P.I.S.S.D. — Personal Injury, Social Security Disability. Dallas Texas Lawyers

Since starting this blog in April of 2005 this is the longest I’ve gone between posts. My father has become suddenly and gravely ill. The family is still in shock, and most daily activities have been suspended. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers in his final days. Thank you.

Today is our law firm’s 30th anniversary. Over those years we’ve helped literally tens of thousands of people with their legal problems, and I am very proud of that. I’m also proud to have worked with some of the best lawyers and staff anywhere. Fortunately, many of those great people are still here at Kraft [...]

As we have picnics, play golf, or otherwise celebrate the holiday, let’s remember the original purpose — to honor trade and labor organizations. Here is an excerpt from the Wikipedia entry on Labor Day:
Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September (September 7 in 2009).
The holiday originated in [...]

The New York Times reported, “At the root of the law-firm crisis, legal experts say, is the credit crisis, which has pulverized the need for traditional practice areas like structured finance, mergers and acquisitions and private-equity transactions – the very things that have always kept a high gleam of polish on the city’s whitest shoes. [...]

Bloomberg News reported, “Costco Wholesale Corp., the largest U.S. warehouse club, was sued by a California worker who accuses the retailer of false imprisonment for locking in employees against their will at closing time.” The complaint by “Mary Pytelewski, a cash register clerk at a Costco warehouse in San Marcos, California, alleges the company violates [...]

The AP reports, "The recession is taking a steep toll on the legal profession, an industry long seen as immune from the ups and downs of the economy. Trying to weather the financial crisis, the nation's largest law firms are laying off attorneys and delaying hiring." According to the Labor Department, "the number of unemployed [...]

The AP reported that Steve Rothsetin, "a man who paid about $400,000 to fly first-class anywhere in the world with a companion for the rest of his life is suing American Airlines for revoking that right." He "paid nearly $250,000 in 1987 for the lifetime pass, and an additional $150,000 two years later to take [...]