Charleston Employment & Personal Injury Lawyer
Employment Law and Personal Injury Attorney, Charleston
At Akers Law Offices, we provide prompt and attentive client service for West Virginia individuals and families in a wide range of personal injury and employment law areas. We also represent people from outside the State who are facing a legal problem here in West Virginia. We know how to deal with every aspect of the cases we handle, from negotiating with insurance companies to collecting evidence and proceeding through the court system. We are here to fight for your rights and help you move forward with your life.
For a free consultation about your case, contact our law office in downtown Charleston. Experienced employment law and personal injury attorney JB Akers represents clients in both state and federal courts.
Personal Injury Claims
- Vehicle accidents, including car wrecks, motorcycle crashes, and commercial truck wrecks, including those caused by distracted drivers or resulting from dangerous highway conditions
- Boating and shipping accidents
- Recreation accidents, such as ATV accidents and hunting accidents
- Premises liability claims, including slip and fall accidents and injuries occurring on hotel premises
- Workplace injury claims, including coal mining accidents, logging accidents, construction site accidents, and deliberate intent claims against the employer
- Injuries from dangerous or defective products cases, including chemical exposure and other "toxic torts
- Medical malpractice involving misdiagnosis, surgical errors, hospital errors, birth injuries, pharmacy and medication injuries and others
- Nursing home negligence or abuse claims
- Dental malpractice
- Serious injuries, such as brain or spinal cord trauma, burns or amputation
- Wrongful death
Akers Law Offices also represents those harmed when insurance claims are denied in bad faith, by consumer fraud, or clients facing problems at schools, whether they involve students, parents, teachers, coaches, counselors or administrators.
Employment Law
- Sexual harassment or discrimination on the job
- Retaliatory termination
- Wrongful termination
- Problems with medical or disability leave at work
We also handle appeals in all of the areas named above.
To learn more about our personal injury and employment law practice and our ability to provide effective client service in your case, contact a Charleston lawyer at Akers Law Offices. We offer free initial consultations to all potential clients.
We take cases on a contingency fee basis — we only collect attorney's fees if we successfully resolve your case through a monetary settlement or at a trial that results in compensation.
