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McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver & Stern, P.A. is pleased to announce the selection of two firm partners as 2017 Florida Super Lawyers. James N. Mcconnaughhay and R. Stephen Coonrod were selected as top practitioners in the area of workers' compensation defense. Only 5% of Florida...

On April 19, 2017, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a decision in Rodney Jones v. Gulf Coast Health Care of Delaware, LLC, an appeal from the Middle District of Florida.  Mr. Jones went out for rotator cuff surgery on September 26, 2014, with an intended return date of December 19,...

McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver & Stern, P.A.  is pleased to announce that Ralph P. Douglas and David R. Terry, formerly of Newell, Terry and Douglas have joined our firm effective March 1, 2017. Ralph will concentrate his practice on Workers Compensation Defense and Health Care...

McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver & Stern, P.A. is pleased to announce Taysha L. Carmody has become a shareholder of the firm.  Taysha joined the firm in 2003 and currently serves as the managing partner for the Ft. Lauderdale office.  She is a 2004 graduate of Florida State University...

McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver & Stern, P.A. is pleased to announce that Christopher D. White has joined the firm as a partner in our Pensacola Office.  He is a 1996 graduate of Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law and a 1992 graduate of Florida State University where he...

McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver & Stern, P.A. is pleased to announce that Hanna J. Williams has joined the firm as an associate in our Tallahassee Office.  She is a 2003 graduate of Georgia State University College of Law and a 1997 graduate of Emory University where she majored in...

McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver & Stern, P.A. ispleased to announce the selection of 3 firm attorneys as2016 Florida Super Lawyers Partners, James N. Mcconnaughhay and R. Stephen Coonrod were selected as top practitioners in the area of workers' compensation defense. Of Counsel, John B....

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Governor Rick Scott announced the appointment of M. Kemmerly Thomas to the First District Court of Appeal. Thomas, of Tallahassee, has been an Attorney and Senior Partner with McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver, Stern & Thomas, P.A., since 1991. She has...

The wait is over. Whether for or against, employers and employees now know what the final rule addressing the overtime standards will require when it becomes effective on December 1, 2016. Probably the most critical component of the revised standards, the salary requirement, represents an increase...

In a span of less than 10 days, two decisions issued by the First District Court of Appeal and the Florida Supreme Court have resulted in the evisceration of the statutory fee requirements in Chapter 440. The First District Court of Appeal issued its decision in Miles v. City of Edgewater, Case No....