Our Practice: Advocating for Dignity and Justice
The Importance of Presumption of Innocence
At Law Offices of Dean Malone, P.C., we believe that every person deserves dignity, regardless of what the person has been accused of and regardless of whether the person is being kept in a county jail or other holding facility. People do not lose their humanity just because they have been arrested. Fortunately, we live in a country where people are still presumed innocent until proven guilty. Our legal team believes in compassion and competency.
Balancing Compassion and Legal Competence
We have compassion for people who do not receive needed medical care in jails and suffer lifelong injury or death as a result or for those who suffer from severe mental illness and are not protected in jails from known tendencies that could result in suicide. Compassion, however, is not enough to prevail in a legal case.
Our Expertise in Jail Neglect and Abuse Cases
Types of Cases We Handle
Our team is competent in handling jail death cases arising from denial of medical care, detainee-on-detainee assaults, jailer assaults, and suicide, as well as cases in which someone in jail has been sexually assaulted. Our team handles nothing but civil rights cases, almost all of which relate to jail deaths.
Advocacy for Families Affected by Jail Deaths
We take pride in what we do, most typically assisting families of those who have died in jails, and we do so because we believe in human dignity and the right of everyone to receive medical care for serious health issues.
Meet Our Dedicated Legal Team
Rigorous Selection for Our Legal Experts
It is not easy to become a member of the team at our jail neglect law firm. Each team member has demonstrated the ability to get the job done, the ability to get along with and work with other team members, and the care and compassion necessary to represent families of people who die in jails.
Compassionate Representation for Families in Crisis
Since our jail neglect team does nothing but work on cases involving serious injury or death resulting from civil rights violations, we choose to work only with legal team members who share our vision.
What Makes Our Practice Unique
Specialization in Jail Tragedy Cases
Our law firm is unique. Our civil rights jail neglect, abuse, and suicide attorney team does not dabble in such cases but rather is committed to handling only cases involving jail tragedies. They do not handle car wrecks one day, the drafting of wills and other documents another day, and jail neglect cases another day. They devote themselves totally to jail neglect cases.
Our Reputation in the Legal Community
Established Go-To Lawyers Across Texas
Our jail neglect and abuse lawyers have quickly established themselves as go-to lawyers across Texas and frequently receive referrals from other attorneys. Lawyers usually tend to learn certain areas of law and concentrate their practices on those areas. Civil rights cases involving jail neglect are complicated. The law is complicated, and they can be challenging to win.
Commitment to Hard Work and Client Advocacy
Our law firm's reputation is such that we are willing to go the extra mile, working hard on each case, preparing each case for trial, and settling only when appropriate based on facts and circumstances in the case and if our client desires and agrees to do so.
Utilizing Technology for Case Management
Our Paperless Approach to Law Practice
Our law firm was “paperless” long before most law firms used technology to ensure that case files were available to all staff at all times. We use well-known and regarded case management software that enables us to schedule appointments, hearings, and trials appropriately, keep up with case deadlines, quickly access evidence in any case, and quickly advise clients on the status of their cases upon request.
Tools That Enhance Client Communication and Efficiency
We believe that technology is vital, both inside and outside the courtroom. We are fully prepared from a technological perspective to try cases without fumbling for documents and other evidence, and we believe this demonstrates to others our firm's unique competence and skills that our jail neglect team members possess.
Dependability and Client Communication
Keeping Clients Informed Throughout the Process
We do not leave clients lingering, wondering about what is going on with their cases. We send clients copies of all documents that leave our law firm and relate to their cases. Clients can call our firm at any time to find out the status of their cases and learn the likely next steps. We have systems in place to ensure that cases move at an appropriate pace, and we also work well as a team to strategize and attempt to obtain the best results for our clients.
No Financial Risk: Understanding Our Contingent-Fee Structure
How Our Fees Work: No Recovery, No Fees
We are a contingent-fee practice. This means that none of our clients ever write us a check or otherwise pay money to our firm out of their pockets. Our law firm is only compensated if a case settles voluntarily, with client permission, or we proceed to trial and obtain and collect a judgment. We are then paid an agreed-upon portion of the recovery as attorney's fees and reimbursed for our expenses incurred on the case.
Advancing Case Expenses Without Burdening Clients
We can spend hundreds of hours on a case, and we advance all expenses on each case without asking our clients for a dime. If we are unsuccessful in any case by gaining a settlement or winning a trial and collecting a judgment, then our clients owe us nothing. In such a case, which is rare, our firm is out all the time it spent on the case and all of the expenses and expects nothing from our client in return.