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On Friday, dozens of Santa Clara County social workers filed labor complaints against the county and their union. Their claims are that between 2011 and 2014, they were paid a lower rate for overtime than their contract stated. A settlement was offered last November for $3.2 million, however, that would only leave about $2,900 for each of the 1,100 member...

Advocate Capital would like to congratulate longtime colleagues George Choulos and Claude Wyle on a recent jury verdict in the San Francisco Superior Court. The Plaintiff is an Iraqi war veteran, who previously suffered serious back injuries in Iraq and who had come to the Bay Area to attend Hastings Law School.  Plaintiff’s attempt to put his life back t...

Sean Claggett of Claggett & Sykes Law Firm successfully represented a Las Vegas woman seriously injured in a slip and fall in the garden center of a Las Vegas Lowe’s Store. The victim, a mother of three, fell after slipping on a “slimy, wet substance.” The fall caused the woman to suffer a fractured skull, resulting in brain damage and ultimately perm...

Congratulations to long-time friend, Hidalgo County Judge Ramon Garcia who was recently honored by the Texas Urban County League members with the 2016 Leadership Award. The Texas Conference of Urban Counties facilitates communication and collaboration among the member counties, advocating and advancing the programs and issues of the State of Texas that im...

I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate the Rocky McElhaney Law Firm as they celebrate being named one the 2016 Best Places to Work by the Nashville Business Journal…for THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW! Rocky and his firm joined our family of clients late last year and we could not be happier or prouder to have them aboard. Not only is Rocky a Nashvi...

Watch as President and CEO Michael J. Swanson interviews Attorney Craig Carlson of The Carlson Law Firm about his experience with Advocate Capital, Inc. Tina Burns Vice President

California Attorney, Pamela Price of the Law Offices of Pamela Y. Price is currently running for the Democratic Central Committee for Assembly District 18 in the June primary. This committee is responsible for making decisions about the Democratic Party-endorsed candidates, providing input into the Party’s platforms and serves as the people’s voice in loc...

Congratulations to Advocate Capital, Inc. friend and client David J. Hoey on being named Attorney of Month in the Greater Boston Edition of Attorney at Law Magazine. David is a dean and instructor at the highly esteemed Keenan Ball Trial College with a highly successful law practice in Massachusetts. Early in David’s career, he saw a need to represent the...

Congratulations to Advocate Capital, Inc. friend and client Christopher Banys and his team at Banys, P.C. on this recent verdict. Please read the full press release below for details: A San Diego jury awarded Banys, P.C.’s trial team, led by Christopher Banys, $12.5 million in damages for a breach of contract case against Qualcomm, Inc. a world leader in...

Nominations for the Public Justice Foundation’s Illuminating Injustice Award are now being accepted through April 25, 2016 at 5PM ET. The Illuminating Injustice Award highlights just one of the many clients represented by their supporters who suffered a catastrophic injury and for certain legal reasons, were unable to receive the compensation they deserve...