Areas of Practice

Personal Injury

Our practices represent individuals in a variety of personal injury matters. With Dr. Paikoff's background as a physician as well as an attorney this gives clients the benefits of his medical expertise in their legal matters. This includes successful representation of clients in such areas as automobile accidents and medical malpractice including Kaiser medical malpractice cases. Dr. Paikoff's medical background combined with his over 11 years of legal experience allows for the rapid assessment of your personal injury matters. If you believe you have been injured in an accident or through medical malpractice please contact the office as soon as possible due to statute of limitatons issues. Kaiser medical malpractice cases require a Demand for Arbitration be made following the same California statute of limitation rules as non-Kaiser medical malpractice cases.

Food-Borne Illness

Food-borne illness is becoming a growing problem in this country. Either the lack of sufficient regulations or the enforcement of existing health regulations are believed to be the explanations for this growing problem. Recent outbreaks of Salmonella infection, from contaminated peanut products, are only the latest in a serious of such food-borne illness outbreaks. The E. Coli contaminated spinach outbreak also received national attention with numerous individuals becoming sick, and several deaths reported. As a former public health official, I was involved with a major outbreak of Hepatitis A infection that was ultimately traced to food handlers. This background in public health combined with my extensive experience in products liability gives me a unique ability to evaluate potential food-borne illness cases. If you or a loved one believes you have been harmed by contaminated food products, please call me or contact me by email as soon as possible.

Pharmaceutical Products Liability

Pharmaceutical Products Liability has been a major area of my law practice for over 10 years. With Rodney Klein, I have successfully represented individuals injured by the Diet Drugs known as Fen-Phen, the cholesterol drug Baycol, and the arthritis drug Vioxx among many others. Fen-phen involved the recalled diet drugs Pondimin and Redux that the Mayo Clinic found to have caused serious heart valvular disease, as well as a serious heart/lung condition known as primary pulmonary hypertension. Baycol litigation involved the recalled cholesterol lowering drug Baycol that was found to have an alarmingly high rate of the serious muscle break-down condition rhabdomyolysis. This condition led to kidney failure and deaths among an unacceptably high number of Baycol users. Vioxx litigation involved the recalled arthritis medication that was found to cause heart attacks and ischemic strokes. With all these recalled medications there was a common theme, companies not heeding warnings and seriously injured users of their products. As an attorney who is also a board certified internal medicine physician. I am a unique position to assess whether an individual was injured by a recalled medication, the extent of the injuries suffered, and whether the individual has the means to prove their case. If you or a loved one believe they have been injured by a medication, please call me or contact me by email.

Medical Device Litigation

Medical Device Litigation has been another significant aspect of my law practice the last 10 years. I have successful represented individuals injured by the defective Sulzer Hip and Knee joints that were recalled 9 years ago. These defective medical devices had a lubricant residue that prevented proper healing, and led to joint loosening requiring painful repeat surgeries. I was involved in representing individuals that received contaminated heart valves that caused life threatening injuries. The complexity of the medicine required my expertise as an attorney-physician to obtain the best possible results for my clients.

Geodon/Tardive Dyskinesia

The law office is evaluating individuals who may have been injured by the medication Geodon in potentially causing the serious condition known as Tardive Dyskinesia. Geodon has indications for schizophrenia and manic depressive disorder also known as bipolar disorder. There have been issues of off-label use of this drug for other conditions including depression and anxiety. Off-label uses of a drug are unapproved uses, which may not be appropriate uses. Geodon does carry risks of serious side effects including a condition called Tardive Dyskinesia, a serious movement disorder, that often involves loss of control of facial muscles. This serious condition may be permanent, and is often debilitating to the sufferer. If you or loved one have developed Tardive Dyskinesia after Geodon use , you may have the right to pursue an injury lawsuit. Please contact attorney Dr, Paikoff to evaluate your situation.