April 29, 2020 | 6:00 am
Each year, Kern County nominates, votes on, and chooses the best restaurants, shops, services and people in our community through The Bakersfield Californian‘s “Best of Kern County” Readers’ Choice Poll. And each year since the category was introduced, Kern County selects Chain | Cohn | Stiles into the “Best Law Firm” category. This year is ...
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April 22, 2020 | 10:39 am
This week — April 19-25 — is Crime Victims’ Rights Week, which promotes victims’ rights and services available to crime victims. Locally, the Kern County District Attorney’s Office each year hosts a march, speeches, and vigils to mark the occasion. That, of course, is not possible in 2020 with the COVID-19 pandemic taking place. But ...
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With more people taking walks around their neighborhoods and exercising outdoors to take a break from stay-at-home life during the conoravirus pandemic, it’s more important than ever to be aware of potential dangers while outside. And that includes dangerous dogs or other animals roaming our streets. This week is National Dog Bite Prevention Week, aimed ...
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April 8, 2020 | 6:00 am
More than half a century ago, Chain | Cohn | Stiles pioneered “Group Law Services” to provide quality legal help for working people in Kern County, especially those who belong to local credit unions, labor unions and service organizations. Institutions who partner with the law firm include Alta One Federal Credit Union, California Correctional Peace ...
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Note: Veteran workers’ compensation attorney James Yoro recently spoke at the Kern County Paralegal Association luncheon about the relationship between workers’ compensation law and personal injury law. Chain | Cohn | Stiles law firm focuses on only personal injury and workers’ compensation cases. Below is a portion of Yoro’s presentation. ——— If you have been ...
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March 18, 2020 | 6:00 am
The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak continues to affect all aspects of everyday life in our country, including workplaces. Businesses across the United States have temporarily closed or asked employees to work from home to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. In Kern County, many are still being asked to go to work, while other workers ...
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March 11, 2020 | 10:34 am
Outrage had been building in Bakersfield over widespread incidents of street racing, and it reached a boiling point after an alleged street racing crash killed a Bakersfield woman and injured two children riding with her in a minivan. The issue hits close to home for Chain | Cohn | Stiles, which is representing one of ...
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March 4, 2020 | 10:56 am
Pedestrian deaths in the United States have hit a 30-year high, according to new data, and California is seeing a jump in death rates that are well above national averages. In fact, pedestrian deaths in California jumped 12% in the first half of last year, well above the national average increase of 3%, according to ...
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February 26, 2020 | 10:28 am
The Central Valley’s federal district court has instituted a “judicial emergency” order due to a shortage of judges, and thousands of Kern County residents — including clients of Chain | Cohn | Stiles — are being left with a feeling of injustice. Federal Judge Dale A. Drozd of the U.S. Eastern District Court of California, ...
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February 12, 2020 | 6:00 am
To say the gas and petroleum industries are important for Kern County is an understatement. In fact, California produces more oil than all but three other states (Texas, North Dakota and Alaska), and Kern County is responsible for more than 80 percent of California’s oil production, according to a Duke University study. So as proposed ...
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