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• Safety - Protect Yourself and Your Family

  Jon Lewis | August 26, 2009 11:27 AM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL

  Our society values safety and health, and really, what is more important? Safety is defined on Wikipedia as: Safety is the state of being safe (from French sauf), the condition of being...

• Your SSD Hearing, In Person Or By Video-Conference?

  Stuart McAtee | August 06, 2009 11:53 AM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL

  Due to the backlog of cases in front of the Social Security Administration(SSA), in some geographic areas, the SSA has implemented a video-conference for the convenience of the parties and, in...

• cell phone use while driving

  Danny Lehane | August 05, 2009 2:51 PM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL

  There are several major thoroughfares in the Birmingham metro area. Interstate 59 runs north and south from the Alabama/Georgia border into Mississippi, ending in Slidell, Louisiana. Interstate 65...

• Race always an issue in America

  Danny Feldman | July 27, 2009 1:53 PM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL

  Professor Gates recent arrest in Cambridge and the resulting furor surrounding the arrest and the President's comments concerning same shows that race, as usual, remains an issue that has the power...

• Social Security Quick Disability Determination Process- It's A Good Thing

  Stuart McAtee | July 23, 2009 8:00 AM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL

  As I have written in previous blogs, the SSD approval process can be a lengthy ordeal. What if you have medical condition that can cause severe disability, or even death, within a short period of...

• Banks Have Found A Loophole And Are Seizing SSD Payments

  Stuart McAtee | July 02, 2009 8:00 AM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL

  In an age where banks are dodging lawsuits from every angle, they have found a way to seize money from customers' accounts causing concern not only from consumers, but from congress. As if the...

• Are Noncompete Agreements Enforceable?

  Danny Lehane | July 01, 2009 12:49 PM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL

  Are non-compete clauses enforceable in Alabama? The short answer is yes but there are exceptions. Opinion after opinion on cases involving noncompetition agreements insists that such agreements are...

• Healing from an automobile accident - Part IV

  Beth Scherer | June 29, 2009 2:33 PM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL

  The last three articles dealt with the nutritional, physical and emotional stress that one deals with after an automobile accident along with some tips on how to cope with them. Part IV deals with...

• Aura Financial Services Inc. - Greedy Scams

  Jon Lewis | June 18, 2009 9:02 PM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL

  What is the problem with our capitalistic society? Greed! Fraud! Scams! The recent economic collapse and corporate fraud highlights this problem. How do we protect against this problem? Our judicial...

• Why Try the Social Security Case When It Can Be Approved On The Record?

  Stuart McAtee | June 18, 2009 8:00 AM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL

  Recently, we had the privilege of representing a 16 year old boy in his SSI claim which had been denied in its original application. Our client was diagnosed with Retinoschisis(among other things)...