Super Lawyers has consistently recognized Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Friend as having some of the top lawyers in Texas. This year, seven of the firm's 10 attorneys have been recognized for excellence in the practice of law in Texas. Once again, firm partners Randall Sorrels, Nick Nichols and Benny Agosto Jr. were named Texas Super Lawyers in 2012, establishing themselves in the top 5 percent of attorneys in the state. This year, a fourth firm attorney, Clyde (Jay) Jackson III, was also recognized by his peers for his achievements in personal injury ...

Wheeling-based Bordas and Bordas, PLLC is proud to announce two of the firm's partners have been named to the West Virginia Best Lawyers list as top attorneys in West Virginia for 2012. The honored recipients are the firm's founder, Jim Bordas recognized with the Best Lawyer of the Year 2012 for Personal Injury Litigation and Scott Blass as one of the Best Lawyers for 2012. Jim Bordas has been a trial lawyer for over 40 years. A graduate of West Virginia University College of Law, he has obtained multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements in cases involving medical ...

Residents of Pennsylvania are protected by law from being harassed by debt collectors. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently settled a lawsuit with a major debt buyer over the debt buyer's illegal and abusive debt collection practices. The FTC alleged in its lawsuit that the company violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act. The debt buyer agreed through settling the case to take steps to help consumers while the economy recovers. A debt collector buys debt from other companies after it ...

Advertising Week will be celebrated from October 1-October 5, 2012. One of the things that journalists and businesses might want to take a look at during Advertising Week, and during every week of the year, is some easy-to-use advertising math that can help businesses make a lot more money. The math is called "The Barrows Popularity Factor." "The Barrows Popularity Factor" is a two-part mathematical marketing tool that will give you more of the information you need to make key marketing decisions with far less risk, according to Robert Barrows, ...

AmeriPlan, the nation's premier Discount Medical Plan Organization (DMPO), has recently announced the launch of their mobile friendly website that includes the newly designed provider search on their mobile website, http://m.ameriplanusa.com. The new mobile website is optimized to be viewed on mobile phones and the mobile provider search makes locating AmeriPlan network healthcare professionals easier than ever before, wherever you are, conveniently from on your phone. The mobile website is further enhanced by the incorporation of live-chat. With the click of a button ...

Black Rock Spirits, makers of Bakon Vodka, a brand that in only three years gained nation-wide distribution and a fanatical fan base, today announced they are assisting with the US distribution of Sparkle Donkey Silver and Sparkle Donkey Reposado tequilas. Until now, this 100% agave award-winning tequila with a rich heritage has only been available in small batches due to inefficient donkey-only distribution, according to a Black Rock Spirits spokesperson. As most tequila aficionados know, heritage is critical to the taste of any tequila. "Is your favorite tequila ...

The number of people who take part in sessions with the business game SimulTrain has grown by 60% annually over the past three years to reach a staggering 17,000 participants. SimulTrain is a computer-based multimedia tool that simulates the planning and execution phases of a medium-sized project, thus allowing participants to learn how to structure a project, how to control its progress, and how to use project management tools. The SimulTrain simulator trains project management-related technical and behavioral competencies and has four categories of users: business ...

Epom, the global provider of ad serving technologies and owner of its own ad exchange marketplace Epom Market, announced about a significant expansion of Epom Market in Japan after implementing a new online advertising model specially tailored for Japanese market. The new advertising model will stress the value of mobile and display advertising, provide highly efficient targeting and offer support for advertisers and publishers. Epom Market already partners with a significant number of local Japanese publishers and direct advertisers, as well as premium local ad networks. ...

When planning a beach vacation, you have the usual check list: sun block, check! Beach towel, check! Scan of the coastal waters for healthy conditions, check -- er, what? Thanks to International Space Station technology, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, has a new tool that may soon give beach goers the ability to know before they go, using their mobile devices to complete that check list. This ongoing EPA project is much more than just a vacationer's tool. The data collected comes from a space station instrument called the Hyperspectral Imager for the ...

Jose Canseco candidly discusses what things he would do differently in his career and life. In the latest episode of his "Canseco on Steroids" video blog, hosted on Steroid.com, a shirtless Jose Canseco has fun while answering what things he would change from his past if he had the opportunity to go back in time. Speaking about whether or not he would use steroids again, Canseco says: "I don't think so...No. I would not have used steroids... People have to understand that the reason that I did use steroids was because I wanted to become the best player ...

Clarity Services, Inc. and their executive vice president, Brian Ketelsen has been nominated for Tampa Bay Technology Foundation's annual "Emerging Technology Company of the Year", "CIO of the Year", and "Technology Leader of the Year" awards. With the constantly changing credit industry in the U.S., Clarity Services uses innovative technology to remain ahead of the industry to provide ground breaking services to its customers. One of the major factors that led to Clarity's and Ketelsen's nominations is the information technology (IT) team's ...

Preventing Bicycle Accidents: Safer Roads for Seattle Cyclists Biking on the streets of Seattle is no walk in the park. Steep inclines and twisting roads present a challenging and dangerous terrain when sharing the road with automobiles. The city of Seattle; however, is hoping to recruit more cyclists, reduce bicycle accidents, and provide a higher level of safety to riders in the area. The city's plan is to install seven miles of safe boulevards within neighborhoods throughout the city. These boulevards will be greenways where cyclists and walkers will have priority ...

Connecticut Hospital Apologizes to Woman After Operating Table Fall An 81-year-old woman filed suit against Yale-New Haven Hospital after she fell off an operating table and suffered serious injuries following a surgery. The hospital issued a public statement claiming to have apologized to the patient, but the woman's attorneys state that they have tried to resolve the suit with the hospital to no avail. The woman is seeking recovery for her injuries, and the lawsuit demonstrates some of the damages available to personal injury plaintiffs in Connecticut. Hospital ...

Connecticut Woman Causes Two-Car Crash Because of Texting A 21-year-old woman faces distracted driving charges after she allegedly struck another vehicle head-on while driving on the Easton Turnpike on June 18, 2012. While it is fortunate that the there were no fatalities resulting from the crash, the car accident illustrates the dangers of distracted driving. Distracted Driving Accident The driver accused of causing the accident was traveling northbound on Easton Turnpike in a Jeep on the afternoon of the accident. Authorities allege she was sending and receiving ...

Independent Contractor vs. Employee: The Tax Consequences For workers, being classified as an independent contractor rather than an employee can have significant tax consequences as well as other financial repercussions. When a worker is classified as an employee, his or her employer is responsible for withholding a portion of the worker's income for income taxes, as well as other taxes such as Social Security, Medicare and unemployment. At the end of the year, employers are required to provide employees with W-2 forms showing the amounts withheld throughout the year. In ...

UNTOLD: The New Orleans 9th Ward You Never Knew (www.HurricaneKatrinaStories.com) by Dallas area author and New Orleans native Lynette Norris Wilkinson, is nominated to receive the prestigious "Henri" Christian Literary Award. The Henri will be presented to authors in nine categories representing faith based books under the genre of Christian literature. UNTOLD captures the riveting true stories of 16 Hurricane Katrina survivors from the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, an area devastated by the storm and the community where the author grew up. In telling their ...

Self Publishing Coach, Shelley Hitz is known for her passion to help authors successfully publish and market their books, and that passion was the backbone for Self-Publishing-Coach.com's new online community, "Book Marketing Success: Inside Access to Marketing Your Book on a Shoestring Budget." She has joined forces with Heather Hart, author of "Book Marketing 101", to provide authors with ongoing assistance in effort to help them successfully market their books. When asked about the program, Heather Hart said, "'Book Marketing Success: Inside ...

Fear Overload Haunted Houses creak open their doors on September 29th, 2012 for another heart-pounding Halloween season. Fear Overload, located in the SF Bay Area, was voted the scariest haunted house in California by HauntWorld - the largest online haunted house association. Nathan Polanco, creative director of Fear Overload, explains that this year, their haunted houses will be themed Asylum and Insomnia. Asylum revolves around an abandoned Insane Asylum from the 1960s. "You will journey through this Insane Asylum in the dark with only one flashlight per group," ...

Jet Luxury Resorts, the leading National Third Party Resort Management Company, is proud to announce the addition of their latest premiere property, The Puerta Del Sol to its emergent roster of high-end luxury properties worldwide. Located at the tip of the Baja peninsula along the corridor between Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo is the premier golf resort community of Cabo Del Sol. Within the gates of this 1,800 acre community, The Puerta Del Sol Resort offers guests world class resort amenities and the finest in oceanfront and golf course living. Puerta Del ...

Geoff Ficke, President of international Consumer Product Development and Branding Consulting firm Duquesa Marketing announced today that his group has appointed Cliff Price & Company to handle sales of Lori Leigh Designs Earring Chalets in the states of Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma. "Cliff Price & Company has a strong history of success with luxury fashion accessory and jewelry lines", noted Mr. Ficke. "Their Dallas showroom is stunning and their strong retail relationships were crucial to our decision to roll out this stunning ...

Dr. Stan Stahl president of the Los Angeles chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA-LA), presented a check for $1,500 to the ISSA Education Foundation (ISSAEF) to support the E. Eugene Schultz, Jr. PhD Memorial Scholarship. Foundation Board Chair Sandra Lambert and Board member Dr. Dan Manson accepted the donation on behalf of the Foundation. "I'm pleased on behalf of ISSA-LA to make this contribution to the ISSA Educational Foundation in memory of our good friend, Gene Schultz," said Dr. Stahl. "Gene taught us all so much before ...

Online guitar studio, Guitar with Dean, announced today their plans for a new online kid's guitar lesson platform. This program is dedicated to providing high quality guitar lessons for kids ages 8-18. With this new platform kids will receive quality, fun guitar instruction, and parents will receive resources and tools to further optimize their child's guitar learning experience. Guitar with Dean Owner and instructor, Dean Tubbs, has relied on his 20+ years of playing experience and 10+ years of teaching kids to play the guitar to develop an entire new curriculum which ...

Major League Baseball is heating up, and the college and pro football seasons have started. Basketball's just around the corner. That's why readers need the "Game-Day Goddess Sports Series," a three-volume paperback book series by author Suzy Beamer Bohnert. Named Best Books for College Students by StudentAdvisor.com, an education resource launched by the "Washington Post" Co., the set consists of "Game-Day Goddess: Learning Football's Lingo," "Game-Day Goddess: Learning Baseball's Lingo," and "Game-Day Goddess: Learning Basketball's ...

Olive Glen in the West Athens area of Los Angeles presented by Williams Homes has topped the list as the fastest-selling new home neighborhood in Southern California based on average sales per week year to date, according to The Ryness Report, a weekly publication that tracks new home sales activities throughout California and other western states. Averaging 2.6 sales each week, Olive Glen caps the Southern California fastest selling new home communities list, outselling all other Southern California communities in a six-county region by a considerable margin. Since ...

Cobre Valley Superior Clinic, 1134 W. US Highway 60 in Superior, Arizona, is a medical clinic comprised of procedure rooms, exam rooms, a pharmacy and x-ray. Guthrie General partnered with Orcutt Winslow Architects on this ground up project, located on approximately 5.4 acres and included an underground utilities and earthwork phase to build the pad for the clinic along with 3,284 square yards of paving and asphalt improvements. Guthrie General will attend the grand opening and will highlight the evening via photos and social media. Health Care and Commercial ...