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Congratulations to our friends and colleagues at Harper, Evans, Wade & Netemeyer on this recent settlement in a motor vehicle case for which the insurance company initially denied all liability. This case sprang from an automobile accident in Boone County, Missouri. The injured Plaintiffs were not at fault in the accident. The Defendant attempted to m...

We extend hearty congratulations to Advocate Capital, Inc. friend and client Sidney W. Gilreath who was recently honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Tennessee Association for Justice meeting in Memphis. This forum is not nearly large enough to detail the many contributions and accomplishments made to date during Sid’s illustrious leg...

As seen on Boston Globe, MarketWatch, Reuters, Seeking Alpha and Yahoo! Finance. Christine Flynn, senior litigation paralegal at Haggerty, Goldberg, Schleifer & Kupersmith, P.C., in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has been named the recipient of the 2015 Advocate Capital, Inc. / AAJ Paralegal of the Year Award. Ms. Flynn was nominated for the award by Atto...

  Since 1999, Advocate Capital, Inc. has been helping an ever increasing number of plaintiff lawyers get even better results for their clients. As we pause to celebrate our 16th birthday, we would like to send a special thanks to all of our clients, vendors, friends and especially to our team of fantastic employees. We will continue celebrations this mon...

The Louisiana Supreme Court recently issued a decision that will have national implications on how insurance companies defend bad faith claims.  Advocate Capital’s friend and client, Frank Tomeny III of Tomeny Law Firm APLC was instrumental in bringing the issue before the Louisiana Supreme Court. Tomeny successfully argued that an insurer can be found li...

During the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association annual meeting held in Atlanta on April 30th, Darren Penn of the law firm Harris Penn Lowry was named its 60th president. He replaced outgoing president Linley Jones of The Linley Jones Firm, PC. You can read the announcement here. Mr. Penn pledges his one year term will be focused on protecting Georgians right...

2015 is off to a great start for Attorney L. Todd Kelly of The Carlson Law Firm. Join us in congratulating Attorney Kelly on recently being recognized for the 2015 list of the Nation’s Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. This is a distinguished acknowledgement by an organization committed to recognizing attorneys who elev...

Congratulations to Advocate Capital, Inc. friend and client Brian Chase, of Bisnar|Chase Personal Injury Attorneys, who was recently added to the American Academy of Trial Attorneys Premier 100 list for 2015. Attorney Chase has dedicated his career to helping injured people obtain justice. One of his greatest passions is seeking justice for those who are...

Our friend and colleague Michael Cowen of The Cowen Law Group convinced the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to initiate a probe into why defective Chinese-made tires were recalled by one importer but not another, even though the tires share the same U.S. distributor. As reported by PR Newswire, the agency opened the investigation on...

I have blogged a number of times in this space about how the lack of funding for the Federal court system is impacting consumers’ rights to be heard at trial. Apparently, this issue persists today. The Wall Street Journal reports that civil suits are backlogged in Federal courts, which is leading to delays in cases involving Social Security benefits, pers...