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Driving the Wrong Way Is a Felony under New NY Senate Bill

Author: Rosenberg & Gluck, LLP “Personal Injury is All We Do”

Suffolk County Car Accident Lawyer

The New York Senate passed a bill (S. 3452) on January 24, 2012 that addresses driving the wrong way and reckless driving, making these violations a felony. It awaits final approval from the Assembly.

The legislation proposes a new driving offense called aggravated reckless driving. As worded in the bill, violations that comprise aggravated reckless driving include:

 Drivers who drive the wrong way, against the ..read more

Free Law Firm Marketing Consultant Evaluation

Are you satisfied with your solo or small law firm web marketing?

Call Cindy now at 631-765-8098 to arrange your free 30 minute evaluation of your:

law firm website online reputation your online visibility internet marketing strategy and more

Cindy LeClaire is a New York law firm marketing consultant who worked for Thomson Westlaw as an SAR and Sales Representative from 1999-2001 until Findlaw began in 2001. Her title was a Senior Client Consultant. She is very experienced in handling marketing for lawyers and specializes in Internet ..read more

New York Criminal Attorney on Teen Heroin Use on Long Island

Author: Rudy Migliore, Suffolk County Personal Injury Attorney and Criminal Lawyer in NY

The nightmare of heroin use on Long Island continues unabated. You need to look no farther than the pages of Newsday story to see the results of the record amount of heroin abuse and overdoses. Families, lives and dreams are being destroyed every day through the ongoing addiction. Horrifically, there seems to be a continuous flow of new users of this terrible drug.

Parents, entire families, ..read more

African American Lawyers and Black Attorney Role Models

In this video, “several experienced African American lawyers talk about the need for more black lawyers in the profession. A young civil rights attorney, who is a solo practitioner, talks about his decision to leave his previous profession and study law; he also speaks about the importance of the mentors he had along the way.”

See more Videos by the Law School Admission Council.

Software Federal Copyright & New York Contract Law: A Case Study

Who is the owner of the software or the website your clients recently paid for? Your clients, or the software engineer who was hired and paid by your clients to develop such software or website?

The software engineer your clients hire to write their software or develop their website is, in accordance with the Copyright laws of the United States, the author of that software or website. As the author, the software engineer is the owner of all rights, ..read more

NY Negligence Lawsuit Personal Injury Accident Case

Judge’s Ruling Based on NY Law

From an October 29, 2010 New York Time article by Alan Feuer: Citing cases dating back as far as 1928, a judge has ruled that a young girl accused of running down an elderly woman while racing a bicycle with training wheels on a Manhattan sidewalk two years ago can be sued for negligence.

The ruling by the judge, Justice Paul Wooten of State Supreme Court in Manhattan, did not find that the girl was liable, ..read more

Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Against School District in New York

Is the school’s punishment excessive?

The family’s attorney, Jeffrey Brown of

Rutgers Suicide Linked to Video of Sexual Encounter

Information continues to come to light in the tragic story of Tyler Clementi, an 18 year old Rutgers University student who committed suicide by jumping off of the George Washington Bridge. Tyler’s roommate, Dharun Ravi, allegedly secretly filmed Tyler during a sexual encounter with an unidentified male and made the video available on the Internet. Tyler’s body was recovered by authorities who ruled his cause of death as “suicide by drowning and blunt injuries from the impact of ..read more

Lawyer Marketing and Advertising that Educates and Works

According to New York medical malpractice lawyer Gerry Oginski, who also happens to be a great marketer, traditional attorney advertising has “sucked”.

Gerry believes this to be true because attorneys made an awful name for themselves when they’d advertise. The reasons? Because many lawyers failed to educate potential clients. In this 3rd of 3 fireside chat videos, Gerry gives his “State of Affairs” commentary on the topic.

Watch the video to learn more.

In my humble opinion, Gerry Oginski is an ..read more

Video for Lawyers – Book by Gerry Oginski and Tom Foster

Attorney Gerry Oginski and Tom Foster, CEO of FosterWebMarketing.com, co-wrote the book:

HOW SMART LAWYERS ARE USING VIDEO ON THE WEB (Without Breaking the Bank).

The book was just released this month (Dec 09) and according to Gerry, is the culmination of the latest information you need to begin the process of marketing your law practice via video.

The book gives you two different points of view: One from a Gerry, a veteran trial attorney who has produced over 225 educational videos to ..read more