It's no accident that May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month because as the weather gets nicer and riders hit the streets the number of wrecks involving bikes and other vehicles skyrockets. To help keep the open road safe for bikers BKM will post tips and videos from the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF), AAA, law enforcement, and the National Highway Safety Foundation during the month and throughout the summer. Check out this informative video from the MSF: Read More
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Supreme Court Will Decide Unprecedented Number Of Blockbuster Cases During 2021-2022 Term
Like kids counting the days until Christmas, attorneys, legal scholars, and jurisprudence junkies, including me, eagerly anticipate the first Monday in October, the day the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) begins its new term each year. We can barely control ourselves as we wait for the justices to decide which of the 7,000 cases submitted to them annually become one of the 150 or so they hear. Under normal circumstances, the justices go about their work in relative obscurity Read More
BKH Sports Law Client Joe Moorhead engineers Oregon Duck’s win over Ohio State
Shout out to Oregon Offensive Coordinator and Quarterback Coach Joe Moorhead who played a key role in engineering the Duck's impressive 35-28 victory over Ohio State. Like a number of outstanding coaches across the U.S., Coach Moorhead is represented by Brian Kopp, director of BKH's Sports Law Practice Group who assisted him in his contract negotiations with Fordham University, Penn State, Mississippi State, and Oregon. Coach Moorhead's game plan garnered special recognition on Sports Read More
FROM EXPLODING PINTOS TO OUT OF CONTROL TESLAS, TRIAL LAWYERS FIGHT TO MAKE CARS SAFER
On August 10, 1978, three teenage girls, sisters Lyn and Judy Ulrich and their cousin Donna traveling to volley practice on Route 33 in Goshen, Indiana were incinerated when the gas tank in their 1973 Ford Pinto exploded after the vehicle was rear-ended by a van. Technically speaking, they were killed in an auto accident. In reality, however, they were murdered by corporate greed. That is because Ford executives, including President Lee Iacocca, knew the Pinto was a four-wheeled death Read More
BKH welcomes Attorney Arturo T. Uzdavinis , Tampa native, Jesuit High graduate is newest member of firm’s impressive legal team
Attorney Arturo Uzdavinis is the newest addition to Betras, Kopp & Harshman’s impressive, multi-talented legal team. A native of Tampa, Florida, Attorney Uzdavinis graduated from Tampa Jesuit High School before attending Tulane University where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Management Degree. He received his Juris Doctorate from Barry University’s Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law, graduating Cum Laude in December 2020. A standout football player at Tulane where he appeared in 48 Read More
Society wins not only when the guilty are convicted, but when criminal trials are fair
In his most recent MahoningMatters column, BKH managing partner David Betras, one of the area's leading criminal defense attorneys, discusses prosecutorial misconduct and the threat overzealous prosecutors pose to every American's freedom... Prosecutors in the United States wield awesome power and have access to immense resources that dwarf what is available to criminal defendants and defense counsel. The lawyers who represent the people of the United States or the people of Florida have Read More