A ruling from Florida’s Supreme Court regarding the rates lawyers can charge on workers comp cases will pit attorney’s and workers’ rights advocates against business and insurers. The ruling, handed down last October, states that a lawyer representing an injured employee has a right to earn a “reasonable” rate for his work. Insurers and businesses say [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 5, 2009
Gibson & Behman has announced its new office on St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands. Brian Dougan, a director with Gibson & Behman and head of the firm’s Rhode Island office, will oversee the new St. Croix location, working with a team of attorneys and administrative support staff. The St. Croix office will replace the firm’s [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 30, 2009
Maryland law firms Berman, Sobin & Gross and Albertini and Darby have merged, to create Berman, Sobin, Gross, Feldman & Darby. The new firm will retain primary offices in Baltimore and Gaithersburg, but also has offices in Cockeysville, Columbia, Cumberland, Largo, Linthicum and Suitland, as well as Arlington, Virginia, and Washington, DC. The firm covers worker’s compensation, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 5, 2009
The Lakin Law Firm has been renamed LakinChapman LLC, and former Appellate Court Judge Charles Chapman will join Brad Lakin as a named minority partner in the Wood River, Illinois firm. Chapman, 66, was a Madison County circuit judge from 1979 to 1988, when he has elected to the 5th District Appellate Court in Mount Vernon. Following [...]
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Monday, March 2, 2009
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