There are a lot of law firms with hundreds of five-star reviews. Is there such a thing as “too many good lawyer reviews”? If you’ve spent any time looking for lawyers recently, you might have noticed something interesting: several small law firms with hundreds of five-star reviews. You’d probably expect this from one of […]
Civil lawsuits are very different from a criminal trial and they require a different sort of attorney. But what does a civil attorney do? When most people think of attorneys, they imagine the attorneys they see in the media. Legal dramas on the screen and in novels usually depict criminal attorneys prosecuting or defending […]
If you’re like most people, you purchased car insurance expecting that it would cover you in the event you were involved in an accident. While this is the ideal scenario, it is not the experience that everyone has with their auto insurance company. And when this happens, an auto insurance lawyer can prove invaluable. Here […]
Confused about who to vote as judge in Florida? Here are some of the things we like to see when voting for judges. It is that time of year again when you are asked as a voter to decide who you want to be a judge. The difficulty is that many of you have […]
What you see on a billboard regarding what a client has received for a case tells a small fraction of the story of that case. Like a contract, you must read the fine print. Even on the billboard itself, you can see in much smaller print that the recovery does not include attorney fees, costs, […]
Personal injury billboards are everywhere…but does everyone receive that much money at trial? As you’ll soon see, those personal injury billboards only tell a portion of the story. We’ve all passed a personal injury billboard on the side of the road at some point. These advertisements usually feature a smiling client (sometimes holding a […]
Stories of serious and life altering injuries have led more and more people to avoid the kind of driveway and street fireworks that were once a popular experience for families and neighborhoods. Now, the question families are asking is “where is the best fireworks show in the area and what time does it start?”
Around this time of year, accident victims have a good reason to wonder about the taxability of lost wages, along with any settlements they have been given for the recovery of injuries, damages, medical expenses, and the loss of earning potential. Here are some answers that might help.
When our firm makes reference to “board certified civil trial attorneys,” this really is an important distinction. The Florida Bar, governed by the Supreme Court of Florida, is the one and only organization that licenses attorneys in the state of Florida and allows those attorneys to practice law in our state and local courts.
In 1998, an 18-year-old Italian woman was picked up by her driving instructor, a man twice her age, driven to an isolated location, and forcefully raped. Though she reported it and the man was arrested, an appeal went all the way to the Italian Supreme Court which overturned the case alleging that because the young lady wore tight jeans, she was not the victim of rape, but the active participant in consensual sex.
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