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20 Henderson Franklin Attorneys Recognized as 2021 Florida Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., is pleased to announce that twenty (20) attorneys were selected as 2021 Florida Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars. While only 5% of lawyers in the entire State are named to Florida Super Lawyers®, less than 2.5% are named to the Rising Stars list. - June 30, 2021 - Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A.
Woods Aitken Named 2021 “Law Firm of the Year” by the American Subcontractors Association of Colorado
Woods Aitken LLP was recognized as the 2021 “Law Firm of the Year” by the American Subcontractors Association of Colorado (ASAC) at their 35th Annual Construction Industry and Women of Construction Awards Gala on Saturday, June 19th. - June 30, 2021 - Woods Aitken LLP
Steve Muehler Bail & Immigration Bonds Delayed Opening Now Scheduled for Monday, July 19th
Steve Muehler Bail & Immigration Bonds Opening, which was originally scheduled for June, is now scheduled for July 19th, 2021. - June 30, 2021 - Steve Muehler
Henderson Franklin Welcomes Real Estate Attorney Shay Raja
The law firm of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., is pleased to announce the newest member of its Fort Myers Real Estate team, attorney Shayaan (“Shay”) Raja. He is admitted to practice in all state courts in Florida and the District of Columbia (D.C.). Amanda Barritt,... - June 30, 2021 - Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A.
Verb(TM) Presents Speaker Series: “A Clear-Eyed Review of Proposed Federal Tax Law Changes” with Michelle P. Scott, Esq.
Michelle P. Scott, Esq., author of “Biden’s Tax Plan: What’s Enacted, What’s Proposed,” will be featured on the Verb™ Presents Speaker Series, July 27, 2021, 12:00 pm (Pacific Time). Ms. Scott will address high notes from her recent, comprehensive article on The American Rescue Plan, The American Jobs Plan, The American Families Plan, and Biden’s efforts to fortify the IRS with fresh funding. Peter Coe Verbica, JD, CFP® of Silicon Private Wealth will be the moderator. - June 29, 2021 - Silicon Private Wealth
New Multi-Million Dollar Healthcare Lawsuit Alleges Stanford Children's Hospital Billing Fraud
The Wonderful Company filed a new lawsuit in the Superior Court of the State of California against Stanford for alleged healthcare fraud at the Stanford Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. The multi-million dollar lawsuit is captioned The Wonderful Company vs. Anthem Blue Cross Life and... - June 29, 2021 - GJLaw
2021 Florida Super Lawyers Recognizes Five Farr Law Firm Attorneys
Florida Super Lawyers magazine has named five of Farr Law Firm’s attorneys as either a Super Lawyer or Rising Star. - June 26, 2021 - Farr Law Firm
Zollinger Mediation Launches ADA Compliant Website
Zollinger Mediation, LLC redesigned its website: ZollingerMediation.com. The Sarasota-based company helps clients develop an equitable plan to resolve issues that impact couples and families. That includes divorce mediation, marital mediation, pre and post-nuptial planning, and eldercare mediation. - June 25, 2021 - Zollinger Mediation
Mi Casa Resource Center’s ProBoPat Program and Rocky Mountain USPTO Recognize Patent Practitioners for Patent Law Volunteerism
Mi Casa Resource Center, along with the Rocky Mountain USPTO, recognizes a group of patent agents and patent lawyers for their dedication to low-income inventors. - June 23, 2021 - Mi Casa Resource Center
Corso Presented “Avoiding Legal Malpractice” at the FDLA’s Liability Claims Conference
Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A. is pleased to announce that Florida Civil Trial Expert Michael Corso was a panelist at the Florida Defense Lawyer’s Association’s Liability Claims Conference in Orlando on June 17. Corso, along with attorney Jeffrey James of the Banker Lopez... - June 23, 2021 - Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A.
Non-Profit Taxpayers Against Fraud Urges the Federal Court to Rule Against Stanford Hospital for $468 Million Alleged Healthcare Billing Fraud
The Non-Profit Foundation Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund (TAFEF) just filed its first "Amicus Brief" urging the Federal Court to rule against Stanford Health Care (formerly Stanford Medicine, and Stanford Hospitals and Clinics) on the Government's healthcare billing fraud lawsuit against Stanford. - June 22, 2021 - GJLaw
Stanford Healthcare Loses Again in Appeals Court, Accused of $468 Million Dollar Medicare Billing Fraud
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently rejected Stanford’s further arguments in the U.S. Government’s false claims case against Stanford Healthcare for nearly $500 million dollars of alleged Medicare billing fraud. In entering its latest adverse ruling against the healthcare... - June 22, 2021 - GJLaw
Axiom Valuation Solutions South Africa (AVSA) Announces the Opening of Its First Office in Pretoria, South Africa
AVSA is a newly incorporated firm providing independent valuation services for alternative investment funds, insurance companies, pension plans, foundations, endowments, private and public companies throughout Africa. The company also provides comprehensive pre-and-post deal due diligence reviews for middle-markets M&A transactions. - June 17, 2021 - Axiom Valuation
Steve Muehler – Paralegal Prepares for an Anticipated Record Number of Bankruptcy Filings.
Steve Muehler, a Registered Paralegal Member of the American Bar Association (ABA #05479183), today began preparing for what is believed to be a Record Setting Number of Bankruptcy Filings in California due to COVID-19. - June 16, 2021 - Steve Muehler
Henderson Franklin Welcomes Six Summer Law Clerks
Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., is pleased to welcome six law students: Taylor Bollt and Melany Hernandez from Stetson University College of Law; Sarah Baulac and Christopher Gero-Prado from Ave Maria School of Law; Sara Jackson from the University of Miami; and Colten Thomas from... - June 13, 2021 - Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A.
Ward Law Group Opens 8th Satellite Office
New Hampshire Law Firm Establishes a Concord Presence - June 09, 2021 - Ward Law Group, PLLC
Steve Muehler Introduces the Firm’s California-Wide Virtual Paralegal Service
Steve Muehler, a Registered Paralegal Member of the American Bar Association (ABA #05479183), today announced the Launch of the Largest Known Service Line of any know Virtual Paralegal Company in the Nation. - June 05, 2021 - Steve Muehler
VA Title Company Answer Questions Asked About Mechanics Liens
Mathis Title Company, a VA title company, has released an article that answers the most frequently asked questions about mechanics liens. The article focuses on explaining some of the most important questions that are asked about mechanics liens. - May 30, 2021 - Mathis Title Company
Henderson Franklin Welcomes Litigation Attorney Robert White
Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., is pleased to announce that Robert V. White has joined the firm as an associate in the Tort and Insurance Litigation Department. His niche is representing insureds involved in motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, and construction defect matters. - May 26, 2021 - Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A.
J. Quinn Consulting Highlights Challenges to Trauma Survivors of Catastrophic Injuries During National Trauma Awareness Month
As we recognize National Trauma Awareness Month and Trauma Survivors Day on May 19, 2021, J. Quinn Consulting LLC, a Nurse Life Care Planning consulting firm, encourages increased education and understanding about the many challenges that trauma survivors of catastrophic injuries face. A... - May 23, 2021 - J. Quinn Consulting
Steve Muehler – Paralegal – Now Offering Immigration Law Assistance & Immigration Pro Bono Services
Steve Muehler, a Registered Paralegal Member of the American Bar Association (ABA #05479183), today announced that the Firm has begun offering a wide range of Immigration Law Services, including Pro Bono Services. - May 22, 2021 - Steve Muehler
Zen Law Solicitors Online Injury Portal for Litigants in Person
A cursory view of the guidance issued to LiP’s appears very detailed and, in the view, not conducive to simplifying the process. For example, there is very little guidance on how to deal with the compensating insurer in situations where liability may be denied or where the compensating insurer raises the issue of Causation – that is, even if they accept their insured caused the accident, they contend that it was of insufficient severity to have caused any injury. - May 21, 2021 - Zen Law Solicitors
Zen Law Solicitors Employers / Occupiers / Public Liability Small Claims Limit
Public liability applies to public areas and spaces like parks and leisure centres. These are usually managed by the council if you get injured in a public area. - May 21, 2021 - Zen Law Solicitors
Attorney Aaron Parnas Joins Florida Justice Center Board of Directors
Florida Justice Center, the state’s only criminal legal aid organization, announced today the addition of attorney Aaron Parnas to its Board of Directors. Mr. Parnas joins FLJC after serving as a pro bono attorney and as an advocate for the disenfranchised and marginalized. Bringing a passion... - May 20, 2021 - Florida Justice Center
Steve Muehler – Paralegal – Global Mergers & Acquisitions Investment Banking, Advisory & Paralegal Services
Steve Muehler, a Registered Paralegal Member of the American Bar Association (ABA #05479183), today announced that the rapidly growing private practice Paralegal Company has introduced the Nations Only “Global Mergers & Acquisitions Investment Banking, Advisory & Paralegal Services” division. - May 20, 2021 - Steve Muehler
Aberdeen Advisors Welcomes Jud Parker to Its Mergers & Acquisitions Team
Former Business Owner and Private Banker, Jud Parker, Joins Aberdeen Advisors' Mergers & Acquisitions Team - May 18, 2021 - Aberdeen Advisors, Inc.
AIPPI Releases Position Paper on TRIPS Agreement COVID-19 Waiver
The Standing Committees on TRIPS and Pharma at the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle - AIPPI), today released an AIPPI Bureau approved position paper on the waiver for certain provisions of the TRIPS agreement for the prevention, containment and treatment of COVID-19 proposed by some countries within the WTO. - May 16, 2021 - AIPPI
Zen Law Solicitors Road Traffic Accident Small Claims Limit Increase
The increase in the road traffic accident claim limit is part of a package of reforms announced in the Civil Liability Act 2018. Among the reforms is a new online portal through which all RTA claims will be managed - removing the opportunity for claimants to instruct legal representation. - May 14, 2021 - Zen Law Solicitors
Farmers Group Inc. Sued by Alleged Victims of California Fire
A 90 year-old widow and her daughter, alleged victims of the Camp fire in Paradise, California, have filed a lawsuit against Farmers Insurance and Gordon Rees Scully and Mansukhani for allegedly trying to prevent their chosen attorney from representing them. - May 13, 2021 - William D. McCann, Esquire
Hickman Discussed Legal Concerns Facing Social Media Influencer Endorsements
Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., is pleased to announce that intellectual property lawyer Luca Hickman spoke for The Florida Bar’s Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section webcast “Entertainment in the Digital Age: The Legal World in the Virtual Space,” which aired... - May 13, 2021 - Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A.
Steve Muehler, Paralegal – Now Offering Securities Compliance to Nanocap & Microcap Companies.
Steve Muehler, a Registered Paralegal Member of the American Bar Association (ABA #05479183), today announced that the Firm will begin offering third-party “Securities Compliance” services to Nanocap & Microcap Companies conducting Private Placements, ICO’s, or Mini-IPO’s pursuant to Regulation A+. - May 08, 2021 - Steve Muehler
Rabbi Anchelle Perl: Open Letter to the Juvenile Charged with Painting Swastikas on Port Washington School
The following is an open letter by Rabbi Anchelle Perl to the Juvenile Charged with Painting Swastikas on Port Washington School: "Dear Young Person: No doubt you are learning very quickly the seriousness of your reprehensible and hateful act of anti-Semitism. You will come to understand the... - May 06, 2021 - Chabad of Mineola
RMI Proudly Featured on Cover of Industry Leader Publication, PEO Insider Magazine
Resource Management, Inc. (RMI) is featured on the April cover of the National Professional Employer Organization, formally known as NAPEO’s PEO Insider Magazine. - April 30, 2021 - Resource Management, Inc.
Skopos.AI Selected as the Only Dutch Start-Up to Participate in Lefebvre – Lightspeed Accelerator Program
Last Friday (23/04/2021) Skopos.AI was selected as the Dutch startup to join the Lightspeed accelerator program by the jury members Inger van der Stok, Sander de Groot, Esther van Doesburg, Saskia Smeele and Mathieu Bouillon. Lightspeed is the world’s first accelerator focused on legal and legal-focused startups in France, Spain, The Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Belgium, and Luxembourg. - April 30, 2021 - Skopos.AI
Henderson Franklin Welcomes Real Estate Attorney Adam Bleggi
The law firm of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., is pleased to announce that Adam Bleggi has joined the firm’s Real Estate Department. He will be based in the firm’s Bonita Springs office alongside long-time referral source John Spear who shares: “Without exception,... - April 29, 2021 - Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A.
Post-COVID-19 Remote Working is Key to Law Firm Recruitment and Retention
The Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) released its latest white paper from author Zuzana Geremes, MSLA. Through her analysis of various studies and her extensive research, she asserts that a strong recruitment and retention tool for law firms is allowing employees the potential to work remotely. - April 28, 2021 - Association of Legal Administrators
Steve Muehler – Paralegal – Now Offering Veterans Disability Claims Assistance
Steve Muehler, a Registered Paralegal Member of the American Bar Association (ABA #05479183), today announced that the Firm has begun offering Legal Document Preparation Assistance for all Veterans seeking “Veterans Disability.” - April 27, 2021 - Steve Muehler
Patrick Henry College Ranks Third in Collegiate Mock Trial Among the Nation’s Top Colleges and Universities
The Patrick Henry College Mock Trial program placed third overall in the nation at the 2021 American Mock Trial Association’s (AMTA) National Championship Tournament, missing out on the championship final round by a solitary ballot. More than 6,500 students in 650 teams began the season in... - April 26, 2021 - Patrick Henry College
Iman Zekri to Serve on a Florida Bar Committee to Ensure Adequate Education for Future Lawyers
In order to instill public trust and confidence in the legal system, it is essential that law schools provide the level of quality education and practical experience they need to take on The Florida Bar exam and tackle the turbulent practice of law. Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., is... - April 25, 2021 - Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A.
Carlos Kelly Named Chair of Henderson Franklin’s Business Litigation Department
Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., is pleased to announce that stockholder Carlos Kelly has been named chair of the Business Litigation Department. He succeeds Douglas Szabo, who will assume the role of Henderson Franklin’s managing stockholder in May. Szabo shares: “I have... - April 24, 2021 - Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A.
Hiring Demand for Lawyers in Singapore Resumes
Insights from Ethos BeathChapman’s 2021 Singapore Legal salary report. - April 21, 2021 - Ethos BeathChapman
Kahana Feld Welcomes Two Litigation Attorneys, Sharde Marks in Houston, TX, and David Leyva in Oakland, CA
Ms. Sharde Marks, Esq., and Mr. David Leyva, Esq., have joined Kahana Feld as attorneys in the firm’s Houston, Texas office and Oakland, California office, respectively. Both attorneys bring substantial litigation experience and will contribute to the firm’s insurance defense practices... - April 19, 2021 - Kahana Feld
Henderson Franklin Welcomes Stetson Law Graduate Steven Gendreau
Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., is pleased to announce that Steven Gendreau has joined the firm as an associate in the Tort & Insurance Litigation Department. He will handle insurance defense claims involving premises liability, automobile, and personal injury matters. Gendreau... - April 18, 2021 - Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A.
Albany Law School Exceeds Campaign Goal Early
Total giving to Albany Law School’s We Rise Together campaign has reached nearly $32 million, eclipsing the $30 million goal four months early. We Rise Together: The Campaign for Albany Law School launched on January 17, 2019 when President and Dean Alicia Ouellette ’94 announced an... - April 16, 2021 - Albany Law School
Steve Muehler – Bail Bonds Opening Delayed to Summer of 2021
Steve Muehler announced today that the Spring Launch of “Steve Muehler – Bail Bonds & Immigration Bonds” will be delayed until the Early Summer of 2021. - April 16, 2021 - Steve Muehler
Celine Atallah is Honored by the Top 100 Registry as the Attorney of the Year in the State of Massachusetts and is Due to be Featured in the Top 100 Lawyers Magazine
Celine Atallah, Founder of Atallah Law Group, is a highly distinguished attorney focusing on personal injury law, immigration law, real estate law, divorce and family matters, as well as wills, trusts and estates. She is being honored in the second quarter of 2021 as their Attorney of the Year in the State of Massachusetts. - April 15, 2021 - Top100 Registry Inc.
Christopher B. Dolan is Named 2021 Attorney of the Year in the State of California, and is Due to be Featured on the Front Cover of Top 100 Lawyers Magazine's Q1 Edition
Christopher Dolan is featured on the front cover of Top 100 Registry's quarterly Top 100 Lawyers publication. Christopher is the Founder and Chief Legal Counsel of the Dolan Law Firm, in San Francisco, California. Mr. Dolan has spearheaded significant and challenging lawsuits filed in California state and federal courts against insurance companies, Fortune 500 companies, cities, other public agencies, and product manufacturers. - April 14, 2021 - Top100 Registry Inc.
Joseph McPeak, an Attorney at Red Metric Law, Debunks the Common Myth That a DUI Stays on Your Driving Record for 10 Years
Senior attorney from Red Metric Law releases a new video on YouTube discussing myths associated with DUI convictions. Red Metric is a Bay Area criminal defense law firm with offices in Hayward, Oakland, San Jose, Manteca, and Walnut Creek. - April 14, 2021 - Red Metric Law
Monica Schmucker Elected President of Fort Myers Beach Woman’s Club
The law firm of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., is pleased to announce that litigation attorney Monica Schmucker has been elected President of Fort Myers Beach Woman’s Club. As described on www.fmb-wc.org, “the mission of the Woman’s Club is to support educational... - April 10, 2021 - Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A.
New Business Management Book "Managing Generation Z" Gives Expert Advice on Getting the Most from the Next Generation of Workers
The new business book "Managing Generation Z" gives supervisors, managers and executives expert advice in training, retaining and succeeding with Generation Z, the newest age cohort in the workforce. - April 06, 2021 - Linden Publishing