People go into treatment and mental health facilities to get better, not to be harmed or taken advantage of. About one in five adults lives with a mental illness, and that care is often underfunded and lightly regulated, which leaves vulnerable patients exposed to facilities that cut corners or put profit first. We represent patients and families harmed inside addiction rehab, psychiatric, and mental health treatment facilities. If this happened to you or someone you love, tell us what happened. The first call is free.
We handle cases involving addiction and drug or alcohol rehab centers, psychiatric and mental health facilities, and residential and adolescent treatment programs. The harm often looks like:
Some treatment facilities run more like a business than a place of care. They market quick fixes and unproven methods, prey on people who are desperate to get better, and keep billing long after the care has stopped. When a facility takes advantage of a vulnerable patient like that, it can be held accountable, and we know how to dig into how a facility actually operates.
We don’t take every case, and we’ll be honest with you about yours. The strongest ones usually have a clear, serious harm, treatment records or witnesses, and a facility failure we can point to. Treatment records, incident reports, staffing information, and billing records often tell the real story, and getting them is part of what we do.
We take fewer cases than most firms so we can give each one real attention. Jay Reinan has tried more than 50 jury trials and spent his early career defending hospitals, nursing homes, and mental health providers before switching sides in 1999 to represent patients and families. That background means he understands how these facilities operate and how they defend themselves, and the firm has taken on facilities that put their finances ahead of the people in their care.
Often, yes. When a treatment, rehab, or psychiatric facility neglects, abuses, or takes advantage of a patient in its care, that facility can be held accountable. These cases are about the facility's conduct, its staffing, supervision, safety, and honesty, not about the condition that brought the patient there.
Not usually. Our focus is on how a facility cared for and protected a patient, and whether it put profit ahead of care, rather than on a single treatment decision. If your situation is really a different kind of case, we'll tell you honestly.
That usually doesn't excuse a facility from caring for someone safely. Signed paperwork can affect how a case proceeds, so we'll review it, but it rarely means a facility is off the hook for real harm.
We handle these cases on a contingency fee, so you don't pay attorney fees unless we recover for you.
