Louisiana personal injury attorney Gordon McKernan has partnered with Baton Rouge broadcast superstar, LaTangela Fay, to maximize his firm’s community outreach efforts. Upon meeting, McKernan and LaTangela quickly discovered that they share a wealth of values, the strongest being charity. McKernan started his charity arm, Gordon Gives, to support the children, families, and neighborhoods in…

September 19-25, 2021 is Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week, an annual nationwide campaign that highlights the importance of ensuring that all children are properly secured in an appropriate car seat or seat belt. Louisiana law states that all drivers and passengers, regardless of which seat they occupy in a vehicle, must wear a seat belt, or be properly restrained in a child…

Independence Day, also referred to as America’s Birthday or the 4th of July, is an annual celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The Continental Congress voted in favor of independence from Great Britain on July 2, 1776. However, the formal adoption of the Declaration of Independence, written mainly…

On April 12, 1861, Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Caroline ushering in an era of violence and death in America. On January 1, 1863, three years into the war, The Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Lincoln. This proclamation would free all slaves in the US. However, many slaves, especially those in…

Who is Responsible in A Rear-End Accident? Rear-end collisions are one of the most frequent types of accidents—so frequent, in fact, that they have earned the nickname fender-benders. That name makes rear-end collisions sound harmless. In fact, rear-end collisions were responsible for more than 7 percent of fatal vehicle crashes nationwide in one recent year.…