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Woman sentenced for Las Vegas auto accident

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:45:03 +0000

A woman has been sentenced to eight to 20 years in prison for killing a man in a Las Vegas auto accident while under the influence, according to Reno Gazette-Journal.

The woman pleaded guilty in June to driving under the influence of alcohol resulting in the death of a man in the Las Vegas auto accident.

The woman’s blood-alcohol was more than twice the legal limit at the time of the Last Vegas auto accident.

19-year-old takes lives of two in Las Vegas auto accident

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:30:52 +0000

A 19-year-old Las Vegas woman who pleads guilty to felony DUI believes she should go to prison, according to Fox5Vegas.com.

The 19-year-old’s blood alcohol limit was three times above the legal limit for those who are 21 and older when she crashed into an SUV, causing a Las Vegas auto accident and killed two people.

DUI Suspect Anita Mann Appears In Court Today

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:20:55 +0000

Anita Mann, the 19-year-old accused of driving drunk and killing two people on February 16, appeared in a Henderson courtroom Wednesday morning.
After a judge ruled Mann as a danger to society, Mann’s father defended her by saying that she was not a partier or a drinker and never even had a parking ticket. Mann attended CSN and her parents describe her as a good kid who made good grades.
Nevertheless, her bail was set at $225,000 and her preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 11th.
Mann is facing two counts of felony DUI for the deaths of 66-year-old Louis Madden and 65-year-old Karen Hicks who were killed on February 16th.
Police say Mann’s blood alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit.

Mann did not give an explanation as to how she obtained the alcohol early Tuesday morning.

Mann’s attorney, Steve Wolfson, commented on how this situation is a tragedy for both families involved. We agree.

Richard A. Harris Gives Lecture to UNLV Dental Students About The Secret

admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:49:19 +0000

Las Vegas, Nevada, January 22, 2010-

If you want to know the secret to a successful practice, just ask attorney Richard A. Harris who has been in the community helping injured people for thirty years.

“It’s plain and simple, treat people like human beings,” said Harris while speaking to senior students at the UNLV Dental School on the topic of jurisprudence.

An apology goes a long way according to the Las Vegas Attorney. When physicians are involved in legal disputes with patients Harris advises our future doctors to take the high road- be compassionate, take the time to explain, and most importantly give them answers.

Harris cited many cases where physicians made medical mistakes and never took the time to explain; for instance, why the wrong knee was operated on, or why a couple’s baby died when the baby was thriving the night before.

“When you come in to court and I have you up on the stand, take the wind out of my sails, just admit you made a mistake.”

Harris also cleared up misconceptions about medical malpractice clients that are portrayed in the media as wanting to make a quick buck.

“Most of the time, people come in because they have mounting medical bills and they cannot afford to pay them. People are just happy when things go wrong, you fix them, don’t avoid your responsibility.”

After the lecture, Harris took questions from the dental students and congratulated them on their senior year.

M & L Conference:90 feet Above Ground Proves to be a Great Motivator for RHLF staff.

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:03:32 +0000

It’s been said before support groups have been proven to work. Think of any outrageous topic- Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers? You are sure to find a group that shares the same thoughts, hobbies, financial issues, family struggles and joys.

This is the best way I can describe the conference that the Richard Harris Law Firm attends every six months. It’s called M & L Seminar the Legal Marketing and Management Forum.

Basically, it is made up of attorney-entrepreneurs who share the same employment issues, marketing ideas and conflicts.

Our winter session (Jan 14, 15, 16) was held in Costa Rica. What a sacrifice right? And, it was paid for by our boss, yet another big sacrifice during the cold winter weeks in Las Vegas.

In exchange we promised to absorb and implement as soon as we returned- great motivation for our next trip to a far away island right boss?

Among those who attended were, Susan Syring, our HR Director, Me – the Marketing Director, Shoshana Kunin-Leavitt our newest attorney and two old-school attorneys – Josh Harris, Dave Boehrer, and our fearless leader, Richard A. Harris

Subjects include, customer service, marketing, best and worst management decisions, only to name a few.

We absorbed as much as we could throughout the day- because there were some distractions like, the perfect weather, the beach, on-call alcohol, the beautiful hotel and something called zip lining.

Yes, three of us went zip lining and I suddenly remembered why companies take retreats and do things like zip lining and corporate challenges- they scare people into getting along – like being in a fox hole together.

Ever heard of the saying there are no atheists in fox holes- well, there are no enemies in fox holes either.

Not that we had any problem getting along before the seminar, we actually did not interact enough to know better. Long story-short, we definitely bonded packed inside the zip line platform 90 feet above the rainforest. Yep, that’ll do it!

Zip lining scared me out of my wits! And although I didn’t show it I was uncertain about my freaking out meter going out of control.

However, Susan and Shoshana talked me through it and made monkey noises as I zip lined my way above the rain forest. I could not stop laughing!

As we walked and talked through the forest, I remembered how before the plane took off, Susan noticed I was uneasy. Susan grabbed my hand and told me a funny story about a meditation word she used- Wasabi…

I realized that this is the way a work team should function, when one member is down the other members motivate, re-focus, talk them through, hold their hand if needed and get them to reach their ultimate potential until they can fly.

Well…I did just that. Look at me fly!

Thanks RHLF team!

Zip lining acros the Costa Rican rainforest

Alternative medicine physician facing Nevada medical malpractice conviction

admin — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:04:00 +0000

November 2, 2007

A man was caught twice trying to sell illegal human growth hormones to undercover agents without doing any tests or making a proper diagnosis. He faces five years in prison if the jury convicts him of Nevada medical malpractice for distributing the hormone for anti-aging, which is an unapproved purpose.