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My good friend Simona Farrise is well known and highly respected for her proven track record and willingness to fight for justice.  A very successful trial lawyer, Simona has spent her career fighting for justice and she aims to take the fight for justice to the California State Assembly.  Simona recently explained to me why she is running for office: Cal...

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Congratulations to L. Ray Maples, II and his entire team at Maples Law Firm on securing this $3,000,000 verdict for the wrongful death of their client, Betty Cushman, after severe nursing home neglect. After colostomy surgery and a 37 day stay at Chicksaw Nation Medical Center, 81 year old Betty Cushman was sent to Ballard Nursing Center in good physical...

Read More About Maples Law Firm Obtains $3,000,000 Verdict in Fatal Nursing Home Neglect Case

Congratulations to long-time friend and colleague, John Sloan on his recent election to the presidency of the most renowned trial lawyers’ organization in the country.  As only the 3rd attorney to fill this leadership role in the college’s 20+ year history, Mr. Sloan attended the Trial Lawyers College as a student in 1998 and recalls his experience: I cam...

Read More About John Sloan New President of Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College®

Congratulations to John Steel, John Moss, their client and the entire team at the Atlanta firm of Steel & Moss, LLP on their recent settlement mid-trial on behalf of a railroad conductor who fell from a moving train. The Plaintiff was an inexperienced conductor and employee of CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) who was riding the side ladder of a rail ca...

Read More About Steel & Moss Facilitate Significant Settlement with CSX for Injured Worker

They are known in Texas as “the lawyers who give away helmets.” This very simple yet progressive community outreach program by Sloan, Bagley, Hatcher & Perry Law Firm has earned them the 2013 Ragan’s PR Daily Corporate Social Responsibility Award for Best Public Health/Safety Initiative.  Read the full press release here. The “Heads in Helmets” organi...

Read More About Sloan Firm Named 2013 Recipient of Best Public Health/Safety Initiative Award

Practicing in Peachtree City, Georgia, Shane Smith has authored a collection “legal guide series” to help injured citizens of Georgia understand the various types of injury claims and guide them through the procedural aspects of the legal system.  The series of 7 books includes topics like: •  Personal Injury Guide for Georgia •  What Every Georgia Slip &...

Read More About Shane Smith Offers Resource Library for Injured Georgia Citizens

A Federal Judge in Arkansas recently approved an $84.9M settlement in the Pilot Flying J scandal.   The case centered on more than 5,500 truckers who were promised rebates by Pilot Flying J, the nation’s largest retailer of diesel fuel, but never paid the promised rebates.    Owners of Pilot reportedly had no knowledge of the alleged scheme, and worked wi...

Read More About Mississippi’s Don Barrett Secures $84.9M Settlement for Truckers

Congratulations to Attorneys Robert and Brad Simon, The Simon Law Group and their client on this outstanding jury verdict in the very conservative venue of Orange County, California. Plaintiff is a 72 year old Columbian non-English speaker who recently became a citizen.  He went to his doctor's office to pick up a letter saying he could take a portion of...

Read More About Simon Law Group and Client Obtain $1.564M Verdict in Slip and Fall Case

The St. Louis, Missouri firm of Meyerkord & Meyerkord recently completed the first of three intra-community training seminars they will host this year.  This series titled “A Century of Experience” draws its name from this outstanding personal injury firm whose founders and attorneys boast over 100 years of combined experience and is aimed toward youn...

Read More About Meyerkord Firm Begins “A Century of Experience” Training Seminars

The Cartwright Law Firm in San Francisco recently opened a new office in Vacaville, California to better serve citizens in the North Bay area. Their recent press release provides full details: “The Cartwright Law Firm is pleased to announce the opening of our new North Bay office located in Vacaville, California. We will now be better situated to bring to...

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