Advocate Capital, Inc. Law Firm Financing Blog

  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...

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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...

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President and CEO Michael J. Swanson interviews Attorney Lance Cooper of The Cooper Firm about how Advocate Capital, Inc.'s case expense financing has benefited his practice and his clients.

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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...

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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...

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President and CEO Michael J. Swanson interviewed Attorney Sean Claggett of Claggett & Sykes Law Firm about his experience with Advocate Capital, Inc. and how we help his law firm.

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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...

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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...

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In a recent meeting with a key client, the topic of ‘driverless vehicles’ came up as a future threat to his personal injury practice.  This presented an opportunity for his firm to proactively look toward new practice lines to diversify the types of cases they pursue, minimizing any future revenue gaps and risk. This got me thinking, how will driverless v...

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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...

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