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Josh Silverman Speaks to the VTLA's First Long Term Care Conference
Posted on Mar 16, 2010
Josh Silverman was a presenter at a recent VTLA Long Term Care conference in Richmond that brought together leading nursing home attorneys from around the country. Josh presented two topics: Informal Discovery and Certificates of Merit at the day long seminar.
The Informal Discovery presentation addressed how to investigate what really happened to your client at a nursing home or assisted living facility. All too often nursing homes and assisted living facilities cover-up the truth. However, by using informal discovery techniques including the Freedom of Information Act and interviewing former employees, an attorney can discover the truth and even use the nursing home or assisted living facility's cover-up against them in court.
The second topic of Certificates of Merit discussed the legal requirements for obtaining an expert opinion prior to serving a lawsuit, exceptions to the requirement, and the consequences for failing to obtain a necessary expert opinion.
The seminar was by all accounts a success. Virginia Lawyers Weekly published a front page article on the seminar and included quotes from Josh's presentation.
The long term care attorneys at Williamson & Lavecchia, L.C. represent victims of nursing home and assisted living facility neglect and abuse throughout Virginia, including Richmond, Fredericksburg, Fairfax, Charlottesville, Roanoke, Martinsville, Norfolk, Hampton, Farmville, and Virginia Beach. If you or a loved one has been harmed by a nursing home or an assisted living facility, please call us at (804) 288-1661 or click here to contact us by email to discuss your legal rights.
