Over the course of my career, I’ve had the opportunity to represent people who have been hurt on the job in a wide range of workplace settings. Many of these injuries are the type of serious and catastrophic injuries that change lives, including the lives of the workers’ families.  In many of these cases, the […]

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As much as I hate to see the warm weather leave us, one of the things I love about fall is how good soup tastes. There is something cozy about a bowl of soup on a chilly, fall day.  Growing up we had a lot of soup, mostly Campbell’s.  Campbell’s condensed soups were invented in […]

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The phrase “class action” is thrown around by many of our potential clients and throughout the media. Throughout my career as an attorney, I have had the opportunity to represent clients in several types of class actions, and discuss potential class cases with many prospective clients. So what exactly is a class action and what […]

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We just started into another autumn season and although I am a summertime girl, there are many things I embrace about fall. After all, there’s something extra special about living in the state of West Virginia and a reminder of that is this time of year.  We have the beautiful scenery so many only experience […]

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In 1973, a special prosecutor by the name of Archibald Cox subpoenaed President Nixon’s now-infamous Oval Office audiotapes. Unable to broker a deal, Nixon summoned the attorney general of the United States, Elliot Richardson, into his office on a Saturday night and ordered Richardson to fire Cox. Richardson refused, and resigned in protest of Nixon’s […]

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The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) is a civil rights law passed by Congress in 1990 and amended in 2008, in response to widespread, systemic discrimination against people with disabilities. The ADA, among other things, makes it unlawful to discriminate in employment against qualified individuals with disabilities in job application procedures, hiring, firing, advancement in […]

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For those of us who often hit the road, we’ve all been in that familiar scenario where nature calls and we have to pull into a gas station, run inside, grab the bathroom key, brace ourselves, hold our breath and dart inside hoping to get in and out as soon as possible out of concern […]

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Hopefully, everyone is prepared for any emergency that may occur in your home and/or business. The month of October is typically when fire departments all over the country conduct seminars, training and prepare to visit schools in their communities to make everyone aware of the many fire hazards that exist and what they can do […]

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Have you and a friend ever had one of those “inside jokes” that run indefinitely and that no one else seems to understand? Well, one of those running jokes started during on the Bordas & Bordas Vegas trip last spring.  On the way to Vegas, my friend Michele and I overheard someone talking about wanting […]

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A lot has already been written about the great Vin Scully, the long-time play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Mr. Scully has officially retired after calling 67 seasons of Dodgers’ baseball.  It is absolutely amazing to realize that Mr. Scully moved with the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1957 and has, therefore, […]

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