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When you are ready, this is how we can help you find a qualified attorney.
There is no deadline on this page. Read, think, talk to the people you trust. If you decide you want a licensed attorney to look at what happened, this is how the service works and exactly where it stands.
We are not accepting inquiries yet.
Before this service introduces a single family to an attorney, several things have to be true: the arrangement with participating attorneys has been reviewed by counsel for your state, every participating attorney's license and experience has been verified, the consent and privacy process has been tested, and someone is on hand to answer. None of that is finished, so there is no form on this page today.
What you can do now: read the educational guides on this site, ask your child's care team for a copy of the birth and newborn records, and, if you are in Florida or Virginia, read about the state programs described below. When the service opens, this page will say so plainly.
What the service does when it is active
- You tell us your name, how to reach you, the state where the birth took place and what would help most. That is all. No records, no identification numbers, no medical history.
- You give explicit consent, in a box that is never pre-ticked.
- We confirm your request with you.
- We introduce you to one participating attorney licensed in your state, who offers a free consultation. One attorney, not a list. If none covers your state, we tell you plainly.
- You decide. "No thank you" is always acceptable, and nothing you hear in a consultation obliges you to anything.
Who pays
Participating attorneys pay us a flat fee for introductions. Families never pay us, and we never take a share of a legal fee or of anything a family recovers. The full arrangement is on How this service works.
Before you talk to any attorney
Ask your child's care team for the birth and newborn records; you have the right to a copy. Write down, while it is fresh, what you remember about the labor, the delivery and the first days. Consultations with birth injury attorneys are commonly free, and a good attorney will tell you honestly if they do not see a claim.
Florida and Virginia
These two states run compensation programs for certain birth-related neurological injuries that can affect whether and how a lawsuit may be brought. If your child was born in either state, read about the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA) or the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program, and ask any attorney you speak with how the program applies to your family.