Are you planning to attend the Nevada Justice Association’s Annual Convention on October 5-7? The three-day event is being held at a new location this year, the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront in Portland, Oregon. The theme of NJA’s convention is “Off the Beaten Path” and will feature more than 12 hours of CLE programs taught by some of the best tri...

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Advocate Capital takes great pride in providing a top-notch work environment for our associates.  We also want to make sure that our team has access to the best in training and ongoing personal and career development. Along those lines, we have a tuition reimbursement program for employees who want to continue their education. A recent participant in the...

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Congratulations to Advocate Capital’s Chief Credit Officer, Paul B. Myers, who celebrates his 15th employment anniversary this week!  Paul was employee number 2 when he joined us way back in 2002 and his hard work and dedication have played a key role in our company’s success.  When Paul joined us, we had just a handful of clients… and at the moment that...

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Authored By: Candace Whitman After a case is closed, you shouldn’t just say goodbye to your client. There is valuable insight to be gained from clients who have fully used your services. Conducting an exit interview or creating a survey to give to clients after their case is closed could provide you with ways to improve how your business functions. Stephe...

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Last week, we attended the annual Personal Injury Lawyers Marketing & Management Association Super Summit (PILMMA) at the Hutton Hotel here in Nashville, Tennessee.  It was a treat to meet and spend time with so many existing and future clients focused on growing their successful practices.  This was particularly special to us because this year’s even...

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Authored By: Candace Whitman There are many reasons why a business should value diversity. In his article for Law Practice Today, Edward T. Kang shares several ways that diversity benefits law firms. One of the reasons your firm should value diversity is because doing so will broaden your reach in regards to clients. According to Kang, “If a law firm is d...

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We would like to say congratulations to our friends William M. Paoli and Court B. Purdy of Paoli & Purdy, LLP for their recent settlement of $10.5 million, $9.5 from the City of Los Angeles and a million from other defendants.  The Plaintiff (age 15) was hit and killed by a cab while she was attempting to cross the street with her friends near Dockwei...

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Once again, the CAALA team (Consumers Attorneys Association of Los Angeles) hosted an amazing annual convention.  The theme this year was “Rock of Ages.” Team Advocate Capital, Inc. totally embraced the theme by giving away a Jimmy Page life-size cardboard replica and a Led Zeppelin autographed gold record.   As always, we visited with several clients, me...

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Do you use the format painter? I do! I use this feature all the time in Excel and I find it saves so much time. The format painter is on the home tab and it looks like a little paintbrush. The purpose of the format painter is to copy the exact formatting of one field, column, row, or sheet to another field, column, row, or sheet. For example, let’s say yo...

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“Gee, I wish I hadn’t saved up so much money,” said no one ever. However, you may have heard a financial planner say “So, what are you counting as your emergency fund?” The question leaves many of us dumbfounded. Anything extra each month goes toward credit cards or unexpected expenses, right? The rest is often tied up in retirement accounts or funds that...

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