Personal Injury
Personal injury law is the law that allows for someone who has been injured either through the negligence or intentional acts of others to be compensated for their injuries. This includes, car wrecks, slip and falls, medical malpractice, trucking accidents, nursing home abuse, wrongful death, and intentional acts such as sexual abuse. Personal injury cases require experience, training, and skill in order to recover full compensation for the injury. Insurance companies spend millions in defending these cases, and employ thousands in their efforts to keep the injured party from being fully compensated. If you have been injured, time is not on your side. The insurance companies are skilled in dragging your matter out so that you give up and accept less than you are entitled to. You need an attorney familiar with the tactics of the insurance companies and who knows how to maximize your recovery. You need a lawyer who is not afraid to take your case to trial and who knows how to get the case to trial in a timely manner. Jimmy Duckworth knows how to take on the insurance companies and maximize your recovery. If you have been injured, Jimmy is not afraid to take your case to trial and make the insurance companies pay. Do not trust your case to an attorney who is simply looking to settle your case as soon as possible in order to earn a fee. Call Jimmy today to schedule your free consultation.
Criminal Defense
Being charged with a crime is one of the scariest things many people will face in their lives. In civil cases such as a personal injury lawsuit, if the defendant loses, the measure of the loss is money. Not so in criminal defense cases. When an individual is charged with a crime, the state or federal government is trying to take away that person’s liberty. In most cases, when a criminal defendant loses, that defendant goes to jail. Our founding fathers knew that such power should not go unchecked, which is why the Bill of Rights provides certain safeguards for criminal defendants, one of which is due process. Unfortunately, not every criminal defendant is given due process under the law. Our judicial system is built on the guiding principle that a defendant is innocent until proven guilty, however, in many cases, once the rush to judgment begins, criminal defendants find themselves guilty until proven innocent.
Jimmy Duckworth believes that protecting the rights of the criminal defendant is one of the most important roles lawyers play in our society. Without such protections, our entire judicial system is meaningless. Jimmy handles misdemeanors and felonies in state a federal court. He is skilled in developing defenses and insuring that the government plays fair. If you have been charged with a crime, call Jimmy today to schedule a free consultation.