This post is the second in a series of interviews with the professionals who live at the intersection of law, the internet, and social media. Today I’m happy to... Read More
I’ve written quite a bit about how the practice of law has changed and is continuing to change because of the growth of the internet, and specifically the growth... Read More
We’ve been following the Toyota recalls here at GJEL for the past several months. We’ve reported on the recalls that were in response to runaway vehicles, and about the... Read More
Toyota Motor Corp. has been all over the news lately. With all the news about Toyota recalling dozens of models of Toyota and Lexus vehicles for design flaws in... Read More
Last Monday morning when I walked into the office, I saw Amy and Kimberly, two of the assistants to our attorneys, counting out large amounts of cash into piles.... Read More
According to the New York Times, Toyota Motor Corp announced a recall today of eight models of Toyota and Lexus vehicles in Europe. That recall affects 1.8 million cars,... Read More
The Transportation Department announced on Tuesday, January 26th, that it is prohibiting bus and truck drivers from texting while driving commercial vehicles, according to National Public Radio. The ban... Read More
I was fortunate enough to spend January 21st and 22nd at the Avvocating Conference in Seattle, where I learned more than I ever thought possible about online legal marketing.... Read More
There’s no doubt that drivers are constantly bombarded by distractions. At any given time on the highway, you can see someone eating, applying make-up, fiddling with an iPod or... Read More
Teen Driver on Cell Phone by photo240779 According to Paulson Coletti Trial Attorneys’ website, “ODOT (Oregon Department of Transportation) reports that in the year 2000 there were over 46,000 motor... Read More
This post is the fifth in a series in which I’ll be taking a look at how technology is impacting the law and the way legal professionals practice. A... Read More
This post is the fourth in a series in which I’ll be taking a look at how technology is impacting the law and the way legal professionals practice. I... Read More
December 11 Bedtime with the Beasts Bedtime with the Beasts is a special overnight program for youth groups (ages 6-18) and their chaperones. An Oakland Zoo education specialist will... Read More
This post is the third in a series that will continue over the next couple weeks in which I’ll be taking a look at how technology is impacting the... Read More
GJEL Accident Attorneys is encouraging everyone to begin 2010 with an annual auto insurance check-up about coverage and liability. As drivers begin these check-ups, this third in a series... Read More
December 4 Benicia Holiday Open House and Tree Lighting First Street merchants along with Benicia Main Street host this ever-popular open house at the beginning of the Christmas Season.... Read More
This post is the second in a series that will continue over the next couple weeks in which I’ll be taking a look at how technology is impacting the... Read More
This post is the first in a series that will continue over the next couple weeks in which I’ll be taking a look at how technology is impacting the... Read More
This post is the third in a series of Thanksgiving posts. Stay tuned from now until Thanksgiving to read about how you can keep yourself and your loved ones... Read More
This post is the second in a series of Thanksgiving posts. Stay tuned from now until Thanksgiving to read about how you can keep yourself and your loved ones... Read More
It’s no secret that teen drivers aren’t always the safest. Automobile accidents involving 16-year-olds occur nine times more than those involving 20-year-olds, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway... Read More
It’s been all over the Bay Area news: A man in a big rig drove right off the side of the new S-curve in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge... Read More
When texting kills, Britain takes it seriously. A recent poll by the New York Times suggests that Americans would like to do the same. Britain has a nationwide ban... Read More
Over the years, GJEL has seen its cases involving uninsured motorists increase by roughly 20 percent. Add to that underinsured motorists, unlicensed motorists, aging drivers, and teens with their... Read More
It’s commonly said that there are two types of motorcyclists: those who have been in an accident and those who will be. For the past eleven years, motorcycle fatalities... Read More
GJEL Accident Attorneys Quiz 1: Auto Insurance Basics Gillin Jacobson Ellis & Larsen (GJEL Accident Attorneys) has seen an increase in auto accident cases relating to uninsured motorists. Drivers... Read More
Next time you go for a drive and hit a red light, pay attention to where you stop your car. If you find yourself stopped behind another car, take... Read More
At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, 206 patients were given CT scans that delivered a dose of radiation many times higher than they were supposed to. The excess... Read More
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed two bills Sunday that will require or encourage convicted drunk drivers to install ignition-interlock devices in their vehicles. The devices allow a car to be... Read More
I’ve written many times about the dangers of driving while texting or talking on a cell phone. There have, of course, been bans on these activities put in place... Read More
You’ve probably heard by now that Supreme Court Justice Scalia thinks that some of our greatest minds are being wasted in the legal profession. I was planning on not... Read More
I’ve been acutely aware of the pharmaceutical industry lately. I’ve been following the first of the test trials in the Foasamax cases, and the ensuing jury tension, and here at GJEL we’re investigating... Read More
I don’t have an iPhone, but if I did, I’m not sure if I’d be too crazy about all the applications available for them (applications are “apps,” for short).... Read More
Being a Wisconsin native, I’ve been following the case surrounding State Supreme Court Justice Michale Gableman for the past several months. Of course, it wasn’t a case, exactly, when... Read More
In May of this year, the Supreme Court ruled that Iqbal, a Pakistani Muslim arrested after the September 11th attacks, could not sue former Attorney General John Ashcroft or current... Read More
It’s no secret that the state’s budget is a mess. And though a deal was reached between the governor and the legislature to try and make the best of... Read More
There’s been some uproar on the internet this weekend after the New York Times published an article about what legal professionals can and can’t say on the internet. The story... Read More
You might remember me writing about the case against Merck because of the horrendous side effects of their drug, Fosamax. If you’ll remember, the first “test” case to go... Read More
Tom Orloff, Alameda County’s current District Attorney has decided to retire after serving fifteen years as DA. He’s looking forward to spending more time with his family. But who,... Read More
A couple weeks ago, the ABA launched its new website, Legal Rebels. The idea behind the site was to encourage people, especially those practicing law, to realize that the... Read More
Pharmaceutical cases are all the rage these days, so it seems… The first Fosamax case has been submitted to a jury today in New York. Fosamax is an osteoporosis... Read More
Things have been all together too serious on this blog for a while. There’s been way too many reports of texting while driving, accidents, and other generally serious topics.... Read More
I’ve been bringing you news of the possibility of a BART strike for a while now, and am now bringing you what is (hopefully) the final update– it looks... Read More
I encourage my readers to never talk or text while driving because the behavior is inherently dangerous and has been shown in studies to increase the risk of an... Read More
Cyclists may need to be careful to avoid getting doored, but at least they can rest assured that if they do happen to slam into the door of a... Read More
After two serious MUNI accidents in the last month, the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee will hold a hearing examining MUNI safety standards for bus and train operators... Read More
Attorney Stephen Owens, who was named new president of the Utah State Bar Association. (Paul Fraughton/The Salt Lake Tribune) A new program in Utah requires newly admitted lawyers to... Read More
The Fog City Journal is reporting that an accident involving two Muni F-Line streetcars and an SUV has left six people hurt, two of whom were hospitalized. According to... Read More
One college grad is suing her school to get her tuition back because she claims they didn't do enough to help her find a job. What about all those... Read More
The U.S. Senate introduced legislation Wednesday that pressures states to ban texting while driving. If they don't comply, they stand to lose millions in federal highway money. Read More
Furloughs are intended to save the state money, but if you furlough employees of a Board whose sole product is the creation of revenue, the furloughs don't work quite... Read More
I know all those recent grads are taking the bar exam this week and are probably a teensy bit panic-attack-inducingly stressed. And for those students who aren’t taking the... Read More
The New York Times just reported on a fatal car crash that happened when one driver drove the wrong way on a road for nearly two miles. The accident... Read More
Lawyers need practical skills, and law schools aren't teaching them--yet. It feels like there's change on the horizon, but in the meantime, students need to take the initiative to... Read More
Update 7/22/09 —SFGate, online home of the San Francisco Chronicle has posted videos of the MUNI accident. Update 7/19/09 — CBS5 has just reported that officials from the National... Read More
A key lesson most of us learned from the Sotomayor confirmation hearings has been to be careful what you say because it probably will be taken out of context... Read More
Robert Bowman got himself into $435,000 of debt. The New York State Bar says that means he has failed to establish the requisite character and fitness to practice law.... Read More
San Francisco-Oakland and San Jose both rank in the top ten on the most congested highways list. With the looming BART strike, things could get a lot worse. Read More
Who doesn't love a dance party for a birthday? The U.S. Park Police seem to think that Thomas Jefferson might not have been "down" with "getting funky" on his... Read More
A Berkeley Assemblywoman wants Amazon.com and other online retailers to collect sales tax from customers. Amazon says it's unconstitutional. Online shoppers are upset that they have to pay sales... Read More
I had the great privilege of interviewing Stephanie Jim this week about the Berkeley Family Festival and Bike Rodeo that happened two weekends ago. Stephanie works as an Injury... Read More
Just when you thought Illinois couldn't be more scandalous! We thought we'd seen the last of Governor Rod Blagojevich after his Senate nominee scandal landed him lots of media... Read More
Instant reporting of auto accidents is the new big thing--there's applications for BlackBerry phones, iPhones, and now insurance companies are developing their own applications. Who will become the market... Read More
In order to have some continuity and keep our readers from being confused and overwhelmed, I'm creating some basic weekly features that can be a great resource for a... Read More
Welcome to GJEL Accident Attorneys’ new and improved blog. I’m Kaitlin Janusz, your humble blogger, and today’s post (my first one!) will give you some background about me, and... Read More
DM: Amy, thanks for agreeing to do this interview. You’re the first point of contact for so many of our clients that I thought we could give people the... Read More