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Gardere Announces Steve Good’s Re-Election as Managing Partner
DALLAS – Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is pleased to announce that Steve Good has been re-elected to continue his role as Managing Partner through February 2017.
In a partnership meeting on August 5, Gardere’s partners voted to extend Mr. Good’s term. Gardere’s Management Committee unanimously recommended that its partners should vote to waive a provision in the Firm’s partnership agreement limiting Mr. Good to two five-year terms as Managing Partner,…
Ortiz & Schick Announce New Partner
RALEIGH, NC, August 12, 2010 - Ortiz & Schick is excited to announce that attorney Heather E. Carpenter has accepted an invitation to become a partner in the firm. Heather has been with the firm since its formation in 2006, having practiced with Michael Ortiz and John-Paul Schick at a prior law firm since 2002. Specializing in complex business litigation, surety law, corporate formation and maintenance, and commercial real estate,…
Jackson Walker Partner Receives Promethean Award
HOUSTON – Jackson Walker partner Randy Farber recently received the Promethean Award from the Texas Rehabilitation Association.
The Promethean Award is given to a person with a disability who has demonstrated self-motivation and personal courage in overcoming the disability beyond the assistance provided by any public service or private helping service agency. The Texas Rehabilitation Association is an organization dedicated to promoting quality rehabilitation services and the profession of rehabilitation, as…
‘Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 41 Gardere Attorneys
Austin/Dallas/Houston – Forty-one lawyers from the Austin, Dallas and Houston offices of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, one of the Southwest’s largest full-service law firms, have been honored among 2011’s “Best Lawyers in America.”
Published by Woodward/White Inc., “Best Lawyers in America” is widely regarded as the most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession. Attorneys are selected following a rigorous process in which thousands of the country’s top lawyers confidentially evaluate…
Jackson Walker Partner Named “Best in Client Satisfaction Wealth Manager”
DALLAS – Jackson Walker partner Michael Kaufman has been named a “2010 Five Star: Best in Client Satisfaction Wealth Manager” by Crescendo Business Services.
Crescendo Business Services conducted a survey where it asked high net-worth consumers and financial service professionals to evaluate wealth managers in the Dallas area. Fewer than seven percent of the wealth managers in the D-FW area were selected.
Mr. Kaufman practices in the areas of estate…
National Society of Hispanic MBAs Names Jackson Walker
DALLAS –Jackson Walker and the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) are pleased to announce that Jackson Walker has been selected as NSHMBA’s National General Counsel.
William Hornberger of Jackson Walker will serve as the outside General Counsel to NSHMBA to work on such legal matters as the Chief Executive Officer and the National Board direct. “We’re honored that NSHMBA selected our firm to serve as its outside counsel,” said Mr.…
Suffering from Pain After Knee Replacement Surgery? It May Have Become Loose
On March 11, 2010, several orthopedic surgeons participated in a discussion concerning a study on the failure rate of a certain type of knee replacement. The knee replacement is described as cementless. Knee replacements using cement use the cement to bond the thigh bone to the part of the knee replacement that bends. The drawback of knee replacements that use cement is the risk of the cement breaking down and…
McKool Smith Helps City of San Diego Win $21.2 Million in Hotel Tax Battle
SAN DIEGO – The law firm of McKool Smith represented the City of San Diego in an administrative hearing that resulted in a $21.2 million award against a group of online travel companies accused of failing to properly remit millions of dollars in hotel occupancy taxes.
The ruling, which was made public by the defendants in a related case, supports the position of more than 275 other municipalities and governmental entities…
Jackson Walker Welcomes Randel Young
HOUSTON – Jackson Walker is pleased to welcome partner Randel Young to the firm’s Houston office.
Mr. Young has almost 30 years’ experience in the energy, natural resource and electric power and related service sectors, with an emphasis on structuring, negotiating and documenting oil and gas, natural resource and other projects and transactions. Mr. Young’s practice is focused on U.S. and international project development and project finance transactions, U.S. and…
Gardere Hosts ‘Take Your Child To Work Day’
Dallas/Houston – Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, one of the Southwest’s largest full-service law firms, hosted approximately 75 junior staffers on July 23, as part of the firm’s 14th annual celebration of Take Your Child to Work Day.
The event, held in the firm’s Dallas and Houston offices, gave children between the ages of 8 and 18 the chance to spend the day at work with their parents, socializing with attorneys over…
Jackson Walker Welcomes Michael W. Wood
HOUSTON – Jackson Walker is pleased to welcome new partner Michael W. Wood to the Corporate/Energy group in the Houston office.
As an attorney in private practice, Mr. Wood has handled several billion dollars of commercial transactions involving corporate reorganizations, acquisitions and debt restructuring. He focuses on all phases of project development, including contract negotiation, financing and development, and restructuring of debt with financial institutions. He has represented developers, lenders and…
BLUE CAMPAIGN SOLUTIONS ANNOUNCES NEW CALLTIME PRO 3.0
New Features and Improved Interface Make Calltime Pro Even Better Investment for Campaigns
Today Blue Campaign Solutions announced the release of version 3.0 of its flagship fundraising product Calltime Pro. First released in 2007, Calltime Pro helps campaigns manage existing donors, target new donors, manage reporting and more. Calltime Pro version 3.0 introduces a range of new features such as paper-free call-time and call-time from iPhones and Android phones.…
StenoCentral Announces Integration with ReporterBase
StenoCentral Inc., the company that is bringing innovative software solutions to staffing in the court reporting industry with their web-based business application, announced today that they have added a feature to their job posting capabilities which includes integration with OMTI’s court reporting management software suite, ReporterBase. ReporterBase users can now use data that is exported from their own system and seamlessly import it into StenoCentral to create court reporting…
Server Intellect Excels in the Cloud with Microsoft’s Virtualization Competency …
ORLANDO, FL. 7/21/2010 - Server Intellect serverintellect.com obtained the Microsoft Virtualization Competency expanding its ever-growing base of Microsoft competencies focused around Cloud Based Server Solutions.
The Microsoft Virtualization Competency assures customers that Server Intellect has the skills needed to build enterprise-class Virtualization and Cloud Server Solutions based on products such as Windows Server Hyper-V technology, Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Microsoft application virtualization, Microsoft enterprise desktop virtualization, and Microsoft virtual…
Unique Opportunity to Make a Difference: Help the Youth of Rural Guatemala Becom …
Anyone Can Help, and a Little Bit Goes a Long Way to Help 50 Young Mayans Pursue an Education and Rise from Poverty, Says Roots & Wings International
Spokane, WA, July 21, 2010 – Manuela Lopez is one of four children of a day laborer in the coffee-growing Guatemalan community of Pasac, Solola, one of the poorest areas in one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Her father earns the…
Jackson Walker Partners Selected for ‘Chambers’ Guide
DALLAS – Three Jackson Walker partners were selected for inclusion in the 2010 edition of the prestigious Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business guide.
The Chambers guide identifies leading lawyers and law firms through interviews with thousands of lawyers across the U.S. and their clients. The criteria for selection in the guide include recommendations by clients, the attorney’s visibility in his or her area of law, and the volume,…
Shawn O'Brien Joins Jackson Walker
HOUSTON – Jackson Walker proudly welcomes Shawn R. O'Brien to its Houston office as a tax partner.
Mr. O'Brien advises clients in all types of federal and state tax issues. Mr. O'Brien regularly represents clients in civil and criminal tax controversies and litigation.
He is an advocate for his clients in trial and appellate litigation on multi-industry tax issues. Mr. O'Brien also advises and represents clients seeking federal and state tax…
Chambers USA Expands Rankings for Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC
Dallas, TX--Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business has expanded its recognition of Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC in its 2010 rankings. In addition to its Commercial Litigation practice, Chambers has added KRCL's Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice. Chambers has also recognized additional KRCL attorneys as leaders in commercial litigation, bankruptcy, real estate and employment.
Adding the Firm's Bankruptcy and Restructuring group to the rankings, Chambers' research determined that:
The…
DSS leading ICE 8 NG9-1-1 Recording and Logging Interoperability Tests
Southfield, MI – DSS Corporation (dispatchimprovement.com), having successfully completed NG9-1-1 interoperability testing with 17 other vendors at NENA’s second Industry Collaboration Event (ICE 2), is now preparing to test its Equature® NG9-1-1 recording solution in ICE 8 – an event that is focused specifically on Recording and Logging interfaces. The tests will begin on June 7, 2010, and span a period of 7 months, with a new phase of tests…
McKool Smith Earns Midsize Hot List Honor for Second Year in a Row
DALLAS – The law firm of McKool Smith has earned its second consecutive selection to the Midsize Hot List, a compilation of the top law firms in the U.S. with 50-150 attorneys.
The exclusive annual list published by The National Law Journal includes only 20 firms from across the nation, and McKool Smith is one of only two firms to earn selection for the second year in a row.
“There are many,…
Kimberley Neeson Nominated for RBC Canadian Woman Entrepreneur Award
Toronto, ON (Canada) – For the second consecutive year, Kimberley Neeson, President of Neeson & Associates Court Reporting and Captioning Inc., has been nominated to the prestigious RBC Canadian Woman Entrepreneur Awards in the category of The Bell Trailblazer Award. This year’s nomination is made even more special by the fact that Bell Canada itself asked Ms. Neeson if they could put her forward as a contender in this…
ATTORNEY ANDREW WEINSTEIN RE-ELECTED TO THE FLORIDA JUSTICE ASSOCIATION BOARD OF …
CORAL SPRINGS, FL. - The Weinstein Law Firm is pleased to announce that the members of the Florida Justice Association have re-elected attorney and managing partner Andrew Weinstein to its Board of Directors. The FJA is the premier trial lawyer organization in the state of Florida. As a member of the board, Mr. Weinstein will assist in setting policy for the organization, act as an advocate for pertinent issues with…
Millions of Seniors Prevented from a Better Quality of Life Due to Fear of Chang …
In the current economic climate, seniors may still be postponing selecting or moving to long term care (whether in-home or in a residence). Although the housing crisis has placed senior housing options out of reach for many, alternatives such as home health services, assisted living, or even affordable retirement community options go unnoticed. A leading issue compounding or even superceding affordability are concerns many seniors have with moving to an…
Jackson Walker Partner Chip Babcock Named to “25 Greatest Texas Lawyers”
DALLAS – Jackson Walker partner Charles L. “Chip” Babcock was selected as one of Texas Lawyer’s “25 Greatest Texas Lawyers of the Past Quarter-Century” in a special 25th anniversary issue of the publication. The list honors practicing Texas attorneys who have made outstanding contributions within the 25 years that Texas Lawyer has been published.
The profile on Mr. Babcock describes him as “a successful First Amendment lawyer who has racked…
Four McKool Smith Principals Named to Lawdragon 500
DALLAS – McKool Smith co-founder Mike McKool and firm principals Samuel F. Baxter, Douglas Cawley and Robert A. Cote each have been named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America list.
Mr. McKool, Mr. Baxter, Mr. Cote and Mr. Cawley handle intellectual property litigation and complex commercial litigation on behalf of both plaintiff and defense clients.
The Lawdragon 500 list is the result of a research effort conducted by Lawdragon’s editorial…
The Lanier Law Firm Investigating 401(k) Retirement Plan for BP Employees
NEW YORK – The Lanier Law Firm is investigating possible legal claims related to a 401(k) retirement plan for U.S. employees of energy giant BP (NYSE: BP). The law firm believes there are potential violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) by those in charge of BP’s retirement plan, which is known as the BP Employee Savings Plan (“ESP”).
The Lanier Law Firm has maintained a prominent…
Alliance of Legal Document Assistant Professionals Announces New President, Elec …
Non-Profit Association Promotes Professional Integrity and Consumer Protection in the Delivery of Non-Attorney, Self-Help Legal Services
SACRAMENTO, CA—June 24, 2010: The Alliance of Legal Document Assistant Professionals (ALDAP), a non-profit organization established in 2007 to serve the legal document assistant (LDA) and paralegal professions, has elected its new Board of Directors for the 2010-2012 term. The Board will focus on boosting awareness of the non-attorney alternatives to access the judicial system,…
Jackson Walker Welcomes David Seidler
FORT WORTH – Jackson Walker is pleased to welcome partner David Seidler to the firm’s Fort Worth office.
His practice focuses on commercial litigation, insurance defense, and alternate dispute resolution. Since 1992, Mr. Seidler has conducted more than 1,900 mediations of federal and state court cases involving every conceivable type of dispute.
He is an immediate past Board Member of the Tarrant County Bar Association and a Founding Board Member and…
Jackson Walker Welcomes Tracey Wallace
DALLAS – Jackson Walker is pleased to welcome partner Tracey Wallace to the firm’s Dallas office.
Ms. Wallace joins the firm’s Labor and Employment group. Her practice focuses on the defense and trial of complex employment cases in federal and state courts. She represents a broad range of state, national and international clients in the full spectrum of employment and discrimination related matters. She has also drafted manuals and policies for…
Veteran Passed Away from Mesothelioma Cancer
It has been reported that a U.S. Army veteran passed away at the age of 64 from the asbestos cancer, malignant mesothelioma. He retired from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers after 25 years of service. Prior to his military career, he worked at a steel company. It is likely that his mesothelioma was caused by asbestos exposure that he encountered at the steel company and during military service.
Malignant mesothelioma…
Thompson & Knight Ranked Among Top Firms in the Nation by Chambers USA
Texas (June 17, 2010) – The global law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is proud to announce its recognition among the top 10 firms in the United States for the Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) category in the legal directory Chambers USA 2010.
The directory mentions the “extensive and high-quality oil & gas transactional practice” of the Firm and notes: “Its expertise spans exploration and production, development, upstream,…
Harold Cameron, Chief of Helping People,Consumer/Corporate Advocate and Life Coa …
Starting Monday June 28th Harold Cameron, Chief of Helping People, Consumer/Corporate Advocate and Life Coach of HaroldSays, will be back on BlogTalkRadio again broadcasting his own live talk radio show. He is going to host the, "HaroldSays" Radio Show which will be broadcast live Monday-Friday, (except national holidays), from 12 PM to 1 PM EST.
"HaroldSays" is a positive based Internet radio talk show where he and his guests will…
Mesothelioma Patient and Wife Awarded $4.5M in Asbestos Exposure Case
PHILADELPHIA - June 16, 2010 - A Philadelphia court has awarded more than $4.5 million to a mesothelioma plaintiff and his wife of 57 years. Few mesothelioma plaintiffs live long enough to hear a final verdict in their cases, making the outcome of this reverse bifurcated trial especially significant.
Waters & Kraus, LLP, and the Shein Law Center, LTD, served as plaintiff's counsel for former U.S. Navy engineman John Koeberle.…
H Texas Magazine Selects 14 Gardere Attorneys For Top Lawyers List
HOUSTON – Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is proud to announce that 14 of the firm’s attorneys have been named to H Texas magazine’s 2010 Houston’s Top Lawyers list. The list will be published in the magazine’s June issue.
Gardere attorneys on the peer-selected list are: trial partners Michael P. Cash, Jeffrey S. Davis, Amy Catherine Dinn, Thomas A. Hagemann, Marla Thompson Poirot, Peter Scaff, Samantha Trahan and T. Michael Wall; labor…
Attorney Andrew Weinstein a Featured Speaker at the Florida Personal Injury Prot …
CORAL SPRINGS, FL. - Founding partner Andrew Weinstein of the Coral Springs-based Weinstein Law Firm (weinstein-law.com) recently spoke at the Florida Personal Injury Protection Litigation Seminar, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Dania Beach. The one-day seminar provided attorneys as well as insurance claims adjusters with an update and analysis of Florida Personal Injury Protection (PIP) law, along with a discussion on how recent changes in the statute have affected…
Indianapolis Personal Injury Attorneys Young and Young Launch New Website
Indianapolis, IN June 15, 2010 --- Young and Young one of the leading consumer personal injury law firms in Indianapolis, has announced the launch of its new consumer-friendly personal injury website this week—youngandyoungin.com.
The new website is designed to help Indiana citizens learn about personal injuries, automobile and motorcycle accidents, construction site injuries, medical malpractice, and social security disability claims process, and understand the rights and protections…
Three Lash & Goldberg Attorneys Honored For Inclusion In Florida Super Lawyers 2 …
MIAMI, FL -- June 14, 2010 – Miami-based law firm Lash & Goldberg LLP announced today that partners Alan D. Lash and Martin B. Goldberg have been recognized again for inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers, a distinction conferred on only five percent of the attorneys throughout the state. In addition, senior associate Laurie E. Stern has been chosen for the second year as a Super Lawyers Rising Star. …
President Ma calls on mainland China to not block Taiwan from signing FTAs
Government Information Office
Republic of China (Taiwan)
June 9, 2010
One day after Ma Chaoxu, a spokesman for mainland China’s foreign ministry, voiced Beijing’s opposition to Taiwan signing official agreements with other countries, President Ma Ying-jeou said during an interview with the BBC on June 2 that Taiwan and mainland China are both members of the World Trade Organization (WTO), and that under WTO rules, both have the right to sign free trade…
French audiovisual authorities ban broadcasts of Al-Aqsa TV
Brussels, 10 June 2010 -- The European Foundation for Democracy (EFD) and the Coalition Against Terrorist Media (CATM) wholeheartedly applaud the decision by France’s High Audiovisual Council (CSA) ordering Eutelsat to desist immediately from broadcasting Al-Aqsa TV’s violent and hate-filled television programmes that incite hatred on grounds of race, sex, religion or nationality.
This decision comes immediately after the European Commission issued a formal warning to France to ban broadcasts…
Gardere Partner Stephen Moll Named Editor-In-Chief of LexisNexis Texas Annotated …
HOUSTON – Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP partner Stephen Moll has been named Editor-in-Chief of the LexisNexis Texas Annotated Insurance Code. Mr. Moll, a partner in the firm’s Trial section, has been a contributing editor to the publication for three years.
The Texas Annotated Insurance Code contains the complete insurance laws of Texas, featuring case annotations and expert commentary. As Editor-in-Chief, Mr. Moll will oversee the work of approximately 20 experienced insurance…
Bilzin Sumberg Partner Michael N. Kreitzer Appointed As Chairman Of The 2010 Wol …
(Miami, FL) June 09, 2010– Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP announced today that Litigation Group Chair and partner, Michael N. Kreitzer, was appointed as the new Chairman of The Wolfsonian-FIU Advisory Board. As Chairman of its Advisory Board, Mr. Kreitzer will be responsible for helping shape the Board agenda to ensure ongoing sustainability and growth of the museum.
The Wolfsonian–FIU is a museum and research center,…
EFD Praises European Commission’s Warning to France on Al-Aqsa TV
Brussels, 09 June 2010 -- The European Foundation for Democracy (EFD) and the Coalition Against Terrorist Media (CATM) today praised the European Commission for issuing a formal warning to France requesting its High Audiovisual Council (CSA) to enforce European audiovisual legislation and to cease broadcasting Al-Aqsa TV.
The French Foreign Ministry said that the “European Commission has recorded repeated violations of European legislation resulting from the content of programmes of…
Asbestos Cancer Mesothelioma can Result from Secondary Asbestos Exposure
Many people are aware that working with asbestos containing products can lead to asbestos exposure which in turn can lead to asbestos cancers such as mesothelioma and lung cancer. Fewer people are aware however that asbestos exposure can occur through secondary exposure. Secondary asbestos exposure occurs when a person is exposed to asbestos from another person who had direct contact with asbestos. The person who has been secondarily exposed can…
Gardere’s Gray Appointed Editor-In-Chief Of The Houston Lawyer
HOUSTON – Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Partner John S. Gray was recently appointed by the Houston Bar Association as Editor-in-Chief of The Houston Lawyer for the 2010-2011 bar year.
Mr. Gray was one of the Gardere Wynne Sewell lawyers recognized in December 2009 by the Burton Awards, a non-profit program run in association with the Library of Congress, when Gardere was named as one of the top 20 law firms for…
Asbestos being removed from Summerlin Road in Lee County, Florida
On May 18, 2010, a project to clean up asbestos-laden fill material from Summerlin Road was begun. The source of the asbestos is currently unknown. The discovery of asbestos delayed the clean up project by six months. The delay has been attributed to difficulties in determining the exact location and amount of asbestos.
Work site asbestos removal is necessary to prevent asbestos exposure to workers. Asbestos exposure can lead to asbestos…
Consumers Ask California Appellate Court to Reconsider Cipro Anticompetitive Rev …
Cipro users forced to overpay for medications because Bayer and Barr Laboratories agreed to keep generic equivalent from marketplace, filing states
SAN DIEGO – Attorneys representing plaintiffs who overpaid for the antibiotic Cipro are asking a California appellate court to reverse a lower court ruling that set aside antitrust claims against Bayer Corporation. The case involves the agreement Bayer made with generic competitors to prevent competition and to maintain Cipro…
Governor Gary Herbert to Keynote Provo College's Commencement Ceremony
(Provo, Utah) - May 13, 2010 – Provo College, providing degree, certification and diploma programs in Utah, announced today that Governor Gary Herbert will give the commencement address to 167 upcoming graduates and their families on Saturday, May 22nd. The ceremony will begin at 10:00 a.m. at the Provo Tabernacle in Provo, Utah.
Utah State Governor Herbert will give the commencement address. Gordon Peters, Campus President, will confer the degrees.…
Jesse Adam Markos Joins Wachler & Associates, P.C.
Royal Oak, Mich. - Jesse Adam Markos has joined Wachler & Associates, P.C. as an associate. Wachler & ASsociates Managing Partner Andrew B. Wachler made the announcement.
Markos received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Wayne State University Law School in 2008 where he served as an Assistant and Associate Editor for the Wayne Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif, an honor society for…
Amy K. Fehn Named Partner at Wachler & Associates, P.C.
Royal Oak, Mich. - March 12, 2010 - Amy K. Fehn has been named partner at Wachler & Associates, P.C. Wachler & Associates' Managing Partner Andrew B. Wachler made the announcement.
Fehn frequently writes and speaks nationally on various health law issues, including HIPAA, the Medicare RAC program, the Medicaid Integrity Program, and other regulatory matters. She and the principal of the firm, Andrew Wachler, recently co-authored articles on the…
Andrew B. Wachler Presents "RAC Preparation & Successful Appeals" at Health Care …
Royal Oak, Mich. - April 21, 2010 - Andrew B. Wachler co-presented a presentation on preparation for Recovery Audit Contractor audits and appeals at the Health Care Compliance Association's 14th Annual Compliance Institute in Dallas with Susan Emanuel, System RAC Coordinator, Catholic Healthcare West, Phoenix, AZ. The program addressed: (1) Recent developments and emerging issues related to RACs and other government audits; (2) The Medicare appeals process and successful appeal…
