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In a recent blog post, Advocate Capital, Inc. President and CEO, Michael J. Swanson shared with readers, “Recent Ruling Confirms That Case Expenses Are Loans, Not Expenses”.    According to the IRS ruling, costs paid on behalf of a client are to be treated as a loan to your client or in accounting terms, an accounts receivable item.   If you’re just now g...

In a recent blog post, Advocate Capital, Inc. President and CEO, Michael J. Swanson shared with readers, “Recent Ruling Confirms That Case Expenses Are Loans, Not Expenses”.    According to the IRS ruling, costs paid on behalf of a client are to be treated as a loan to your client or in accounting terms, an accounts receivable item.   If you’re just now g...

As seen on Reuters, Market Watch and  Yahoo Finance FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Tina Burns, Vice PresidentTBurns@AdvocateCapital.com Advocate Capital, Inc. is Now Providing QuickBooks® Support for Law Firms A Free Service to All Advocate Clients (Nashville, Tenn. – May 22, 2013) – Advocate Capital, Inc. has expanded the service that it provides to its...

Click on the video to watch part three of Mr. Swanson’s recent interview with Majed Nachawati of Fears | Nachawati, PLLC in Dallas, Texas.

Click on the video to watch part three of Mr. Swanson’s recent interview with Majed Nachawati of Fears | Nachawati, PLLC in Dallas, Texas.

  In December, 2011, Stewart Lee Kreinke, 63, was riding his bicycle when he was struck by a tractor-trailer truck making a left turn into a driveway.  The Plaintiff’s theory was that the defendant driver negligently turned into the driveway without stopping or ensuring there was no oncoming traffic.   The Defendants argued that the driver did look for tr...

The important work that trial lawyers do cannot be overstated as five former employees of Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, (LLNS) found out on May 10, 2013 after an Alameda County jury returned a verdict of $2.7MM in their favor following two months of trial.  These five individuals, all long-time employees, were Wrongfully Terminated in 2008 ac...

Click on the video to watch part three of Mr.Swanson’s recent interview with Phillip Miller of Phillip Miller & Associates in Nashville, TN.  

Click on the video to watch part three of Mr.Swanson’s recent interview with Phillip Miller of Phillip Miller & Associates in Nashville, TN.

Today’s guest blogger is Jason D. Lazarus, Esq. of Synergy Settlement Services.  I invited Jason to explain a few techniques that I’ve seen many successful contingent-fee lawyers use to help manage their income stream, tax burden and even plan for retirement.  I hope this is helpful to you.  – Mike Swanson. ________________________________________________...