One of the most significant changes is that law firms and other “Business Associates” of “Covered Entities” under HIPAA now have most of the same compliance requirements as Covered Entities, and are subject to the same penalties as Covered Entities. Mary Pryor, Esq., a senior member of The Cavanagh Law Firm, P.A., recently joined with several of her colleagues in…
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Karen Stafford Joins Firm
Karen is a 2011 graduate of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. She served a clerkship at the Arizona Court of Appeals and is an adjunct professor at Arizona State University.
2014 Best Lawyers in America List Revealed
Seven lawyers from the Firm were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2014 (Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC). Harding Cure – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants Helen Davis – Family Law Philip Gerard – Family Law Terry Rakow – Litigation – Real Estate, Real Estate Law Scott Rose – Land…
Christina Hamilton Receives Attorney of the Month Award
The Volunteer Lawyers Program honored Christina Hamilton by awarding her its Attorney of the Month award for June 2013. Her work with the mentoring program designed to increase family law representation of domestic violence victims was cited as one factor in Christina’s selection.
2013 Southwest Super Lawyers Named
Seven senior attorneys were named as 2013 Southwest Super Lawyers. In the practice area of Family Law, Christina Hamilton and Philip Gerard were honored; Terry Rakow and Scott Rose were recognized in the Real Estate category; Harding Cure was selected for Personal Injury Defense–Medical Malpractice, Professional Liability and Political Law; Richard Woods was named in the Personal Injury Defense–General, Professional…
2013 Southwest Super Lawyers Rising Stars
Two firm attorneys were named as 2013 Rising Stars by Southwest Super Lawyer. Colin Jared was selected in the Family Law category and Heidi Nunn-Gilman in Employment and Labor. To be selected for this honor, peers are asked to nominate the best among attorneys who are 40 or younger, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less. Nominations…
Firm Recognized in “Who’s Who in Business” Magazine
The Cavanagh Law Firm has been selected for inclusion in the 2013 Who’s Who in Business annual publication as a top-ranking law firm with 59 or fewer attorneys.
2013 Tax Changes
With the passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act, Sharon Ravenscroft finds that most of her clients, whether in the Phoenix metro area or Sun City, are interested in the following highlights: All of the individual “Bush era” tax rates are retained with the addition of a new top rate of 39.6% imposed on income over $450,000 for married taxpayers…
Firm Ranked in 2013 Best Law Firms by U.S. News – Best Lawyers
U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers have released the 2013 “Best Law Firms” rankings, providing a comprehensive view of the U.S. legal profession that is unprecedented both in the range of firms represented and in the range of qualitative and quantitative data used to develop the rankings. The third edition of these rankings features law firms given consistently impressive…
Lawyers Selected for Inclusion in Best Lawyers 2013
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 36,000 leading attorneys cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or…