The Southern Law Group, P.C. of Alabama Practice Areas
The Southern Law Group, P.C. concentrates in the following practice areas:
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Animal Bites
Many states and municipalities have specific laws governing the care and restraint of domestic pets, and some forbidden wild pets. If an animal has injured you, your child or your loved one, you may have a claim against the animal’s owner for your injuries. Please feel free to contact our firm for additional information.
Bankruptcy
Our firm is very sensitive to the financial problems of our clients. We understand that the circumstances beyond a client’s control can lead to a financial disaster for their families. Sadly, the new bankruptcy law is more restrictive than the old law prior to October 2005. Nevertheless, we are working with our clients to protect their rights and have whatever remedies that are available properly afforded to them. We handle both Chapter 13 (re-organization) cases and Chapter 7 (debt elimination) cases. Please feel free to call to set up an appointment with our Bankruptcy attorney to see which plan you qualify for.
Car Accidents
Many personal injuries result from car or automobile accidents. Automobile, motorcycle and trucking accidents may involve the negligence of another driver. On some occasions, the other driver may be guilty of behavior worse than negligence such as drunk driving and reckless behavior. If you are a driver, passenger or pedestrian that has been injured by no fault of your own, our firm can assist you in recovering for your injuries by obtaining compensation from those at fault. You can recover for your injuries, pain and suffering, scarring, future impairment and lost wages and benefits, just to name a few areas in which you can be compensated. Please feel free to call us for advice and representation immediately following your injury.
Commercial Trucking Accidents, 18-wheeler accidents
The list of commercial vehicles is exhaustive. It ranges from 18-wheelers and construction vehicles to bread trucks and delivery vans. Drivers of commercial vehicles are held to a different standard from the average everyday person driving on the highway. After all, they are professionals, aren’t they? Sadly, all too often, these driving professionals exhibit less than professional behavior. Some dri
ve while under the influence of alcohol or drugs and some drive while sleep deprived. Once you are involved in an accident with a commercial vehicle, they will mobilize their insurance adjusters and investigators to ensure they have the upper hand in resolving your claim. Just remember, the purpose of their team is to lessen the damages the commercial driver has caused to you while the purpose of your team, the Southern Law Group, is to protect your rights that enable you to get a better recovery for your injuries. Your injuries have already cost you enough; now is the time to call the Southern Law Group.
Corporate and Business Law
Our firm can support any client that wishes to pursue the dream of owning their own business. We provide a variety of services with regard to the inception of any business entity including partnerships, corporations and limited liability companies.
Criminal Defense
The Southern Law Group is a firm believer in the preservation of an individual’s constitutional right. We have experience in defending those who have been accused of committing a crime. Whether it’s representation of a minor traffic violation to major felony defense, we would like to assist you in protecting your rights.
Drug Recalls
Did you know that pharmaceutical companies make billons of dollars (if not more) each year from the sale of their drugs? In order for drug companies to be profitable, they must not only sell their current inventory of drugs, but they must also constantly create new ones. Regretfully, some drugs are coming to the market these days that have either been improperly evaluated or rushed through the system in order to quickly sell them to the public. When this happens, unsafe drugs reach the market that can cause harm or death to those who are taking them. We can advise you on the latest recalls and also inform you of the medications that are being investigated due to their detrimental side effects.
Family Law
One of the most difficult things that one can experience during their lifetime is the breakup of a marriage. Our firm can represent you in many areas including divorce, spousal support, child custody, child support modifications and much more. We also handle adoptions as well as pre- and post-nuptial agreements.
Hospital Negligence
What do you do when the hospital personnel that you have trusted to be competent and diligent fails to do so and someone you know gets hurt or dies? How sad and heartbreaking it is to go to a hospital looking for help, but instead find disappointment when they cause more injury. Thankfully, this is the exception instead of the rule, but when things go wrong and you can’t find the answers to why a loved one got hurt or died when in the care of a hospital, it may be time to call The Southern Law Group, P.C. Our attorneys are also registered nurses with years of hospital experience that can be helpful in representing you or your injured loved one.
Nursing Home Negligence
The most vulnerable in our society today are the youth and the elderly. We, at The Southern Law Group, believe that there is a duty shared by all to protect those who cannot protect themselves. When negligence, carelessness or the most basic disregard for human life occurs by any nursing home employee, we want to be by your side to champion your cause in recovering for the loss of your loved one or compensating them for their injury. We have attorneys who are also registered nurses and we know what goes on behind the scenes at some nursing homes. Problems range from the lack of staffing to the lack of caring. Nursing home abuse consists of bedsores, infections, frequent unmonitored falls, starvation and dehydration, unexplained broken bones, rapes and sexual abuse and too much more to mention. Our elderly should be the prizes of our society, not the cast away gift wrapping they have sometimes become. While we hope you are never put in a position to need us to represent you for these causes, we are here if you do.
Personal Injury
Anytime a person gets hurt, injured, maimed, mutilated or scarred at the hands of another, they deserve to be compensated for all the grief they have endured. Whether it's pain and suffering, scarring and disfigurement or present and future impairment, they deserve compensation. Luckily, most people who injure others do so accidentally through their negligence. And luckily, they maintain insurance policies to provide coverage to compensate those who have been injured. Unluckily, most insurance adjusters will promptly utilize their skills in order to protect the exposure to the insurance company in hopes of minimally compensating the injured victim, if at all. You need someone on your side who can represent you and your interest as soon as possible after you are injured. Please feel free to call us if we can be of any assistance. We handle personal injury cases on a contingency fee basis, which means we only get a fee if there is a recovery for you. No recovery, no fee. With the rising costs of litigation, the average person could not afford to protect himself or herself in today’s legal system. By providing representation on a contingency basis, it essentially gives everyone the opportunity of a level playing field lessening the advantage of insurance companies and corporate enterprise.
Products Liability
While our lives are improving with the almost daily production and release of new technology, it is not without its risks. There are new products, new drugs, new cars and new tools — all being turned loose for sale to the general public daily. With the rush to manufacture and sell these products, some companies are overlooking the need to provide safe and reliable products that will not injure or kill their very own customers as well as innocent bystanders. If a product that you believe is unsafe has injured you, please feel free to call and discuss this with us. Products liability is an area that by pursuing your claim through the legal system can actually lead to better and safer products for the general public.
Social Security Disability
We represent persons who have already applied to Social Security for disability benefits and have been denied. If your claim has been denied by Social Security, you may appeal. You should contact an attorney immediately in order to protect your rights. You have only a limited time to appeal the decision, and you may lose this right if you neglect to appeal within a specific time frame. Due to the complex laws and regulations of the Social Security Administration, an experienced attorney can be helpful in advising you and representing you in your claim.
Workers’ Compensation
Our attorneys represent employees who have suffered serious or disabling injuries on the job in claims for lost wages and medical treatment expenses against employers.
Wrongful Death
How sad it is to lose a loved one in an accident that could have been prevented. If you have lost a loved one as the result of a faulty or defective product or piece of equipment or through the actions of someone’s negligence (car wrecks, hospital negligence, 18-wheeler accidents and more), please feel free to call us. If an insurance company’s adjuster contacts you, please remember, he works for the insurance company and not for you! There will be enough burdens to carry with the death of a loved one. Please feel free to call to let us help you when you need it most. While we hope you never need us to represent you in loss of someone you loved, we want you to know we’ll be here if you do.
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