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Hilary to teach CLE at the Arkansas Bar Meeting

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Hilary will be presenting a CLE entitled "Through the Open Door: A Bipolar Attorney Talks Mania, Recovery, and Heaven on Earth" at the Annual Arkansas Bar Meeting on June 13 in Hot Springs. She has told this personal story via speaking engagements over the last year, and she has written a book of the same title about her experiences which is due out on Amazon this summer.

Hilary calls upon her own triumph over bipolar disorder when advocating for her disabled clients who are seeking to secure disability benefits. She takes cases for clients suffering from a wide variety of impairments and will appeal merit-worthy cases to the highest court for disability cases. Hilary also gives back to the community when it comes to mental health advocacy: she is a volunteer and committee member for Arkansas Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program.

Please contact Hilary if you would like for her to speak at your event, and call our law firm if you need her to represent you in your disability appeal process.

Chaney Firm lawyers to teach CLE classes on bad faith, common auto defenses

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​Nathan and Taylor are each scheduled to teach a continuing legal education class during a program sponsored by the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association on June 6–7. Nathan's topic is insurance bad faith, a topic on which Nathan has written before. His presentation will explain the different types of the tort, and will offer tips and advice on successfully bringing and proving a bad faith case against an insurance company. 

Taylor's topic will cover defeating the so-called MIST defense in auto injury cases.​ In many cases without much external damage to the vehicles involved, insurance companies will defend the cases on the theory that because the cars aren't hurt, the occupants of those cars shouldn't be hurt either. Taylor's presentation will focus on scientific literature published over the past 20 years that roundly rejects this theory, and will provide legal authorities showing that insurance companies cannot meet the burden of proving these flawed scientific arguments.

The CLE lineup contains several notable Arkansas lawyers, and we invite you to attend.​

On Spring Break, protect your kids from the sun

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Spring Break is almost upon us here in Arkadelphia. Many of you (not me, sadly) will be headed to the beach or the mountains next week. Whichever is your destination, remember to use sunscreen! The worst sunburn I ever got was on the underside of my nose while on a Presbyterian church ski trip to Winter Park.

The FDA recommends keeping kids under 6 months old out of the sun completely. Use a beach umbrella and a hat for your baby.

For older folks, the FDA recommends that you pick a broad-spectrum, water-resistant sunscreen that has an SPF of 15 or higher, and reapply after swimming, sweating, or toweling off. The agency also recommends good-quality sunglasses.

Remember that you can still get sunburned when it’s cloudy, and the most intense rays are between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Have lots of fun this week, and be safe!