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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,…
Nicole Fluet Recognized by Florida Defense Lawyers Association
Nicole Fluet Recognized by Florida Defense Lawyers Association
Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith attorney Nicole Fluet was recognized as the 2025 recipient of the Joseph P. Metzger Outstanding Achievement Award by the Florida Defense Lawyers Association. She was honored at the association’s annual Florida Liability Claims Conference in Orlando,…
Florida Rule Changes Took Effect: Everything Changes…Or Did It?
Florida Rule Changes Took Effect: Everything Changes…Or Did It?
In July 2024, our Florida team of attorneys alerted clients on significant changes to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure promulgated by the Florida Supreme Court that took effect on January 1, 2025. Galloway’s four Florida offices – Pensacola, Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, and Jacksonville – coordinated…
The EEOC’s New Employment Focus: Less DEI, More Scrutiny
The EEOC’s New Employment Focus: Less DEI, More Scrutiny
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is currently undergoing strategic reorientation under the leadership of Acting Chair Andrea R. Lucas. While enforcement priorities are being re-calibrated, the agency’s ability to implement broad policy adjustments is presently constrained by its lack…
Galloway’s Jacksonville Team Secures Summary Judgment Upholding HOA Authority
Galloway’s Jacksonville Team Secures Summary Judgment Upholding HOA Authority
Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith and its team in Jacksonville has secured a complete summary judgment victory in favor of our client, a Florida homeowners’ association, in a case involving a challenge to mandatory membership and assessment obligations. The Court…
Legal Analysis: $90M Nuclear Verdict Reversed in Texas Trucking Case
Legal Analysis: $90M Nuclear Verdict Reversed in Texas Trucking Case
The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a $90 million verdict against Werner Enterprises, thrusting the case back into the spotlight after one of the more notable “nuclear verdicts” in Texas trucking litigation in the last 10 years. The decision reestablishes…
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