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Four Part Series on Public Speaking: Preparation is the Key to Success
In this four part series, we will delve into tips and tricks helping you brush up on your public speaking skills. Topics will include an introduction into public speaking, preparation for your speech, the execution, and overcoming anxiety. As we discussed last week, public speaking is an unavoidable part of life; at some point you … Read More
Four Part Series on Public Speaking: An Introduction
In this four part series, we will delve into tips and tricks helping you brush up on your public speaking skills. Topics will include an introduction into public speaking, preparation for your speech, the execution, and overcoming anxiety. Public speaking is “the art of effective oral communication with an audience” as defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary. … Read More
Finding Clarity: Insurance Terms Defined
If you are like most Americans insurance seems like a somewhat mystical thing that you know you should have and you are glad you have if you ever have to use it but you are not sure exactly how it works. Understanding the terminology used by insurance companies can be a big task so we … Read More
Help Your Teen Driver Beat the Odds
Your teen’s first driver’s license. Its an exciting time in a teenager’s life: hitting the open road, wind in their hair, freedom at their fingertips. On the parent’s side of things, however, your child’s first driver’s license can be riddled with anxiety, fear, and uncertainty. All for good reason. According to the CDC, teen drivers … Read More
Aggressive Driving-All the (Road) Rage
The United States is home to the largest passenger vehicle market in the world with an estimated 248 million registered passenger vehicles according to a 2005 Department of Transportation study. With the immense amount of traffic resulting from all of these vehicles comes an increased likelihood that you are going to experience an aggressive driver … Read More
Winterizing Your Car and Driving
Its that time of year again when we dust off the hats and gloves, put the extra quilt back on the bed, and start loading up on supplies to make endless quantities of soup. One area that is commonly overlooked as we prepare for the cooler months, however, is our vehicles. Although it can feel … Read More
Roadside Safety
Roadside accidents involving pedestrians can be extremely deadly due to the high speed at which vehicles travel and the lack of protection offered to pedestrians. You may recall the story of a pedestrian who was struck and killed on I-495 near the Eisenhower Connector Friday, September 14, 2013. The victim left the car she was … Read More
New Maryland Laws-Making the Roads Safer
As you may have heard, several new laws went into effect last week in Maryland created with the hope that they will reduce accidents and deaths on the road. I thought it would be helpful to review these new laws and the consequences tied to them so you can avoid a substantial fine since many of our … Read More
Hang Up and Walk: An Old Lesson for the Smartphone Era
My how things have changed since I was a kid. I remember a school project in my first or second grade class at Christ the King Catholic School in Queens N.Y. where we competed to make the best poster concerning lessons learned about safely crossing the street. Most posters featured slogans such as “only cross … Read More
Safety Tip: Using a “Smart”-Phone While Driving is Dumb
As a personal injury attorney for the past 30 years, I have seen auto accidents caused by a variety of factors. Unfortunately, as many drivers now use smart phones to talk and text while driving, smart phone use has become a large cause of automobile crashes and has led to in an increase in automobile … Read More