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Wrongful Death Lawyers Can Help Families Reach Fair Settlement
It is an unfortunate circumstance when a close relative or extended family member is injured during an accident or as a result of the negligent conduct of another, but it is even more grievous when that loved one dies as a result of his or her injuries. This is happening all too often in Los Angeles, California, which is why the city is now home to a number of specialized Los Angeles CA wrongful death law firms. These law firms specialize in wrongful death cases when the life of a victim is regrettably and prematurely seized, perhaps when the victim least expected this to occur. This can be an incredibly heartbreaking moment in your family’s life, and it may be difficult to see a light at the end of this dark tunnel. A wrongful death lawyer can help. When the emotions of your grieving family members are running high and you’re not sure how to proceed, it’s time to contact a CA wrongful death lawyer to help represent your case.
The first thing you need to talk to your wrongful death lawyer about is the rights of your family and the rights of the victim. Perhaps to your surprise, many of the rights of your deceased family member are not null upon his or her death in the instance the death was caused by negligent conduct. Negligent conduct can include a number of different options, including, but not limited to, automobile accidents caused by another driver and on-the-job injuries that are a result of careless behavior from coworkers or employers. Whatever the circumstances of your loved one’s untimely passing, he or she could be still be entitled to many rights and privileges that will be passed on to your family members.
In order to determine the details and specificities of these rights, it’s important that you and your family consult a specialized wrongful death lawyer. These lawyers are trained in the particulars of wrongful death cases and will have the information you need regarding your rights and the rights of your loved one readily available for you to learn. These rights and privileges may change from one case to another and from one circumstance to the next, making it important for you to seek the counsel and experience of an experienced attorney.
It is important for you and your family during this difficult time to seek the help of a nonjudgmental and objective lawyer. Although you indeed want a lawyer who is sensitive to your case and to the current circumstances of you and your family, it is important throughout this potentially emotional period of your life to have a lawyer who is ruled by equity, integrity, and justice, rather than mixed feelings. It is obviously a time in which you and your family will be grieving over the death of your loved one, but your lawyer cannot afford to be as emotionally sensitive while representing your case during court proceedings. Make sure you hire a lawyer who is sensitive, but strong enough to carry you and your family through this difficult period to a fair settlement.
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How do I hire a lawyer in Trinidad for a wrongful death? When I live in the US?
My husband was killed in February 07, he was a peace activist and the police in Chauguanas killed him, his brother, and two other men. The autopsy report showed my husband did not have gun powder on his body. The police claim my husband and the others were shooting at someone and that is why they killed him, his brother and the other two men.
Contact the US embassy in Trinidad. They can supply you with a list of local attorneys who are regarded are being reputable. Once you get the list it’s up to you to start making phone calls and talking to them. Work it out on the phone or visit to finalize the deal.
Here’s the US embassy’s website.
http://trinidad.usembassy.gov/
List of Attorneys
The Embassy assumes no responsibility for the professional ability or integrity of the persons or firms whose names appear in the following list. It is considered, however, that they are of good repute. The names listed are arranged alphabetically, and the order in which they appear has no other significance.
MESSRS. DESMOND ALLUM AND GREGORY DELZIN
TRINITY CHAMBERS
Level 1, Uptown Mall 44-58 Edward Street
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Telephones: (868) 627-8419; 623-5657(office)
(868) 624-4715 (residence)
Fax: (868) 623-8528
Desmond Allum, born October 31, 1934, Trinidad.
Types of cases: Criminal, adoption, child custody, civil damages, estates, government relations, marriage/divorce, taxes, aeronautical/maritime, banking/financial, contracts, narcotics, auto accidents, labor relations, insurance, patents/trademarks/copyrights and theft/fraud/embezzlement
Languages: English, Spanish and French
Experience with U.S. citizens and/or companies
Gregory Delzin, born October 9, 1958, Trinidad.
Types of cases: Civil damages, estates, government relations, marriage/divorce, collections, corporations, foreign claims, labor relations, marketing agreements, narcotics and theft/fraud/embezzlement
Languages: English
Experience with U.S. citizens and/or companies
Brent Ali, Types of cases: Criminal, business, family experience with U.S. citizens and/or companies
BEKOE, KWASI CO.
94 Edward Street Port of Spain, Trinidad
Telephone: (868) 623-7334
Fax: (868) 625-7838
Email: nkos1b@hotmail.com
9 Prince Street, Suite 4
Arima, Trinidad
Telephone: (868) 664-5286
Kwasi Bekoe, born November 3, 1946, Trinidad
Types of cases: Criminal, adoption, custody, civil damages, estates, marriage/divorce, contracts, corporations, foreign claims, foreign investment, labor relations, patents/copyrights, auto accidents, narcotics, theft/fraud/embezzlement
DENBOW, DR. CLAUDE H.
Chancery Courtyard
Suite 7
13-17 St. Vincent Street
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Telephones: (868) 625-9746
Fax: (868) 625-0352
Claude Denbow, born November 2, 1948 in Georgetown, Guyana. Citizen of Trinidad and Tobago. Graduate of London University; Harvard law School; Gray’s Inn, London.
Types of cases: Civil law with special emphasis on commercial law
Specialization: Company law and practice, estate/collection and trade disputes
Language: English
FITZWILLIAM, STONE, FURNESS-SMITH AND MORGAN
48-50 Sackville Street
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Telephones: (868) 623-1618-9; 623-425-6; 623-0606
Fax: (868) 623-0605; 623-6524
A large firm that deals with the following types of cases: Real estate, commercial, corporate, oil and gas, litigation and financial
GIBBES, NEVILLE FRANCIS
Bacolet and Main Street
P.O. Box 63
Scarborough, Tobago
Telephones: (868) 639-6436; 639-4645 Neville Francis Gibbes, born in Tobago August 18, 1934. Graduate of Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London, November 1960.
Types of cases: Conveyancing, trade disputes, divorce and criminal
Languages: English, Spanish and French
Experience with U.S. citizens and/or companies
GIFT AND COMPANY
1 Bacolet Street
Scarborough, Tobago
Telephones: (868) 639-3187; 639-2212
Fax: (868) 639-2171
Email: giftco@opus.co.tt
Christo Gerard Gift, born in Tobago December 25, 1953
Types of cases: Criminal cases, adoptions, child custody, civil damages, estates, marriage/divorce, auto accidents, narcotics, theft/fraud/embezzlement and patents/copyrightsLanguage: English
Joycelyn Gift, born February 19, 1956 in Trinidad.
Types of cases: Investments, insurance, narcotics and theft/fraud/embezzlement Language: English
HAMEL-SMITH AND COMPANY
19 St. Vincent Street
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Telephones: (868) 623-4237; 652-4903
Website: www.trinidadlaw.com
David Philip Hamel-Smith, born June 15, 1948 in Trinidad. Admitted to practice in 1970.Types of cases: Estate cases, trade disputes, banking, finance, energy (non-oil projects), civil litigation and international loan agreementsLanguages: English
Timothy Hamel-Smith, born October 2, 1948. Admitted to practice in 1973.Types of cases: Civil litigation, international loan agreements, admirality, probate and corporationLanguage: English
JB KELSHALL AND COMPANY
9A Harris Promenade
San Fernando, Trinidad
Telephones: (868) 652-2901/3731/4366
Fax: (868) 652-4317
Bryan Lee Kelshall, born March 12, 1946 in Trinidad. Graduate of College of Law, London, England.
Types of cases: Marketing agreements and aeronautical/maritime
Language: English
KHAN, ISRAEL B.
35 Abercromby Street
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Telephones: (868) 625-5105
Israel Khan, born August 15, 1945 in Trinidad. Graduate of Hugh Wooding Law School. Trinidad.
Types of cases: Divorce, contracts, foreign investments, marketing agreements, insurance/patents/trademarks/copyrights, narcotics, criminal and theft/fraud/embezzlement
Language: English
Experience with U.S. citizens and/or companies
POLLONAIS & BLANC, DE LA BASTIDE & JACELON
17-19 Pembroke Street
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Telephones: (868) 623-8505; 623-5461/2/3/; 625-4459
Stephanie Daly, born November 3, 1946 in England. Citizen of Trinidad and Tobago. Graduate of London University; The London School of Economics and Science.
Types of cases: Corporate, commercial, conveyancing, estate cases. Notary Public.
Language: English and French
Experience with U.S. citizens and/or companies
Courtenay Braemar Williams, born in Trinidad. Graduate of the Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad.
Types of cases: Corporate, financial, litigation
Language: English
Experience with U.S. citizens and/or companies
J.D. SELLIER & COMPANY
P.O. Box 116
129-131 Abercromby Street
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Telephones: (868) 623-4283-7
Fax: (868) 625-2984
Joseph David Errol David Boucaud, born in Trinidad. Graduate of Law Society in England.
Types of cases: Corporate and Commercial Law. Notary Public.
Language: English
William David Clarke, born in Jamaica, Graduate of Cambridge University, England.
Types of cases: Corporate, commercial, aeronautical /maritime and marketing agreements
Language: English reads Spanish and French
Experience with U.S. citizens and/or companies
Dennis Michael Adrian Gurley, born in Trinidad, Graduate of College of Law, London, England.
Types of cases: Corporate, commercial disclaimer, civil litigation, foreign claims, and insurance auto accidents Language: English
Kenneth Reginald Viera, born in Trinidad. Graduate of the University of London and College of Law, England. Types of cases: Property transactions and banking/financial
Language: English
HANNAYS, DAVID SELDEN COURTNEY(CO)
David Hannays, born in Trinidad, March 1,1931. Graduate of Law Society of England.
109 Roberts Street
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Telephones: (868) 622-7946
Types of cases: Criminal cases, trade disputes and estate/collection
Specialization: Company law and practice, Supreme Court practice, conveyancing, probate and divorce. Notary Public.
Language: English
HEWITT, BRIAN D. & COMPANY
76 Abercromby Street
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Telephones: (868) 625-5016; 622-2082
Brian Hewitt, born December 8, 1951, London, England. Graduate of College of Law, Lancaster Gate, London, England.
Types of cases: Conveyance property, international law, trade disputes, contracts and foreign investment
HOBSONS
117 Woodford Street
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Telephones: (868) 622-3972
Email: hobsons@tstt.net.tt
13-17 Keate Street
San Fernando, Trinidad
Telephones: (868) 652-3801-3
Email: hobsons@tstt.net.tt
Room 412 Centre Point Mall
Chaguanas, Trinidad
Telephones: (868) 672-4160
Email: hobsons2@tstt.net.tt
1A Guapo Cap-de-Ville Road
Point Fortin, Trinidad
Telephones: (868) 648-4124
Email: hobsons2@tstt.net.tt
Krishna Narinesingh, born in Trinidad November 27, 1932. Graduate of English Law Society, February 3, 1959.
Types of cases: Corporate, civil, industrial relations, maritime, international business, labor disputes, industry and estates
Specialization: Tax law, international financing, international industry. Notary Public.
Languages: English, Spanish, French
Barendra Sinanan, born in Trinidad, October 4, 1948. Graduate of Law College of London, England.
Types of cases: General cases
Language: English
Sherwin Seenath, born in Trinidad, October 11, 1946. Graduate of the College of Law, Lancaster, England.
Types of cases: Conveyancing, collection/estate cases and trade disputes
Language: English
K.R. LALLA & COMPANY
41 Edward Street
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Telephones: (868) 625-5074
Fax: (868) 625-6110
Om Lalla
Types of cases: Constitutional, criminal, immigration law, employment, judicial review, matrimonial, land and sports
Language: English
Experience with U.S. citizens and/or companies
WHARTON, PETER ASHMORE
13A Pembroke Street
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Telephone: (868) 623-2584
Peter Wharton, born in Guyana, Citizen of Trinidad and Tobago. Graduate of Lincoln’s Inn, London, England.
Types of cases: Civil, conveyancing, probate, divorce, trade disputes and international law
Languages: English and Spanish
Experience with U.S. citizens and/or companies
HOWARD, HUGH L AND ASSOCIATES
20 Simpson Drive
Andalusia, Maraval, Trinidad
Telephone: (868) 628-3282
Hugh Howard, born in Trinidad, Citizen of Trinidad and Tobago. Graduate of Lincoln’s Inn, London, England.
Types of cases: Company law, trade disputes, joint agreements and immigration
Specialists in Corporate Energy and Natural Resources.
Language: English
DEPOO & ASSOCIATES
16 Gray Street
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Telephones: (868) 622-9377
Fax: (868) 628-9606
Email: depoolaw@hotmail.com
Dharamchand Depoo, Citizen of U.S.A., resident of Trinidad and Tobago. Graduate of Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad and Tobago. Juris Doctor, Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, NJ, U.S.A. Member of the New Jersey Bar, Federal Bar, U.S.A, Trinidad and Tobago Bar and Guyana Bar.
Types of cases: International business transactions, project financing, U.S. and Trinidadian immigration, adoptions, commercial and criminal
Experience with U.S. citizens and/or companies
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