Anyone know a good attorney for employees that have been injured at work and are permanently hindered by thier injury?

A brief synopsis:

A friend was employed at a location, and fell during the job breaking her ankle.

Supervisors told her to work the rest of the week once she was in a cast from doctors.

Employee was fired a month later for arbitrary reasons.

Come to find out, she needed extensive surgery and has permanent nerve damage from the injury and subsequent hours spent working on said injury.

She was never paid workmans Comp.

Anyone have a attorney or any advice for my friend?

It can be challenging to find an attorney who will deal with work comp issues because there often is not a lot of money in it for the attorney unless there are other related issues like sexual harassment that can be proven in which case they may eventualy settle out of court over the course of 6 months to a year and a half.  Call attorneys in the area who deal with employment law.  Work Comp totally sucks and EEOC also sucks unless your black then they might help. There are time limits on filing complaints with state and Federal  EEOC &  Civil Rights Commission and it varies by state as to the process.

In Missouri the lawyer will get 1/4 of the disability settlement.

Depends on what State she is at. I practice workers' comp in NV and we have an automatic claim denial provision that applies if someone files a claim after  no longer employed at the employer where they are injured at. Of course you can fight it, but you have to prove that notice of an injury was given.. There may be a similar law in their jurisdiction.