
Charlotte, North Carolina Hotel Sex Trafficking Case: TVPRA Civil Rights, Federal Seizure, and Your Rights as a Survivor
If someone you love is missing, or if you are the one who has been afraid to leave, the federal action announced against a northeast Charlotte hotel may be the first moment the world has started looking at the place that hurt you. The United States is asking a federal court to seize the Garden Inn Suites on Reagan Drive. Federal investigators have charged eleven people, and the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina has called the property a place where drug dealing, gun trafficking, and sex trafficking happened with the blessing and involvement of the people paid to keep the building safe. That announcement did not come out of nowhere. The same filing describes more than 590 calls for police service to this address in roughly twenty-eight months, more than forty-seven arrests that pre-date this week, and direct allegations that the head of security was a convicted felon wearing a court-ordered ankle monitor while he worked the uniform.
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What the Federal Action Actually Means for Survivors and Their Families
The seizure filing is a civil forfeiture action under federal law. The United States is asking the court to take the hotel itself — the building, the land, the business — because federal prosecutors say the property was used to commit federal crimes and to launder the proceeds. Eleven indictments, five at the federal level and six at the state level, were issued the same day. Charges include drug trafficking, distribution of fentanyl, firearms offenses, and possession of a firearm by a felon.
The federal case against the building is the government’s case. Your case, if you were harmed there, is a different case — a civil case you bring against the people and the company that profited from your harm. The federal action matters to you because it confirms three things your civil case will rely on:
The harm at the property was documented, not alleged in a vacuum. The number of police calls, the number of arrests, and the indictments themselves are the kind of evidence that a civil jury in Mecklenburg County will be told about. The pattern is the proof.
The people paid to keep guests safe were part of the problem. Federal filings describe a security team composed of convicted felons, with violent and drug records, who were allowed to operate at the property. The head of security is alleged to have worn an ankle monitor while working a uniformed post. That is the core of a civil case against the hotel’s ownership and management — they staffed the property with the people the law most plainly forbids from holding that kind of position.
The corporate owner is part of the enterprise. The U.S. Attorney has stated that the owner of the hotel would not cooperate with police when asked to review security footage related to a shooting at the property, and that when Charlotte-Mecklenburg police raised concerns about the security team, the owner did not act. That is the heart of a negligent-security case. The owner’s refusal is the failure that allowed the harm to continue.
“Compliance with a hotel’s legal obligations and the duty of reasonable care owed to its guests are not the same thing. A hotel that allows its security team to be staffed with convicted felons — including individuals wearing court-ordered monitoring devices — and then refuses to cooperate with law enforcement is not merely running a poor business. It is creating the very conditions under which trafficking and violence flourish, and it is answerable for every guest harmed in that environment.”
Three Federal and State Legal Theories That Reach the Hotel, the Brand, and the Owner
When our firm investigates a case like this, we do not file a single claim. We layer theories, because different theories reach different pockets and survive different defenses. In a Charlotte sex trafficking case against a hotel, we typically pursue three tracks in parallel.
Track One: The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1595
This is the federal civil remedy that allows a survivor of sex trafficking to sue not only the trafficker but anyone who knowingly benefited from the trafficking venture. The statute reads, in pertinent part:
“An individual who is a victim of a violation of this chapter may bring a civil action against the perpetrator (or whoever knowingly benefits, or attempts or conspires to benefit, financially or by receiving anything of value from participation in a venture which that person knew or should have known has engaged in an act in violation of this chapter) in an appropriate district court of the United States and may recover damages and reasonable attorneys fees.”
— 18 U.S.C. § 1595(a).
The federal action against the Garden Inn Suites is built on the same evidentiary pattern that supports a § 1595 claim: a venture engaged in federally criminal conduct, a hotel that benefited financially from that venture, and knowledge — actual or constructive — that the venture was criminal. The “knew or should have known” standard is the language that does the work. The hotel does not have to have been caught in a criminal conspiracy. It is enough that a reasonable operator in its position would have recognized the warning signs and refused to participate.
The statute of limitations is also a powerful protection for survivors:
“No action may be maintained under subsection (a) unless it is commenced not later than the later of—(1) 10 years after the cause of action arose; or (2) 10 years after the victim reaches 18 years of age, if the victim was a minor at the time of the alleged offense.”
— 18 U.S.C. § 1595(c).
Ten years for adult survivors. Ten years from the eighteenth birthday for survivors who were trafficked as minors. That window gives a survivor the time to find safety, stabilize, and decide whether to come forward, without a court dismissing the claim on a technicality.
Track Two: Negligent Security and Premises Liability Under North Carolina Law
A federal trafficking claim is not the only path. North Carolina law imposes its own independent duties on the operators of hotels and motels. North Carolina’s innkeeper statute, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 72-1, sets a high standard of care for the safety of guests, and the North Carolina Private Protective Services Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 74C, strictly regulates who may serve as armed or unarmed security personnel in our state. Hiring convicted felons for security positions is not a minor regulatory violation. It is a per se failure of the standard of care for a premises that is open to the public.
A North Carolina negligent-security claim does not require proof of intent. It requires proof that the hotel failed to use reasonable care to protect its guests from foreseeable harm, that the harm was foreseeable, and that the hotel’s failure was a proximate cause of the harm. The federal indictments, the documented police-call history, and the prior warnings from Charlotte-Mecklenburg police all speak directly to foreseeability. The hotel cannot credibly argue it was surprised by criminal activity at its own property when the property had been the subject of 590 calls and 47 arrests over less than two and a half years.
For state-law claims of this kind, the statute of limitations in North Carolina is generally three years from the date of injury under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-52. For wrongful death claims arising from the same conduct, the statute of limitations is two years under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-53. These state-law deadlines are separate from the ten-year federal window under TVPRA, and the right choice of forum and theory can mean the difference between a viable case and a dismissed one. The right time to learn the difference is before a deadline is missed.
Track Three: Public Nuisance and North Carolina Nuisance Abatement
N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 19 empowers local authorities to address properties that have become habitual nuisances. The federal civil forfeiture action under 18 U.S.C. § 981 is the federal counterpart. Both can affect the continued operation of the property and the financial recovery available to survivors. In cases like this, civil claims by survivors and government abatement actions are not competitors — they are parallel tools, and the public record built by the government case becomes powerful evidence in the private case.
What the Law Calls “Should Have Known” — The Red Flags the Hotel Could Not Have Missed
The phrase “knew or should have known” in 18 U.S.C. § 1595 is not a technicality. It is the central question in every sex-trafficking case against a hotel, and the federal indictments in Charlotte show what it looks like when the answer is unmistakable. Hotels in the United States are trained to recognize a recurring checklist of indicators of trafficking, and the Garden Inn Suites’ pattern, on the face of the public record, fits the entire list:
- Cash-only payment for rooms, often paid by a third party who never appears at the front desk.
- Long stays paid daily, with the same individual returning repeatedly with different companions.
- A steady stream of male visitors to a single room at unusual hours.
- Visible security, foot traffic, or activity that the surrounding neighborhood has flagged as unusual.
- Refusal of housekeeping service for days at a time, with a “do not disturb” sign that is treated as a permanent fixture.
- A guest who appears frightened, controlled, or who never speaks for herself.
- A manager or owner who is repeatedly asked by law enforcement to address concerns, and who does not.
- Staff who are themselves convicted felons, with records that include violent and drug crimes — a condition that is independently a violation of North Carolina’s Private Protective Services Act.
A hotel that ignored every one of these indicators, or that hired and retained security personnel who were themselves part of the criminal conduct, has satisfied the “should have known” standard as a matter of law. That is the basis on which we build the case.
The Evidence You Cannot Wait to Preserve
The single most important advice we can give a survivor or a family member is this: act in days, not months. The proof in these cases erases itself.
Hotel surveillance video is the fastest-dying record. Many hotels record over their footage on a rolling thirty-day loop, with no legal obligation to preserve it absent a written preservation demand. Once the loop runs, the hallway, the lobby, and the front-desk video from the night of the harm is gone. The 590 calls for service to this property and the 47 arrests mean there is a deep video record somewhere in the hotel’s servers — but only if it is frozen immediately.
Key-card access logs and the property-management system are the second most fragile records. These records show who entered which room, when, how often, and whether the same key card was used by multiple people. They show the pattern of cash rentals and refused housekeeping. They have a finite retention window controlled by the hotel.
Police call-for-service and incident reports are the third. These are public records, but they have a chain of custody that becomes harder to establish the longer you wait. A preservation request to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is straightforward and should go out immediately.
Internal personnel files for the security team are the fourth. The head of security and his team were employed by the hotel. Their hiring records, background checks (or lack of them), training records, and disciplinary history are central to the case. North Carolina law requires that security personnel be properly licensed under Chapter 74C, and those records exist. They will not exist forever.
Federal investigation files are the fifth. The U.S. Attorney’s office and the FBI have been investigating this property. Their files will become part of the public record in time, and they will contain the most direct evidence of the hotel’s knowledge and conduct. The civil case can obtain them through the ordinary discovery process once a complaint is filed, but the first step is filing the case.
The preservation letter goes out the day you call. We send it to the hotel, to its corporate owner, to the security company or staffing entity, to the management company, and to the law-enforcement agencies that responded to the property. We do not wait for the investigation to conclude. We do not wait for the indictment to be returned. We act now, because the truth is on a clock.
What the Other Side Will Argue, and How We Answer
The insurance company and the hotel’s defense team will not wait either. They will run a predictable playbook, and our job is to see every play before it reaches the family. Here is what we expect, and here is how we answer it.
Play one: “The trafficker is the bad actor, not the hotel. Sue the trafficker.” The hotel is right that the trafficker should be held accountable. We are absolutely in favor of the criminal prosecution, and we will not let any civil recovery for the survivor be reduced because the criminal case exists. But the law is clear: a business that knowingly benefits from a trafficking venture, or that creates the conditions under which trafficking occurs through negligent hiring and supervision, is independently liable under 18 U.S.C. § 1595 and under North Carolina premises-liability law. The hotel does not get to point at the trafficker and walk away. It had its own duty, and it failed.
Play two: “You can’t prove what happened in a specific room.” We do not need a video of a specific act to prove the case. The pattern of cash rentals, the 590 police calls, the prior arrests, the felon security team, the owner’s refusal to cooperate with police, the federal indictments — this is the mosaic of evidence that proves the hotel’s knowledge and failure. Juries are sophisticated. They understand that a person who was trafficked at this property may not have had the ability to preserve contemporaneous evidence at the time. The law does not require perfection from a survivor. It requires the truth, supported by the pattern, told by someone who has spent years preparing to tell it.
Play three: “You were a willing participant.” This is the most harmful play because it is designed to silence survivors. The legal answer is straightforward: under federal trafficking law, no one consents to being trafficked. Consent is not a defense to a § 1595 claim when force, fraud, coercion, or the status of a minor is involved. North Carolina law also recognizes that an adult who is being commercially exploited under those conditions is not a willing participant in the legal sense. We do not let this argument reach a jury without a fight, and in the modern era, courts do not allow it to be the centerpiece of a defense.
Play four: “We have no insurance for this.” This is rarely true, and it is never final. Hotel commercial general liability policies often contain assault-and-battery exclusions, and insurers often assert them aggressively in trafficking cases. We do not take the insurer’s word for it. Many such exclusions do not apply to negligent hiring, negligent training, or negligent supervision claims. Some states have public-policy limits on how broadly those exclusions can be enforced. And the hotel’s excess and umbrella layers, as well as the owner’s personal coverage in some circumstances, can provide additional recovery. We pursue every layer.
Play five: “You missed the deadline.” This is where the right choice of theory matters. Federal TVPRA gives a ten-year window. State-law personal injury claims generally give three years. State-law wrongful death claims generally give two years. Federal civil-rights claims have their own timelines. We do not let the hotel pick the theory with the shortest clock. We pick the theory that fits the facts and the jurisdiction, and we file in time.
How Much Is a Case Like This Worth
Honest case valuation matters, because a survivor and a family need to plan around a real number, not a promise. The honest range for a strong sex-trafficking case against a hotel, on a contingency basis, runs from the high six figures to multiple millions of dollars, with the upper end driven by three components.
Past and future medical and psychological care. The treatment of complex trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, and the physical consequences of exploitation is a lifetime undertaking. The cost is not speculative. It is the documented cost of years of therapy, psychiatric medication, residential treatment when needed, and ongoing care for the rest of the survivor’s life. Lifetime economic damages in the seven-figure range are common in documented cases of severe trafficking-related trauma.
Past and future lost earnings and earning capacity. A survivor who was trafficked through high school or college, or who lost years of work to the trauma, has a real and provable economic loss. So does a survivor who will continue to experience the vocational impact of complex PTSD for the rest of her working life. Forensic economists put a present-value number on that loss, and juries in North Carolina award it when the proof is there.
Pain and suffering, and punitive damages. North Carolina law permits recovery for the human losses that no receipt can price. Punitive damages are available where the defendant’s conduct shows willful or wanton disregard, and the pattern alleged in the federal indictments — convicted felons hired as security, an owner who refused to cooperate with police, a security team that was itself part of the conduct — is exactly the kind of conduct that supports a punitive award.
The case-value range in our dossier for negligent-security and premises-liability cases of this kind runs from approximately $500,000 to $7,500,000. The upper end of that range is reserved for cases with catastrophic injury, death, or a particularly aggravated pattern of conduct by the defendant. The federal indictments and the public record at this Charlotte property put it in the upper end of that range, and we will tell you candidly what we see when we sit down with the facts.
Our firm works on contingency. The standard fee is one-third of the recovery before trial and forty percent if the case goes to verdict. We do not get paid unless we recover for you. The consultation is free, the case review is free, and the preservation work begins the day you call. Past results depend on the facts of each case and do not guarantee future outcomes.
Why the Firm’s North Carolina Trial Team Handles These Cases
This is the kind of case we were built for. Ralph Manginello has spent more than twenty-seven years in courtrooms, including federal court, fighting for people who were failed by the systems that were supposed to protect them. He came to the law after a career in journalism, which is how he learned to find the truth in a paper trail and to put it in front of a jury in a way that makes them care. He is admitted in Texas and to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, and he has built a national practice that includes cases like this one, working with local counsel under pro hac vice admission in jurisdictions where the case arises.
Lupe Peña has been a Texas-licensed trial attorney for more than thirteen years, and he brings a perspective to cases like this one that most plaintiff firms do not have. Before he started representing injured people, he worked inside a national insurance-defense firm. He spent years in the rooms where adjusters and their software decided how to value claims exactly like yours, and he learned from the inside how those systems work, what they look for, and where the pressure points are. He now uses that knowledge for the people the insurance industry was built to underpay. He is fluent in Spanish, and he conducts full client consultations in Spanish without an interpreter. Hablamos Español.
We do not run a volume practice. We run a trial firm. Every case we take is built to be tried, because the cases that settle for their full value are the cases the other side knows we are willing to take to a jury. If you would like to read more about the firm’s philosophy and approach, you can find it on the Attorney911 law practice areas page or on the Ralph Manginello attorney page and the Lupe Peña attorney page. When you are ready to talk, the call goes to a live member of our team, not an answering service, twenty-four hours a day.
The First Seventy-Two Hours: What to Do Right Now
If you or a loved one was harmed at the Garden Inn Suites on Reagan Drive, or if you are the family member of a person who is still missing from that property, here is what the next three days should look like.
Today. Get to a safe place. If you are still in immediate danger, call 911. If you are in a position to speak with a lawyer first, the number is 1-888-ATTY-911. We will start the preservation work the same day you call. The preservation letter goes to the hotel, to the corporate owner, to the security staffing entity, to the management company, to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, and to the FBI. It asks for the preservation of every category of record that we know, from the public filings, exists in this case.
Within forty-eight hours. We open a confidential file, assign a case number, and begin the public-records collection. The CMPD call history for this address, the prior arrest records, the corporate registration of the hotel entity in North Carolina, the Secretary of State filings, the property-management records, the key-card access records — all of it is reachable through ordinary public-records and subpoena processes, and we begin immediately.
Within seventy-two hours. We connect you with a trauma-informed care provider if you need one. We do not require a commitment to a case to make that connection. Our work on the civil case does not interfere with your medical or psychological care, and the consultation is free.
The work of the next seventy-two hours is what determines whether a case can be won. The evidence that wins these cases exists for a short window. The person who calls first has the best chance of preserving the proof.
How We Charge, How We Communicate, and What to Expect From the First Call
We work on a contingency fee. You pay nothing to retain us. We advance the case costs — the filing fees, the deposition costs, the expert witness fees, the trial exhibit costs — and we are repaid out of the recovery. The standard contingency is one-third before trial and forty percent at trial. We do not get paid unless we recover for you.
The first call is free, confidential, and goes to a live person on our team. There is no automated system, no intake form, and no obligation. We will tell you candidly what we see in the facts you describe, what the law in your jurisdiction allows, what the realistic range of recovery is, and what the next steps would look like. If we are not the right firm for your case, we will tell you that, and we will help you find the right one. We are not here to sell you a case. We are here to help you understand whether you have one.
The firm is based in Texas, with offices in Houston, Austin, and the Beaumont / Golden Triangle region. The Manginello Law Firm, PLLC, operating as Attorney911, takes sex-trafficking, negligent-security, premises-liability, catastrophic-injury, and wrongful-death cases across the country, including in North Carolina, working with local North Carolina counsel under pro hac vice admission where the case requires it. The toll-free number is 1-888-ATTY-911, available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Hablamos Español.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the federal case against the Charlotte hotel, and what does it mean for survivors?
The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina has filed a civil forfeiture action to seize the Garden Inn Suites on Reagan Drive, alleging that the property was used to facilitate drug trafficking, gun trafficking, and sex trafficking, and that the hotel’s security team was directly involved. Eleven people have been indicted, five at the federal level and six at the state level. For survivors, the federal action confirms the evidentiary pattern that supports a private civil case under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act and under North Carolina’s negligent-security and innkeeper laws. The federal case is the government’s case; your case is a separate civil action that we file for you.
What is the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, and can I sue under it?
The TVPRA, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 1595, creates a federal civil remedy that allows a survivor of sex trafficking to sue not only the trafficker but any person or business that knowingly benefited from a trafficking venture. The standard is “knew or should have known,” which means a hotel does not have to have been caught in a criminal conspiracy to be liable. It is enough that a reasonable operator in its position would have recognized the warning signs. The hotel’s actual knowledge can be proven through its security-team hires, its response to police, and its operational records.
What is the “should have known” standard, and how does it apply to a hotel?
The “should have known” standard is constructive knowledge. It is met when a reasonable person in the defendant’s position, knowing what the defendant knew, would have recognized the wrongful nature of the conduct and would have refused to participate. For a hotel, the standard is informed by the hospitality industry’s own training. Hotels are taught to recognize the indicators of sex trafficking — cash-only rentals, refused housekeeping, repeated turnover of male visitors to a single room, third-party payment, a guest who appears controlled. A hotel that ignored these indicators in the face of 590 police calls, 47 prior arrests, and direct warnings from Charlotte-Mecklenburg police has met the “should have known” standard as a matter of law.
What is the North Carolina innkeeper’s duty, and how does it apply to a sex trafficking case?
North Carolina’s innkeeper statute, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 72-1, imposes a high standard of care on the operators of hotels and motels for the safety of their guests. The North Carolina Private Protective Services Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 74C, strictly regulates who may serve as armed or unarmed security personnel and prohibits the hiring of convicted felons for these positions. A hotel that staffs its security team with convicted felons, including individuals wearing court-ordered ankle monitors, has failed both duties. This is the basis for a negligent-security claim under North Carolina premises-liability law.
How long do I have to file a sex trafficking case in North Carolina?
The deadline depends on the legal theory you choose. The federal Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act gives a survivor ten years from the date the cause of action arose, or ten years from the survivor’s eighteenth birthday if the trafficking occurred as a minor. Under North Carolina state law, a personal injury claim based on negligent security is generally subject to a three-year statute of limitations under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-52, and a wrongful death claim is subject to a two-year statute of limitations under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-53. Federal civil-rights claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 are subject to the forum state’s personal-injury limitations period, which in North Carolina is three years. The right choice of theory and forum is what keeps the case alive. If you are uncertain about your deadline, the safest move is to call us today at 1-888-ATTY-911 so we can evaluate the facts and file any necessary preservation documents before time runs.
Can I sue the hotel even if the trafficker is in jail or has been convicted?
Yes. The criminal prosecution of the trafficker is independent of the civil case against the hotel. A hotel that knowingly benefited from a trafficking venture, or that created the conditions under which trafficking occurred, is independently liable under 18 U.S.C. § 1595 and under North Carolina premises-liability law. The criminal conviction of the trafficker strengthens the civil case, because it establishes the wrongful nature of the conduct the hotel profited from, but it is not a prerequisite to filing. Survivors should not wait for the criminal case to conclude before speaking with a civil attorney.
What evidence do I need to prove a sex trafficking case against a hotel?
The evidence comes in three layers. The first is public-records evidence: the police call history for the property, the prior arrest records, the federal and state indictments, the corporate registration of the hotel entity, and any code-enforcement or nuisance-abatement records. The second is the hotel’s own records: surveillance video, key-card access logs, property-management-system data, guest folios, housekeeping logs, incident reports, and personnel files for the security team. The third is the survivor’s own account, supported where appropriate by medical records, psychological evaluation, and the testimony of treating providers. The case is built on the combination, not on any single piece of evidence. The hotel will try to argue that no single piece of evidence proves a specific incident. The law does not require that. The law requires the truth, told through a pattern, supported by the record.
How much is a sex trafficking case against a hotel worth?
The honest range runs from the high six figures to multiple millions of dollars. The upper end is reached in cases with severe and lasting psychological injury, with lost earning capacity, and with a pattern of conduct by the defendant that supports punitive damages. The case-value range for negligent-security and premises-liability cases of this kind in our practice runs from approximately $500,000 to $7,500,000. The federal indictments and the public record at this Charlotte property put it in the upper end of that range. The honest valuation depends on the specific facts of your case, and we will give you our candid assessment when we sit down with you. Past results depend on the facts of each case and do not guarantee future outcomes.
Can the hotel’s insurance cover my claim?
Hotel commercial general liability policies often contain assault-and-battery exclusions, and insurers often assert them aggressively in trafficking cases. The exclusions do not always apply, and they do not always bar the claim. Negligent hiring, negligent training, negligent supervision, and negligent retention claims are often outside the scope of an assault-and-battery exclusion. North Carolina has public-policy limits on how broadly these exclusions can be enforced. Beyond the primary policy, the hotel’s excess and umbrella layers, and the corporate owner’s coverage, can provide additional recovery. We pursue every layer, and we do not take the insurer’s denial as final.
What if I was a minor when the trafficking happened?
You have additional time. Under 18 U.S.C. § 1595(c), the federal civil claim does not accrue until the survivor’s eighteenth birthday, and the ten-year clock runs from that date. North Carolina has additional protections for survivors of childhood sexual abuse under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-17, which provides an extended limitations period for civil claims based on childhood sexual abuse. Both federal and state law recognize that a child who was trafficked cannot be expected to come forward on the same timeline as an adult, and the limitations periods reflect that reality. The right time to start is now, regardless of how long ago the trafficking occurred.
Will I have to testify in court?
Many of these cases resolve before trial, through a motion practice and a structured negotiation that takes advantage of the strength of the evidence. If the case does go to trial, your testimony will likely be part of the proof, and we will prepare you thoroughly for it, with trauma-informed support throughout. The law does not require a survivor to relitigate every detail of the trafficking. The law requires the truth, told in a way that a jury can understand, supported by the documentary record. You do not face that process alone. We are with you at every step.
How do I start a case against this hotel?
Call 1-888-ATTY-911. The call is free, confidential, and reaches a live member of our team. We will discuss the facts with you, explain the legal options in your jurisdiction, and begin the preservation work the same day. If we are the right firm for your case, we will say so. If we are not, we will tell you that too, and we will help you find the firm that is. The consultation carries no obligation. The work begins the moment you are ready for it to begin.
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If you are reading this page and you are still in danger, please call 911 first. If you are safe, the next call is 1-888-ATTY-911. Past results depend on the facts of each case and do not guarantee future outcomes. The consultation is free, the work is on contingency, and we do not get paid unless we recover for you. Hablamos Español.