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Mississippi Supreme Court Confirms Summary Judgment Based on Requests for Admissions
Mississippi Supreme Court Confirms Summary Judgment Based on Requests for Admissions
As previously reported here, the Mississippi Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for the firm’s client in the case of Dillon v. PiCo, a trucking case involving a catastrophic injury. Kathryn Breard Platt of our Mississippi office obtained the judgment after the…
Summary Judgment Quieting Title Granted Despite Multiple Oppositions and Request for Continuance
Summary Judgment Quieting Title Granted Despite Multiple Oppositions and Request for Continuance
In a rather unusual suit involving six defendants and three separate lots, the Firm’s Lafayette Office was successful in quieting title to the property subject only to our client’s first-priority mortgage. The Court granted summary judgment despite multiple oppositions and…
Lafayette Attorney Steven Bucher Appointed to Vice-Chair to the ABA’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice’s Cybersecurity and Data Privacy General Committee
Lafayette Attorney Steven Bucher Appointed to Vice-Chair to the ABA’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice’s Cybersecurity and Data Privacy General Committee
Lafayette attorney Steven Bucher was recently appointed to Vice-Chair to the ABA’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice’s Cybersecurity and Data Privacy General Committee for the 2018-2019 term. Steven’s practice focuses on representing companies of all shapes and sizes in civil…
Steven Bucher and David Moragas To Present at LA Claims Association Annual Conference on Cyber Law
Steven Bucher and David Moragas To Present at LA Claims Association Annual Conference on Cyber Law
Louisiana attroneys Steven Bucher and David Moragas will present at the Louisiana Claims Association Annual Conference on Friday, June 8th, 2018. Their presentation will cover, “Managing Risk on a Rapidly Evolving Landscape” and take place from 9:30am-10:30am. To learn more,…
Potential for Damages, Fees, and Costs Leads to Subordination Agreement in Favor of Client
Potential for Damages, Fees, and Costs Leads to Subordination Agreement in Favor of Client
The Firm’s Lafayette Office was asked to resolve a dispute between the client, a major financial institution, and another mortgage holder. The dispute arose from the mortgages, which were executed and recorded on the same day, being mistakenly recorded in…
Flood Protection Authority-East’s First Edition of New Quarterly Newsletter
Flood Protection Authority-East’s First Edition of New Quarterly Newsletter
The Flood Protection Authority will be bringing you news and information about our critical, state-of-the-art flood defense system and the team that manages, operates and maintains that system through future newsletters and other publications. To view the newsletter, please follow…
Minors’ Mortgages Cancelled via Summary Judgment
Minors’ Mortgages Cancelled via Summary Judgment
The Firm’s Lafayette Office successfully cancelled two separate minors’ mortgages that primed the client’s mortgage and prevented foreclosure. Although the opposing parties were uncooperative, summary judgment was granted in the client’s favor following extensive evidence being presented to the Court…
Last Minute Challenge to Foreclosure by Executory Process Defeated by Oral Argument Only
Last Minute Challenge to Foreclosure by Executory Process Defeated by Oral Argument Only
Pursuant to a last minute request for counsel by a major financial institution, the Firm’s Lafayette Office successfully defended against a property owner’s petition for injunctive relief. The property owner alleged that the client’s mortgage was not an authentic act…
Alabama Attorney Resolves Client’s Title Defect and Avoids Potential of Costly Litigation
Alabama Attorney Resolves Client’s Title Defect and Avoids Potential of Costly Litigation
George Gaston of the firm’s Mobile office resolved a client mortgage lender’s title defect without the necessity of filing potentially drawn-out and costly litigation. The matter concerned a defect with the client’s mortgage. At the time the mortgage was recorded,…
Houston Attorney Kelly Hartmann Named Super Lawyers Rising Star 2018
Houston Attorney Kelly Hartmann Named Super Lawyers Rising Star 2018
For the eighth year in a row, Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr, and Smith is pleased to announce Kelly Hartmann has been named a Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star 2018. Super Lawyers selects attorneys using a patented multiphase selection process. Peer…
Tidings of Comfort and Custody: Navigating the Holidays After Divorce
Tidings of Comfort and Custody: Navigating the Holidays After Divorce
For some, the holiday season is a time of comfort and joy: holiday-card-picture perfect families with traditions, smiles, and laughter. Other parents are threading the needle carefully, and for those who are separated or divorced, the holidays are accompanied by…
Galloway Achieves Summary Judgment for First Party Case in Fort Lauderdale
Galloway Achieves Summary Judgment for First Party Case in Fort Lauderdale
Edward Krakauer, an attorney in the Fort Lauderdale office of Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith, won a motion for summary judgment in a complex first party residential case. With sophisticated representation, the Galloway team achieved another positive outcome on…
Galloway Prevails in Lafayette Workers’ Compensation Case
Galloway Prevails in Lafayette Workers’ Compensation Case
Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith has prevailed on a complete defense verdict in a workers’ compensation case in Lafayette, Louisiana. Jason Wilson and Jared Nelson secured the dismissal with prejudice. With experience and expertise, Galloway handles complex employment law…
Professionalism and Ethics in an AI-Driven World
Professionalism and Ethics in an AI-Driven World
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become increasingly embedded in legal practice and business operations with the intensified implementation of generative AI tools and in-house, proprietary language learning models. The legal profession, in turn, faces new challenges and opportunities in upholding high…
Galloway Secures Win in Texas Oil & Gas Trial
Galloway Secures Win in Texas Oil & Gas Trial
Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith secured a positive outcome in a five day jury trial in Harris County, Texas. Mark “Tiger” Pharr and Jordan White, both in the firm’s Dallas office, successfully represented their client in a complex product…
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