Bill joined Elk & Elk in January 2010 as an addition to the firm’s high-quality representation in matters of personal injury, nursing home malpractice and medical malpractice. He spent the bulk of his 17-year-career between two smaller Northeast Ohio law firms refining his skills as plaintiffs’ counsel. Bill has lectured at Cleveland seminars on various legal matters.

He explains that having access to all the resources available to him at Elk & Elk will allow him to help even more injured Ohioans.

“It allows me to do what I enjoy doing with the assistance of probably the largest and the best-equipped personal injury firm there is in the state of Ohio.”

At the end of the day, he said, it’s the personal attention he’s able to provide his clients that makes him happiest.

“The way I see my role is that I’m not only here to level the playing field that is so slanted toward the insurance companies in terms of obtaining compensation for injuries,” he says. “I also try to educate the people for whom I work on the process they’re going through and give them some counseling; some comfort."

“I want all my clients to know that someone will guide them through the process. That, they can rely on good or bad, and I want them to know they’re going to be dealt with as though they’re members of my own family.”

In his spare time, Bill enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters.

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$275,000 – Nursing home neglect results in wrongful death (November 2010)

Plaintiff got out of bed to use the restroom and his alarm malfunctioned. Resident neighbor said she heard the Plaintiff screaming for help after he fell but no one responded until she used her call light. Plaintiff sustained a compression fracture and died within 13 days of the fall.

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$100,000 – Nursing home neglect results in broken hip and concussion (May 2010)

While in a nursing home, the 86-year-old Plaintiff fell and hurt her head. When her son came to visit four hours later, the staff said they were waiting for a mobile X-ray, but didn't think she was hurt. Son says that he could see the break in her hip and demanded she went to emergency room. Client sustained a broken left hip and slight concussion and required surgery to repair hip.

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$100,000 – Motor vehicle accident results in multiple injuries (May 2010)

The Defendant, an intoxicated driver, failed to yield at a three-way stop. Plaintiff suffered multiple injuries, including a sprained back, neck and left leg, a bruised left shoulder and a head injury.

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$44,000 - Motor vehicle accident results in serious injuries and knee surgery (March 2011)

The Defendant failed to yield at a stop sign causing the Plaintiff to suffer back and hip pain and a sprained ankle. Plaintiff also had to undergo knee surgery.

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Prior Results Do Not Guarantee a Similar Outcome. Each case or claim must be evaluated on its own merits.