Authored By: Amanda Unterreiner Our marketing team hosted a holiday door decorating contest and cookie party for employees this year. We wrote this poem to describe the event: It’s holiday time at Advocate Capital, The best time of year, you can’t deny! We decorated our doors for all to see, And the top three winners got a shopping spree!   We all tried t...

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For the New Year’s holiday, our offices will close today at 5:00 PM and will be closed on Monday, December 31 and Tuesday, January 1. On Friday, 12/28, our funding cutoff is 3:00 PM. Any funding received after 3:00 PM will be processed on Wednesday, 1/2. All payments, funding and other transactions received on 12/31 and 1/1 will be processed promptly on W...

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Authored by: Alicia Lammers  As reported by WKYT, a marshmallow chocolate or caramel covered candy made by Bauer’s called Modjeskas are under a recall. The candy is said to possibly be contaminated with hepatitis A from a former temp employee hired by the company. The possible contamination happened in November from the 16th -24th as the employee came in...

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Authored By: Candace Whitman A tagline can tell your prospective clients a lot about your law firm. It is not always easy to come up with a meaningful, memorable tagline. According to Jennifer Fairve of LexBlog, a good tagline should help you create a brand for your firm and differentiate you from other law firms like yours. Fairve says that your tagline...

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For Christmas this year, our offices will close at 5:00 PM today, Friday, 12/21, and will be closed Monday, 12/24 and Tuesday, 12/25. Today, Friday, 12/21, our funding cutoff is 3:30 PM. Any funding received after 3:30 PM will be processed on Wednesday, 12/26. All payments, funding and other transactions received on 12/24 and 12/25 will be processed promp...

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Authored By: Alicia Lammers The new year is almost here and it’s a great time to reflect on the past year and figure out goals for your firm.  Here are 5 bad habits you can kick to help your firm grow, as reported by Stephen Fairley on LexBlog.com. Doing the same thing. If you feel like your firm is always doing the same thing it can be a problem. If y...

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Authored By: Candace Whitman Food poisoning is a common phenomenon that everyone hopes to avoid. After getting food poisoning from a corner deli in lower Manhattan, Patrick Quade was inspired to create iwaspoisoned.com. The website and accompanying app allows users to report their food poisoning incidents, including photos of receipts, what they ate, and...

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Recently, I attended the Beasley Allen Legal Conference and Expo in Montgomery, Alabama for the first time. Although it was a short visit, it was great to see everything Montgomery has to offer. This was our first year at the Beasley Allen Conference and it was great to meet so many new people. Everyone seemed eager and excited for the conference. I thoro...

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The Employee Spotlight Award congratulates team members who display outstanding core values: Professionalism, Integrity, Continuous Improvement, Teamwork and Service. The first recipient of the Spotlight Award demonstrates high standards of Service and Integrity and is the heartbeat of the Company – Claire Wood, Office Administrator. As you can imagine, e...

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Today, we welcome our friend John Bair of Milestone Consulting, LLC as a guest blogger. Milestone Consulting, LLC is a settlement planning and management company. The firm’s founder, John Bair, has been in the settlement management industry since 1999 and is a Certified Structured Settlement Consultant. We hope you enjoy this blog. Guaranteed Future Incom...

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