I hired a lawyer who filed a personal injury case for me and is now
walking away two weeks before my experts witnesses/doctors are due.

I need to find a plaintiff attorney (I live in Cleveland, OH) with
experience representing someone injured from carbon monoxide - on a
contingency basis ASAP. (Do not refer carbonmonoxidelawyer.com)

How do I find an attorney in such a short period of time and not have
the case thrown out. I have had two attorney's before this one - one
had a conflict and one had a heart attack, literally and had to
withdraw.

If I do not find a attorney right away - the judge will likely toss my
case.

I am permanantly disabled with brain and heart injuries and the
condominoum I lived in is uninhabitable - baecause the condo
association refuses to fix the CO problems. The CO comes into my unit
from 3 sources outside my unit- all of which I can not fix.

Thus, I need to a personal injury attorney in record time (a week
or less) my experts are due on Aug 29th.

And I have unihabtable property I own and I can not afford to pay the
mortgage and condo fees forever. If I stop it will forclose and
someone will move in not knowing they can be injured or killed by the
CO problem.

I am available to provide more detail if required.

<Finding a lawyer.

The Cleveland Bar Association operates a lawyer referral service. This
is conducted over the telephone. You need to call 216 696 3532. Lines
are open from 8.30 am to 4.00pm. Monday to Friday. A trained member of
staff will discuss your case and give you the name and contact
information for a lawyer who is qualified to deal with your case. The
initial consultation with the lawyer will be free. For more
information about the lawyer referral service see
http://www.clevelandbar.org/referral/index.php
http://www.ohiobar.org/conres/findlawyer/referral.asp

Cleveland Bar Association.
http://www.clevelandbar.org/

Trial Lawyers for Public Justice.
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice is the only public interest law firm
dedicated to using trial lawyers' skills and resources to advance the
public good. They are a non-profit organisation. They are keen to get
involved in important civil justice litigation. They take cases
against irresponsible corporations, the government, powerful
individuals or for outrageous conduct that results injury.

If you think your case may be appropriate for them to pursue you need
to write to them at:
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 800 
Washington D.C. 20036

Or alternatively fax them at
202 232 7203

You should indicate that you have an imminent deadline. 

http://www.tlpj.org/submit_case.htm

http://www.tlpj.org/


I have found three firms that are experienced in your type of case.

Lawrence Landskroner & Associates
This firm is a member of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice.
Contact details:
55 Public Square – Tenth Floor
Cleveland, Ohio
Telephone 216 241 7001
Fax 216 241 3135
Email: Lawrence@lanskroner.com

http://www.landskroner.com/about.html

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Peasel LLP
Contingency fee arrangements can be negotiated. 
Contact details:
1375 East Ninth Street
2100 One Cleveland Center
Cleveland, OH 44114-1724
Telephone 216 479 6100

Email via http://www.vssp.com/CM/Contact/ContactUs.asp
http://www.vssp.com/CM/PracticeAreaDescriptions/practiceareadescriptions27.asp

Goren, Goren & Harris P.C.
This firm works on a contingency basis and takes cases in Ohio.
Email via http://ohiopersonalinjury-online.com/
http://ohiopersonalinjury-online.com/


A search for personal injury lawyers at Lawyers.com
http://www.lawyers.com
finds 372 personal injury lawyers in Cleveland Ohio.
http://www.lawyers.com/find_a_lawyer/search/results.php?country=1&firmname=&lawyername=&firstname=&lastname=&searchtype=Q&termtype=1&personalaop=769&personalterm=&businessaop=0&businessterm=&language=&pagenum=2&site=111&eid=&prevpageid=01104&state=37&country=&county=&city=cleveland&paop=769&caop=&consumertype=P&resultcount=140&sed=2467542&displaycount=140&sorttype=0&pagenum=1>


<Search strategy:>

<"personal injury" "carbon monoxide" ohio>
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22personal+injury%22+%22carbon+monoxide%22+ohio+attorney>

<"personal injury lawyers">
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22personal+injury+lawyers%22>

<cleveland lawyers contingency "personal injury">
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=cleveland+lawyers+contingency&as_q=%22personal+injury%22>

<ohio bar association>
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=ohio+bar+association>


<"carbon monoxide" cleveland attorneys>
<://www.google.com/search?q=%22carbon+monoxide%22+cleveland+attorneys&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=10&sa=N>


<Hope this helps.>

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Request for Answer Clarification by elisabeth2222-ga on 06 Aug 2003 17:14 PDT

Thank you for your answer it provided me with both information and
hope...

The firms you provided take plaintiff cases but have had no experience
representing someone injured by carbon monoxide ("CO"), according to
the person at each firm I spoke with.

Is there a way to determine if there is such a lawyer, who knows CO
litigation, anywhere in the US - thus narrowing down the volumn of
plantiff firms I would contact?

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Clarification of Answer by belindalevez-ga on 07 Aug 2003 01:11 PDT

<By finding news reports of carbon monoxide cases, I have found a
number of lawyers who have experience in this type of case.

Larry King P.C. 
This firm deals with cases where people have been injured with carbon
monoxide.
Telephone 757 595 8100
11747 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 3-E, Newport News, Virginia 23606
info@larrykinglaw.com
http://www.larrykinglaw.com/carbonmonoxide.htm
http://www.larrykinglaw.com/home.htm


Nelson Hammons & Self
705 Milam St
Shreveport, LA 71101
Telephone 318 227 2401
http://www.american-lawyer.org/profile/LA/Shreveport/5451

This firm has dealt with a case of injury with carbon monoxide.
Details of the case are given at
http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:newxJVS40QYJ:www.lacoa2.org/36287ca.pdf+%22injured+by+carbon+monoxide%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Robert P. Schuster P.C.
He is currently representing clients who have been poisoned by carbon
monoxide.
P.O. Box 13160
Suite 204
250 Veronica Lane
Jackson, WY 83002
307 732 7800 
Fax  307 732 7801
bob@bobschuster.com. 
http://www.bobschuster.com/current_cases.html


Willie Gary Law Firm
Waterside Professional Building
221 E. Osceola St
Stuart, Fl. 34994
Telephone 772 283 8260
800 329 4279
Fax 772 220 3343 
http://www.williegary.com/index1.html
Details of a case that this firm has represented are at 
http://newsobserver.com/front/digest/story/2703361p-2506845c.html
http://newsobserver.com/front/digest/story/2717168p-2519526c.html


Ambrason, Brown & Duggan
1819 Elm Street
Manchester, NH 03104-2910 

Telephone 603 627 1819
800 662 6230 
Fax 603 622 5062
Email info@arbd.com

Details of a case that this firm represented are given at
http://www.arbd.com/cases/pi.carbonmonoxide.html



Injuryboard.com offer a service where they will put you in touch with
a firm experienced in your type of case.
http://www.injuryboard.com/view.cfm/Topic=91
To be referred to a lawyer you need to complete an online form.
http://www.injuryboard.com/intake.cfm


Hope this helps.>

Dear elisabeth2222,

There is no question but that Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease has some
very good attorneys, and in fact I have utilized some of them in
continuing legal education programs I developed, but they are
primarily a defense firm. When calling firms, given the lower
likelihood that a defense-oriented firm would take a case such as
this, I would put them toward the end of my contact list.

Goren, Goren & Harris has a good reputation, and I have also utilized
Steve Goren in CLE programs I developed. It is primarily a Michigan
firm.

You may be able to find additional firms through the ATLA directory.
There's an obnoxious "terms of use" page to get into the directory,
but most good plaintiff's lawyers are members.
http://www.atlanet.org/cgi-bin/pubdir.pl

You may also wish to try the Martindale-Hubbell Directory. The online
version is at www.martindale.com . However the print version
(available at most libraries) may be a better resource. The print
version provides "A, B and C" ratings for individual attorneys, based
on the opinions of their legal peers. I did not find any ratings in
the online directory.

The lawyers.com site mentioned in the original answer is an interface
to the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.
* http://www.martindale.com/
* http://www.lawyers.com/

An alternative directory of lawyers is operated by West Group, through
its FindLaw service, and can be found at:
http://lawyers.findlaw.com/

I personally would not rely on a service like injuryboard to find an
attorney, as it is run by a law firm marketing service, charges fees
for firm participation, doesn't promise to have a participating firm
in any given state, and as far as I can see doesn't offer a list of
participating firms.

If you want a lawyer referral, you are almost always much better off
seeking one through a national, state, or local bar association than
through a commercial service.

The American Bar Association maintains a list of attorney referral
services, organized by state.
* http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/lris/directory.html
* http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/lris/directory/states/ohio.html

It is not absolutely required that you find an attorneyhwo has
previously handled a CO case. If you find a really good attorney who
has handled lots of cases with good results, you should seriously
consider hiring that attorney. If an attorney is very good, he or she
can get involved in most types of personal injury cases for the first
time.

I suspect that most really good plaintiff attorneys who have lots of
experience could handle a CO case.

Trial Lawyers for Public Justice has connectiuons with lots of good
lawyers. If you combine their recommendations with other
recommendations that you respect, you should at least interview those
attorneys and tell them your concerns.

Good luck.