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Linda R Hoak, Attorney at law

February 10th, 2010

Linda R Hoak has an attorney office located at 218 N. College Ave., Tyler, Texas 75702. She is a family lawyer for divorce and/or custody. I know these type of things are not easy to talk about and marriage is intended to last, but the reality is some marriages don’t make it. Linda Hoak is a good lawyer, because she cares for you personally and will always give you the big picture. She runs you through all the instances and prepares you for the worst, in case you need to go through that.

What impressed me most about her is that she was so willing to spend a lot of time answering all the questions I had. It was so good to become informed about the things that could happen when your marriage is not working and you have a child together. When there aren’t children involved, it was much easier to get a divorce. There are so many things to consider about a child, it is complicated. Linda Hoak encourages you to work on your marriage, but like I said sometimes you must divorce for the safety of your child or yourself. She was so informative about what the law in Texas will allow.

I was truly glad I went, the service was great and everyone welcomed me and were very helpful. She is very professional and honest. I was worried as to how do you know how to trust, when it comes to getting help on my situation. I found her on line from the Internet and decided to go and have a talk with her about my concerns. The visitation would have cost $50.00 which is not a lot of money, if your marriage is in danger and you could possibly lose your children.


One of the nice things was that while I was talking to the receptionists she told me that one of the attorneys policies is Fridays are free. So if money is an issue and you need a lawyer, try to go talk to her on Friday. Finding a good lawyer is hard, especially to find someone who really cares about you and your family. I was so impressed at how well informed she was and was not in a hurry to get over, even though she knew I wasn’t seeking a divorce lawyer, but just needed some legal advice.

You can rest assured that whatever you tell her is confidential. She knows your family is your life and people work hard for their money. She will listen to all you express to her and she won’t offer you advice that will harm your family. Her areas of practice are: divorce, child custody, child support, adoption, CPS cases, wills, medicaid, planning, paternity, and also estate planning. Her website describes in detail the things available. If you need a lawyer, take look at her site.

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Prepaid Legal Services

December 17th, 2009


I can accept that it maybe just me, but very seldom do I require the services of an attorney. I find consulting a lawyer to be like going to the doctor, if I’m patient the illness will eventually pass on its own, and I’ll be none the poorer. Unfortunately however many in this day and age have come to think of every illness as something we should necessarily prepare for ahead of time. Now I’m generally an advocate of saving and preparing for the future, but I’m not a huge fan of dumping money into a program I hope to never use. I do not mean to imply that insurance is not valid and important, but I already pay for home and car insurance. Not only that, but certain members of our government now think it necessary to force me to buy health insurance or accept a government plan! What does this have to do with legal services? Well Prepaid Legal is applying the principles of an insurance company to small claims litigation.

The concept is simple. For around twenty six dollars a month members can get legal advice on a variety issues like purchasing a home or preparing a will from a Tyler Texas attorney. The company offers assistance with such matters as opposing speeding tickets, or small claims issues like theft of service, or defective products. Prepaid also has packages for businesses who would like to offer legal protection to their employees. Securing Identity and personal information is a big part of what the firm is selling. Should a member fall victim to identity theft, they offer legal and financial protection throughout the process of restoring the client’s good name.


I think that the Prepaid concept is actually a sound one. For very little money anyone can afford to keep an attorney on retainer. And most trivial legal issues can be resolved with stern warning letter from the firm’s staff. What bothers me most is what the growth of this market says about our society at large. How litigious have we become as a people when the next form of insurance we feel compelled to buy is essentially legal insurance? And how overregulated are we?

Regardless of how we may feel about it, this is the society we live in and some people are clearly more comfortable knowing legal aid is just a phone call away. For those people, Prepaid Legal is certainly a viable option worthy of some investigation. As for me, I’ll continue to plod along and keep my nose as clean as possible. Perhaps I will consider becoming a member of Prepaid when I become an internet millionaire with enough disposable income to insure every area of my life. Until then, I’ve got more immediate concerns. For those who are interested in Prepaid Legal I suggest visiting their website at www.prepaidlegal.com .

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Quality attorneys in Tyler

December 17th, 2009


For most us legal aid is not an everyday necessity. In fact the very mention of a lawyer has been known to prompt groans and eye rolling. In the worst of circumstances people find themselves in a sort of civil arms race, where each person attempts to one up his or her opponent with better and better legal counsel. I’ve known numerous JR Ewing wannabes who keep “their” attorneys on call largely as a status symbol for the purpose of name dropping. But let’s face it, love them or hate them, most of us will at some point encounter instances in life where we need the advice of more litigious minds than our own.

It is definitely no fun slogging through the mire of legal affairs. Now I consider myself a relatively intelligent guy, but personally, I know next to nothing about the ins and outs of suits and separation, custody and custodianship, probation and parole. So when I’m confronted with a situation involving these circumstances I turn to someone who can help me navigate these difficult and perilous waters.


The attorneys at Bain, Files, Jarrett, Bain and Harrison, are just such experts. They specialize in criminal and family law. If you are seeking legal direction for anything from divorce settlement and alimony to child custody and support, this group is widely considered to be the very best in Tyler and East Texas. The family run firm was founded more than thirty years ago and its legal team has an enormous wealth of experience. With a strong emphasis on ethics and excellence, the attorneys and staff provide direction and legal assistance to individuals and families through the most difficult crises in life. They are also very active members of the Tyler community, with a large number of contacts and connections throughout. All the attorneys are board certified to practice law in their particular area of expertise.

So if you find yourself in a circumstance which requires serious family or criminal legal assistance, consider the team best qualified to help. For more information on the finest lawyers in Tyler visit their website at www.bain-files.com . They can also be reached by phone at (903)595-3573 or by fax at (903)597-7322. Their offices are located at 109 West Ferguson, on the square in Tyler.

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Advertising Of The Legal Industry In Tyler

December 14th, 2009

In Tyler TX the primary type of lawyer that spends money advertising in various forms are tort lawyers. Most people have not heard of this type of attorney but the more familiar names that are also considered tort attorneys are personal injury lawyers, medical malpractice attorneys, negligence lawyers, and product liability lawyers. I think almost everyone has seen billboard ads for local tort lawyer Earl Drott. His billboard ads span the entire city of Tyler and by now if you were to think of an attorney to call to assist with a medical malpractice claim or something similar you would likely give Earl a call because his ads are fresh on your mind. These lawyers make a lot of money per case and so it is worth it for them to advertise in very large TV and billboard campaigns.


I sometimes wish I could advertise to this degree as tort attorneys are able to do but that would require that businesses that list in this directory give me $50,000 to have a business listing and I don’t think very many people would go for that. Not to worry as the cost is still only $10 and $100 depending on the business listing you choose. We are not a subscription based directory but we will likely soon become one so get in while the price is still cheap. At this time auto accident attorney advertising on tyler texas televison seems to be the primary ad spots for attorneys selling their services in East Texas.

In 1976 a ban was lifted on advertising in the legal profession. Up until 1976 lawyers were only allowed to gather business through reputation and word of mouth. An Arizona case challenging the constitutionality of banning advertising in the legal profession went all the way to the United States Supreme Court which removed the ban on advertising. However, the US still allowed the State Bar to “regulate” advertising in order to make certain that the information presented was true and did not mislead others or make false claims. The Texas State bar association lifted their ban on advertising but still regulates advertising among Texas lawyers to make sure no one is misleading the public or giving the legal profession a bad name. I am sure we have all heard the term “ambulance chaser” which is a derogatory name for tort lawyers and this is why the state bar works to regulate and make sure the radio and TV ads do not cross a certain line.

Advertising among injury lawyers first began to focus on slip and fall victims. Just the other day I was in a Tyler TX car dealership and a Tyler gas station owner told me he was recently sued by his customer because they tripped on a rug that slipped under their feet as they walked out the door. Lately major pharmaceutical companies are increasingly becoming the target of personal injury lawyers and I know of some attorneys in the Tyler area that have won class action lawsuits against some of these pharmaceutical companies. My family has personal experience in being injured by a consumer product that contains formaldehyde in a baby bubble bath we used. Our baby broke out in a severe rash for several days from the high dose of formaldehyde and other ingredients found in the bath liquid. We did not hire a Tyler TX personal injury lawyer to sue a company but these are the types of situations lawyers in Tyler would fight for a consumer.


Two large topics that are covered in personal injury ads in Tyler are automobile crashes and medical malpractice victims. You have likely seen the “Strong Arm” advertising pretty much everyday on TV’s in Tyler ready to fight if you have been injured in a car accident. Loncar focuses on those who may have been hit by an 18 wheeler. The fact of the matter is that transportation companies make a fortune and have a lot of money. If you are hit by an 18 wheeler and win a lawsuit there could be substantial payments you could receive as well as your attorney. My friend was hit by an 18 wheeler at a red light. The truck just never stopped. My friend did receive a lot of money in the lawsuit but he also had to have a complete back surgery that has permanently disabled him in certain ways for life. These perspective clients like my friend usually seek damages for their medical bills, pain, and suffering. I would never wish a car accident upon myself or anyone regardless of the payment I might receive through a lawsuit and generally the payment isn’t really enough considering what may have happened.

Even though attorneys make a lot of money through lawsuits it is many times the best way to get the money to pay for surgeries and other things because of the personal injury you may have received. It isn’t exactly like winning the lottery since most people are severely injured. The lady at McDonald’s who won millions of dollars for a coffee burn definitely got more than she needed to fix a minor burn but in general personal injury law is very needed in this day and age. The Tyler Texas highways represent one of the easiest ways you could become injured during daily activity. It is good to know their are attorneys in town like Earl Drott and Brian Loncar to assist with different types of personal injury law.

To give you an idea on the type of money attorneys spend on advertising take these statistics into consideration. In the top seventy-five television markets nation wide two-thousand lawyers advertise on television and spend close to $200 million collectively on advertising. This is about $100,000 a year on ads per attorney. Looking at some of the billboard in TV ads in Tyler TX I would imagine that some of our local attorneys pay close to this amount which is really startling to think about. The ads that are placed are primarily directed at low income people in Tyler. The reason these ads are placed in low income areas and on TV stations focused at low income residents in Tyler is due to higher income residents already having contact with attorneys for other reasons like wills and contracts. About 20 percent of low income residents in Tyler find their lawyer through TV, billboard, and yellowpages ads. I imagine internet ads through cell phones will soon be a source if not already where local Tyler people will find personal injury lawyers.

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Child Seat Safety Laws in Tyler Texas

December 8th, 2009

There have been new changes in the car seat safety laws. Most citizens from Tyler know about the old law of having to be at least 5 years or at least 36 inches tall. But there has not been too much information given out to Tyler parents about the new law of a child being at least 8 years old to ride in a car without a car seat or booster seat.

If your child is under age 8, then yes he or she needs to be in a car seat. This is the Texas State Law now, not just a recommendation but the law. Violation of this law is a misdemeanor and you can receive a fine of up to $250. The child needs to be restrained in the car seat during operation of the vehicle.


There are different types of car seats for different stages that your child grows through. First of all there’s the infant car seat, which is for infants from birth to 22 pounds. The infant car seat should be at a 45 degree angle and is rear facing only. The next stage is the toddler car seat. This car seat is usually for children up to 65 pounds. The toddler car seats are forward facing with a harness. There is a transition car seat that can be used for an infant and a toddler car seat which may be more affordable. The next car seat, which may be what you need to go buy for your older child that is not quite 8 yet, is the booster seat. The booster seat is for school aged children up to about 90 pounds.  The booster seat raises the child up so he or she fits properly in the seat belt. If the seat belt does not fit properly your child can be severely harmed in a car crash from the seat belt itself, which is probably why the Texas law changed to children under age 8 being in a car seat. Remember that a car seat should always be in the backseat which is the safest place for children.

An infant carrier should never be used as a bed. A recent study has shown that when newborns sleep in a car seat that it can cause mild repertory problems (in one out of five newborns) and they don’t receive the proper amount of oxygen.  So only use the car seat while traveling and never use it for your infant’s bed all night long.

Check to make sure there hasn’t been a recall on your car seat. Many companies have been manufacturing car seats so that they are more affordable to the average family. But I think as a result some of the car seats were not made very sturdy. For an example Evenflo recalled one of their car seats after 679 reports were filed, because it wasn’t manufactured correctly resulting in infants skulls being fractured, concussions, wrongful death etc.  Evenflo has many safe car seats as well as Graco (I use both of these brands) but be sure your car seat has not been recalled or expired. Expired, you ask? Yes, every car seat has an expiration date (should be on the bottom) and should not be used after the expiration date.


If your child has been killed or injured as a result of a malfunctioned car seat then call a Tyler attorney. You may have grounds for filing a products liability lawsuit. Tyler has some of the best attorneys in Texas and they work hard for you. I’m sure no parent wants to go through a lawsuit after their child has been hurt but it is important that the truth be revealed about unsafe car seats and a Tyler attorney will help you all the way.

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Personal Injury Attorneys in Tyler Texas

September 14th, 2009

Over the past 24 years Earl Drott has successfully tried or settled  over 1000 cases for his clients. Earl has obtained verdicts and settlements ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to millions of dollars in cases involving:

Auto accidents, Truck accidents, Construction site falls, Motorcycle accidents, Forklift accidents, Nursing home neglect , Oil rig accidents, Concrete truck accidents, Oilfield electrocution, Gravel truck collisions, Tractor tire explosions, Asbestosis, Pharmacy Malpractice, Defective seat belts, Foundry kiln accidents, Loading dock accidents, Mobile home fires, Toxic exposure, Spousal abuse, Agricultural product defects, and Sexual abuse…just to name a few.


Earl Drott is a well experienced personal injury lawyer in Tyler Texas and we have heard from several people that he is a good guy. Earl is a close neighbor to us and having talked to him once before I found him to be a friendly easy to get along with guy. He is very active in the Tyler community and volunteers his time and resources to local youth. You may have even seen one of Earl Drott’s billboards as they seem to be up in about every corner of the city of Tyler.

Earl is a state board certified lawyer which is quite impressive as most all attorney ads you hear on the radio and TV say something to the effect of, “Not licensed by the state board of attorneys.” This cant be said of Earl Drott as he is both licensed and certified by the state board of attorneys to practice law in Texas.

One type of personal injury law that Mr. Drott is experienced in is cases where the client has had exposure to Asbestos. You may have bought an old house in Tyler Texas and started remodeling it to flip. You may have broken up pieces of asbestos insulation tile, or asbestos laminate flooring. These asbestos fibers stir up and travel around in the air and you might have breathed in some of these fibers. Another common way to get asbestos exposure is by working in the HVAC industry when asbestos insulation was all the rage. HVAC technicians would cut this stuff up and breath in asbestos almost everyday.

If you were a victim of asbestos exposure you could potentially have mesothelioma, which is one of the most deadly forms of cancer. There are millions of dollars available for those effected by asbestos exposure. We highly recommend you give Earl Drott a call if you have been exposed to Asbestos in anyway. Earl can consult you on your possibilities to file a claim and receive money because of your potential likelihood of eventually having or currently having mesothelioma cancer.

Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is almost always caused by exposure to asbestos. In this disease, malignant cells develop in the mesothelium, a protective lining that covers most of the body’s internal organs. Its most common site is the pleura (outer lining of the lungs and internal chest wall), but it may also occur in the peritoneum (the lining of the abdominal cavity), the heart,[1] the pericardium (a sac that surrounds the heart) or tunica vaginalis.

Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles, or they have been exposed to asbestos dust and fiber in other ways. It has also been suggested that washing the clothes of a family member who worked with asbestos can put a person at risk for developing mesothelioma.[2] Unlike lung cancer, there is no association between mesothelioma and smoking, but smoking greatly increases risk of other asbestos-induced cancer.[3] Compensation via asbestos funds or lawsuits is an important issue in mesothelioma.

The symptoms of mesothelioma include shortness of breath due to pleural effusion (fluid between the lung and the chest wall) or chest wall pain, and general symptoms such as weight loss. The diagnosis may be suspected with chest X-ray and CT scan, and is confirmed with a biopsy (tissue sample) and microscopic examination. A thoracoscopy (inserting a tube with a camera into the chest) can be used to take biopsies. It allows the introduction of substances such as talc to obliterate the pleural space (called pleurodesis), which prevents more fluid from accumulating and pressing on the lung. Despite treatment with chemotherapy, radiation therapy or sometimes surgery, the disease carries a poor prognosis. Research about screening tests for the early detection of mesothelioma is ongoing.

If you would like to contact Earl Drott you may do so by filling in this contact form – click here.

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Tyler Texas Personal Injury Lawyer

September 10th, 2009

It is important to make a list of certain check points to check off when choosing your Tyler Texas personal injury lawyer. The number one concern with people is whether the personal injury lawyer has your financial and health interests at heart when taking your case. Many personal injury lawyers have long since lost their ability to have real compassion and concern about the peoples lives they represent in court and instead see them as just another source of income. When choosing a lawyer you want to pay close attention to how much time they give you to talk and if they listen to what you are wanting from the case and what your financial and health concerns are and how this corresponds to what you would like to see in the final outcome of the court battle.


What can happen quite often is an early financial settlement that may only be $200,000 – $500,000 for the injured person when they have been permanently injured for life. Take for example a recent injury that occurred to a friend of mine in Tyler Texas. He had injured a part of his body while on the job and was not provided the proper safety equipment to handle the things he was working with. This was typical work behavior and the managers approved. My friend was simply working according to protocol that were already accepted and agreed upon although the work safety manuals stipulated that he should be using certain safety equipment that was not made available to their employees. It would have been impossible for my friend to meet the demands of his boss and job while protecting himself from injury.

My friend who lives in Tyler Texas lost some use of a part of his body he would need later on after getting his degrees so that he could pursue what he wanted to do long term. Because this part of his body was injured while at work he would not be able to pursue this dream any longer. His income potential over the course of his life were substantially limited based upon his aspirations and certain sporting activity would be hampered for life as well. In the course of him pursuing a lawsuit with this company his lawyers convinced him to go ahead and settle out of court because there is no guarantee a lawsuit would be able to achieve the amount of money he needed. The problem is that many people personally injured on the job in Tyler Texas go ahead and accept a settlement offer even though this may not be in the best interest of that person.


The pressure of listening to a professional personal injury lawyer telling you that if the case went to court you may not get anything is enough for most people to give in and accept a settlement for much less. Considering many settlements will be gone in just a few years does it really make sense to choose a settlement for $200,000 – $500,000 when your life long injuries might be more in the neighborhood of $5,000,000. Personal law attorneys especially inexperienced ones will really push you towards the settlement option regardless of how badly you have been injured as they do not have the confidence to fight something like this in court and do the required work to make sure you get the money owed to you.

By interviewing several personal injury attorneys and seeing how well they ask questions and prod for your concerns and what you are looking to get out of the lawsuit you can determine what care they may give to your case. If the attorney seems to all but rule out taking the case to court and seems to be set on just settling you may want to look elsewhere. Many times settling your claim out of court is just not the answer. You may not have a guarantee on the final dollar amount by taking it to court in an actual lawsuit but you will at least get the chance to fight for what you deserve. Their is no price too high on losing the ability to provide for your family because of the incompetence of a Tyler Texas business owner or boss.

Some lawyers operate in a manner much like an extortionist in an attempt to make themselves wealthy while providing absolutely no benefit to their clients. An extortionist will take whatever they can get and are skilled more in the art of extortion than in the art of research, evidence gathering, court appearance, and trial law. You want a true personal injury lawyer that will go to court for you and fight it out with the business that harmed you to get what you deserve. Any scam or con artist can extort money from a business but it takes a very smart educated lawyer that can take your case to court and get you what you believe you are entitled to. It is actually harder to pass the CPA exam than the bar exam and so don’t let the fact that a lawyer may be licensed to practice law trick you into thinking you are talking to someone of higher intelligence. I personally like lawyers who are both licensed CPA’s and licensed to practice law.

If you’ve been injured in an accident, on the job, or by a negligent health care provider, your first step should be to do some research and find a responsibly, reputable personal injury lawyer in Tyler Texas. A good East Texas attorney will take the time to listen and will set realistic expectations for the amount of money you may be able to collect. They will offer the option to fight the case in court without undue pressure to settle. Sometimes a settlement is the best answer and so it is important to keep that option open depending on the severity of your injury.

Have you ever heard the term ambulance chaser? This is the type of personal injury attorney who advertises on phone books, billboards, and cabs and may not be a reputable East Texas attorney. Many of these lawyers are out to collect as much money as possible for themselves and will charge exorbitant fees if they win your case. An attorney that takes more money than they themselves are entitled to just prays on the weak minded and uneducated citizens in Tyler. This type of attorney is why we recommend interviewing several East Texas attorneys in order to find one that is honest and will not take more money in fees than he is due.

We have found that by contacting local bar association phone number you will be quickly answered by a phone operator who will route you to a live law office in Tyler Texas based on the law category you give them. The Bar association maintains a list of responsible Tyler Texas attorneys and will be able to recommend a good personal injury attorney that will listen closely to your case. If you think you will have trouble paying attorneys fees, you may want to investigate the free legal aid clinics in your area. Not all attorneys recommended through the bar association are honest but you will have better odds of being hooked up with a legit attorney by approaching your search through the bar association.

In summary make sure that he or she listens to your personal injury case and does not immediately push you into a settlement offer before talking about the advantages and disadvantaged of fighting it in court. An obvious example of an attorney that is listening to your case will immediately take down the details of your account of what happened that caused your injury. Your attorney will ask inquisitive questions you may have not thought of to help them determine how they might be able to win your court case against the Tyler business that injured you. Sometimes a law suit is not the appropriate response to an injury but don’t let a settlement offer be pushed on you before proper advantages and disadvantages have been explained to you regarding fighting it out in court. Like I explained earlier, $200,000 – $500,000 in settlement money is just not enough for certain injuries. If after a few years that money is gone and you are still injured what have you really gained?

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