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Civil Litigation
The majority of civil litigation cases we pursue are done so on behalf of a person or the remaining families of a deceased person against a business of group of businesses which caused either severe personal injury or wrongful death. Our Civil Litigation practice consists of a simple slip and fall to catastrophic injury to medical malpractice to complex product liability (toxic tort, including tobacco, asbestos, latex, benzene, pharmaceutical, opiate) to wrongful death to ERISA (life insurance). Most of our cases pursue dozens of causes of action at a time. We are particularly adept at pre-litigation work-up and exemplary at all litigation matters, specifically including witness and expert depositions, written discovery, inspections, dispositive motions, pre-trial and trial motions, jury experts, and trial work.
Major and Catastrophic Personal Injury
If you have been injured by accident or by way of reckless or intentional interaction (whether as an innocent bystander, employee, patient, partner, or otherwise), you may have multiple causes of action against an entity or person for those injuries. Damages for such injuries include economic and non-economic damages, specifically including those for pain and suffering.
Wrongful Death
If a family member has died as a result of the negligent, reckless, or intentional conduct of another person or entity, you may be able to compensation for numerous losses associated from their death, whether by a wrongful death or survival action, or both.
Product Liability / Complex Toxic Tort Product Liability
Our law firm are known specialists in this field and have a success record both at trial and via pre-trail settlement that makes them the best of the best. If you or a loved one has been injured by way of exposure to a toxic product, whether that product was asbestos, benzene, tobacco, latex, mold, or a pharmaceutical drug, we know exactly how to handle our case. These cases typically include over a dozen causes of action and are best handled by the expert hands of our office.
ERISA/Insurance
ERISA laws are designed to protect employees and their benefits such as 401K and other related retirement benefits. Statistics indicate that pensions plans in the United States are largely underfunded.
Many people (baby-boomers) who are set to retire soon have been left wondering where all the benefits they were promised are. If you have reason to believe that your current or former employer committed any of the following violations, then you should contact an attorney from Anya Fuchs for advice:
- Wrongful termination to as a way not to pay your benefits
- Loss of benefits as a result of negligence
- Misrepresentation and fraud with regard to pension benefits
- Any illegal scheme used by your employer to avoid paying retirement benefits
Importance of an attorney
If you have any case regarding personal injury, complex torts, or anything to do with ERISA violation, then the first thing you should do is to retain an attorney from Anya Fuchs Attorney at Law.
Small Business Incorporation and Advisement
Small businesses need an array of internal and external legal advice, from legal entity formation (sole proprietorship, LCC, S-Corp, partnerships, dual-LLC’s) to internal documents (nondisclosure agreement, independent contractor agreements, employer-employee agreements / statement of work, State-mandated policy postings, severance packages) to any number of external documents (contracts of numerous types such as leases, distributor or vendor agreements, hiring and firing, debtor and loan matters) and so and so forth. Under the current tax laws, all sole proprietors would be wise to incorporate their business.
Our office is well versed in the administrative tasks required to do so and the most prudent legal formation for your business.
ERISA/Insurance
ERISA law governs various benefits, insurance plans, and retirement plans we all rely upon in our daily lives. Litigation and legal disputes surrounding ERISA matters are governed by their own rules and regulations that are atypical to general civil litigation. If you have been denied a life insurance, disability, or other benefit claim, our office is well versed and experienced in how and when to engage with and against multi-billion dollar insurance companies as well as your employer to ensure the applicable procedural mandates are followed to preserve and protect your rights should you later determine to pursue litigation if your dispute is not resolved.
Our office is motivated to protect you in ERISA matters against insurance companies and employers whose first, second, and third response to the layperson is often to deny their claim and we are particularly adept at doing so.
Appellate Law
Anya is well versed in and has a tremendous track record winning civil appeals, particularly in personal injury/ wrongful death/ and product liability cases that were unjustly resolved in favor of the defendant. Such appeals typically take one to two years and require a tremendous investment of time and know-how of procedure and substantive appellate law.
This area of law should absolutely be handled by an attorney who specializes in appellate law. If you feel your case was wrongfully resolved, a consultation with our office will shed significant of the likelihood of a successful appeal.