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Stem Legal is pleased to announce our newest client, Arizona divorce and family law firm Nirenstein Garnice Sodesquist PLC.

With offices in Scottsdale and Tempe/Chandler, Nirenstein Garnice Soderquist offer legal services in all facets of divorce and family law, including litigation, mediation, and appellate practice.

The firm advises on matters such as prenuptial agreements, child custody & support, grandparent rights, paternity cases,  adoption, and orders of protection. In addition, firm divorce lawyers often handle engagements related to spousal support, foreclosure and real estate equity issues, and military divorces.

Using a team approach, the firm subscribes to a philosophy of collaboration, not only with each other, but with other professionals, including family therapists, counsellors, corporate and financial advisers, and clergy.

Similar to other Stem clients, Nirenstein Garnice Soderquist attorneys share their experience and knowledge via the Arizona Divorce & Family Law Blog, where they write about legal developments, answer common questions, and provide information on Arizona family and divorce law topics.

About Nirenstein Garnice Soderquist PLC: Founded in 2003, Nirenstein Garnice Soderquist is Arizona’s first boutique family law firm and one of Arizona’s most well-known and respected family law firms. Nirenstein Garnice Soderquist seeks positive outcomes for all clients through compassionate, empathetic, and respectful negotiation. Although the firm strives to resolve matters outside the courtroom, its attorneys are skilled litigators who bring matters to the bench with confidence and determination.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal is pleased to announce that 12 blogs have recently been added to the Florida Lawyer Blog Watch. FLBwatch.com now tracks 122 legal blogs exclusively written by Florida attorneys!

• Polk County DUI Attorney Blog
• Miami Employment Lawyer Blog
• Florida Injury and Accident Lawyer Blog
• Trends in International Litigation
• Florida Personal Injury Lawyers Blog
• Florida Criminal Attorney Blog
• Fort Lauderdale Injury Lawyer Blog
• Sport Agent and Sports Lawyer Blog
• Defend my Domain
• Florida Probate, Trust & Estate Blog
• Searcy Florida Injury Blog
• Florida Probate Lawyer Blog

About Florida Lawyer Blog Watch

Launched in January 2008, this site is an aggregation of the 50 latest posts from 122 Florida legal blogs. FLBWatch.com was created with the help of bankruptcy attorney Ron Chapman, who writes the West Palm Beach Bankruptcy Blog.

Stem is pleased to announce 12 new additions to the DUI Lawyer Blog Watch. This website now monitors a grand total of 92 blogs dedicated to the topic of DUI law. The content is aggregated from blogs exclusively covering DUI law and criminal law blogs filtered to only include their DUI-related posts. The newest additions are:

• New Jersey DWI Lawyer Blog
• Pennsylvania DUI Blog
• Los Angeles DUI Attorney Blog
• Alabama DUI Lawyer Blog
• Austin DWI Attorney Blog
• Olympia DUI Lawyer Blog
• Lubbock DWI Law Blog
• WBG Law Blog
• Mississippi Criminal Defense Blog
• Alabama DUI Law Blog
• Massachusetts DUI Law
• Plano DWI Lawyer Blog

Hissey Kientz LLP recently announced a new practice area for individuals suffering from side effects after taking the drugs Zetia and Vytorin . Research published in November 2009 showed that patients taking the cholesterol drug Zetia were more likely to suffer serious and possibly life-threatening side effects compared with patients who were prescribed another drug to lower cholesterol. Vytorin is a related pill that combines Zetia (generically known as ezetimibe) with Zocor (simvastatin).

Zetia’s side effects have been linked to heart attacks, cancer, and liver damage. The new practice section includes research findings, efficacy, lawsuits and settlements, and ongoing tracking of related news.

For more information on Hissey Kientz’s Zetia & Vytorin practice, visit www.hkllp.com.

Stem client Ron Chapman, who practices in West Palm Beach, Florida, recently unveiled a new FAQ collection dealing with federal crimes, at federalcrimefaq.com.

Federal Criminal Lawyer FAQ includes information on a wide variety of topics, including sentencing, defenses, and types of federal crimes. The site answers questions such as:

• What is the difference between federal and state law?
• Can you avoid a minimum mandatory sentence in federal court?
• What is a criminal defense?

The site also links to a complete list of Ron Chapman’s federal criminal defense services, and visitors are invited to submit their own questions as well.

About Ron Chapman: Florida attorney Ron Chapman practices criminal law at the state and federal court levels. In addition to Federal Criminal Lawyer FAQ, Mr. Chapman also maintains the West Palm Beach Criminal Lawyer Blog and Florida Criminal Records FAQ.

Stem Legal congratulates our client, Chicago-based personal injury firm Strellis & Field, on the launch of their newly-designed firm website, located at www.strellislaw.com.

The new site features descriptions of the firm’s practice areas, which range from car accident injuries to nursing home negligence to premises liability.  Profile pages have also been updated, including each of the firm’s lawyers: Jack Strellis, Gregg Strellis, Dennis Field and Jonathan Rosenfeld.

Visitors will find many examples of the firm’s successes, inlcuding sample case descriptions and the resulting settlements or verdicts. The firm’s web publications area was also re-vamped to auto-publish the latest news from:

• Jonathan Rosenfeld’s Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer Blog and Bed Sores FAQ; and
• Gregg Strellis’ new Chicago Personal Injury Lawyer Blog.

This project was a great example of how Stem likes to approach web development – as a collaborative effort with our clients.  We would like to thank everyone involved at the firm, especially Strellis & Field marketing, for their help in creating a fantastic looking website!

Products injury firm Hissey Kientz LLP has added a new practice page for the birth control pills Yaz and Yasmine, which have been shown to double the risk of developing potentially deadly blood clots. The generic version of this drug is called Ocella.

The new practice page describes how the drug drospirenone, the active ingredient in Yaz and Yasmin, can pose serious health risks including: heart attacks, strokes, pulmonary embolisms, deep vein thrombosis, gall bladder problems and death. The group is also tracking news related to Yaz warnings and recalls.

Visit the Hissey Kientz LLP website for more information on this new service.

Stem Legal is pleased to announce that 16 new blogs have been added to our Florida Lawyer Blog Watch website.

• Matthewman’s Murder Blog
• Florida ROC
• Florida IP
• Floridal Trucking Accident Lawyer Blog
• Tampa Bay Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog
• Fort Lauderdale Divorce Lawyer Blog
• Lakeland Florida Injury Lawyer Blog
• Pinellas County Florida Criminal Lawyer Blog
• Florida Injury Attorneys Blog
• Florida Mortgage Modification Lawyer Blog
• Florida Condo & HOA Legal Blog
• Miami Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog
• Palm Coast Injury Law Blog
• Cruise Law News
• Florida Rules Decisions
• Florida Injury Lawyers Blog

FLBWatch.com is now tracking 111 Florida lawyer blogs.

About Florida Lawyer Blog Watch

Launched in January 2008, this site is an aggregation of the 50 latest posts from 111 Florida legal blogs. FLBWatch.com was created with the help of Florida federal crimes attorney Ron Chapman, who writes the West Palm Beach Criminal Lawyer Blog.

Stem Legal Web Enterprises is pleased to announce that Jordan Furlong has joined the company as Senior Consultant and principal for our forthcoming Media Strategy consulting services.

Mr. Furlong is a lawyer, former legal journalist, thought leader and consultant, with more than a dozen years’ experience leading three top Canadian legal periodicals.  For the past decade, he has served as Editor-in-Chief for the CBA’s National magazine, where the publication earned awards from both the Canadian Business Press and the Canadian Association of Journalists.  He founded and served as Executive Editor of the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association’s CCCA Magazine, and has held the position of Managing Editor with The Lawyers Weekly.

Since January, 2008, Jordan has also been an award-winning blogger at Law21: Dispatches From a Legal Profession on the Brink, where he chronicles the extraordinary changes underway in the legal profession.  He is an Honourary Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management and Chair of the College’s InnovAction Awards.

Jordan brings a wealth of experience to Stem, along with a deep understanding of how lawyers and law firms can effectively raise their profile.  He will advise clients on both traditional communications and cutting-edge online initiatives, demonstrating how both efforts are integral to lawyer marketing and form the foundation of media coverage.  Jordan’s experience will be an excellent resource for any law firm looking to develop a comprehensive media strategy; or collaborating with lawyers looking to develop new marketing tactics that optimize coverage in both online-circles and traditional media.

Jordan’s advice will be included immediately for Stem monthly retainer clients, and shortly as a single-engagement consulting service. Firms interested in retaining Jordan are invited to reach out to him in the coming weeks as he gets settled.

Until then, from all of us here at Stem: “Welcome Jordan!”

About Jordan Furlong: Jordan Furlong is a highly respected strategist, writer, speaker, and thought leader within the legal industry. In addition to his role as Senior Consultant with Stem, he offers strategic consulting services with Edge International.  A graduate of Queen’s University Faculty of Law, he lives in Ottawa with his wife and two children.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

Stem Legal congratulates our client, Mike Myers of McClanahan Myers Espey LLP , on the launch of his new website, Dead Peasants Insurance FAQ (DeadPeasantInsurance.com). The site answers common questions about Corporate Owned Life Insurance (COLI).  COLI is also known as janitor insurance or dead peasants insurance.

The site also explains how COLI originated, provides a list of companies that are believed to have bought insurance policies on the lives of their employees, and discusses employer disclosure obligations.

About Mike Myers: Mike Myers has a national law practice involving class actions and commercial litigation at both the trial and appellate levels. He has been counsel in cases involving eighteen approved class action settlements, including the Wal-Mart and Fina Oil “dead peasant” insurance cases.  He is frequently used as a media resource on the topics of insurance and annuities, having appeared in the National Law Journal and on CNN’s Prime News with Erica Hill to discuss life insurance issues. Myers also consulted on the documentary film SiCKO. He practices with McClanahan Myers Espey LLP in Houston, TX.

Product injury firm Hissey Kientz LLP has just added a new practice page for Fleet Phospho-soda, a saline laxative that has been linked to renal failure and acute phosphate nephropathy.

The page describes Phospho-soda, which was also sold as Fleet Phospho-soda EZ-Prep Bowel Cleansing System, its side effects, and news on recalls and lawsuits. In late 2008, the product was recalled shortly after the FDA issued a health alert, warning that Fleet Phospho-soda posed a risk of causing kidney damage, and should only be available by prescription.

Hissey Kientz helps clients who have suffered kidney damage, acute phosphate nephropathy, or renal failure after using Fleet Phospho-soda products for bowel cleansing before a colonoscopy.

Stem is pleased to announce another round of additions to the DUI Lawyer Blog Watch. This website now monitors a grand total of 80 blogs dedicated to the topic of DUI law, or criminal law blogs filtered to only include their DUI-related posts. The newest contributors to this DUI current awareness tool are:

• Oklahoma DUI
• Law Offices of James Fabbrini
• Washington State DUI Blog
• Houston DWI/DUI Defense Posts – Houston Criminal Law Journal
• Minnesota DUI and DWI Lawyer Blog
• Houston DWI Law Blog
• Mass DUI Lawyers Blog

About the DUI Lawyer Blog Watch

Launched in August 2008, this site displays a dynamic list of the 50 latest posts on the topic of DUI law.  DUIBlogWatch.com was created with the help of Arizona DUI attorney Lawrence Koplow, who writes both the Arizona DUI Defence Blog and the Arizona Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog.

Stem Legal welcomes new additions to this growing list. If you know of a DUI blogging lawyer not listed, please let us know.

Hissey Kientz LLP recently unveiled a new website, located at HerbalFenPhenLawyers.com.

The site describes the diet drug Fen Phen and its herbal counterpart, explains potential side effects, lists FDA warnings, and gives information about related lawsuits. Presently, Hissey Kientz  is investigating claims involving those who developed primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) or primary arterial hypertension (PAH) after using Fen Phen or herbal Fen Phen.

The new microsite will provide ongoing updates to potential victims, and is sponsored by the firm’s herbal Fen Phen practice.  For more information, visit www.HerbalFenPhenLawyers.com

Stem client John Hochfelder, a New York attorney who specializes in serious traumatic injury cases, today announced the launch of his new website, Brain Injury Lawyer FAQ at www.BrainInjuryFAQ.com.

Devoted to the medical and legal aspects of brain injuries, the site includes a large collection of questions and answers on topics such as brain anatomy, diagnosis, traumatic brain injury, financial assistance/Medicaid, and more. Explanations of the intimidating and often complex aspects of brain injury lawsuits are also provided.

The site also features a nationwide brain injury verdict tracker, which lists an ongoing collection of recent settlements and verdicts, with details and dollar values where available for each.

BrainInjuryFAQ.com complements Mr. Hochfelder’s blog, New York Injury Cases Blog, where he explains in plain language how and why traumatic injury cases are valued, especially regarding specific types of injuries.

About John Hochfelder: John Hochfelder is a traumatic injury attorney based in White Plains, New York, with decades of experience in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) cases. He is an advisor to two brain injury assistance foundations, and has spent almost 10 years as a volunteer assistant teacher of brain injured children. Mr. Hochfelder has also served as an EMT for six years and served six years as a local court judge.

The Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall recently unveiled a new website to support their New Jersey shoplifting defense practice; and is located at: http://www.NJShopliftingLawyer.com.

This site was designed to provide information on the different degrees of shoplifting and their severity and penalties. Criminal and civil charges are discussed, along with a full explanation of the appropriate detention, interrogation, and arrest process. The site also defines different types of shoplifting including organized retail theft and shoplifting resulting in robbery charges.

John Marshall’s team is experienced in handling all types of shoplifting charges, and strives to help clients resolve their issues with minimum impact on their lives. For more information, the firm may be contacted at any of their offices located throughout New Jersey.

Hissey Kientz LLP recently added a new practice page for herbal Fen-Phen to hkllp.com.

Herbal Fen-Phen contains ephedra, which has been linked to dangerous side effects such as primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH), primary arterial hypertension (PAH), heart attack and stroke. The FDA issued a ruling banning the sale of dietary supplements containing ephedra in 2004.

Hissey Kientz specializes in product injury cases, and is currently investigating incidents where herbal Fen-Phen users developed PPH, PAH, or other conditions. Hissey Kientz is one of the first law firms to assist with these types of claims.

Stem Legal wishes to congratulate our client Randy McClanahan of McClanahan Myers Espey LLP, who was elected President of the Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists (TACTAS). From the press release:

“During more than 30 years of practice, Mr. McClanahan has built a well-deserved reputation as one of the country’s leading courtroom lawyers, regularly representing companies and business executives in a variety of business disputes. He has been Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1982.”

TACTAS was established in 1986 and promotes high standards in professionalism, has established principles and networking resources, and has provided integrity and strength for its members. Members are exclusively attorneys and judges who have obtained Texas Board of Legal Specialization certification in Civil Trial Law, Personal Injury Trial Law, and/or Civil Appellate Law.

McClanahan Myers Espey LLP is a Houston-based contingency fee litigation firm. In addition to specializing in corporate-owned life insurance, the firm also practices in class actions, general business and IP patent litigation. The firm’s blog is Contingency Fee Business Litigation.

Legal document sharing service JD Supra launched a new feature today: law centers. These new sections of the website are devoted to making the company’s legal content more accessible and browsable.

Visitors can now do one-stop information shopping in any of the core-center divisions: personal law, business law, government law, and law practice management; or under any of the many related sub-centers.

For lawyers tracking a specific area of law, or for the consumer looking for targeted expertise, JD Supra’s law centers have helped make that information easier to find. For example, within the Personal Law Center, visitors can see the most prolific contributors and the most recent postings by personal injury lawyers, bankruptcy, criminal law, employment law, and a host of others.

Also worth highlighting, law centers are completely contributor driven. Once lawyers and firms have signed up for JD Supra, they are free to publish documents related to their preferred area of practice, and have those items show up in the new law center pages within minutes.

Stem Legal offers a big congratulations to everyone at JD Supra!

About JD Supra:

JD Supra allows legal professionals to publish and distribute legal content to the world. The company enables lawyers, law firms, and legal professionals to market themselves through the open exchange of legal information – including court decisions and attorney-written material. JD Supra is based in San Francisco. For more, visit www.jdsupra.com.

Chicago-based nursing home lawyer Jonathan Rosenfeld has just launched a new website called BedSoreFAQ.com.

According to Rosenfeld’s Nursing Homes Abuse Blog:

“BedSoreFaq is a resource for those who have questions regarding bed sore prevention, treatment —and ultimately legal rights of those who developed a bed sore due to the neglect of a nursing home or hospital.”

The site features news, photos, and Q&A on various aspects of bed sores, including prevention, assessment, stages and development, and treatment options. The collection of materials on the site is continually expanding.