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Practice Areas
• Healthcare Law
The firm has extensive experience representing hospitals, physicians, and medical practices in litigation and other matters.
Our practice in this area includes defense of medical malpractice claims, risk management advice, and litigation of patients'
rights and life support issues. The firm also advises healthcare providers as to regulatory compliance and transactional issues
that arise in managing and operating a hospital or medical practice.
• Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
The firm's attorneys have litigated hundreds of personal injury claims on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants. These cases
include automobile collisions, premises liability, nursing home abuse, and other similar cases where individual or corporate
negligence results in catastrophic injury or death. The firm focuses on preparing each case with the expectation of presenting
that case to a jury. We emphasize maximizing value for our plaintiff clients and efficient resolution of claims for our defendant
clients. Whether it be promptly returning telephone calls or meeting with you in your own home for your convenience, our attorneys
strongly believe in providing personalized service to each of our clients.
• Trucking Accidents
The firm represents plaintiffs who have been injured or killed in accidents caused by the negligent operation of large trucks.
Negligence committed by drivers for large trucking companies, such as unsafe driving or the carrying of oversized loads, results
in thousands of deaths and severe injuries each year. Our firm's litigation expertise and tenacious advocacy allows us to maximize
the compensation our clients receive for the negligence of these trucking companies and their drivers.
• Professional Liability Defense
The firm has represented numerous professionals who have been accused with breach of a professional duty. We have defended physicians
in a variety of cases involving allegations of medical malpractice. The firm's practice also includes representation of other professionals,
such as accountants and attorneys. Our lawyers are familiar with the unique issues that arise in the context of professional negligence claims,
such as the qualification of expert testimony and complex issues of causation.
• Products Liability
The firm has substantial experience both defending and prosecuting personal injury and property damage claims involving defective products.
The firm's lawyers have extensive experience litigating issues that arise in such cases, such as the propriety of warnings provided to consumers,
use of scientific evidence, and the protection of trade secrets and proprietary information.
• Commercial Litigation and Business Disputes
The firm handles cases involving complex issues of contractual liability, breach of fiduciary duty, business torts, and other similar disputes
arising out of business operations and transactions. Cases are approached and litigated with the objective of obtaining favorable results in
an efficient manner, with an emphasis on maximizing value for the client while protecting the client's trade secrets and proprietary business
interests. Our clients in this area have included banks, manufacturers, hospitals, professional associations, and numerous other such business
entities.
• State and Local Tax Litigation
The firm represents taxpayers in disputes with state and local taxing authorities. The firm has experience advocating for the minimization of
such taxes and efficient resolution of disputes, whether the dispute be heard by a local board, a court, or arbitrators. We have experience
working with appraisers as to ad valorem tax matters and challenging unreasonable assessments of taxpayer properties.
• Business Transactional and Advisory Services
The firm handles numerous issues that arise with respect to the formation, operation, sale/purchase, and dissolution of business entities.
Our practice includes drafting documents and contracts required by incorporations and formation of partnerships and limited liability companies.
The firm prepares partnership and shareholder agreements and other similar contracts required to protect the interests of partners and shareholders.
We also advise businesses and business owners regarding disputes that often arise in the context of running a business, such as appropriation of
funds or trade secrets and employment matters.
• Appellate Practice
The firm handles appeals of civil cases to the Georgia Court of Appeals
and the Georgia Supreme Court. Our attorneys are experienced in
preparing written briefs and presenting oral arguments to higher
tribunals regarding errors of law and erroneous findings at the trial
court level. Each case we try is approached with an eye towards
preserving all legal errors for ultimate review by a higher court, if
necessary.
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Durham, McHugh & Duncan, P.C. •
777 Gloucester St.,
Suite 300 •
Brunswick, Georgia 31520
Phone: 912.264.1800 • Fax: 912.264.4480 •
Email: info@durhamfirm.com |
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