By Tanya Patterson The statistics regarding burn out and substance abuse among lawyers are staggering. Up to 20% of lawyers abuse drugs while only 8-10% of the general population do so. In a February 2016 study published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine, 27% of...
Year: 2017
Amendment 64: Five years later
By Adam Detsky Colorado Constitutional Amendment 64, the ballot measure that legalized recreational marijuana use for adults, is approaching the fifth anniversary of its passage in November 2012. This article looks at pressing issues the marijuana industry faces...
Caleena Svatek: Selected for 2018 Texas Rising Stars for Super Lawyers
We are proud to announce that Caleena Svatek has been selected for 2018 Texas Rising Stars for Super Lawyers. Each year, Super Lawyers recognizes the top lawyers in Texas via a patented multiphase selection process involving peer nomination, independent research and...
Knight Nicastro Success: Jeffrey Helmink v. BNSF
Chad Knight and Anthony Nicastro defended BNSF in a lawsuit filed by a mobile repair carman who suffered an amputation injury when he lost control of a railcar he was working on and it ran over his foot while he was attempting to stop it. The Plaintiff blamed the...
Knight Nicastro Success: Anthony Pantoja v. BNSF
Chad Knight was asked defend this case six weeks before trial. Over those six weeks, the team he led completed a year’s worth of discovery that had not been completed, including deposing nearly two dozen witnesses and working through thousands of pages of documents....
Knight Nicastro Success: Kenneth Daley vs. BNSF
Defense verdict in Kalispell, Montana, in case alleging asbestos and creosote exposure by former engineer for the Great Northern Railroad. The Plaintiff claimed exposure to asbestos and creosote when operating a vintage “fireless locomotive” from 1969 to 1985 and...
Knight Nicastro Success: Estate of Richard Hawk v. BNSF
Chad Knight represented BNSF in a FELA wrongful death lawsuit involving an employee of the Great Northern Railroad who worked as a telegrapher at its Libby, Montana, rail yard in the 1950s. The Plaintiff claimed that Mr. Hawk’s death was due to asbestos exposure...