Patti Birdsall Named 2016 Paralegal of the Year
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Patti Birdsall, litigation paralegal at VB Attorneys in Houston, Texas is this year’s recipient of the Advocate Capital, Inc. / American Association for Justice (AAJ) Paralegal of the Year Award. Birdsall was nominated by Attorney Brian Beckcom, a founding partner at the firm. Beckcom says, “In the si...
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Debi Chalik - Part 2 of 2 - Changing Laws to Protect Consumers
Be sure to watch Part 2 of Mr. Swanson's interview with Attorney Debi Chalik of the Law Offices of Chalik & Chalik to learn how their law firm and clients were instrumental in changing law in Florida to protect consumers who want to go parasailing.
Tina Burns
Vice President
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Dallas Trial Lawyers Achieve $6M Verdict Following $25K Offer
The important work of trial lawyers too often goes unnoticed. Insurance companies and big corporations, driven solely by profit incentives, rarely step up to the plate to do the right thing, taking responsibility for their actions or the actions of those they insure. Rather than accepting responsibility, they will fight to the bitter end to avoid accounta...
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Attorney Ben Cloward Named 2016 Co-Trial Lawyer of the Year
We are pleased to announce that Attorney Ben Cloward of Cloward Hicks & Brasier, our client, has been selected by the Nevada Justice Association to receive the 2016 Co-Trial Lawyer of the Year.
Mr. Cloward will be presented with his well-deserved award at the upcoming Annual Summer Gala to be held at The Grove at SouthCreek in Reno on June 14th and th...
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Debi Chalik - Part 1 of 2 - Parasailing Safety
Watch Part 1 of Mr. Swanson's interview with Florida Attorney Debi Chalik of the Law Offices of Chalik & Chalik to learn some important safety tips to consider before you go parasailing.
Tina Burns
Vice President
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Mike McLachlan Victorious in Historic $58M Groundwater Case
Congratulations to Advocate Capital, Inc. friend and client Mike McLachlan of the Law Offices of Michael D. McLachlan on the recent victorious judgment providing his clients with permanent water rights valued at $58M, awarded to thousands of litigants in the Antelope Valley Groundwater Cases.
This judgment has been 17 years in the making, originally filed...
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Handy & Handy, P.C. Named to Utah’s Legal Elite
Congratulations to Attorneys Garrett and Preston Handy, of Handy & Handy, P.C., on recently being voted Legal Elite by Utah Business magazine in the personal injury practice area for the fourth consecutive year.
According to the Utah Business magazine, Utah’s Legal Elite is “a listing of the top layers in Utah as voted by their peers.” How does this w...
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Attorney Christopher Banys to Represent Santa Clara County Social Workers
On Friday, dozens of Santa Clara County social workers filed labor complaints against the county and their union. Their claims are that between 2011 and 2014, they were paid a lower rate for overtime than their contract stated. A settlement was offered last November for $3.2 million, however, that would only leave about $2,900 for each of the 1,100 member...
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Choulos & Wyle Victorious For Veteran
Advocate Capital would like to congratulate longtime colleagues George Choulos and Claude Wyle on a recent jury verdict in the San Francisco Superior Court.
The Plaintiff is an Iraqi war veteran, who previously suffered serious back injuries in Iraq and who had come to the Bay Area to attend Hastings Law School. Plaintiff’s attempt to put his life back t...
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Sean Claggett Secures $13MM Verdict Against Lowe’s Home Centers
Sean Claggett of Claggett & Sykes Law Firm successfully represented a Las Vegas woman seriously injured in a slip and fall in the garden center of a Las Vegas Lowe’s Store. The victim, a mother of three, fell after slipping on a “slimy, wet substance.” The fall caused the woman to suffer a fractured skull, resulting in brain damage and ultimately perm...
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