Rishi Pattni of Pattni Law Group and Andrew King of Chance, Forlines, Carter & King, PC join us for Episode 144 of Sports ‘N Torts. Their friendship was forged over a passion for Premier League soccer and has turned into a professional relationship where these two can work with one another representing injured patients in medical malpractice cases. This was a cool episode that highlights the collegiality and partnerships that exists within the Plaintiffs bar in the State of Georgia. I had a great time talking with these guys about:

-vetting and handling medical malpractice cases;

-approach to learning the medicine in their cases;

-how to determine proper defendants in a medical case;

-partnering with other firms to increase the chances of success;

-working with expert witnesses;

-how to handle the defense argument about nursing home clients being old and sick and having a lower value of life;

-comorbidities as a challenge;

-nursing home cases and the type of fact patterns they see;

-the rewards from representing elderly clients;

-nursing home standards of care and patients Bill of Rights

-explaining medical cases to a jury;

-exposing cover ups in medical records;

-background as a paralegal being helpful as a practicing attorney;

-trying cases in small towns against small town doctors and community hospitals;

-English Premier League soccer and fandom of Liverpool and Man City

-Atlanta United

And much more.

As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA – www.jsteinlawfirm.com