Advocate Capital, Inc. Law Firm Financing Blog

Authored by: Candace Whitman CEO and Chairman, Michael J. Swanson recently hosted Jason D. Lazarus, CEO of Synergy Settlement Services, for a live webinar, Settlement ‘Tax Traps’ & Misconceptions for Plaintiff Law Firms. In this webinar, Mr. Lazarus and Mr. Swanson discussed the taxation of damages and the tax deferral of contingent fees. Mr. Lazarus...

In today's video, Attorney Sean Claggett of Claggett & Sykes Law Firm sits down with CEO and Chairman, Michael J. Swanson to discuss the importance of investing properly in your cases.    

Mr. Ron Netemeyer and Ms. Jill Harper have settled a Wrongful-death claim for 5 Million dollars. Mr. Netemeyer and Ms. Harper represented the mother of a Missouri county jail inmate who was beaten to death by another inmate. The decedent was unable to make bond after being charged with domestic assault, armed criminal action, and unlawful use of a weapon....

Authored By: Ollie Lammers According to CBSNews.com, a lawsuit was filed against Juul due to accusations that they market their product to children online. The lawsuit claims the company was specifically targeting teens and refused a marketing proposal that was aimed at an adult audience. Nikki Battiste of CBS News states that, “Instead, the company adopt...

Authored by: Ollie Lammers Attorney Scott Carlile of the Carlile Law Firm, LLP recently talked with CEO and Chairman, Michael J. Swanson, about a case that made a difference. Attorney Carlile tried a case that involved emergency 911 calls and led to important changes to the laws about those calls. In 2013, a woman was stabbed to death by her estranged hus...

In today’s blog, we will review how to use the absolute value (ABS) in Excel. This formula is helpful if you are converting a column of both negative and positive numbers to positive numbers only. Let’s say column A has a list of numbers beginning in field A2. They are both negative and positive. In column B, enter the formula =abs(A2) and then hit enter....

Authored by: Ollie Lammers Advocate Cares teamed up with Monroe Harding to make Valentine’s Day goodie bags. Monroe Harding is a nonprofit organization in Nashville that provides resources for youths in foster care, foster care families, and those who have aged out of foster care. Our volunteers decorated and stuffed 60 goodie bags. These goodie bags will...

Jeff East, a Certified Financial Planner through Raymond James, talks with CEO and Chairman, Michael J. Swanson, about what to do if you receive a tax bill that you weren't expecting.   Raymond James is not affiliated with Advocate Capital, Inc. You should discuss any tax or legal matters with the appropriate professional. Securities offered through Raym...

Authored By: Maria Escamilla The Executive Client Management & Training Team (ECMT) decided to host a little friendly competition in celebration of Superbowl Sunday. Bring on our Annual Soup & Chili Cookoff! Soup… or… Bowl?! (😉) This year, we had over 13 participants and everything from Deer Chili to Tomato bisque. All employees acted as judges b...

At the end of each year, our remote sales team comes to our headquarters in Nashville for our annual company meeting. It is always nice to have the entire team together for the meeting and include our families at the company dinner. While everyone is in one place, we take the yearly company photo. Employees have to stand still while the photographer moves...