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DBL Law is adding significant litigation capability to its Cincinnati office. Effective January 1, 2010, partner Todd McMurtry and associate Ryan McLane will be moving from the Northern Kentucky office to the Cincinnati office.
“We are very pleased that this team is coming to our Cincinnati office in 2010,” said managing partner Gerry Benzinger. “DBL has
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DBL partner Matt Klein was recently appointed as the Kentucky representative to the legal committee for the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA). This one-year appointment will provide AAHSA with collaboration with its leadership and staff, member education, and direction on legal issues affecting AAHSA members.
“This is just another example of
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Three DBL partners were recently named as 2009 Kentucky “Super Lawyers” in their practice areas.
Mathew Klein, Jr. (Health Care), Robert Stevens (Health Care), and Elizabeth Weber (Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights) were recognized as being among the top lawyers in the state.
The 2009 list of Kentucky “Super Lawyers” was compiled based on over 10,000 ballots submitted
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Shoppers spent about $900 million Monday not by going to the mall but by pointing a computer mouse and clicking from the comfort of their desks. Undoubtedly, many of those sales on what retailers bill as Cyber Monday came from workplace computers on company time, raising the uncomfortable question: Was anyone actually working on Monday?
With
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DBL partner David Kramer has been re-elected to the Kentucky Bar Association Board of Governors for the 6th Supreme Court District for another two-year term beginning July 1, 2010. The KBA Board of Governors is an agency of the Kentucky Supreme Court and assists the Court in overseeing the practice of law in Kentucky.
Mr. Kramer
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The Lean Construction Institute (LCI) recently announced the formation of an Ohio Valley Regional Chapter at the organization’s annual meeting. LCI is an association of construction professionals that researches the principles of lean production in the design, engineering, and construction trades.
The new chapter, spearheaded by Joseph Cleves, Jr., partner with Dressman Benzinger LaVelle (DBL), and
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Posted By: Todd McMurtry | email: tmcmurtry@dbllaw.com
Recent reports indicate that since the onset of the “Great Recession,” contractors are making 20% less on most projects. An effective way to lessen the pain of these decreased margins is to avoid costly disputes.
Manage your risk through careful contracting.
It is almost too basic to say, but if all parties to the construction project reach
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DBL recently donated $600,000 to the St. Elizabeth Healthcare Foundation. This generous donation ranks among the top five major gift contributions in the history of the foundation, established to support the mission of St. Elizabeth Healthcare and its patients.
St. Elizabeth is a longstanding client of DBL, which has served as legal counsel for the hospital
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Posted By: Joseph Cleves | email: jcleves@dbllaw.com
(As appeared in the American Bar Association’s Under Construction Journal August 2009)
Current economic conditions are creating a great deal of stress within the construction industry. These circumstances are making it more difficult for viable and needed projects to get off the ground. The construction industry, alone among major industries in this country, is less efficient
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Posted By: Patrick Hughes | email: phughes@dbllaw.com
In today’s economic climate, a number of experienced and highly educated professionals are facing an unplanned career change. Many see this as an opportunity to pursue the dream of entrepreneurship by purchasing a small business. If you are one of these, make sure you do your homework. While you personally need to determine what type
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