The Cornell Law Forum featured SDSBS attorney and Cornell alumnus (1976) Greg Barnhart in its “Profiles” published in the spring of 2014. The subject of the profile was “Taking on Corporate Defendants in the Ultimate Game.” Mr. Barnhart joined SDSBS in 1978, shortly after graduation from Cornell Law School. In […]
Karen Terry was featured in the Palm Beach County, Florida, edition of Attorney at Law Magazine in an article titled “Attorneys to Watch in 2014.” In an interview for the article, Ms. Terry, who practices personal injury law, stated, “I am in a unique practice area. All I do, 100 […]
Chris Searcy was recently elected to the International Academy of Trial Lawyers Foundation’s Board of Trustees. Mr. Searcy will serve a three-year term beginning in 2014. The purpose of the Foundation is to promote reform in law, facilitate the administration of justice, and cultivate the science of jurisprudence. Mr. Searcy […]
Report Reveals Underbelly of Traveling Entertainment Companies Summer is here, and that means apple pie, baseball and hot dogs are in the hot and humid air. The sun-filled season also means a traveling fair soon will be coming to a town near you. The amusement rides, carnival games and honky-tonk […]
I often have clients ask me before trial whether I will be able to “select” their jury. This question usually stems from the phrase we hear often on television and elsewhere pertaining to “jury selection.” In reality, no attorney is able to hand pick jurors that he wants for his […]
Do you feel like a Facebook freak? A Pinterest pariah? A Twitter tool? You’re not alone. Many social-media users are finding their online habits have a digital-drug-like effect on their lives. While some quit cold-turkey, like Jason Thibeault, senior director of marketing strategy at Limelight Networks, others slowly wean themselves […]
Earlier this week, a Missouri appeals court issued an opinion that will hopefully have a significant impact on ongoing litigation against the manufacturers of metoclopramide, the generic version of Reglan. In this latest case, the appeals court found that plaintiffs Franzman and Niceley, both of whom suffered tardive dyskinesia after […]
Community Health Systems, which operates more than 200 hospitals nationwide, announced earlier that hackers had breached their security system and gained access to the confidential records of 4.5 million patients who had been treated at their facilities over the last five years. Included in the confidential information now in the […]
I’m proud to be an American and I’m proud to be a trial lawyer. Like many Americans, I can’t bear watching the talking heads on the 24 hour news networks. I find their rhetoric divisive and shaped completely by their own worldview, no matter what they are debating, with no […]
Despite living in Florida for 24 years, it is still odd for me to see Back-to-School ads in July. Having grown up in New York, where the school year begins after Labor Day, it still seems like everyone should be enjoying a summer vacation. Yesterday was the first day of […]
