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PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL LEGAL SERVICES TO IMMIGRANTS

Posted on March 24, 2010
The Law Offices of McHenry & Associates is a San Diego based Immigration Law Firm dedicated to offering exceptional legal services in all matters related to U.S. Immigration Law. Immigration Law can be highly complex and is ever-changing. McHenry & Associates? law practice is limited exclusively to U...

CA officer charged with fraud in sex club shooting

Posted on March 23, 2010
Correctional officer John Smiley told colleagues he was shot by a parolee outside a San Francisco restaurant.The story stood until he filed a workers' compensation claim for the injury that left him paralyzed from the waist down and could have led to a nearly $2...

Hazardous Materials Health Risks - The Oak Ridge National Lab

Posted on March 22, 2010
In 1942, a "Secret City" in America - in Oak Ridge, Tennessee - was born as a direct result of a letter written by Albert Einstein to President Roosevelt citing the urgent need to develop the capability to sustain a chain reaction of uranium. From Einstein?s letter came the plan for our nation to create an atomic weapon that would be more powerful than any weapon in the history of the world...

Kelly & Kelly Opens New Office in Ann Arbor

Posted on March 22, 2010
Kelly & Kelly, a boutique law firm based in Downtown Northville that has been aggressively serving clients throughout Michigan since 1988, has opened a new office in Downtown Ann Arbor. The new office is located at 208 East Washington, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, sharing commercial space with Swisher Realty, a well-established commercial real estate firm...

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Bryan A. Lowe & Associates - Las Vegas Tax Law

Posted on March 10, 2010
Founded in 1982, Bryan A Lowe & Associates is a law firm based in Las Vegas, Nevada. The firm provides a wide range of services, primarily in the areas of estate planning, probate, bankruptcy, general business (corporate, partnership, and proprietorship), taxation, real estate, asset protection, and elder care...

Max Mizejewski, Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyer

Posted on March 10, 2010
Max Mizejewski (pronounced majeski) received his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1993. In 1997, Max graduated from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College and went on to work in the public sector before entering private practice...

Bay Area Tax Attorney - The Law Offices of Steven M. Simrin

Posted on March 03, 2010
The Law Offices of Steven M. Simrin provides legal services in the areas of tax representation, probate (wills and trusts), and conservatorships. We are dedicated to providing our clients with high-quality legal services along with the personalized attention that should be expected of a small law firm...

Supreme Court scrutinizes state, local gun control

Posted on February 27, 2010
Gun control advocates are hoping they can win by losing when the Supreme Court rules on state and local regulation of firearms.The justices will be deciding whether the right to possess guns guaranteed by the Second Amendment ? like much of the rest of the Bill of Rights ? applies to states as well as the federal government...

2010 Law Firm Website Design News

Posted on February 27, 2010
Law Promo is a specialized web design and internet marketing agency that has been providing the legal community with website services since 2004. In that time, we have helped over two hundred and sixty clients to establish themselves online and expand their businesses through internet marketing...

Marrache law firm: once prestigious, now under scrutiny

Posted on February 22, 2010
The arrest of two of the three brothers who headed up the Marrache & Co law firm here has sent shudders through the financial services and legal sectors. The Financial Services Commission has withdrawn licences it had issued to Marrache, prompting the seizure of clients? investment funds...

Big tobacco wields First Amendment argument

Posted on February 22, 2010
Tobacco companies are relying heavily on the First Amendment in challenging the government?s prosecution of cigarette makers under the federal racketeering statute.Several big tobacco companies filed briefs at the Supreme Court on Feb. 19, seeking reversal of an appeals court ruling that upheld a finding of guilt under the RICO law (Racketeeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)...

Fieger Law ? U.S. vs. Fieger & Johnson ? Bring It On!

Posted on February 16, 2010
http://www.insiderexclusive.com/show-titles/122-us-vs-fieger-a-johnson-bring-it-on- In mid-August of 2007, the Detroit Free Press printed a huge headline, FIEGER VS. U.S. At the time, they got it wrong; the US Government had actually indicted Geoffrey Fieger, one of the nation?s most successful trial lawyers, and his partner, Ven Johnson, for violating campaign finance laws...

Bryan A. Lowe & Associates - Las Vegas Bankruptcy

Posted on February 16, 2010
The firm was founded on a philosophy of service that not only emphasizes quality representation in terms of experience and expertise - but places a high value on initiating appropriate actions to meet the client's legal needs and objectives. Particular stress is also placed on providing individualized service and achieving results...

Law Firm Logo & Brand Identity Design by Law Promo

Posted on February 16, 2010
Law firm logos are an essential part of your business, and are featured on your website, on your business card, on your letterhead and in advertisements. Logos are the cornerstone of your firm's identity, and Law Promo's logo and brand identity design team is among the best in the business...

Bryan A. Lowe & Associates - Las Vegas Bankruptcy

Posted on January 31, 2010
The firm was founded on a philosophy of service that not only emphasizes quality representation in terms of experience and expertise - but places a high value on initiating appropriate actions to meet the client's legal needs and objectives. Particular stress is also placed on providing individualized service and achieving results...

Court rejects NH's claim to $110M malpractice fund

Posted on January 28, 2010
The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Thursday put a dent in the state budget by rejecting the state's claim to $110 million in surplus from a fund that underwrites medical malpractice insurance.In a 3-2 decision, the court upheld policyholders' claim they had a constitutionally protected contractual right to the money...

Ex-New Castle exec pleads guilty to insider trading

Posted on January 27, 2010
A former executive at the New Castle Funds LLC hedge fund pleaded guilty on Wednesday to an insider trading conspiracy that also ensnared Galleon fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, but he is not cooperating with the investigation.The executive, Mark Kurland, 61, is the eighth person to plead guilty in Manhattan federal court in the probe of illegal trading involving the earnings forecasts and mergers and acquisitions of some of America's best-known companies...

Pool maker Latham says court OKs bankruptcy plan

Posted on January 23, 2010
Latham International, which makes swimming pools and parts such as liners, steps and ladders, said on Friday that a bankruptcy court approved a debt restructuring plan that will put the company into the hands of its lendersate Constitution through the initiative process...

Court Upholds Ala. Man's Death Penalty

Posted on January 21, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of an Alabama man who claimed his attorneys failed to present key evidence of his borderline mental retardation. The justices said the defense made a strategic decision, not a negligent omission.Holly Wood shot and killed his ex-girlfriend as she slept in her Troy, Ala...

Probation for Ohio lawyer in green card fraud

Posted on January 15, 2010
A federal judge in Ohio has ordered two years' probation for an immigration lawyer who illegally married to gain permanent U.S. residence.U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Frost issued the sentence Friday for Lillian Asante (uh-SAN'-tay), who must return to her native Ghana...

Scott Rothstein law partners probed

Posted on January 14, 2010
The Florida Bar is investigating at least 35 former senior lawyers in the now-bankrupt Fort Lauderdale law firm headed by Scott Rothstein, who was disbarred before he was criminally charged last month with using the firm to run a $1.2 billion investment racket...

L.A. Law firm suing China suffers attack

Posted on January 14, 2010
Chinese software developers over the Green Dam Youth Escort monitoring program suffered several targeted attacks earlier this week, when documents containing malicious exploits were sent to attorneys, the firm stated late Wednesday.On Monday evening, lawyers at the firm of Gipson Hoffman & Pancione received e-mails that appeared to have been sent by associates, the group said in its statement...

Law firm mergers down 24 percent in 2009

Posted on January 06, 2010
Last year, law firms chose to buckle down and manage their expenses instead of expanding their businesses with mergers and acquisitions, according to recently released data.In 2009 there were 53 new law firm mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. That was down 24 percent over 2008?s total, according to a report from legal research firm Altman Weil MergerLine...

Quality Criminal Defense Law - Eugene, Oregon

Posted on January 06, 2010
Located in Eugene, the Law Office of Max J Mizejewski defends clients throughout Southern Oregon and the Willamette Valley against criminal charges. Mr. Mizejewski provides an aggressive defense against state and federal prosecutors. Mr. Mizejewski believes everyone's rights should be protected, and everyone deserves the best possible defense...

Jill Weinberg - Dallas Employment & Labor Lawyer

Posted on January 03, 2010
- Overtime Claims - Title VII, ADEA, ADA, FMLA compliance - Non-compete agreements - Confidentiality agreements - Severance agreements - Employment contracts -Workplace policies -Sexual harassment -Prevention training - Sensitivity training (group & individual) -Department of Labor Audits -Independent contractor vs...

NH texting while driving ban takes effect Jan. 1

Posted on December 28, 2009
Tina Derby loves the ease and speed of text messages, even while driving, and sees no need to pull over to tap her fingers on her phone.Come Jan. 1, her texting while behind the wheel could cost her a $100 fine if she gets caught in New Hampshire."I'd better start saving my money," said Derby, 42, of Warner...

Lawsuit shaping up as test of Miss. tort reform

Posted on December 28, 2009
Before Mississippi lawmakers passed tort reform that limited damages in civil litigation, Ronnie Lee Lymas' lawsuit against the store where he was shot wouldn't have gotten much attention.That's anything but true now: The case is being characterized as a test of Mississippi's tort reform laws ? hailed by business leaders and despised by plaintiffs attorneys ? and a showdown over so-called premises liability issues...

Justices making new push to abolish elected judges

Posted on December 28, 2009
An old debate about whether judges should be elected or appointed is heating up again.Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and several state Supreme Court justices are planning a nationwide push during next year's state legislative sessions to end the practice of electing judges...

Jailing of judge provokes debate in Venezuela

Posted on December 27, 2009
A Venezuelan judge is in jail on charges of corruption and abuse of power for freeing a high-profile banker, and an angry President Hugo Chavez has demanded she be kept in a cell for the maximum sentence ? 30 years.The president's condemnation of the judge as a "criminal" has drawn rebukes from his political opponents and also from some legal experts, who say the case is one more indication of the influence Chavez now wields over the judiciary...

At brew pub, Michigan governor signs smoking ban

Posted on December 18, 2009
Most Michigan residents will find their work places, restaurants and bars smoke-free beginning May 1 now that Gov. Jennifer Granholm has signed a smoking ban into law.But the new law could still face a court challenge, with bars and restaurants affected by the ban arguing it's discriminatory to exempt three Detroit casinos...

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