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Gammage & Burnham is pleased to announce that 29 of our attorneys have been named to the 2021 Best Lawyers© list!  Best Lawyers©  recognition is based solely on a confidential peer review process.

Special congratulations to Timothy N. Forsman, Daniel L. Marks, and James B. Senften for being named to the inaugural “Ones To Watch” list and to Randall S. Dalton and Joseph P. Richardson who have been recognized as “Lawyers of the Year” in their respective categories.

See below the full list of our awesome attorneys that have been recognized.

Best Lawyers

Stephen W.

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U.S. News Best Lawyers® announced today that Gammage & Burnham is nationally ranked in seven practice areas and regionally ranked in 18 practice areas.  The U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process, and Best Lawyers®  is the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession.

The firm received national rankings for the following practice areas:

1. Land Use & Zoning
2. Litigation- Real Estate
3. Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights
4. Construction Law
5. Health Care Law
6. Litigation- Construction
7. Securities Regulation

The firm was recognized for its work in the Phoenix metropolitan area in the following practice areas:

1. Administrative / Regulatory Law (Tier 1)
2. Banking and Finance Law
3. Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights (Tier 1)
4. Business Organizations (Tier 1)
5. Commercial Litigation (Tier 1)
6. Construction Law (Tier 1)
7. Corporate Law
8. Corporate Governance Law
9. Health Care Law (Tier 1)
10. Land Use & Zoning Law (Tier 1)
11. Litigation – Bankruptcy
12. Litigation – Construction (Tier 1)
13. Litigation – Labor & Employment
14. Litigation – Land Use & Zoning (Tier 1)
15. Litigation – Real Estate (Tier 1)
16. Mergers & Acquisitions Law
17. Real Estate Law (Tier 1)
18. Securities Regulation

Congratulations to all of our brilliant attorneys who have worked to make Gammage & Burnham recognized both nationally and in our community!

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QUESTION: I THOUGHT THAT ONLY THE COMPANY COULD BE PENALIZED FOR FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT VIOLATIONS?

ANSWER: WHEN A TEXAS ROPE COMPANY GOT TIED UP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, THE OWNER, PLANT MANAGER AND OFFICE MANAGER WENT TO JAIL!

Numerous federal laws include civil liability for individuals who fail to comply with the laws.  Some federal laws even provide for individual criminal liability for company owners and managers.

Don’t let the boss rope you into breaking the law!

The U.S. Attorney’s office charged that High Performance Ropes of America, Inc.

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WITHOUT CAREFULLY READING AND ANALYZING ALL OF THE TERMS OF ALL OF YOUR POLICIES, YOU WON’T KNOW IF A LOSS IS COVERED UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE!

Will the Insurance Compensate for the Loss?

“On January 13, 1960, at about 7 p.m., an automobile was seen traveling southwardly on U.S. Route No. 15 near Dillsburg in York County. It left the main right-of-way, crossed the berm, crossed over a grass plot in front of a gasoline station, returned to the highway and then after some general weaving veered off into a ditch where it abruptly stopped, its front end pointing downward at an angle of 45 degrees over a concrete culvert, its rear, like the stern of a sinking ship, raised high.” Brenneman v.

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NEGLIGENT HIRING, RETENTION AND SUPERVISION OF EMPLOYEES CAN COST YOUR COMPANY MONEY!

Employers are conditioned by discrimination lawsuits to avoid background checks and to avoid disciplining and firing workers. For example, so-called “ban the box” statutes forbidding including questions about past criminal convictions on employment applications have caused employers to be lax in hiring standards. Wrongful termination lawsuits have made employers wary of disciplining or firing underperformers.

Nevertheless, members of the public can and do sue companies whose workers commit crimes or cause other harm.

The employees stole from the customers???!!!

Employees of American District Telegraph Corporation (“ADT”) stole thousands of dollars worth of liquor from International Distributing Corporation (“liquor store”).

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