Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
Maher, Guiley and Maher, P.C.
Maher, Guiley, and Maher was founded in 1969 by senior partner Michael Maher. Our mission-then and now-is to vigorously represent and protect injury and negligence victims, helping people who have encountered tragedy and sudden changes in their lives win legal settlements for their loss and suffering.
The firm specializes in:
- Personal injury
- Wronful death
- Nursing home
- Medical negligence
- Product liability
Over the years, Maher, Guiley, and Maher lawyers have handled numerous precedent-setting lawsuits with many settlements in the millions of dollars and, in the lead role we played in the State of Florida's case against Big Tobacco, in the multibillion-dollar range.
Precedent-setting lawsuits:
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Nursing Home Abuse
Team
The Maher, Guiley, and Maher nursing home abuse team is led by partner Steven R. Maher and supported by lawyers Scot Warner, Melissa Powers, John Ksajikian and Bill Artigliere. The firm has won a significant number of nursing home cases where six and seven-figure settlements were awarded to victims of neglect, abuse, or exploitation.
Private investigator Katherine Schepers helps in assessing the many nursing home complaints the firm considers each month, locating witnesses and former employees. Only through aggressive and comprehensive investigations is it possible to accurately determine just how seriously some nursing homes take advantage of their clients, many of whom are the most vulnerable members of our society. Literally hundreds of records, many of which are inconsistent and deliberately falsified, must be carefully reviewed before a case can be made. Bonnie Dantzscher, and ombudsman for the state of California with years of experience in California law and nursing homes, assists the team in championing the rights of elderly victims of abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
Attorneys
Steven R. Maher
In addition to managing the Los Angeles office, Steven R. Maher heads all actions relating to nursing home abuse. His extensive experience includes personal injury cases related to medical malpractice, products liability, premises liability and automobile negligence, as well as asbestos and toxic chemical exposure.
Mr. Maher is an Eagle Member of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (AFTL) and has been a member of the organization's board of directors. He has served as chair of AFTL's Sovereign Immunity Task Force of America (ATLA), where he served as NLD Publications chair and vice chair for the National Student Trial Advocacy Competition Committee. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States on nursing home issues and personal injury law.
Mr. Maher received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Loyola Marymount University in 1984 and his law degree from the University of Southern California Law School in 1987. He practiced with a Los Angeles litigation firm for several years before returning to his native Florida in 1991.
Steven Maher is admitted to practice in California, Florida, Texas, and Arizona. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, the United States District Court Southern, Northern, Central, and Eastern Districts of California, as well as the United States District Court for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida.
Michael Maher
Michael Maher's extensive experience as a trial lawyer has made him one of the nation's outstanding client advocates with an impressive list of precedent-setting settlements and verdicts and a recognized leader in the legal profession. One of his most notable accomplishments was chairing the 11 legal firms making up the People's Trial Advocates appointed by the state of Florida and resulting in the long-term recovery of more than $25 billion from the tobacco industry. Mr. Maher has received numerous awards and accolades over the years and has been recognized in "The Best Lawyers in America" every year since 1983.
Mr. Maher has been president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), the world's largest association of trial lawyers with more than 60,000 members, a fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, selected by the American Board of Trial Advocates, inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers and was named Florida Trial Lawyer of the Year by the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Mr. Maher is in great demand on the lecture circuit and his writings on the challenges and future trends affecting individual rights and free access to our court system have appeared in numerous publications. His professional activities, memberships, and associations exemplify his commitment to client representation and to the leadership of lawyers across the nation dedicated to defending and protecting client rights.
Michael Maher is a graduate of Rollins College (Bachelor of Arts, 1963) and Stetson University College of Law (Juris Doctorate, 1965). He is a member of the Florida Bar, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (AFTL) and the Orange County Bar Association. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, the District of Columbia Bar, the New York Bar and all state courts in Florida.
Linda Gunn has been Michael Maher's legal assistant since he first began the practice of law. She plays a key role in all the cases he undertakes as well as making important contributions to the legal associations and causes Mr. Maher is committed to.
David D. Guiley
David D. Guiley is a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer. His specialty is personal injury and wrongful death cases resulting from vehicular accidents, defective products and defective conditions on premises, with an emphasis in products liability litigation.
Mr. Guiley received his undergraduate degree from the University of Akron in 1970 and his law degree there in 1975. Before becoming a lawyer, he worked for eight years in research and development department of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. He began his legal career as a county prosecutor in Ohio and moved to Florida in 1983.
David Guiley's professional memberships include the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (AFTL), the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), the Ohio State Bar Association and the Orange County Bar Association. Mr. Guiley is admitted to practice in Ohio and Florida, and before the United States District Court, Middle, Southern, and Northern Districts of Florida, and the United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio.
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Please Note:
Statutes of limitation may apply and determine how long you have to file a lawsuit. In the case of personal injury litigation, the type of injury as well as the state the injury occurred in are some of the factors used to determine the length of time you have in which to file a lawsuit. Read the statute of limitations in your state.