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What does Thanksgiving represent to you? A day of football? A day with family and friends where everyone eats too much, talks too much and then falls asleep together? If you get to eat, drink and be merry…be thankful. We have a lawyer here in our firm who quietly goes […]

When Big Tobacco was manufacturing cigarettes, what did they know and when did they know it? Their own documents are very revealing of an industry that dealt in high profits, fueled by deceit, distortion, misrepresentation and invention. The cigarette industry is one in which their own documents illustrate a collection […]

America saw the coming of a Camelot to the United States and the presidency. There had been great presidents; many, but John F Kennedy and his first lady, Jackie Kennedy, brought an elegance that had not before been felt. They were something truly new in 1960. Known as Jack or […]

It happened in a three day battle during the spring of 1863 and along a quiet valley in Eastern Pennsylvania. By the end of 72 hours, history would record over 7,800 killed and over 43,000 casualties; many of those killed and maimed were brothers, sons, fathers, and, in some cases, […]

My dad was a Marine. My grandfather was in the Army, as was one of my uncles. Another uncle was in the Air Force. My grandfather fought in WWII, my Dad in Korea and my uncles in Vietnam. One of my uncles was a helicopter gunner and was shot down […]

Mariano Garcia, an attorney with Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley was recently elected Vice President of the American Board of Trial Advocates – Palm Beach Chapter for 2014.  The American Board of Trial Advocates is a national association of experienced trial lawyers and judges dedicated to the preservation and […]

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, PA, was recently recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2014 for its success in representing plaintiffs in medical malpractice, professional malpractice, and personal injury litigation. SDSBS attorney Jack Scarola was selected as “Lawyer of the Year” in mass tort litigation/class actions. Only a single lawyer in each […]

West Palm Beach, FL – Brenda S. Fulmer, a partner in the law firm of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, has been appointed to serve on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for prosecution of more than 100 personal injury and product liability lawsuits related to the anticoagulant drug Pradaxa. The […]

By Florida Super Lawyers SDSBS attorney Chris Searcy is ranked number one by Florida Super Lawyers magazine in their selection of “Top 10 Florida Super Lawyers 2012.” Jack Scarola was selected by the magazine as one of the “Top 100 Florida Super Lawyers 2012.” Included as “Florida Super Lawyers 2012” are Earl Denney, Greg Barnhart, John Shipley, Brenda Fulmer, Mariano Garcia, Jim […]

An Alachua County jury awarded $3,375,000 against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Philip Morris USA, Inc. for the wrongful death of John Huish, who died of lung cancer after 46 years of smoking Lucky Strike, Camel and Marlboro cigarettes.  The verdict includes $3,000,000 in punitive damages. David J. Sales, James […]