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Solo and Small Firms

Aug. 4, 2009

Crusading Against Medical Malpractice - With or Without Legal Fees

Los Angeles personal injury firm Michels & Watkins, which employs a physician on staff, specializes in medical malpractice cases.

By Susan McRae
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - It was the photograph that got to him.

As soon as the family showed attorney Philip Michels the picture of their 17-year-old daughter, a vibrant high school senior who died during a routine, outpatient medical procedure, he knew his firm would sign on to take the case pro bono.

The photo showed a smiling Olivia Jane Cull standing beside her younger brother and sister. She had just bee...

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