As a lawyer in Atlanta that deals with car accidents, I speak with many clients that have been injured in Georgia car accidents and the clients that assumed in the early going that the insurance company for the driver that hit them will pay for their medical care, only to be rudely surprised when the time came for the bills to be paid. A year or two back, Anderson Cooper did a very nice investigative piece on dealing with Allstate insurance that teaches good lessons on how to deal ...
July 3, 2009 06:27 pm
The Atlanta based home builder, Beazer Homes USA Inc. settled a qui tam suit involving mortgage fraud with Federally insured mortgages. Beazer Homes USA has agreed to pay $50,000,0000 to the United States to be shared with victimized private homeowners, to resolve the False Claims Act allegations. According to published reports by the DOJ, the Builder's mortgage company made Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insured mortgage loans for the purchase of homes built by the Builder and both ...
July 3, 2009 10:02 am
The Atlanta based home builder, Beazer Homes USA Inc. settled a qui tam suit involving mortgage fraud with Federally insured mortgages. Beazer Homes USA has agreed to pay $50,000,0000 to the United States to be shared with victimized private homeowners, to resolve allegation. According to published reports by the DOJ, the Builder's mortgage company made Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insured mortgage loans for the purchase of homes built by the Builder and both companies fraudulently and ...
July 3, 2009 03:08 am

Client Criticizes Her Own Lawyer on Twitter

(South Carolina Family Law Blog)
... In case you aren't familiar with Mr. Kessler, he is a very well-known family law attorney in Atlanta, Georgia, and he is generally regarded as an outstanding ... the following to her 19,305 followers on Twitter: "My lawyer = horrible. Need the name/number of a good one in Atlanta." What makes this even worse is that the tweet was sent just ... yourself or even damaging your case. Sources: "Client Trashes Her Celebrity Lawyer on Twitter" by Molly McDonough, published at ABA Journal.comLaw News Now; and ...
July 2, 2009 10:02 pm

Georgia Supreme Court nominees

(Atlanta Injury Law " Civil Litigation Blog)
... III - State Court Chief Judge; Henry County - Rocco E. Testani - Partner, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan; Atlanta, who has recently worked on litigation in which the Governor has been involved. - Stephen Louis A. Dillard - Of Counsel, ... in Atlanta, Georgia who has been listed among the "Legal Elite" (Georgia Trend Magazine), as a "Super Lawyer" (Atlanta Magazine), and in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (Martindale). He is a Certified Civil Trial Advocate of the National Board of Trial ...
July 2, 2009 05:51 pm

Burns can be the most painful injuries

(Atlanta Injury Law " Civil Litigation Blog)
... the same scale. There are no words to describe that pain. Only screams from the depth of the soul can express it. In the Atlanta region, the Grady Burn Center is the place to go for expert treatment of burns. For burn victims and their families, the ... , Georgia who has been listed among the "Legal Elite" (Georgia Trend Magazine), as a "Super Lawyer" (Atlanta Magazine), and in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (Martindale). He is a Certified Civil Trial Advocate of the National Board of Trial ...
July 2, 2009 05:38 pm

Four people burn to death in crash on I-75 near Valdosta

(Atlanta Injury Law " Civil Litigation Blog)
... that pain. On a pain scale from 0 to 10, it rates about 10,000. Ken Shigley is a trial attorney in Atlanta, Georgia who has been listed as a "Super Lawyer" (Atlanta Magazine), among the "Legal Elite" (Georgia Trend Magazine), and in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (Martindale), and is a Certified Civil Trial Advocate of the National Board of Trial Advocacy,. Mr. Shigley has extensive experience representing parties in trucking and ...
July 2, 2009 04:23 pm
... a construction zone at excessive speeds, it creates dangerous conditions not just for motorists, but also for workers on a highway. Slowing down during rush hour can seem like an inconvenience, but the more carefully people drive on I-85, the fewer delays and highway closures resulting from accidents like this one, and the quicker work can be completed. The Atlanta motorcycle accident attorneys at the Katz Law Firm represent victims who have been injured in motorcycle accidents across Georgia.
July 2, 2009 10:50 am
... arbitration simply because litigation costs would make those claims economically non-viable. According to attorney Craig T. Jones of the Atlanta law firm of Page Perry, which practices primarily in the investment fraud arena, "arbitration can be a useful and ... decide on a case-by-case basis whether it is best for that particular client to sue or go to arbitration." Page Perry's lawyers are experienced at both litigation and arbitration, and says Jones, "we would love to have the freedom to choose ...
July 2, 2009 10:14 am
... accident. On Wednesday, a Cobb County jury awarded the man and his wife $1.5 million for injuries. The Atlanta Journal Constitution has the story. The complaint alleged that Larry Reece, 58, was at the Marietta store when a stack of plywood ... against Home Depot in the past. Pate & Brody is an accomplished Georgia law firm with offices in Atlanta, Macon and Madison. Our lawyers are dedicated to pursuing justice for crime victims, people who have been defrauded by deceptive business practices, ...
July 2, 2009 08:27 am

Fatal wreck on Taylor's Ridge in Chattooga County

(Atlanta Injury Law " Civil Litigation Blog)
... to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga. The cause of the crash was not reported. Ken Shigley is a trial attorney in Atlanta, Georgia who has been listed as a "Super Lawyer" (Atlanta Magazine), among the "Legal Elite" (Georgia Trend Magazine), and in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (Martindale), and is a Certified Civil Trial Advocate of the National Board of Trial Advocacy,. Mr. Shigley has extensive experience representing parties in ...
July 1, 2009 02:05 pm

Short list for Georgia Supreme Court appointment

(Georgia Truck Accident Attorney Blog)
... Supreme Court of Georgia. I went into that process expecting nothing, and was not disappointed. Congratulations to the eight judges and lawyers who did make the short list, from which Governor Perdue will select one new member of the Supreme Court. I wish ... . Studdard III - State Court Chief Judge; Henry County - Rocco E. Testani - Partner, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan; Atlanta After that brief interruption, I'm back to vigorously representing catastrophically injured people and their families.
July 1, 2009 01:04 pm
... blog earlier this year, the company Hardin Construction Company is the same company that was involved in the construction of the pedestrian walkway at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens in December last year. Yes, the very same walkway that collapsed while concrete was being poured, ... same company has been involved in two structural collapses just a few months apart. Georgia premises liability lawyers will have to wait for weeks before we can find out exactly how this happened, but it's clear that we ...
July 1, 2009 10:47 am

"Will Practice Make Perfect Lawyers?"

(Stark County Law Library Blog)
... slightly more appetite -- for training new associates. As the National Law Journal reports, a number of firms -- most recently, 659-lawyer firm Howrey -- are moving toward an apprenticeship model, with new associates spending time attending classes and shadowing partners on ... Biddle & Reath, Dallas-based Strasberger and Price, which recently introduced apprenticeship-type programs, and Atlanta-based Ford & Harrison, whose "Year One" training program was rolled out last year. From the law ...
July 1, 2009 10:02 am

Today, I am Reviewing the Claims File from my Client’s Chapter 13

(Bankruptcy Law Network - Real Lawyers, Real Solutions)
Several years ago, the Chapter 13 trustees and the bankruptcy judges in the Northern District of Georgia added a new administrative burden to lawyers who file Chapter 13 cases in the Atlanta area. Under this local rule, within 30 days after the "bar date" for creditors to file claims, lawyers must review all of the [...]
July 1, 2009 07:56 am
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July 1, 2009 04:11 am
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June 30, 2009 08:31 pm
... they pertained to a case involving my clients who got run over by a car in Atlanta.Today was the second time this month I was lucky enough to end up on their behalf ... razors." Ahh, so that is what it has come to. Keep in mind this is a misdemeanor level City of Atlanta Court. If there are Gangstas here, it is because they got a speeding ticket ... crime. Wrong. She seems to take particular delight in dressing down Atlanta car accident lawyers and speeders alike. The entire Courtroom staff seemed to have ...
June 30, 2009 08:02 pm

I Have to Wait How Long for my Hearing Decision?

(Social Security Disability Blog)
... conversion from paper files to electronic files and they created the infrastructure to provide for video hearings. In Atlanta, where I practice, SSA created a video hearing ODAR office in Marietta, Georgia with three hearing rooms available ... themselves do not actually write the decisions - that task is assigned to "decision writers" - individuals who may be staff lawyers or paralegals who are not in attendance at the hearings but who prepare the decisions for the judges' review. Even though the ...
June 30, 2009 05:31 pm
... an accident in Atlanta, Georgia. Yesterday a portion of a concrete parking deck in downtown Atlanta collapsed near the intersection of Spring and 5th Streets, damaging or destroying 38 vehicles. The deck is a pre-fabricated, pre-cast concrete ... on top of one another after being welded into position. In a professional negligence case, the Georgia injury lawyers at Finch McCranie, LLP represented the widow of an ironworker who was killed. By working with experts who had been involved in large ...
June 30, 2009 03:03 pm
 
 

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