CHARLES WARE, Attorney & Counsellor: MARTINDALE-HUBBELL REVIEW

Charles Jerome Ware, Esquire

Charles Jerome Ware, P.A., Attorneys & Counsellors

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CHARLES JEROME WARE is the consummate trial attorney.  He litigates on both the state and federal levels throughout the United States every year: including Maryland, Washington, DC, California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, et al.  Education: Talladega College (B.A., With Honors, 1970); Howard University School of Law (J.D., With Distinction, 1975).  Experience: Staff Member, U.S. Senate, 1973-1975.  In-House Legal Counsel, Lecturer and Writer, Boston University, 1975.  Assistant Director, Lecturer and Writer, Boston College Law School, 1976.  Trial Attorney, U.S. Justice Department, 1979-1982.  U.S. Immigration Judge, 1980.  Special Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, 1982-1984.  Special Counsel, Federal Trade Commission, 1983-1986.  General Counsel for the Maryland State Conference of the NAACP, 1988-1994. Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Saint Paul’s College, Lawrenceville, Virginia, 1986-1987.  Member: Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland State and American Bar Associations; the Supreme Court of the United States; The District of Columbia Bar; U.S. District Court of Maryland; U.S. District Court of DC; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia; Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals; National Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Maryland Trial Lawyers Association; American Inns of Court; Founder and President, The William Monroe Trotter Political Research Institute; Co-Founder and President, The Maryland Elder Abuse Hotline; Co-Creator and Host, “The Lawyer’s Mailbox” Radio Program, WEAA-FM Radio.  Some Major Clients include:  AFRAC Industries; former mayor of Atlanta/U.S. Congressman/United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young, II; former Boston Celtic Sam Jones; the Federal Republic of Nigeria; Sir Speedy, Inc.; The Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association; actor Danny Glover; Dr. Deepak Chopra, M.D.; Washington Metropolitan Airport Authority (WMAA); entertainer Vanity; professional announcer Michael Buffer; late Marvin Gaye’s wife Sherrill Gaye.  Some Major Cases include:   Hall, et al. vs Burger King, $750 million class action discrimination and antitrust lawsuit; Andrew Jackson Young III vs District of Columbia, et al., police brutality lawsuit; Blackmon-Malloy v. United States Capitol Police Board, class action discrimination lawsuit; Terrence Johnson vs State of Maryland, petition for writ of habeas corpus lawsuit; Cheryle Adams vs All-State Insurance, et al, automobile and pedestrian personal injury lawsuit.  Awards:  Charles Hamilton Houston Award for Outstanding Trial Advocacy, by the Minority Business Enterprise Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., 1989; Chief Justice Earl Warren Legal Scholar.  Lecturer: Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), the California Bar, the Maryland Bar, the Florida Bar, the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), the National Bar Association, the American Bar Association, Harvard Law School, Oxford University in England, the University of London in England.

MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE VERDICTS: BEST ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS

A cursory survey of medical negligence verdicts nationwide from Attorney Charles Jerome Ware and his national law firm, based in Columbia, Howard County, Maryland.  Attorney Charles Jerome Ware is recognized as "one of the best attorneys and counsellors in the United States" [July 25, 2012]:

(1) $2.5 Million Verdict:

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – ONCOLOGY – MISDIAGNOSIS OF "BORDERLINE" OVARIAN TUMOR – UNNECESSARY OOPHERECTOMY – THREE ROUNDS OF UNNECESSARY CHEMOTHERAPY – SEVERE "CHEMO BRAIN" DETERIORATION OF COGNITIVE ABILITIES.

This was a medical malpractice action in which the plaintiff contended that the defendant oncologist negligently misdiagnosed an ovarian tumor as adenocarcinoma when, in fact, the plaintiff suffered a "borderline" tumor or a "tumor of low malignant potential." The plaintiff maintained that chemotherapy would provide no benefit when addressing a borderline tumor and that the Defendant was negligent.  (New York)

(2) Over $1.0 Million Recovery:

Medical Malpractice - Hospital Negligence - Failure to timely diagnose and treat bowel perforation - Cardiac Arrest - Wrongful death of 40-year-old following ovarian cyst removal surgery.

In this medical malpractice matter, the plaintiff alleged that the defendant was negligent in failing to recognize and timely treat a bowel perforation, a known complication of the ovarian cyst removal procedure that the plaintiff's decedent underwent.  As a result of the failure to timely diagnose and treat, the plaintiff's decedent suffered cardiac arrest and brain death.  (Illinois)

(3) $100,000 Verdict:

Medical Negligence - After a hysterectomy, the surgeon left a gauze sponge inside his patient, who then suffered infection and pelvic pain for three months before the sponge was discovered and removed.

On 1-13-09, the plaintiff, who suffered from multiple sclerosis, was also suffering from severe pelvic pain. She visited the defendant, an obstetrician/gynecologist in Selma, to see what the problem was. The defendant diagnosed her with a fibroid uterus and ovarian cysts and determined she needed surgery.

The plaintiff’s transvaginal hysterectomy was promptly scheduled, and she was admitted for the surgery in which the surgeon left a gauze sponge inside her.  (Texas)

(4) #100,000 Verdict:  Medical Negligence.  The Plaintiff's ureter was injured during a laparoscopic surgery.  Her OB-Gyn explained the injury represented a surgical complication. 

The plaintiff underwent a laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy on 5-11-06. It was performed by the defendant Ob-Gyn at Skyridge Medical Center in Cleveland. It was designed to relieve the plaintiff’s ongoing pain that was caused by ovarian cysts.

The surgery appeared uneventful. Four days later the plaintiff reported to the defendant that she was nauseous.  Eventually it was proven that negligent surgery caused the additional injury to the PLaintiff.  (Illinois)

(5) $500,000

ARBITRATION AWARD: Medical malpractice - Surgery - Foreign Object - Surgical clip destroys Plaintiff's kidney after ten years - Severe hydronephrosis of kidney.

In this medical malpractice matter, the plaintiff alleged that the defendant surgeon was negligent in leaving a surgical clip behind when the surgeon performed the surgery.  As a result, the plaintiff began to experience left sided pain which disclosed hydonephrosis of her kidney.  The defendant denied negligence and causation.  (Massachusetts)

(6) $100,000

VERDICT: Medical Malpractice - Ob/gyn - Alleged failure to diagnose ovarian mass - Surgical removal of ovary and appendix - Supposed reduction in fertility.

In this obstetrical malpractice action, the plaintiff alleged the defendant negligently failed to appreciate a large right ovarian dermoid cyst during a routine gynecological exam, necessitating a major salpingo-oophorectomy and appendectomy, rather than a minor laparoscopic procedure had the cyst been diagnosed at the earlier time.  The plaintiff also claimed substantial internal injuries.  (New York)

(7) $100,000

VERDICT: MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - RADIOLOGY - HOSPITAL NEGLIGENCE - FAILURE TO TIMELY INTERPRET SMALL BOWEL STUDY - BOWEL LEAK FOLLOWING SURGERY - CHEMICAL AND BACTERIAL PERITONITIS - ABDOMINAL HERNIA - DISFIGURING SCARRING.

The female plaintiff, a 65-year old woman, underwent surgery to remove an ovarian cyst in January 2009.  During the surgery, the plaintiff suffered a bowel leak.  There was a ten day delay in diagnosing the bowel leak despite repeated diagnostic imaging studies that were taken at the defendant hospital and interpreted by its radiologists.  (Michigan)

(8) $1.0 Million

RECOVERY: Medical malpractice - OB/gyn - Negligent excision of colonic divitcula instead of intended laparoscopic ovary removal - Sepsis - Moderate abdominal scarring - Psychiatric overlay.

The 54-yea old plaintiff, who had a history of vaginal bleeding, and who was a candidate for an ovarian biopsy after an appropriately ordered ultrasound showed a complex cyst in the right ovary, contended that the defendant ob/gyn, who performed a lapaoscopic procedure, negligently excised a portion of the colon, rather than the ovary.  The tissue was no submitted for a frozen sectional analysis as is standard procedure.  (California)

(9) $100,000

Verdict on liability: Medical Negligence - The plaintiff blamed a family doctor (at an urgent care center) for failing to make an appendicitis diagnosis.

The plaintiff was seen on 10-19-06 at an urgent care facility known as Winona Health for abdominal pain.  An ovarian cyst was suspected.  She returned to the clinic on 11-18-06 and was seen by the defendant family doctor.  Another ultrasound was done and reviewing it with a radiologist, the defendant again suspected an ovarian cyst.  The plaintiff was back on 11-27-06 with a fever and vomiting. Eventually, appendicitis was the diagnosis.  (Minnesota)

(10) $1.0 Million

CONFIDENTIAL RECOVERY: Medical Malpractice - Ob/Gyn - Failure to diagnose ovarian cancer in a timely manner - Approximately on year delay in diagnosis of ovarian cancer in 49-year old woman.

In this medical malpractice matter, the plaintiff alleged that the defendant was negligent in failing to follow-up on her complaints of continued bleeding.  The defendant denied the allegations and disputed that there was any deviation from acceptable standards of care.  (Massachusetts)

[see for background on medical malpractice/negligence, Chapter Two ("Medical Malpractice 101", page 11, Legal Consumer Tips and Secrets, 2011, iUniverse Publishers, by Charles Jerome Ware; www.jvra.com/Verdict , 7/25/2012; www.zarins.com; www.umdnj.edu; www.JuryVerdictReview.com; medicalnegligencereporter.com]

Consejos de Inmigración:

(Libro) "Quince (15) Los Consejos Para Ganar Casos De Inmigración", por el ex juez de inmigración de Estados Unidos Charles Jerome Ware, iUniverse Editores (2011)

QUINCE (15) CONSEJOS PARA GANAR CASOS DE INMIGRACION

Extractos del libro más vendido de inmigración,

“LA PARADOJA DE LA INMIGRACION: Quince (15) Consejos para Ganar Casos de Inmigración”

Por

Abogado Charles Jerome Ware

WWW.CHARLESJEROMEWARE.COM

Ex Juez de Inmigración de Estados Unidos

CHINA BUYS AFRICA: CHECKBOOK DIPLOMACY?

When it comes down to "checkbook diplomacy", China is outdoing the United States...in Africa at least.  China is buying Africa.

Recently, on Thursday, July 19, 2012, at the 5th Ministerial Conference of the annual Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing, China pledged $20 billion in credit over the next 3 years to African governments.

Further, failing to resist a dig at the West, China called for more "China-Africa coordination of international affairs" to defend against "bullying of richer powers".

In 2009 China similarly pledged $10 billion in credit over the 2009-2012 period, and since that time it has been Africa's largest trading partner.

What do you think?

[NBCNews wire services, July 19, 2012, "Checkbook Diplomacy?  China pledges $20 billion in credit to Africa"; cpf.cleanprint.net/7-19-2012; BBC News-China, July 19, 2012, "China pledges $20 bn in credit for Africa at Summit"]

THE JACKSONS ARE FIGHTING! FAMILY KIDNAPPINGS ALLEGED! Beat it!

The Jackson Family is fighting.  Apparently over deceased superstar Michael's $500 million estate.  Even family kidnappings and physical altercations are alleged.  Surprise, surprise.  Beat it!

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958, Gary, Indiana - June 25, 2009, Los Angeles, California): Superstar American recording artist, entertainer, singer, dancer, actor, etc., businessman and philanthropist.  Frequently known as the "King of Pop", "Michael", and "MJ".  Recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most successful entertainer of all.

The only family members included as beneficiaries in the "King of Pop's" $500 million last will and testament are his three children (Paris, Prince, and Blanket) and his beloved mother, Katherine Jackson.  Neither Michael Jackson's father nor any of his siblings were included in his will.

Katherine Jackson has released a statement alleging, among other things, that on Monday, July 23rd, 2012, three of her children (Janet, Jermaine, and Randy) "ambushed" her grandchildren by Michael (Paris, Prince, and Blanket) and blasted through the security gates of her Calabasas, California home.

It is alleged that a physical altercation erupted at the scene between 14-year-old Paris and her 46-year-old aunt, Janet.

It is estimated that Michael Jackson's estate is worth more than $500 million.

What do you think?  If anything.

[see, www.latimes.com/07-24-2012/"JacksonfamilymembersthrowdowninKatherineJackson's(Calabasas,California)house"; gawker.com/7-25-2012 ("Paris and Janet Got Into A Physical Fight Yesterday; All of the Jacksons Are Kidnapping One Another"; www.huffingtonpost.com/07-25-2012/ "Jackson Family Fight: Police Called To Katherine Jackson's Home After Possible Battery"]

URGENT IMMIGRATION UPDATE: EXPIRATION OF EB-5 IMMIGRANT INVESTOR VISAS?

[see, "The Immigration Paradox: 15 Tips for Winning Immigration Cases," by Attorney Charles Jerome Ware, former U.S. Immigration Judge, iUniverse Publishers (2009)]

The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program, popularly known as "EB-5", is scheduled to "sunset" or expire on September 30th, 2012.  The U.S Congress must vote to extend or prolong this program, if it is to survive, on or before September 30th, 2012.  Otherwise, USCIS will lose authority to grant these visas to immigrants.

The "EB-5" program was created by Congress in 1990 to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors.

What do you think about this program?

[www.uscis.gov/EB-5ImmigrantInvestor; www.ilw.com/immigrationdaily/07-24-2012]

Hispanic News: Maryland Y La Nación

"Wells Fargo acuerda pagar $175 millones en el fraude bancario y demanda por discriminación de precios En Baltimore, Maryland Area: Los afroamericanos y los hispanos, prinipalmente afectados por la discriminación."

Wells Fargo Bank se ha instalado otra demanda con el Gobierno Federal, entre otras disposiciones, acordando pagar $7,5 millones a la ciudad de Baltimore y 2,5 millones directamente a 1.000 residentes en la zona de Baltimore para la discriminación de precios dueno de una casa y fraude bancario.

[ver "Consejos Legales del Consumidor y Secretos (evitar la prisión de deudores en los Estados Unidos", por Charles Jerome Ware, y "Wells Fargo se compromete a pagar $175000000...", The Baltimore Sun, 12 de julio de 2012]