My colleague Brenda Bunkers and I had the pleasure of traveling to The Lodge of Four Seasons in Lake Ozark, Missouri for MATA’s 60th Annual Convention. Missouri has wonderful plaintiff attorneys and we have enjoyed exhibiting and supporting MATA for several years. This year’s conference did not disappoint. We met so many clients who braved stormy summer w...

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Authored By: Candace Whitman Both Uber and Lyft’s policies state that riders must be 18 years or older to create an account, ride alone, and request rides; however according to a Legal Examiner article by Chris Nace of Paulson & Nace, recent investigations have discovered children as young as 8 years old using ride sharing services unaccompanied by an...

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Authored By: Iris Garrett When someone gets hurt in an accident, they often act immediately—calling the police, their insurance company, and many times, a personal injury attorney. Emotions run high, and decision-making may hit an all-time low. If this were to happen, would your law firm be easy to find online? In FindLaw’s new Personal Injury Legal Consu...

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Authored By: Krista Kemmerly Summer is almost here and that means time for vacations! Many vacations entail road trips, so it is important to make sure your vehicle is ready to hit the road. Bryan Pope with The Legal Examiner has put a few guidelines together for you to stay safe while traveling. Check Your Tires - Warm weather can influence your tires s...

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Authored By: Iris Garrett With news of the return of bright-eyed and bright-suited Elle Woods in Legally Blonde 3, it is easy to imagine other female attorneys like her defying the odds and achieving success in the legal profession. While this is true within the nation’s law schools, where women have made up more than 40 percent of classes for the last 30...

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Authored By: Krista Kemmerly As seen on Yahoo!, MarketWatch and Markets Insider. Paralegal Alesia Emison of Langdon & Emison has been named the 2018 winner of the American Association for Justice Paralegal of the Year Award Sponsored by Advocate Capital, Inc. Emison was nominated for this prestigious award by Attorney Bob Langdon, who has been recogni...

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Our friend, Sean Claggett, of Claggett & Sykes Law Firm, recently obtained another outstanding jury verdict on behalf of his client. The jury returned a $3,382,000 verdict after a top pretrial offer from the lead Defendant of $20,000. On October 1, 2013, a tow truck driver pulled up to a gas station, parked his tow truck and entered the station. The t...

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Authored By: Candace Whitman Most new vehicles now have keyless ignitions. Cars with keyless ignitions require a fob that transmits a signal to start the car as opposed to a physical key. The driver is able start and stop the car with just the push of a button. This new feature is convenient, but it can also be dangerous if the driver forgets to push the...

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On September 10th, 2015 a teenage driver of a Mercedes Benz caused severe and permanent injuries to the plaintiff driver of a Mitsubishi Outlander while using the Snapchat Speed Filter. The speed filter documents the speed the user is traveling and overlays the speed onto a picture of the Snapchat user. The plaintiffs filed suit against the defendant driv...

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Authored By: Lisa Larkin Once again, Advocate Capital’s employees enjoyed our monthly appreciation event. This month, the ‘Amazing’ Accounting & Operations Department hosted the event. On June 12th, we headed outside to enjoy the sunshine, extra warm weather, food from Jersey Mike’s and a golf themed “cupcake” cake from Publix. After lunch, we played...

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