Attorney Biography

Des Moines divorce attorney specializes in child custody, property insurance, and personal injury cases. Mr. Hope devotes his practice to helping clients resolve personal trauma legal issues.

Education:

• University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., 2002
• University of Iowa, B.A., Political Science, 1999

Admitted to Practice:

• Texas, 2003
• Iowa, 2004
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, 2005

Des Moines divorce lawyer, Mr. Hope, is also a partner in the Galveston-based law firm, Arguello, Hope & Associates, PLLC.

Hope Law Firm, PLC
317 Sixth Avenue, Suite 700
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
515-255-3559

Attorney Gary Fergus of the Fergus Law Office represents clients with intellectual property assets, copyrights, trade secrets, right of publicity, trademarks, and patents cases.

Education

• Stanford University, B.A. (with honors)
• University of Wisconsin-Madison, Juris Doctorate (cum laude)
• New York University, LLM degree (with honors)

Bar admissions

• United States Supreme Court
• Wisconsin and California State and Federal Courts
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth, Seventh and Ninth Circuits, and the District of Columbia

Memberships

• American Bar Association
• American Intellectual Property Law Association

Entertainment attorney in California has over 25 years of experience in practicing law, and has represented plaintiffs and defendants at trial or in settlements that resolved complex litigation matters.

Fergus Law Office
595 Market Street, suite 2430
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-537-9030

Injury attorney Richard Neimark is senior founding partner of Neimark & Neimark LLP, and has been practicing law since 1976.  Mr. Neimark is dedicated to helping his injured clients recovering compensation for their injuries.

Education

• C.W. Post, B.A.
• Brooklyn Law School

Admitted to Practice

• New York, 1976
• U.S. District Court, Southern & Eastern Districts of New York, 1976

Professional Memberships & Associations

• New York State Bar Association
• Rockland County Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• New York State Trial Lawyers Institute
• American Association for Justice

With over three decades of experience as an auto accident attorney in New York, Mr. Neimark has extensive experience in representing clients in cases involving trucking, motorcycle, and pedestrian accidents, uninsured/under-insured drivers, defective mechanical parts, poor road design, and cell phone use.

Attorney John Paul Brennan has dedicated his entire legal career to criminal defense matters, defending clients against DUI and drunk driving charges, drug crime chargers, weapons charges, and any other type of misdemeanor or felony criminal charge.

Education

• J.D., Ohio Northern University College of Law
• B.A., St. Mary’s College of California

Admitted to Practice

• California
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

With more than 15 years of experience as a criminal attorney in Sacramento, Mr. Brennan has a strong history of successfully prosecuting and defending clients.

Las Vegas attorney Sean Claggett started his own practice in 2005, focusing on cases of personal injury, real estate litigation, criminal defense, and civil litigation.

Education

• University of Nevada, Las Vegas, B.A.
• William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV

Admitted to Practice

• Nevada

As an experienced injury lawyer in Las Vegas, Mr. Claggett has handled a variety of personal injury cases throughout his legal career, including motorcycle accidents, automobile accidents, truck accidents, slip and fall accidents, hotel and casino accidents, amongst others.

Philip C. Henry is the senior at the firm, Henry Spiegel Milling, LLP. He has over 30 years of extensive experience practicing law. He focuses his areas of practice in personal injury arising out of car wrecks, tractor-trailer collisions, construction accidents, defective products, medical malpractice, defective roadways, and other causes of serious personal injuries.

Education:

• University of Georgia (magna cum laude), 1975
• J.D., Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, 1978

Mr. Henry is an experienced personal injury attorney in Atlanta who has experience in practicing with an insurance defense firm and has learned how large corporations and insurance companies defend serious personal injury suits and wrongful death cases, which helps him representing individuals with claims against corporations, insurance companies, and healthcare providers.

Henry Spiegel Milling, LLP
950 East Paces Ferry Road
Suite 2450
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
866.959.3877

Howard Twiggs has an extensive experience practicing law since 1957. He established his own firm, Twiggs, Beskind, Strickland & Rabenau in 1960.  He was one of the first lawyers in North Carolina to specialize in representing personal injury victims.

Education

• Wake Forest University, B.S. in Business Administration,1954
• Wake Forest University School of Law, Juris Doctorate,1957

Admissions

• North Carolina, 1957
• U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina, 1957
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1957

Mr. Twiggs is a dedicated North Carolina personal injury lawyer who has represented seriously injured personal injury and wrongful death cases.

Twiggs, Beskind, Strickland & Rabenau
150 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1100
Raleigh, NC 27601
(888) 653-2117

Attorney Robert Castro of The Law Office of Thomas E. Pyles is an experienced Maryland lawyer who serves personal injury, family law, criminal defense, and bankruptcy clients in Waldorf, La Plata, and throughout Charles County. Combined, Attorney Castro and Attorney Pyles have tried nearly 200 cases in district court and nearly 50 more that have gone to trial. In total, the firm has obtained more than $10 million in settlements and verdicts.

If you require an aggressive and reliable attorney who is committed to getting results, contact Charles County lawyer Robert Castro at The Law Office of Thomas E. Pyles today. Their legal team offers free initial consultations, as well as weekend and evening appointments.

Attorney Robert Castro:

Main Practice Areas

• Personal Injury (including car accidents & wrongful death)
• Family Law
• Criminal Law
• Bankruptcy

Bar Admissions

• Maryland – 1992

Education

• Catholic University of America, J.D.
• Frostburg State College, B.S.

Founder of the Law Offices of Tacopina Siegel & Turano, P.C. in New York, attorney Joseph Tacopina provides legal assistance to clients involved in criminal matters, securities fraud litigation, and personal injury.  Mr. Tacopina has earned the media’s praise as the “hottest young criminal defense lawyer” in New York, having tried more than 80 cases at the age of 42.

Admitted to Practice

• New York

Professional Memberships & Associations

• Federal Bar Council
• New York Counsel of Defense Lawyers
• Judicial Committee for the Association of the Bar of the City of New York
• Legislative Committee for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

As a New York securities lawyer, Mr. Tacopina has extensive experience in representing corporations, investment advisers, broker-dealers, and individuals in cases involving disciplinary actions, civil arbitration, alleged securities fraud, and brokerage audits.

Attorney Judah Zakalik of Nevada bankruptcy and debt settlement law firm Peters & Associates, LLP, helps clients obtain commercial and residential loan modifications and file for Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 consumer bankruptcy, in Las Vegas and Henderson.

Education

• Seattle University School of Law, J.D.
• University of Washington, B.A.

Admitted to Practice

• Nevada State Courts
• Nevada Federal Court

Professional Memberships & Associations

• State Bar of Nevada, Founding Member

As a dedicated short sale lawyer in Las Vegas, Mr. Zakalik has extensive experience in helping relieve clients of their mortgage obligation and other deficiencies, helping them back on their feet financially.

Steven White is one of the original partners of White, Allinder, Graham, Buckley & Carr, LLC, and has been practicing personal injury law since 1977 in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.

Education

• J.D., University of Tulsa, 1976
• B.A., University of Missouri, 1974

Admitted to Practice

• Missouri
• U.S. District Courts for the Western, Southern & Eastern Districts of Missouri
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eight Circuit

Professional Memberships & Associations

• Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA)
• American Bar Association
• Eastern Kansas/Western Missouri Chapter of American Board of Trial Advocates
• Missouri Bar
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
• Eastern Jackson County Bar Association
• Phi Delta Phi

Mr. White has tried cases in both state and federal courts as an auto accident attorney in Kansas City, and has earned a multitude of awards for his hard work and dedication to protecting the rights of personal injury clients.

Personal injury lawyer Kevin Smith has been admitted to practice law in Illinois and Indiana state and federal courts since 1994, dedicating his legal practice to civil litigation and representing injured people.

Education

• University of Pennsylvania, B.A. (1991)
• DePaul University School of Law, J.D. (1994)

Admitted to Practice

• Illinois Bar Association, 1994
• Indiana Bar Association, 1994
• United States District Court, Northern District of Indiana, 1994
• United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, trial bar, 1995
• United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 2008
• United States Court of Appeals, 7^th Circuit, 2003
• United States Supreme Court, 2010

Professional Memberships & Associations

• American Association for Justice
• Indiana Trial Lawyers Association
• Indiana Municipal Lawyers Association

As a wrongful death lawyer in Indiana, Mr. Smith is dedicated to making sure negligent parties are held accountable and forced to take responsibility for their actions.

Maryland attorney Robert Dean has over fourteen years experience in debtor-creditor and bankruptcy law.  Prior to joining Discepolo LLP, Mr. Dean filed approximately five hundred Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases.

Education

• Georgetown University, J.D.
• Towson University, B.A.

Admitted to Practice

• Maryland
• U.S. District Courts for Maryland
• U.S. District Courts for Washington D.C.

Professional Memberships & Associations

• Maryland Bar Association
• ACA International
• Prince George’s County Bar Association
• Maryland Bankruptcy Bar Association

As a dedicated Bankruptcy lawyer in Towson, Mr. Dean has extensive experience in helping preserve and protect his clients property, as well as helping them understand their best options for debt relief.

Workers compensation lawyer Charles Armbruster at the law firm of Armbruster, Dripps, Winterscheidt & Blotevogel represent clients in cases involving maritime law, wrongful death, FELA and railroad injury, products liability, medical malpractice and many more.

Education

• University of Michigan, B.A., 1989
• Washington University Law School, J.D., 1992

Admitted to Practice

• Illinois
• Missouri
• West Virginia
• United States Supreme Court
• United States District Court for the Central, Northern & Southern Districts of Illinois
• United States District Court for the Eastern & Western Districts of Missouri
• United States District Court for the Eastern & Western Districts of Arkansas
• United States Court of Appeals for the 5th, 7th, 8th, & 10th Circuit
• United States District Court for the Northern, Eastern & Western District of Oklahoma
• United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Professional Memberships & Associations

• Litigation Counsel of America
• American Association for Justice
• Illinois State Bar Association
• West Virginia State Bar
• The Missouri Bar
• Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

Mr. Armbruster has been practicing as a Illinois workers comp attorney for the past twenty years.  Mr. Armbruster is also a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society that recognizes deserving, experienced, highly qualified lawyers.

Shane Kadlec, accident attorney at the Law Office of Shane R. Kadlec, has over 15 years of experience and has a Texas Board certification in personal injury law.  Mr. Kadlec has worked with clients in cases involving civil litigation, workplace injury lawsuits, longshoreman and harbor workers injuries, motorcycle accidents, gunshot accidents, premises liability, and many more.

Education

• University of Windsor, B.A.
• South Texas College of Law, J.D.

Bar Admissions

• Texas
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas

Professional Memberships & Associations

• Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Directors
• Houston Trial Lawyers Foundation
• State Bar of Texas
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association

As a practicing Houston workplace injury lawyer, Mr. Kadlec is committed to recovering the maximum amount of compensation for injured victims in Texas, primarily in and around Houston, Beaumont, Galveston, Austin, and the Rio Grande Valley.

Criminal law attorney John Paul DeGrinney represents clients in cases involving DUI/OAS and driving offenses, assault, drug crimes, felonies, misdemeanors, domestic crime issues, federal charges and investigations, sex crimes, murder, and weapon charges.

Education

• University of Maine School of Law, J.D.
• Villanova University, B.A.

Admitted to Practice

• Maine, 1996

Professional Memberships

• MACDL Board of Trustees

Since 1996, Mr. DeGrinney has aggressively been defending the rights of the accused as a Maine DUI lawyer, focusing exclusively on all types of criminal law cases in both state and federal courts throughout the state of Maine.

Boise criminal defense attorney L. Craig Atkinson helps clients charged with a criminal case involving DUI, DWP, domestic violence, assault, sexual offenses, drug crimes, theft and a variety of other crimes.

Education

• University of Idaho College, J.D.
• Brigham Young University, B.A.
• Brigham Young University- Idaho, A.S.

Admissions

• Idaho

Professional Memberships

• Idaho Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

As an experienced Boise ID sexual offense attorney with over two decades of experience, Mr. Atkinson has a successful track record in gaining victories for his clients, and is dedicated to providing excellent legal service.

Criminal defense and personal injury lawyer John Irvine, partner at McWhirter & Irvine, PLLC, has over ten years of extensive experience in a variety of cases including DUI, murder, civil litigation, and wrongful death.

Education

• J.D., University of Memphis
• B.A., University of Texas at Austin

Admitted to Practice

• Tennessee, 2011
• United States District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 2002

Professional Memberships & Associations

• Memphis Bar Association
• Tennessee Bar Association
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Mr. Irvine is a knowledgeable Memphis motorcycle accident attorney, who has an in-depth understanding in all aspects of criminal law.

Employment law attorney Jacqueline Vigilante represents clients in cases involving employment law, harassment, and discrimination throughout the Philadelphia and Mullica Hill area.  Prior to opening her own law firm, Ms. Vigilante served as a Senior Opinion Clerk for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, which laid the groundwork for an impressive career as a litigator.

Education

• Temple University, Beasley School of Law

Admitted to Practice

• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania

Professional Memberships & Associations

• American Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Gloucester County Bar Association
• National Association of Employment Lawyers

A seasoned Philadelphia discrimination lawyer with over two decades of experience, Ms. Vigilante has a proven track record for successfully providing legal representation to those who have been discriminated against in the workplace.

Hartford County auto accident attorney Bruce Newman has devoted his entire legal practice to representing individuals and families that have suffered catastrophic injuries resulting from auto accidents.

Education

• Albany Law School, J.D.
• Colgate University, B.A.

Admitted to Practice

• Connecticut
• California
• New York

Professional Memberships & Associations

• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Connecticut State Bar Association
• United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• American Bar Association
• American Association for Justice
• State Bar of California
• United States District Court, Central District of California
• United States District Court, Southern District of California
• New York State Bar Association
• United States District Court, Eastern District of New York

As a practicing motorcycle accident lawyer in Hartford County for the past 20 years, Mr. Newman is committed to providing superior legal service  to auto accident victims in and around Bristol, Connecticut.