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October 1st marked the beginning of a month dedicated to raising awareness of breast cancer. The majority of the public is familiar with this disease but there is work to do and battles to win. The statistics continue to be staggering with one in eight women diagnosed with breast cancer and millions of lives affected by this disease. To aid in this campai...

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Congratulations to Ben C. Martin, the team at Fears|Nachawati and their client on this outstanding verdict received in a recent Dallas County trial. The Plaintiff truck driver was completing a trip in an extra company truck when the transmission began having problems. The clutch began to pop, the shifter began to move out of gear and the truck began to “s...

Read More About Ben Martin Teams with Fears|Nachawati for $1.7M Jury Verdict

Congratulations to Tessa King, of Reisner & King LLP, for her recent selection as a 2014 Rising Star by Super Lawyers®. Super Lawyers® rates lawyers from more than 70 practice areas through an extensive selection process including peer nomination, evaluations and third party research. The Rising Stars list recognizes the top up-and-coming attorneys un...

Read More About Attorney Tessa King Named 2014 Rising Star by Super Lawyers

Congratulations to Michael Strickland, the entire team at Strickland & Kendall, L.L.C., and their clients on this recent outstanding settlement of $1.9M in a conservative venue where the largest known verdict was $700,000 for an MVA case. The plaintiffs, a niece and her uncle, were seriously injured when the defendant driver ran a stop sign and slamme...

Read More About Strickland Settles Wrongful Death Case Against Trucking Company

Adam Reisner and Tessa King persevered for their client last August with a 13-day trial and a jury verdict of $610,000. However, Judge Timothy L. Fall was not finished with the defendant and recently awarded attorneys’ fees of $659,131.37 to Reisner & King, increasing the total award to $1.2 million! I previously blogged about this impressive jury tri...

Read More About Reisner & King Awarded Attorneys’ Fees, Increasing Verdict to $1.2 Million

Congratulations to Ron Netemeyer, the entire team at Harper, Evans, Wade & Netemeyer and their client, who recently obtained a settlement through mediation of $1.25 Million. The Defendant, who was driving drunk, turned immediately in front of the Plaintiff, causing a collision. The Plaintiff suffered a stroke, numerous fractures, (including a neck fra...

Read More About Ron Netemeyer Obtains $1.25 Million Settlement for Client

Congratulations to John A. Lancione, his team and his clients on this confidential settlement.  This medical negligence case was brought by the parents of a four month old infant who was not properly and timely diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. The parents brought their infant to the facility on March 17th, with symptoms of cough and a fever that had r...

Read More About John Lancione Settles Misdiagnosed Meningitis Case

Congratulations to John Hawkins, his colleague C. Logan Rollins, and their client on this confidential settlement.  In February of 2013, the plaintiff rented a camper from the owner.  After loading items into the trailer, an explosion occurred.  A witness nearby stated the plaintiff rushed staggering out of the trailer with severe burns – with the skin me...

Read More About John Hawkins Settles Gas Explosion Case

2014 marks Advocate Capital, Inc.'s 15th year of standing behind trial attorneys. To celebrate our anniversary, President and CEO Michael J. Swanson recently interviewed our first customer who is still a customer, Attorney Sid Gilreath of Gilreath & Associates, PLLC, about his experience with Advocate Capital over the past 15 years.

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Congratulations to Attorneys Robert and Brandon Simon, The Simon Law Group and their client on this recent jury verdict in the very conservative venue of Orange County, California.  In addition to Robert Simon and Brandon Simon, the plaintiff’s legal team also included the law firm of Russell & Lazarus. Plaintiff, a 45-year-old resident of Orange Coun...

Read More About Simon Brothers Obtain $1.8M+ Verdict for Clients After Minimal Pretrial Offer