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Congratulations to The Law Offices of Booth|Koskoff on securing a $2.5 million settlement from a California county social services agency that failed to remove the toddler from the aunt’s home. The child suffered right frontal lobe damage affecting her judgment, safety awareness, impulsivity, and executive functioning. The child was removed from the custo...

President and CEO Michael J. Swanson interviews Karl Truman, of the Karl Truman Law Office, about a recent event his law firm sponsored for Honor Flight Bluegrass Chapter featuring a B-25 Bomber flight for World War II veterans. To learn more about Honor Flight Bluegrass Chapter, visit www.HonorFlightBluegrass.org or call 888.998.1941. Tina Burns Vice Pr...

Congratulations to the employees of the Houston Independent School District (HISD) on a recent victory in the way employees are paid. Employment Law attorneys, Ross Law Group, under the direction of founder Daniel B. Ross, a long-time champion for the rights of employees, represented sixty employees of HISD in an action brought against the district regard...

On August 16, 2016, we reached a very special milestone. We welcomed our 50th new client for the year into our Advocate Capital, Inc. family. These clients (like all of our clients) are the best and brightest plaintiff lawyers from across the country. Here are some statistics you might be interested in: •  1.65 million: This is the number of transactions...

Last week my colleague, Donna Jones and I had the privilege of heading to Hilton Head Island to attend the South Carolina Association for Justice 2016 Annual Convention, held each year at the Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa. It was a fantastic opportunity to visit with existing friends and clients and meet with some of the best trial lawyers in...

President and CEO Michael J. Swanson recently interviewed Attorney Debi Chalik of the Law Offices of Chalik & Chalik about what you should do if you are injured on someone else’s property, such as a parking lot, gas station, restaurant or store. Tina Burns Vice President

It was recently my special privilege and honor to present the Advocate Capital, Inc./American Association for Justice Paralegal of the Year Award to the 2016 honoree, Patti Birdsall. The presentation was made in Los Angeles during the American Association for Justice Annual Convention. Ms. Birdsall is “the linchpin of our office” as noted in the outstandi...

That cold glass of milk comes with a price: pollution. For years, dairy farms in the Lower Yakima Valley in Washington State had been dumping millions of gallons of manure onto crop fields and contaminating the air and local water supply for the rest of the community. But that’s all changing thanks to the work of our friends at Public Justice, a law firm...

Lisa Wagner, Donna Jones, Tina Burns and I really enjoyed seeing so many of our valued clients and friends in Los Angeles during the 2016 AAJ Annual Convention. For us it was a nice break from the oppressive humidity that comes with summer in Nashville. This year’s set up was a bit different than years past, but that allowed us to spend some much needed q...

President and CEO Michael J. Swanson recently interviewed Attorney Debi Chalik of the Law Offices of Chalik & Chalik about some important safety information for consumers in the market for new tires. Tina Burns Vice President