by Anonymous

Check out the track record of Dr Willner at www.PeerReview.org. Dr Brian Gale, the Podiatrist he initially helped is certainly doing very well for himself.

What possible reason can you give that he should not charge for his services when YOU charge for yours. Please explain to me what is the difference.

Posted on Jul 24, 2003, 4:09 PM
 

NAIVE
by J. Matthews
 

 It appears that you have not had many dealings with people in this industry.

Certainly when you hear people who deal in Public Relations and advocacy
speak in a Public Forum, their language is generally polite and proper.  However,
in a one on one conversation the conversation is typically much more
dramatic.  Different people in this field have their own personal style.  The bottom
line is that they use whatever means they can to get the person with whom they
are speaking to pay attention to their points.

Richard Willner is clearly the front runner in the area of Advocacy in the
Peer Review Arena.

This is an area where the Peer Review Organizations enjoy an incredible
shield of Immunity which insulates them from having grievances addressed in a legal
arena.

These are human Beings making decisions on issues that often relate to
personality, professional relationships, often secret, personal agendas, market
shares, styles of practice, life styles, race, religion and many other things that
should not be part of the peer review process.

Richard Willner has mastered the area of Extra Legal Methods to address the
Peer Review Organizations.  How do you Shine a Light on things that these
Boards and Committees have done.  They do not like the negative publicity that
results when their mistakes and often corruption is made public.

Advocacy costs money.  One should not expect it to be free.  People who
promote things deserve to be compensated.  That is whether they are advocating as a
Lobbyist, or preparing an advertising campaign for a product or your
practice.  Richard Willner acts as a personal advocate for individuals to bring their
case to light, or possibly to restore a reputation that has been trashed. 

There are not many people who do what Richard Willner does.  Where would you
begin to find someone with his skills or even to know that someone with his
skills exists when you need them.  Certainly the best place to tell people about
yourself and your services is anywhere that you are explaining what has happen need to others.

I DISAGREE with your message.
You may not like to admit that there are problems with the process, and are
taking it for Professional Bashing.  It is not.  It is shining a flashlight on
some areas that may be uncomfortable to you.

You may not like the dramatic way that he speaks, but he has certainly gotten
your attention....so he has been successful.

You may not like the fact that there is someone there advocating for people
who have gotten shafted...but he has been successful because you know he is
there.

Richard WILLNER is a Master of the Extra Legal Approach to Defense against
Administrative Injustice.  You should be thankful that there is someone that is
there to help you when you need him.

In my experience, people who are opinionated like yourself are just the sort
of people who may need his services.

Agree w/J. Matthews
by FTDR