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Congratulations to Advocate Capital, Inc. friends, Chandler Law and Shernoff, Bidart, Echeverria! The firms recently won more than $10.5 million in a workplace negligence case against Capay, Inc. Chandler’s client, a 37-year-old truck driver, was picking up produce at Capay’s warehouse near Sacramento, California, on July 21, 2017. During the loading proc...

Read More About Shernoff Bidart Echeverria & Chandler Law Secure a $10.5MM Verdict in Workplace Negligence Case

Congratulations to our friends, Mike Kazerouni and Abbas Kazerounian of Kazerouni Law Group, APC, on the recent $5,000,000 settlement they received on behalf of their client.  Kazerouni Law Firm, APC and their co-lead counsel, Andrew Shamis of Shamis & Gentile, P.A. and Scott Edelsberg of Edelsberg Law, filed a class-action suit on July 22, 2019, in t...

Read More About Kazerouni Law Group’s $5 Million Settlement in the U.S. District Court of Southern FL

Advocate Capital Inc. congratulates Sam Aguiar, Lonita Baker, and the team at Sam Aguiar Injury Lawyers on a historic settlement with the City of Louisville Police Department. Sam and Lonita represented Breonna Taylor’s family in a wrongful-death lawsuit against the City of Louisville. The $12 million settlement is one of the largest in the country’s hist...

Read More About Sam Aguiar Injury Lawyers Makes History with Breonna Taylor Settlement

While paper remains the official form of filing for the Supreme Court, all parties who are represented by counsel must also submit electronic versions of filings through the system. Months into the COVID-19 pandemic and the Supreme Court’s new electronic filing system faces criticism. According to an article on law.com, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. sugg...

Read More About Attorneys Push to Make Electronic Filing the Formal Submission Method at the Supreme Court

Congratulations to our friends and clients, Gary Gwilliam and Randall Strauss of Gwilliam Ivary Chiosso Cavalli & Brewer, on their nomination as finalists for Consumer Attorneys of California’s (CAOC) 2020 Trial Lawyer of the Year award. Their work on the case, Colombo, et al. vs. BNC Mortgage, Inc., et al. garnered the nomination for Gary and Randy....

Read More About Gary Gwilliam and Randall Strauss Finalists for Trial Lawyer of the Year Award

The Employee Spotlight Award congratulates team members who personify our company core values: Professionalism, Integrity, Continuous Improvement, Teamwork and Service. This distinction has been awarded to Amanda Unterreiner for Q3 2020. Amanda is a Marketing Coordinator II and is being recognized for her commitment to Continuous Improvement and Teamwork....

Read More About Amanda Unterreiner Presented Employee Spotlight Award

The Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) announced the 2020 finalists for Consumer Attorney of the Year and Street Fighter of the Year. To be considered for CAOC’s Consumer Attorney of the Year award, members needed to have significantly advanced California consumers’ rights or safety by achieving a noteworthy result in a case. Eligibility for Street F...

Read More About Booth Law Named Finalist for CAOC Street Fighter of the Year

Part of the personal injury attorney’s job is carefully listening to the client, evaluating a case, and choosing the right direction for the case. Often there can be multiple parties involved and how to include each in a lawsuit is a serious decision each attorney must make. Roger Booth of Booth Law joins us as a guest blogger to share the choices that le...

Read More About Unprecedented Settlement for Roger Booth

Authored By: Ollie Lammers Michael J. Swanson, CEO and Chairman, recently hosted a webinar with a panel of prominent lawyers from across the country, including Joe Russo, Owner and Managing partner of Injury Law Center, Lauren Checki, Managing Partner of Louisiana & Director of Operations at Hair Shunnarah Trial Attorneys, and Kathy Harrington-Sulliva...

Read More About Getting Great Client Results During the Pandemic, with Attorneys Joe Russo, Lauren Checki, and Kathy Harrington-Sullivan

Attorney Kay Van Wey of Van Wey, Metzler & Williams, PLLC recently settled multiple medical malpractice cases against Dr. Christopher Duntsch. Van Wey reached settlements that helped her clients replace their lost incomes, cover lifetime medical expenses in some cases, and pay off medical expenses accrued due to the doctor’s negligence in their surger...

Read More About Attorney Kay Van Wey “Dr. Death” Settlements Lead to Criminal Case