Law and Politics Magazine just released its annual edition covering those lawyers chosen by their peers as either Super Lawyers or Rising Stars. Super Lawyers are those lawyers practicing law for 10 years or more. Rising Stars are under 40 years old or have practiced law for less than 10 years. No more than 2.5% of lawyers in the state are named Rising Stars.

I am thankful that my peers selected me as a Wisconsin Rising Star.

What happens if you are involved in an auto accident and the at fault person says they have no insurance.  How do you know if they are lying?

One of the “tricks of the trade” is using the State’s resources and power to pull the at fault driver’s license for a year or until payment of damages is made.

The form that is sometimes used is t342.   I suggest you call the Wisconsin DMV or a person injury attorney with any questions about what to do when confronted with this situation.

If you like free marketing tips and links to great legal blogs I have the website for you.

The Solo and Small Firm Practice Committee of the State Bar of Wisconsin just launched their new site.

Note the three “tips” located in the middle of the page:  Marketing Tip, Blog Roll and  Practice Resources.

If you are in a small firm in Wisconsin you should certainly join this State Bar Committee.

Need to subpoena Facebook or Gmail?  If you do, then you’ll need to know where to serve the subpoena.  For example, how would you know that Facebook has an email just for subpoenas (subpoena@facebook.com)?  Do you know the office in Palo Alto and telephone and fax number for the Facebook department that accepts service?

You’ve gotta check out this site.  It is meant for law enforcement but open to the public.

When you’re researching a defendant, opposing counsel or anyone for that matter don’t forget about Google Alerts.  Today’s talk by Anne Reed, author of Deliberations, reminded me of the great benefit of Google Reader.  With the Reader you can compile everything from the news and blog worlds into one screenshot.  Great litigation tool!

Wish you were here.  If you’d like to follow the goings on check out the tweets from the conference.   Or the Wisconsin Bar Association’s Facebook page.

I’m going to be out of the office the next few days.  I’ll be attending the Wisconsin Solo and Small Firm Conference in the Wisconsin Dells.  The conference is held at the Kalahari Resort.  I hope to see you there.  Walk-ins are welcome.

Luckily, I’ve never been a smoker.  So, I’ve not had to take any medication to help stop the cravings. 

I just read about Chantix and its terrible side effects.  According to the FDA in the fourth quarter of 2007 complaints regarding Chantix were more numerous than any other drug.  It is related to about 988 serious injuries.

Chantix is a drug marketed by Pfizer to help stop the addictive cravings of smoking.  It has some minor side effects and some very serious side effects.  If you have suffered some serious side effects please contact me.

Some of the serious side effects of Chantix include:

If you were administered Heparin between November 2007 and February 2008, suffered a severe allergic reaction and live in Wisconsin it is important that you figure out your legal rights. 

Some of the severe reactions to Heparin are difficulty breathing, nausea, vomiting, excessive sweating and rapidly falling blood pressure. 

It 2008 the FDA admitted that they violated their own policies regarding inspecting the production plant when they allowed the imported raw heparin from China.

If you suffered a severe allergic reaction to Heparin contact me here.