In a hotly contested case our firm handled throughout 2012, a father absent for 14 years appeared locally and asked for visitation of his then-15-year-old-daughter. The mother had us fight his request for visitation. It was difficult not only because of the intense emotions – especially for the teenager, who …

Widely reported this past March, 2013, was the death of Dr. Barbara Penelton, 75, following a car crash. But nowhere in any article was mention given to the victim of the crash, Tammy Hall-Mathews, whose medical bills are in the mid-six figures and climbing following multiple surgeries, extended physical therapy, …

Written by Melissa Birks: There was the opposing attorney who refused to shake hands with him. There was his own client who, unbeknownst to him, collected her blood into a glass vial that she smuggled into the courthouse and pitched like a hand grenade onto her husband as their divorce …

Humorous on its face, but serious when considering adoption implications, a new website is manufacturing proof of live births and selling it on the internet. At http://www.fakeababy.com, various documents and costume wear to fake live births are available, such as ultrasounds, sonograms, DNA tests, and hospital records. While the idea …

Parker & Parker has filed one of the first lawsuits nationwide against international artificial hip maker Stryker. Basically, these lawsuits are occurring because: 1. Stryker has made hip replacements for a long time, and traditionally they used titanium, which is a strong but very expensive material. 2. To cut costs, …