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Our founder and principal attorney, Tommy James, fights to help people who are injured or killed by the negligence of others. He has helped victims for more than two decades and is ready to help you seek fair and just compensation. We take on cases to hold companies, institutions, government entities/employees and individuals responsible for their wrongdoing. The following news stories have featured our cases:

• Teen ‘brutalized’ at Alabama Sequel youth facility attempted suicide after ‘unspeakable abuse,’ lawsuit states
• Lawsuit details ‘culture of violence’ at Sequel Tuskegee mental health facility

‘House of horrors’: Lawsuits allege abuse at youth facility, raises questions on oversight

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Promise of healing became sexual abuse in homes linked to teen facility, girls allege | http://Globalnews.ca

Lawsuit accusing ranch of forcing teens to do hard labor settles for $2.3 million

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Former student sues Maine boarding school, alleging forced child labor

Allegations of Abuse, Forced Labor at Arizona ‘Troubled’ Girls Boarding

Lawsuit accuses Florence County private school of hiding 15 years of child abuse

‘Some of the worst of the worst’: Defense team speaks on new lawsuits targeting Henry Co. youth facility

Alabama youth camp’s ‘culture of cruelty’ forced abused kids to fight each other, lawsuits state

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‘Child lived ‘in constant fear for his safety,’ new lawsuit against Brighter Path alleges

‘Lawsuit alleges abuse, neglect of another minor in Tuskegee mental health facility

‘Brutalized’ teen at Tuskegee youth facility lived in ‘constant fear’ and filth, lawsuit states

8-year-old boy sexually assaulted by roommate at ‘troubled’ Alabama youth home, lawsuit claims

Alabama children given ‘inferior’ education in facilities, multiple lawsuits claim

Senate hearing exposes taxpayer-funded child abuse in residential treatment facilities

Lawsuit filed over teen’s death at Tuskegee youth facility

Sexually abused 15-year-old died by suicide when Alabama youth facility ignored pleas for help, lawsuit claims

Mom sues Alabama youth facility where son died by suicide to escape ‘living hell’

Lebrawn Rankin’s mother indicted on 2 counts

BC 15 Investigates: the Death of Lebrawn Rankin

Family of 19-month-old files wrongful death lawsuit against DHR and others

Wrongful death lawsuit filed in death of 2-year-old Center Point child

Different name, same accusations: Wrongful death added to facility’s list of open lawsuits

‘They put her through hell’: Teen called 911 to escape Alabama psychiatric center abuse, lawsuit states

Youth facility faces lawsuit after abuse allegation

Alabama psychiatric facility a ‘living nightmare’ for teen slammed to ground, knocked unconscious: lawyer

Lawsuit claims teen abused, neglected at Tuskegee youth psychiatric facility

Alabama youth psychiatric facility was ‘house of horrors’ for teen abuse, neglect, lawsuit claims

Lawsuit details ‘culture of violence’ at Sequel Tuskegee mental health facility

Alabama DHR failed disabled, starved 8-year-old who died in 2018, attorney says: ‘Children are dying needlessly’

WAAY 31 I-TEAM: VICTIMS SUE FOR $25 MILLION EACH IN FLORENCE CHILD SEX ABUSE CASE

WAAY 31 I-TEAM: ALABAMA TO PAY $1 MILLION TO FAMILIES OF JIMMY SPENCER MURDER CASE VICTIMS

Family of slain Montgomery foster mom settles DHR lawsuit

Advocacy group suing Alabama DHR; alleges children are being “stuck” in mental health facilities

‘His death should have never happened’: Lawsuit filed in Jefferson County toddler’s 2020 death

UPDATE: Lawsuit filed against DHR in 2-year-old’s death in 2020, father indicted on capital murder charges

Attorney: Abuse at Sequel Courtland led child to attempt suicide

Alabama Sequel facility a ‘house of horrors’ for foster child, lawsuit claims

Wrongful death lawsuit filed against state stemming from murder of 19 month old

Lawsuit claims abuse at Courtland Sequel youth facility

Lawsuit filed in 2019 Limestone Co. hot car death

Wrongful death suit filed in ‘heartbreaking’ abuse of 19-month-old Tuscaloosa County girl

$5.25 Million Troubled Teen Industry Settlement