AAJ Winter 2020 in the Big Easy!
Advocate Capital, Inc., headed south for the American Association for Justice Winter Convention 2020. AAJ put on a great conference in New Orleans, LA.
Michael Swanson, Jeff Glueck and I represented Advocate Capital. We enjoyed visiting with clients and making new friends. For the exhibitor opening reception this year, we welcomed a special guest from Cig...
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The Safety of Airplane Food
Authored By: Candace Whitman
Have you ever thought about the quality of in-flight meals? A recent NBC News investigation looked at the safety of airline catering.
According to NBC’s article, although airlines and airline caterers are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), they are held to different standards than restaurants because they do...
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Lawsuit Filed Against Juul for Allegedly Marketing To Teens Online
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...
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Expanding Your Practicing Areas and Maintaining Your Brand
Authored By: Candace Whitman
Are you considering branching out into a new practice area, but you are not sure how to get the word out while still maintaining your current brand? In a recent article by FindLaw, they give a few tips on protecting your brand during an expansion.
FindLaw states that instead of just stating that you are now accepting medical m...
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Settlement ‘Tax Traps’ & Misconceptions for Plaintiff Law Firms
Authored By: Candace Whitman
We invite you to join our webinar next Tuesday featuring Jason Lazarus, a founding Principal and Chief Executive Officer of Synergy Settlement Services.
Synergy Settlement Services handles trial lawyers’ issues at settlement such as tax deferral mechanisms for contingent legal fees, lien resolution, Medicare compliance, public...
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Cases That Made a Difference™ on 911 calls with Scott Carlile
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...
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Excel Tips & Tricks – Absolute Value Function
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....
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Advocate Capital, Inc. Rated A+ By Better Business Bureau For 17 Years
Advocate Capital, Inc. is proud to say we have been an A+ rated company by the Better Business Bureau® of Middle Tennessee & Southern Kentucky for 17 years.
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) rates companies on a 100-point scoring scale and uses letter grades from A+ to F.
Companies must at least score 97 points out of 100 to be rated A+.
The BBB rating...
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Virtual Networking: Advanced LinkedIn Tips for Lawyers
Authored By: Amanda Unterreiner
You probably have a LinkedIn profile, but are you using it to its full potential? LinkedIn can help you grow your network and connect with others.
Below are some tips from Attorney at Work on how to boost your network and make the most of your online connections.
Tag, Share, and Comment: Tag other people in your posts. Hig...
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Advocate Cares Volunteers for Valentine’s Day!
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...
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