Paul H. Kang of Kang Law, PC specializes in representing California families whose elderly loved ones have suffered neglect, physical or emotional abuse, sexual assault, financial exploitation, or wrongful death in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and adult day care centers. Consultations are free.
By Paul H. Kang, Attorney · Los Angeles Bar Association Elder Law Panel Counsel · Last updated 2026
Elder abuse takes many forms, and most families do not recognize it until the harm is significant. Nursing home staff who fail to turn an immobile patient cause pressure injuries that reach bone within weeks. Aides who medicate residents to keep them quiet may be administering chemical restraints in violation of state law. Family members or fiduciaries with access to bank accounts can drain a lifetime of savings before anyone notices.
California’s Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act (Welfare and Institutions Code section 15600 and following) gives victims and their families specific tools to hold facilities and individuals accountable. These cases are different from ordinary personal injury claims. The statute allows recovery of attorney’s fees and, in cases of recklessness or malice, enhanced damages that include pain and suffering after the victim’s death — an exception to the general rule that pain and suffering damages die with the victim.
Kang Law, PC represents families in seven core categories of elder abuse and neglect. Each is its own area of legal focus, and the right approach depends on the type of harm and the type of facility involved.
Paul H. Kang established Kang Law, PC specifically to handle elder abuse and neglect cases for California families. Before founding the firm, he prosecuted criminal matters for a California district attorney’s office and defended hospitals, nursing homes, and individual healthcare providers in elder abuse and professional negligence litigation. That experience — from both sides of these cases — informs how Kang Law, PC investigates and prepares every claim today.
Paul is a Los Angeles Bar Association Elder Law Panel Counsel. He also served as a former director of the OCKABA Foundation and as a member of the advisory board for Fullerton College’s Legal Studies program.
Kang Law, PC has recovered millions of dollars for elder abuse and neglect victims across California, including six-figure settlements in cases involving pressure injuries, repeated falls, medication errors, and financial exploitation. (See case results) on our home page for representative recoveries.)
We work on contingency. No attorney’s fees unless we recover for you.
I could not have found a better law firm and lawyer in Paul Kang. I came to him at the last minute with the statute of limitations running, yet he took the case without time to review any documentation… less than two years later we were able to settle for six figures. I am sure my mother is smiling from above.
California’s Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act defines elder abuse to include physical abuse, neglect, financial abuse, abandonment, isolation, abduction, and other treatment that results in physical harm or mental suffering. Victims must be 65 or older, or a dependent adult between 18 and 64 with physical or mental limitations.
Most elder abuse claims must be filed within two years of the abuse or neglect. Financial elder abuse claims allow four years. Some cases involving wrongful death have shorter windows. Statutes of limitation are easy to miss — talk to an attorney as soon as you suspect abuse.
No. We work on contingency for elder abuse and neglect cases. There is no fee unless we recover compensation for you. Initial consultations are free.
Whatever you have. Photos of injuries, medical records, billing statements, care plans, communications with the facility, your own notes, and the names of any witnesses. Do not delay the consultation while gathering documents — early conversations help us identify what to preserve.
Yes. California’s elder abuse statute allows recovery of pain and suffering damages even after the victim’s death. The two-year statute usually still applies, measured from the abuse or the death.
We represent clients across California. Most of our cases arise in Orange County, but we handle matters statewide. Distance does not affect our ability to investigate or pursue your case.
Q: What is Elder Abuse and Neglect A: Some examples of elder abuse are when someone hits, slaps, pinches, pushes, kicks, restrains, confines an elder.
