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Manassas Car Accident Lawsuit – Kevin Paul Childers

Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Source: Profiles In Law Kevin Paul Childers specializes in the representation of individuals that have been involved in trucking, car and motorcycle accidents. To date, Mr. Childers has successfully defended clients who were in automobile accidents across Virginia as well as many other areas which include Florida, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. He currently practices out of [...] Read the rest of the...

San Francisco Trademark Lawyer – Todd A. Noah

Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Source: Profiles In Law Todd A. Noah is a partner at the law firm of Dergosits & Noah, where he brings over 20 years of his legal experience to the table. His practice focuses primarily on litigation of intellectual property such as trademark and patents. The Martindale-Hubbell AV peer rated attorney currently practices at the law firm alongside another [...] Read the rest of the...

Personal Injury Attorney in West Virginia – Kevin S. Kaufman

Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Source: Profiles In Law West Virginia personal injury attorney Kevin S. Kaufman completed his education at West Virginia University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, an MBA, and his law degree. Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Kaufman accepted a position with Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation. Shortly thereafter, he was selected to work within [...] Read the rest of the...

In Antitrust Blitz, FTC Targets Consummated Mergers

Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Source: Law.com - Newswire There's no such thing as a done deal. That's the message from federal antitrust enforcers, who in recent months have ramped up attacks against consummated mergers, aggressively breaking up already combined companies. In the past two weeks alone, the Federal Trade Commission announced two consent orders requiring companies to sell off assets from past mergers. It's not new for the antitrust agencies on occasion to go after consummated deals -- what's different is the number and variety of mergers under fire. Read the rest of the...

Plaintiffs Attorneys Knock BP Fund Administrator

Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Source: Law.com - Newswire A group of plaintiffs attorneys active in oil spill litigation are targeting the administrator of BP's $20 billion compensation fund, calling on him to disclose how much the oil giant is paying him and to stop discouraging victims from seeking legal representation. The attorneys worry that fund administrator Kenneth Feinberg, an iconic figure who managed the 9/11 compensation fund, is a tool of BP, a company they say wants hardworking people to sign releases for far fewer dollars than they deserve. Read the rest of the...

Billion-Dollar Cobell, Pigford Settlements Hit a New Snag

Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Source: Law.com - Newswire Members of Congress are still looking for a way to authorize a couple of billion-dollar agreements that would settle litigation involving the federal government and minority groups. The House of Representatives had included authority for the settlements in a bill authorizing supplemental war funding. That bill passed the House July 1. But senators rejected that idea Thursday in the latest setback for the proposed $1.41 billion Cobell settlement for American Indians and $1.25 billion Pigford settlement for black farmers. Read the rest of the...

What Causes People to Be Successful in Their Careers? Part III: Effective Speech Making

Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Source: Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog

Let us review where we have been. In Part I, we asked the question: What causes people to be successful in their careers? I stated that I believe that understanding and developing “soft side skills,” and not just technical skills, will provide the best opportunities for a successful career. We reviewed evidence from leading universities that much more than half of job success comes from people skills. Many people who pursue a professional career think of their “work” as their technical expertise, but as one moves up in an organization, it becomes clear that dealing with people is of at least equal significance.

Communication as a Premier People Skill

We also noted that much of what we call people skills is really effective communication. We demonstrated how communication thinking and communication skills drive success in the legal field as well as business.[1]

We used the model developed by Robert Bolton in People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others, and Resolve Conflicts to show that certain attitudes support a person’s successful efforts at effective communication, attitudes that produce good relationships before formal communication even starts. These attitudes are genuineness, respect, and empathy.[2]...