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Lafayette Attorney Tiger Pharr received AV Preeminent Award 2016
Lafayette Attorney Tiger Pharr received AV Preeminent Award 2016
Congratulations to Lafayette Attorney, Tiger Pharr, who received the Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent Award 2016! The attorney is ranked by their peers at the highest level of professional excellence and ethical standards. This is Tiger’s second year in a row receiving…
Atlanta Attorney Tony Jones To Speak At CLE Trucking and Transportation Regulations, Liability and Litigation
Atlanta Attorney Tony Jones To Speak At CLE Trucking and Transportation Regulations, Liability and Litigation
Tony Jones in the Atlanta office will be presenting at a CLE sponsored by the National Business Institute on Trucking and Transportation Regulations, Liability and Litigation on December 7th in Atlanta, Georgia. The seminar will be from 9:00am until 4:30pm…
Six Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr and Smith Attorneys Named to 2017 Best Lawyers® List
Six Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr and Smith Attorneys Named to 2017 Best Lawyers® List
Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr and Smith would like to recognize John Galloway, Jim Tompkins, Larry Canada, Kathleen Charvet, Joe Hassinger, and Les Pickett, who were named in The Best Lawyers in America© 2017. Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America© list are…
Pensacola Attornerys Scott Traweek and Alexis Kessler Granted First Motion to Dismiss Against Llano Financing Group, LLC
Pensacola Attornerys Scott Traweek and Alexis Kessler Granted First Motion to Dismiss Against Llano Financing Group, LLC
Galloway Johnson Attorneys, Scott Traweek and Alexis Kessler, of the firm’s Pensacola, Florida office, were granted a Motion to Dismiss with Prejudice against Llano Financing Group, LLC relating to a lawsuit filed against a Florida appraiser. Llano has initiated numerous…
Mobile Attorney George Gaston Earns Complete Defense Victory in Automobile Wrongful Repossession and Theft Case
Mobile Attorney George Gaston Earns Complete Defense Victory in Automobile Wrongful Repossession and Theft Case
George Gaston from the Mobile office won a trial in an automobile wrongful repossession case in Escambia County, Alabama. The Plaintiff sought numerous claims against the defendant repossession agent and car title loan company, including wrongful repossession and theft. The…
Tampa Attorney Autumn George Won a Complete Defense Verdict in Theft Case
Tampa Attorney Autumn George Won a Complete Defense Verdict in Theft Case
Autumn George from the Tampa office won a trial in a negligence/theft case in Charlotte County, Florida. The Plaintiff alleged the Defendant business and business owner were liable for stolen property outside the business store. Trial resulted in a complete defense…
Tampa Attorneys Phillip Howell and David Burr Earn Complete Defense Victory on Longshore Action
Tampa Attorneys Phillip Howell and David Burr Earn Complete Defense Victory on Longshore Action
Tampa attorneys Phillip Howell and David Burr obtained a complete defense victory in a 6-day final hearing of a complex and hotly contested longshore action. Claimant was seeking nearly a million dollars in damages, fees and costs from multiple claims,…
Mobile Attorney George Gaston to Present How To Cure Title Defects CLE on Nov. 30th
Mobile Attorney George Gaston to Present How To Cure Title Defects CLE on Nov. 30th
George Gaston will be presenting at a CLE seminar hosted by NBI, “How to Cure Common Title Defects” on November 30, 2016 in Mobile, AL. The seminar will be from 9am to 4:30pm and George will be presenting topics covering,…
Tampa Attorney Lee Harang Named Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite 2016
Tampa Attorney Lee Harang Named Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite 2016
Congratulations to attorney, Lee Harang, in the Tampa office who was named to Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite 2016. The Legal Elite special report appears in the July issue of Florida Trend Magazine. The list features 1,144 honorees including attorneys…
Mandeville Attorneys Doris Bobadilla and John Getty Present Wage and Hour Webinar
Mandeville Attorneys Doris Bobadilla and John Getty Present Wage and Hour Webinar
Mandeville attorneys, Doris Bobadilla and John Getty, recently presented the second in a series webinar titled, Wage and Hour 201: Handling Turbulent Waters, which addresses the new overtime rules going into effect nationally on December 1, 2016. During the presentation,…
Navigating Cognitive Bias in Corporate Counsel Negotiation and Mediation
Navigating Cognitive Bias in Corporate Counsel Negotiation and Mediation
Exploring How Bias Can Shape Decision-Making In the complex world of corporate transactions and commercial disputes, negotiation is a valuable skill for in-house counsel. Whether resolving contract issues, managing risk, or navigating settlement discussions, the ability to negotiate effectively can have a profound…
Galloway Prevails in Louisiana Hurricane Ida Commercial Insurance Case
Galloway Prevails in Louisiana Hurricane Ida Commercial Insurance Case
James Prather and Josh Dierker in Galloway’s Mandeville, Louisiana office secured a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment win in a Hurricane Ida commercial first party case. As a part of their extensive pre-trial strategy and dispositive motion practice, the Galloway…
Service Animals or Emotional Support Animals: ADA Rules for Employers
Service Animals or Emotional Support Animals: ADA Rules for Employers
More animals seem to be assisting people these days — in airports, offices, and even classrooms. Not all animals that provide help or comfort qualify as service animals under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and understanding the distinction matters…
Louisiana Defense Lawyer Roy Schroeder Joins Esteemed FDCC Membership
Louisiana Defense Lawyer Roy Schroeder Joins Esteemed FDCC Membership
Roy L. Schroeder, a Director at Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith in the firm’s Mandeville office, has been accepted as a member of the exclusive Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC). Roy joins a distinguished network of civil defense and…
Strategies for Managing Generational Differences: Autumn George and Doris Bobadilla at ACC 2025
Strategies for Managing Generational Differences: Autumn George and Doris Bobadilla at ACC 2025
Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith attorneys Autumn George and Doris Bobadilla will present at the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) 2025 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. Their session will be Monday, October 20, at 5:00 p.m. As the modern workforce…
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