Personal injury cases and subrogation

I will continue future posts related to the adoption process, but presently, I would like to highlight an area of my personal injury practice that arises in many, if not all, cases. While I have had the privilege of serving clients in slip and fall cases and other premise liability matters, many personal injury cases involve automobile collisions. Sadly, some …

Intellectual property assets: protecting your trade secrets

Are you taking the steps necessary to protect your business’s trade secrets? A type of intellectual property, trade secrets include formulas, processes, methods, or other business information kept confidential in order to maintain a competitive advantage in the market place. A trade secret can also be a secret recipe-like KFC’s “11 herbs and spices,” a mystery ingredient-like in Coca-Cola’s formula, …

The hidden costs of litigation

Some clients who seek to resolve a dispute through a lawsuit, or who find themselves engaged in the litigation process may be confronted with litigation costs of a kind that they did not anticipate before filing. Included in that list of expenses are some that may not be easy to recognize, such as costs that are financial, personal, and even …

No will, big problem?

I recently met with prospective clients who have two children over the age of 18, and no Last Will & Testament. We discussed estate planning options and at the end of the conversation the husband asked a simple question. Why do I need a Last Will & Testament if everything I own will just pass to my wife when I …