What Makes a Great Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer

We are a free service, run by Illinois lawyers, to help people that need Illinois lawyer referrals or legal guidance. We help with almost any legal matter, including nursing home abuse lawsuits. Although we are based out of Chicago, we have a state-wide network of attorneys for almost any county in Illinois. If you would like our help please contact us at (312) 346-5320. For more information what makes a great Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer, please read on.

Both the “Nursing Home Care Act” and the “Elder Abuse and Neglect Act” makes it illegal for anyone, particularly nursing home staff or other medical personnel, to physically, sexually, or financially abuse nursing home residents, who are often elderly.  These laws also make it illegal to provide substandard or neglectful medical treatment that results in sickness or even death of nursing home residents.  Anyone can report nursing home abuse to the Illinois Department of Health at 217-782-4977.  You can also report elder abuse to the Department of Aging at 1-800-647-8089.

When we recommend an attorney for victims of nursing home negligence and abuse, we try to suggest someone that focuses their practice on nursing home abuse lawsuits in Illinois. While a lawyer fresh out of law school could help you with a traffic ticket, if you are looking for an Illinois nursing home abuse attorney you need someone that has years of experience and understands how to evaluate and pursue these cases. We know who the most experienced and successful lawyers are for nursing home abuse cases in Illinois. That does not guarantee a result, but does ensure that your case is evaluated by a law firm that knows what they are doing and has achieved great results in situations similar to yours. The following are other characteristics that we think are possessed by the nursing home abuse lawyers that we recommend:

• They have at least ten years experience in handling nursing home abuse cases.
• They are part of a firm that assigns a team of lawyers to work on a case once a nursing home abuse lawsuit has been filed.
• Their firm has a track record of success measured in results on previous cases.  In other words, their first great result won’t be on your case.
• Their firm has the financial ability to front the significant costs of pursuing an Illinois nursing home abuse lawsuit without asking for money from the client.
• They are part of a firm that has connections to top doctors that help in reviewing the potential case and often have licensed nurse paralegals on their staff.
• They only pursue legitimate cases and never file cases they know are frivolous.
• They consider the best needs of their clients when making decisions or recommendations.
• They treat their clients with respect and promptly return all phone calls.
• They keep their clients up to date on all important developments in a case.

These are just some of the traits that we look for before we recommend a nursing home abuse attorney or law firm. There is no such thing as the best nursing home abuse lawyer, but rather we try to help you locate the best Illinois attorney for your needs.

Please note that while we always try to recommend an attorney that is close to where you live, the most important thing to us is recommending a lawyer that we believe will win the case for you.  Because the attorneys that we recommend charge on a contingency basis (they only get paid if they win), there is no extra cost to hire a lawyer that isn’t close to you.  So if we think a Chicago nursing home abuse lawyer is the right attorney for your case, we would make that recommendation.  On the other hand, if your case seems to be better for a Naperville nursing home malpractice firm we would make that recommendation.  It’s all about who is best for your particular case.  That decision really depends on what happened to the person that was injured.

If you have any questions about Illinois nursing home abuse laws or would like a referral to an experienced nursing home abuse lawyer please do not hesitate to contact us. All calls and e-mails are free and confidential.