Ken Swindle received the Distinguished Service Award from the West Alabama Chamber of Commerce for the service he provided to them during his entire career in law enforcement.  Ken Swindle worked in law enforcement for 34 years and served as the Tuscaloosa Police Chief for 20 years before coming to work as an investigator with Prince Glover Law.

Birmingham, Alabama — Sirote & Permutt Shareholder Daniel J. Burnick has launched the Alabama Employment Law Report , a blog discussing current issues in employment and labor law, with a particular emphasis on the state of Alabama. Mr. Burnick's blog is the first such online resource being offered in Alabama. Mr. Burnick is resident in Sirote's Birmingham office and is the former chair of the firm's Labor & Employment Practice. Initial blog entries have covered such topics as behavior at holiday office parties, military leave and the Family Medical Leave Act, sexual misconduct, and recent changes in the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Mr. Burnick will post entries on a a regular basis . To visit the Alabama Employment Law Report blog , go to http://www.alabamaemploymentlawblog.com

At this time of the year, we wish to express our appreciation for the friendship and confidence you have shown us. We continue to offer our clients and colleagues the finest service possible. Our firm has recently settled $239,000.00 in cases that were deposited in December. These cases involved auto wrecks, a drunk driver, a guest passenger claim and a false arrest claim.

And, we continue to build relationships and associations with our colleagues. For the month of December, we paid over $34,000 to attorneys in referral fees.

As we look forward to 2009, we would like to share a few inspirational quotes, that we feel will help you through these challenging times.

"You can't steal second base, and keep your foot on first."
Frederick Wilcox, Writer

"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
Christopher Reeve, Actor

"Excellence is not a skill, it is an attitude."
Ralph Marston, Author

"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young."
Henry Ford, Industrialist

"My father taught me that reputation, not money, was the most important thing in the world."
William Rosenberg, Dunkin Donuts founder

From every member of Lewis, Feldman, Lehane & McAtee, LLC, we wish you a happy, safe holiday season and a healthy, fulfilling New Year.

Jon E. Lewis

Daniel B. Feldman

Danny Lehane

J. Stuart McAtee

William R. Pringle became a partner in the firm in December 2008. Will’s practice areas include business and commercial litigation, contracts, insurance and financial services, product liability, and transportation and logistics. Will received his undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama in 1998. He is a 2001 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law.

Sirote & Permutt PC recently expanded its mortgage banking litigation practice to assist financial services and mortgage banking companies with legal challenges surrounding the subprime mortgage banking crisis.

The Birmingham-based firm repositioned 16 lawyers into the team with industry-focused knowledge. The team will be led by Sirote Shareholder C. Lee Reeves, according to the press release.

"Because of the challenging environment that exists today and because of our heavy involvement in mortgage banking generally, we have prioritized the importance of our mortgage banking litigation group to best take care of the needs of our clients."

Sirote & Permutt PC operates offices in Birmingham, Huntsville and Mobile.

Birmingham Business Journal - by Crystal Jarvis Staff