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Baratta, Russell & Baratta (BRB) has grown significantly over the past 21 years and we are grateful for the trust our clients, referring lawyers and past clients who have referred new clients have shown in us. We believe that a [ Read More ]

The most dangerous document an attorney can draft for a client is a Power of Attorney (POA).  The POA allows another person – an “Agent” (typically a child, sibling, or trusted friend) – to perform financial transactions for another person [ Read More ]

DISCLAIMER: BRB discourages prospective clients from bringing a claim for bodily injury unless serious injury has been suffered. If you are going to make a full recovery in a few weeks or months, it is not in your best interest [ Read More ]

According to Wikipedia, the term “ambulance chasing” comes from the stereotype of lawyers that follow ambulances to the emergency room to find clients and is also used as a derogatory term for a “personal injury lawyer.”  I am a trial [ Read More ]

A recent review of my services on the website AVVO (a website where clients can review their lawyers) included this line from a client named Caroline: “He also has a very helpful and pleasant office staff.”  In a review posted [ Read More ]

Medicaid Planning is, in part, an effort to preserve a financial legacy for children despite the fact that a parent is about to experience the potential devastating financial costs of growing old. The average cost of a nursing home in [ Read More ]

If you are receiving Workers’ Compensation or have recently received Workers’ Compensation you will want to read this blog. You may be entitled to additional Workers’ Compensation! In June of 2017 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court made an important decision with [ Read More ]

“I am not the kind of person who brings lawsuits” is a typical statement I hear in my first meeting with a client who has suffered a serious injury or had a family member suffer death due to the careless [ Read More ]

Chiropractor Series – Part 2 It is impossible to stop someone from telling a lie about you.  But when you know what lie they want to tell, you can protect yourself from it by making the lie impossible to believe. In [ Read More ]

You followed the rules and did everything carefully but someone else didn’t, and now you are suffering the consequences of pain, lost time from work, mounting medical costs and the fear that the life as you knew it has been [ Read More ]