Minnesota Statute §626.557 declares it to be Minnesota ’s public safety policy to protect adults who are vulnerable to maltreatment because they are dependant on institutional services due to physical or mental disability. The nursing home and elder abuse attorneys of this state are personal injury attorneys who specialize in enforcing this statute and other laws, regulations, and decisions made to serve and protect the elderly ensure them a high standard of care.

Elder abuse and nursing home attorneys have a four year university degree in various fields of study and have passed the Minnesota St ate Bar written Examination, the Multistate Bar Examination, the Multistate Essay Examination, and the Mul ti state Professional Responsibility Exam . Furthermore these attorneys are required to keep abreast of legal issues and standards by participating in a number of continuing education courses. The Minnesota Bar

Association regulates the behavior and standards of these professionals.

The primary responsibility of a nursing home or elder abuse attorney is to give his/her clients full access to their legal rights. That client may be an elderly person who has suffered mentally and/or physically from the negligent care of nursing home staff or in-home caregivers, an elderly person who has suffered mental, physical, or financial abuse, or survivors of elderly persons whose deaths were caused by the negligent or abusive actions of any person or facility obligated to providing a standard of care.

It is the goal of nursing home and elder abuse attorneys to prove claims that the negligent behavior of someone who owed a greater standard of care to an elderly person resulted in preventable suffering and to therefore win full and fair settlements that cover all damages including medical bills, pain and suffering, and burial expenses for such neglected individuals and their families by way of negotiation or trial.

Expertise in this area of personal injury law allows these attorneys to overcome hurdles put in place by insurance companies or attorneys defending nursing homes or caregivers. They are knowledgeable of state laws regulating the nursing industry and others involved in caring for the elderly. Elder abuse and nursing home attorneys have developed special relationships with state agencies responsible for monitoring the behavior of nursing and medical facilities and help elderly persons ensure that their rights have not been violated by these agencies.