Meet Attorney Eric Fong
President and CEO Michael J. Swanson recently interviewed Attorney Eric Fong of Fong Law Firm in Port Orchard, Washington about his experience working with Advocate Capital, Inc. and how our case expense funding product has benefited his clients and practice.
Tina Burns
Vice President
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Paying It Forward
At Advocate Capital, we take great pride in providing platinum level customer service, not only to our clients, but internally to each other. As part of our effort to recognize employees who go above and beyond in this regard, we instituted the Pay It Forward recognition campaign.
At our most recent weekly meeting, Credit Compliance Assistant, Buffy Escu...
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Before Google Has a Chance
We’re always on the lookout for useful content for our friends and clients. Today we welcome guest blogger Tom St. Louis. He is a legal marketing expert and founder of Smart Lawyer Marketing™. I hope this is useful to you!
Michael J. Swanson
President and Chief Executive Officer
In the beginning, before Google re-created the heavens and earth there were...
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2015 Social Security Wage Base Announced
As we start a new year, it’s time to adjust payroll settings to properly reflect the new Social Security wage base for 2015. The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced the 2015 Social Security wage base increased from $117,000 to $118,500 making the maximum tax paid by employees related to old age, survivors, and disability insurance (OASDI) $7,3...
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A Unique and Extremely Low Cost Way to Fund Mass Torts
Like many plaintiff attorneys, you may be thinking about getting involved with some of the current mass tort actions (or expanding your existing involvement in them) but have been challenged by the large amount of capital that mass torts can require.
Generally, there are many capitalization options available to contingent-fee law firms, which you can lear...
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IRS Standard Mileage Rates for 2015
The IRS recently released the 2015 standard mileage rates. The rates are as follows:
• 57.5 cents per mile for business
miles driven.
• 23 cents per mile driven for medical
or moving purposes.
• 14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations.
To read the IRS publication, please click here.
Kelly A. O’Leary, CPA, CGMA, MBA,...
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How to Make Your WordPress Website Work for You
Every business has a website these days and if you are like us, you use WordPress as your content management system. In a recent Social Media Examiner post, Brian Duffy shares nine plugins available for WordPress websites that may help streamline your online business activities.
Here are a few of his suggestions:
Improve Customer Service and Support:
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Law Firm Marketing in the New Year
Each new year brings new trends in the marketing world. You might be asking the questions, “What will law firm marketing look like over the coming year?” or “What trends can I take advantage of to grow my practice?”
To help you better answer these and other questions, be sure to read Larry Bodine’s recent article titled “6 Predictions for Law Firm Marketi...
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