Richards & Richards, Attorneys at Law, is proud to announce that partner, nurse practitioner, and attorney Veronica Richards has been presented with the 2015 AVVO Medical Malpractice Clients’ Choice Award.

AVVO is an online legal forum and directory that provides listings and reviews from previous clients about legal professionals throughout the United States. The AVVO Clients’ Choice Award is presented to lawyers based on both the quantity and quality of client reviews that the attorney receives on his or her online AVVO profile. When clients post reviews on AVVO, they provide an overall rating of the attorney and also rate the attorney’s trustworthiness, compassion, responsiveness, empathy, knowledge, and how well they were kept up-to-date during their legal experience.

Attorney Richards has obtained the highest possible AVVO online rating-a 10/10 “Superb” score. This award is a reflection of Veronica Richards’s unwavering dedication to providing her clients with aggressive and effective medical malpractice representation in Pennsylvania. She has also been recognized as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Pennsylvania, Top 50 Lawyers in Pittsburgh, and Top 50 Women Lawyers in Pennsylvania by Super Lawyers Magazine. A lifetime member of the prestigious Multi-million Dollar Advocates Forum, she also dedicates time to many trial lawyer associations.

Because of her experience in the health field as a former medical administrator and nurse practitioner, Attorney Richards believes in holding physicians, administrators, and other healthcare professionals responsible for negligence. As a highly sought after medical malpractice lawyer in Western Pennsylvania, Attorney Richards is selective about her cases and has gained success in helping people who have suffered severe injuries.

Some of Attorney Richards’s most successful cases include a $5 million verdict for a 59-year-old woman who was mistreated after doctors found she had a severely low sodium imbalance. The woman suffered brain damage and was unable to care for herself. The verdict ensured the woman would not be placed in a nursing home and could live the rest of her life at her home with family. Attorney Richards has represented victims of medical malpractice in almost every county of Western Pennsylvania. As someone who spent years as a medical professional, Attorney Richards’s experience and knowledge of medical malpractice law in Pennsylvania is unmatched. She understands what questions to ask, what types of expert witnesses will best suit her clients, and exactly where negligence took place and could have been avoided. Speak to Attorney Veronica Richards about your potential medical malpractice claim today at 412-261-2620.