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2018 RESERVATION OF RIGHTS - SPECIAL EDITION
IN THE NEWS
Eileen Buholtz named Chair of DRI Small Firm Initiative
Eileen E. Buholtz of Connors, Corcoran & Buholtz (Rochester, NY) has been named Chair of the Defense Research Institute’s Small Firm Initiative, which explores recruitment and retention of smaller law firms to the membership of DRI.
Anderson Crawley & Burke Founding Member Jim Anderson in “SnowVenture 2018” Fundraiser for Multiple Sclerosis Association of America
James M. Anderson of Anderson Crawley & Burke (Ridgeland, MS), who also serves on the Board of Directors of the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America, took part in an all-day fundraising event in Yellowstone National Park, riding snow-mobiles through mountain trails starting in West Yellowstone then into Idaho, to help raise over $50,000 for the MSAA.
Touchstone Bernays Attorneys named to Texas Super Lawyers®
Congratulations to Ronald W. Johnson, Mark E. Smith, R. Wayne Gordon, William C. “Rocky” Feemster, James D. Bertsch, Barton L. Ridley, Michael D. Tanner, Dawn Woelfel Hansen, and Andrew T. Fifield, all of whom have been named as 2017 Texas Super Lawyers®. Super Lawyers® are selected through a rigorous, multiphase rating process, which includes independent research and peer evaluations. These outstanding attorneys have attained success in their field, uphold all ethical standards, and are recognized by their peers for their achievements. Only 5% of the attorneys in Texas are named as Super Lawyers®.
Shafer and Glazer named to New York Super Lawyers®
Howard S. Shafer and David A. Glazer of Shafer Glazer have been selected to the 2017 New York Super Lawyers® list. No more than five percent of the lawyers in New York are selected by Super Lawyers®.
McIntosh Sawran obtains major defense verdict in $3.4M medical malpractice case
James C. Sawran and Kathleen O. King of McIntosh, Sawran & Cartaya, (Fort Lauderdale, FL) achieved a huge defense verdict in a medical malpractice claim against their clients, a surgeon and his employer. An 85-year old man claimed that the surgeon negligently perforated Plaintiff’s bowel during hernia repair surgery, with ensuing complications necessitating a second hernia surgery. The initial claim was for over $3.6 million.
The defense that the initial hernia was a result of a surgery four years earlier in Columbia, Central America, and that after plaintiff waited four years for any follow up before going to defendant surgeon (who likely saved plaintiff’s life in remedial procedures), resulted in a jury verdict in favor of defendants.
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