain.

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Real Estate Transactions

Our firm performs real estate transactional work for builders, real estate brokers, and private individuals in Maryland and the District of Columbia. We assist with the purchase and sale of real estate, including negotiating and drafting purchase agreements and other documents, ensuring good title, and closings. Our experienced attorneys also assist our clients with the legal aspects of financing, refinancing, and foreclosures.

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Business Organizations

The form of business chosen for a business entity potentially affects every aspect of its operations. Our firm assists our clients in formation and business planning in deciding whether they want to operate as a closely-held business, limited liability company, partnership, or corporation. We advise our clients about directors' and officers' liabilities, dissolution, franchising, reorganization, trade association membership and activity, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, business successions, and shareholders' rights. We also aid them in commercial disputes, contract negotiation, and insurance coverage. Our computer-security clients are on the cutting edge of government-mandated technology and insist on our firm's expertise in all phases of their business.

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Criminal Defense

We have extensive experience defending the rights of people arrested and accused of criminal offenses. Our firm handles all types of criminal cases, including minor infractions and misdemeanors such as, drunk driving (DWI/DUI), domestic violence, assault, drug possession, and the most serious felony indictments such as narcotics sales, theft, and grand larceny, white-collar fraud, and embezzlement.

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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is the process of resolving legal conflicts without going to trial. We have substantial experience in ADR and routinely advise our clients on the legal consequences flowing from particular terms and conditions of all ADR options. We pride ourselves on our success at mediation, facilitation, and negotiation.

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