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An honors graduate of UC-Berkeley and Harvard Law School, Neil Shouse served five years as Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County. He prosecuted more than 60 criminal trials, and handled more than 1,000 evidentiary hearings. He earned a reputation as one of the toughest and most successful trial prosecutors, with an astounding 96% success rate in felony criminal jury trials to verdict.

As a trial prosecutor, Mr. Shouse's cases ranged from DUIs and drug charges to complex, high profile murders. He worked in close partnership with police, detectives, the California Highway Patrol, criminalists and fellow prosecutors.

Among his cases was the successful prosecution of Shadae Schmidt, a college student who shot and killed her mother and then staged a fake robbery scene. Shadae Schmidt was defended at the trial by Michael Jackson lawyer Thomas Messereau.

Mr. Shouse frequently speaks as a guest legal commentator on national television. He has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, Court TV, Fox News Channel and Public Television.

Prior to serving as a trial prosecutor, Mr. Shouse was a litigator for several of the nation's top law firms, including the global law firm Sidley Austin Brown & Wood. In that role, he represented such clients as AT&T, Microsoft, Metropolitan Life, Western Union and KPMG.

Donald C. Kudler was born and raised in Los Angeles where his father presently lives. His brother and sister live in Arizona. He later moved to San Francisco to attend law school and then to Las Vegas to start his career as a lawyer in 1993. In 2005 Mr. Kudler married Ondine Darcyl, a jazz vocalist who grew up in Argentina and moved to the USA to go to law school. The couple lives in Las Vegas with their two dogs.

Mr. Kudler graduated from Lowell High School in Whittier, California in 1978. In his senior year, he won first place in the 1978 Hughes Aircraft Business Competition Day Accounting I contest over students from high schools across Orange County, California. As a teen, Donald Kudler was active in B’nai B’rith Youth Organization ( BBYO ) and to this day maintains friendships and business relationships with men and women he met during that time. During high school and college, Donald Kudler worked for his father’s outdoor advertising company becoming involved in every aspect of the business from interaction with government agencies to apply for permits, to the manufacture, installation, sales and design of signs and the cleaning of the premises.

Donald Kudler obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management in 1983 and a Masters of Business Administration in 1987, both from California State University, Fullerton. Both degrees are with an emphasis in Management Information Systems. In 1993, Mr. Kudler earned his Juris Doctorate from Hastings College of the Law where he joined Fraternity Phi Alpha Delta. During law school Mr. Kudler represented indigent clients in mediation at the San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation. Right after graduation, he moved to Las Vegas, got admitted to the Nevada Bar and started his first job as a lawyer with Robert Massi working in the areas of estate planning, contracts, personal injury, and advising clients in a variety of legal areas. In 1994, Donald Kudler started to work for Albert Massi primarily as a litigator representing injured persons in personal injury cases. He was also advised in transactional law and civil litigation. In 2004, when Albert Massi retired, Donald Kudler and Allen Cap created the law firm of Cap and Kudler.

Donald Kudler writes a blog on litigation and related issues as well as things that may come to his mind from time to time. Donald's Blog is called Vegas Litigator.

Donald's firm's website can be found at capandkudler.com.

For fun, Donald Kudler finds new Latin rock bands on the internet and reads fiction, about Kaballah and Argentine history. He is an amateur photographer – his photos of local courthouses are displayed on this website. With his wife, he enjoys skiing, collecting art, traveling to Buenos Aires and Punta del Este as well as exercising and playing ball with the dogs in their back yard. The couple enjoy spending time with friends and family.

Hi, my name is John Rizvi. My partner, Glenn Gold and I, manage Gold & Rizvi, P.A. - The Idea Attorneys - Patent and Trademark Law Offices, headquartered in Ft Lauderdale, Florida, with additional offices in Florida, two other Patent offices in Las Vegas, Nevada and one in New York City.

We've been representing individuals, and both small and large businesses with their Intellectual Property needs for almost two decades.

Here's a look at the representative Industries and Technologies we can help you with.

* Gambling and Gaming Patents
* Semiconductors
* Optical Devices and Systems
* Networking and Security
* Medical Devices
* Dental Devices
* Mechanical Systems, MEMS and Nanotechnology
* Life Sciences and Chemistry
* Internet
* Computer
* Financial Systems and Processes
* Electronics (Analog and Digital Circuitry)
* Design
* Computer Implemented Methods and Systems (user interface, operating systems, software tools, electronic design automation systems, etc)
* Communication Systems (Wired and Wireless solutions)
* Audio, Video, Graphics and Imaging
* Automotive
* Banking, Finance & Insurance
* Chemicals, Petrochemicals & Agricultural Chemicals
* Manufacturing
* Pharmaceuticals
* Energy Technology
* Power Systems
* Battery Technology
* Construction & Development
* Telecommunications

Please check out our website at www.idea-attorneys.com - there you will find a boatload of patent, trademark and copyright information and even request more detailed info for FREE.

If you wish, give us a call toll-free at 866-433-2288 for a free consultation....and find out where you're at today with your invention or idea....and where you want to go.

Bruce D. Tingey was born in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1963. He attended University of Nevada at Las Vegas and Brigham Young University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1988. He also attended California Western School of Law, where he received a Juris Doctorate degree in 1991. He was admitted to the California State Bar in 1991 and the State Bar of Nevada in 1993. Bruce is a member of the Clark County Bar Association, the Nevada Law Foundation, and the Nevada Justice Association.

Our practice focuses on helping families achieve harmony and security for their future. Our considerable legal experience includes wealth preservation, family protection and charitable planning as well as planning strategies for unmarried couples and divorced individuals. Gary and his associates have a broad range of experience in helping families of all types find peace of mind through creative trust planning. Our practice is comprised of Estate Planning, Elder Law, Asset Protection, Tax Planning, Business Planning, Offshore Planning, Probate, and Medicaid Planning.

The Law Office of Dawn Papaeliou, P.C., is a debt relief agency committed to helping financially distressed individuals obtain a fresh start through bankruptcy relief. This Firm offers personal, discreet, and affordable legal representation.

THIS FIRM IS YOUR ALTERNATIVE TO THE LAS VEGAS BANKRUPTCY MILL!

All consultations are FREE and COMPREHENSIVE. You can expect personal and thorough legal advice without further obligation from this Firm. Consultations typically last one hour or more because you deserve more than canned or boilerplate advice. An open and honest attorney is a better advocate than one who withholds information to pressure people into paying first for services. All too often at other law offices, paying clients then fall off the radar in the law office's perpetual search for new paying clients.

At the Law Office of Dawn Papaeliou, P.C., clients irrespective of payment are the number one priority always! Your case is handled at every stage by an attorney and will not be handed off to a paralegal or legal assistant. The attorney also returns phone calls promptly and personally.

Your case should not be just another file. This Firm offers INDIVIDUAL FILING DATES because your case should be filed when you need it filed. This Firm does not batch file cases so your case is filed when most convenient for you. With Individual Filing Dates, clients also receive the attorney's undivided attention at the creditors' meeting. Other firms have scheduled batch filing dates and will shelve your case until their next filing date. Don't get lost in the crowd, you deserve better.

This Firm offers LOW flat fees to all clients and gladly offers PRO BONO services to qualifying low-income individuals.

At the Law Office of Dawn Papaeliou, P.C., your case is not just another file. This Firm has a LIMITED CASELOAD to ensure that your case gets the attention that it requires.

Avoid being a victim of the local bankruptcy mills. Quite simply, the Law Office of Dawn Papaeliou, P.C., offers BETTER SERVICE FOR LESS!

PROFILE OF DAWN M. PAPAELIOU, ESQ.
Dawn M. Papaeliou graduated with a Juris Doctorate from the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas in May 2002. Ms. Papaeliou passed the State Bar Exam on her first attempt and was admitted to practice law in the State of Nevada in December 2002.

Dawn Papaeliou has represented hundreds of debtors in chapter 7 and chapter 13 bankruptcies as an associate attorney at two local law firms. She also acquired extensive bankruptcy experience while working for local chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee Yvette Weinstein from 2003 to 2005. Ms. Papaeliou assisted the Trustee in the administration of chapter 7 bankruptcy estates, liquidation of assets, and distribution of estate funds to creditors.

Ms. Papaeliou operated the Law Office of D. M. Papaeliou, P.C., and provided legal services through the City of Las Vegas Senior Citizen Law Project in 2006, until she joined the Department of Justice Office of the United States Trustee in Reno, Nevada. While employed with the Office of the United States Trustee, she investigated the eligibility of debtors in chapter 7 cases, examined chapter 7 debtors under oath at creditors’ meetings, and pursued the dismissal and/or conversion of cases to chapter 13 relief. Dawn Papaeliou also provided oversight of chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees, monitored chapter 11 reorganizations in the Reno area, and otherwise ensured compliance with the United States Bankruptcy Code.

In late May 2007, Ms. Papaeliou returned to the Las Vegas area as debtor's counsel. Today, Ms. Papaeliou continues her dedication to debtors' issues as a bankruptcy lawyer for the Law Office of Dawn Papaeliou, P.C. Dawn Papaeliou also continues her commitment to the Las Vegas community as an active member of Habitat for Humanity and Clark County READS.

David Wilson practices business and construction litigation in both Texas and Nevada. In his 16 years of practice, he has been lead counsel in over 100 trials and over 55 appellate matters. He has served as counsel at both the Texas Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. His clients include companies as large as Shell Oil Company and Enterprise Rent A Car, but also include small businesses and individuals.

Like many people, Las Vegas Personal Injury Lawyer William B. Palmer came to Las Vegas to make a better life for himself and his family. As a young attorney, he founded Palmer & Associates, P.C., on the principles of integrity, fairness and a passionate commitment to helping clients in need.

Over the years, the Las Vegas personal injury lawyers of Palmer & Associates, P.C., have grown a successful law firm focusing on personal injury, workers' compensation and criminal law. We are experienced, knowledgeable and have the resources needed to handle the most challenging cases. Mr. Palmer is supported by an associate attorney and a team of legal professionals.

At Palmer & Associates, P.C., our close relationship with our clients forms the foundation of our firm. Each client we serve is treated as a person, not a file. We are committed to providing personalized solutions and attentive client service. Our goal in serving you is not to make you a client for the duration of a case. We want to make you a friend for life.

Your future may seem unclear at this point in time. Our Las Vegas personal injury lawyers will work to help you overcome your current difficulties, so that you can move forward in life with hope again.

W. West Allen is a partner with the nationally-recognized law firm of Lewis and Roca LLP where he currently serves on the firm's governing Policy Committee. As part of the firm's Intellectual Property and Technology Group, Mr. Allen has extensive experience litigating and resolving intellectual property disputes concerning trademarks, patents, copyrights, trade dress, trade secrets, unfair competition, as well as other business, Constitutional and related federal claims. Mr. Allen co-founded the Nevada State Bar's Intellectual Property Section and was subsequently elected that Section's first Chair in 2004. In 2005, Mr. Allen was appointed by the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, to serve on the Court's Civil Rules Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on the Local Rules of Practice. Following his term as the Nevada Chapter President of the Federal Bar Association, Mr. Allen was elected a national officer of the Federal Bar Association in 2007, serving as Vice President for the Ninth Circuit. He currently is serving his second term as FBA Ninth Circuit Vice President and has been appointed to the Federal Bar Association's national Government Relations Committee. Mr. Allen has been an adjunct professor of Internet law at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He currently serves as a foundation board member for "Nevada's Favorite Charity" Opportunity Village. He also is an advisory board member of Alliance for Youth Service and an Assistant District Commissioner for the Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Allen received his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, 1995 and his B.S., Finance, from Brigham Young University, 1991. He was a law clerk for the Honorable Robert J. Johnston, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, 1995-1996.

Howard R. Roitman, Esq. has been practicing law for 22 years. Howard Roitman is one of the first attorneys to be recognized by the State Bar of Nevada as a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning. He is a member of the Bar in Nevada, California, New York, and the District of Columbia. He is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center (JD in 1984 and LL.M in taxation in 1985), and the Harvard University Mediation Program (2004). He is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), Charted Life Underwriter (CLU), and a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC).

People in car accidents are often told to get legal help to make sure their rights are enforced. A study confirms two other key reasons for getting legal help if you are in an auto accident — you will likely receive more money, and you have a better chance of recovering money.

The study was conducted by the respected Rand Institute. It found that auto accident victims who hire attorneys receive about 25% more money than auto accident victims who do not hire attorneys — even after deducting all costs.

The study also found that using a lawyer increases an auto accident victim’s chances of recovering money to almost 95%.