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F. Gregory Barnhart, Partner with Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, PA in West Palm Beach, FL was recently inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL) at their Mid Year Meeting held July 17-21, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. The International Academy of Trial Lawyers limits membership to 500 […]

The short answer is, it depends. Like it or not, we live in an age of “1’s and 0’s” and this digitization has made the creation of documents easier and the storage of those same documents easier and cheaper. I remember during the paper days trying to find space to […]

I want you to give me access to your entire medical history, gather information from your doctors’ files and allow me to meet with all your doctors – maybe all the doctors you have seen for the last (7) to 10 years —  to discuss your health information. And, I […]

15 Searcy Denney Attorneys Named to List of “Florida Super Lawyers 2013” West Palm Beach, Fla., June 13, 2013 – Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley PA (Searcy Denney) is pleased to announce that President and CEO Chris Searcy was again ranked Number One by Florida Super Lawyers in its 2013 edition. […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (June 4, 2013) – The Florida Bar Association recently announced that Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley attorney Mariano Garcia has met its standards of certification and is now a Board Certified Specialist in Civil Trial Law. Board Certified Specialists have met the Florida Bar’s highest standards for […]

In Ontario, Canada, Big Tobacco is currently under attack. Ontario claims that, among other things, Big Tobacco misrepresented the dangers of smoking and the addictiveness of nicotine to the public for decades. Ontario also claims that Big Tobacco caused or contributed to an additional $50 billion in health care costs. […]

All of those ads you’ve seen on television warning about the dangers of transvaginal mesh do not appear to be scaring away women from the controversial procedure. Presented at the recent American Urological Association meeting in San Diego, of a survey of 99 women taken at Louisiana State University and […]

In the case relating to the Biomet Hip Implant Litigation (In Re Biomet M2a Magnum Hip Implant ProductsLiability Litigation). The case involves over 19 million documents and is a great example for why plaintiffs must get involved early in document discovery. The defendants applied a combination of keyword searches and […]

How do you find a lawyer and what information do you want to know before deciding on the lawyer you ultimately hire? We have written several articles discussing this subject: Picking the Best Attorney — Picking Just the “Right” Lawyer What are “lawyer referral services”? When Should You Hire an […]

When insurance fraud was on the rise in the 1970’s, insurance companies, law enforcement and state governments got together and did things like launched joint task forces to investigate fraud and formed insurance exchanges to help manage the problem. Their first reactions were not to; in effect, legally defraud the […]