AHA was proud that our recent Casual Friday for Charity donations towards Houston-based Pratham USA contributed towards Pratham’s goal of providing education for millions of underserved children and youth across India.
If you’ve tuned into an NFL game recently, you may have noticed the athletes adorning hot pink shoes, socks, towels, and other paraphernalia and thought to yourself, when did male athletes start wearing pink? Is this some sort of fashion trend I’m not aware of? Well, fortunately or unfortunately, it’s not a fashion statement, but […]
On September 4, 2014, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier held that the massive BP oil spill four years ago was the direct result of gross negligence or willful misconduct by BP. The ruling is significant as it paves the way for the U.S. government to impose nearly four times the amount of civil fines upon […]
I just recently settled a property insurance case regarding an automobile theft incident. My client’s car had been stolen in May 2013 and when he submitted the claim to his insurance company, they gave him the run-around. They asked him to fill out form after form; submit to Examinations Under Oath; asked him for keys […]
During the last week of April, devastating tornadoes ripped through the South, killing at least 36 people. That next week, AHA employees in Alabama, directly affected by the tornadoes and wanting to help their community, launched what is now known affectionately in all of the offices as “Casual Friday for Charity.” Attorneys and staff are […]
This Memorial Day will represent my parents’ 35th wedding anniversary. However, more importantly, it will also represent their thirty-fifth anniversary of living in this country, and in Houston, Texas. Leaving both of their families behind, and the only country that they had ever called home, my parents left India and came to Houston in 1979. […]
It has been two weeks since the Galveston Bay oil spill, in which two ships collided causing 168,000 gallons of fuel oil to spill out. And now the longer lasting effects of that catastrophic event are surfacing. Officials now say that over 300 shorebirds died from this catastrophic event and more are expected to surface […]
Yesterday afternoon, catastrophic storms swept through North Texas, as heavy rain, large hail, and tornadoes touched down upon the Decatur – Denton area. The storm started at 3 pm on Thursday and lasted throughout the night. Residents in the Denton area sought shelter as the softball-sized hail wreaked damage on homes and businesses alike. Jesse […]
Last Saturday, approximately 700 yards from the Texas City Dike, a barge and a ship collided causing 168,000 gallons of “bunker oil” to spill into Galveston Bay. Unlike regular crude oil, “bunker oil” is sticky, like molasses, and is heavier, which can cause the oil to sink, remaining in the bay anywhere from several months […]