SHAIN KHOSHBIN TEACHES COURSE ON PREMISES LIABILITY & SECURITY ISSUES 

Shain Khoshbin will teach a live CE course concerning premises liability and security issues for the Dallas Claims Association Hospitality. The Course will take place on June 2, 2010, at the Doubletree Dallas North, 4099 Valley View Lane, Dallas, Texas 75244.   

SHAIN KHOSHBIN RECOGNIZED IN 2010 CORPORATE COUNSEL EDITION OF SUPER LAWYERS® FOR BUSINESS LITIGATION:

"100% Innovation.  100% Litigation.  100% OF THE TIME."  Shain Khoshbin has been recognized among the nation's top business litigators in the March/April 2010 issue of Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition®. Only 5% of all attorneys are chosen for this honor each year. In selecting attorneys for Super Lawyers, Law & Politics employs a rigorous, multiphase process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with third party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis. The objective is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys that can be used as a resource for attorneys and consumers searching for legal counsel.  

SHAIN KHOSHBIN PUBLISHED IN HOSPITALITYLAWYER - - COMPANY “TRASH-TALK” WEBSITES & THE STORED COMMUNICATIONS ACT: THE INTERNET AS THE “OFFICE WATER COOLER” OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Shain Khoshbin’s article, Company “Trash-Talk” Websites & The Stored Communications Act: The Internet As The “Office Water Cooler” Of The 21st Century, was published in the September 2009 In-House Counsel Newsletter of the HospitalityLawyer, and also will appear in its October Legal Newsletter, which is scheduled for distribution on October 15, 2009.  

KEITH CLOUSE, ROGGE DUNN AND SHAIN KHOSHBIN NAMED TO 2009 SUPER LAWYERS LIST PUBLISHED IN TEXAS MONTHLY MAGAZINE

Only five percent (5%) of the lawyers in Texas are included on the Super Lawyers list.

Keith Clouse and Rogge Dunn were recognized in the Super Lawyers Employment & Labor category, and also as “Top 100” in Dallas/Fort Worth. Shain Khoshbin was recognized in the Super Lawyers Business Litigation category.

The Super Lawyers selections are made by Law & Politics, a division of Key Professional Media, Inc. Super Lawyers recognizes outstanding attorneys in more than 70 areas of practice using a “rigorous, multiphase process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with third party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement.”  This process includes a final discipline check to verify that the attorney meets the highest ethical standards.

"In our selection methodology, we look for evidence that the lawyer is held in high regard by his or her peers,” says Bill White, publisher of Super Lawyers and Law & Politics magazines. “One of the ways we do this is through our blue ribbon review process where lawyers are evaluated by a panel of top practitioners within their primary area of practice." 

The objective of the Super Lawyers selection process “is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys that can be used as a resource to assist attorneys and consumers in the search for legal counsel.”

SHAIN KHOSHBIN SELECTED AS MANAGING ATTORNEY FOR DEFENSE IN 2009 ABA HISTORICAL TRIAL

Shain Khoshbin was selected as the Managing Attorney for the defense team in the CLE Historical Trial at the 2009 American Bar Association's Annual Meeting held this year in Chicago, Illinois. The CLE event concerned the infamous “Insanity Trial of Mary Todd Lincoln.”

In 1875, President Abraham Lincoln’s widow - - Mary Todd Lincoln - - went on trial for insanity in Chicago. Ruled insane, she attempted suicide on the night of the verdict. For decades, writers and historians have debated Mrs. Lincoln’s case. Would she have fared differently if her case had been tried years later, or had a different defense attorney? In his book The Insanity File, historian Mark E. Neely, Jr. contended: “The history of the treatment of insanity in American law provides no real evidence that Mary Todd Lincoln's fate would have been different in modern times.”

For the first time, the audience competed in the Historical Trial this year. Mr. Khoshbin and trial attorney Carlin Phillips mentored the audience participants with trial themes and strategy, opening/closing statements, and direct/cross examinations. The Hon. George Leighton presided over the proceedings. In addition, live expert testimony was provided by psychologist Dr. Darlene Shelton, and attorney Nancy Schleifer - - author of A Warrant for Mrs. Lincoln. Trial consultant David Weinberg also offered trial themes and graphic evidence to both sides.

The continuing education course took place on Friday, July 31, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

KHOSHBIN & BECHTOLD ON THE GOBI “RACE OF NO RETURN”

On June 14, 2009, Shain Khoshbin and Robin Bechtold embarked on a 250 kilometer (150 mile) self-supported march across the Gobi Desert in Northwest China.

In connection with this endeavor, Shain and Robin raised thousands of dollars for The Family Place through per kilometer pledges. 100% of the money went directly to The Family Place, a local charity that opened one of the first family violence shelters in Texas in 1978, has sheltered more than 16,000 women and children, answered more than 400,000 calls for help, and served more than 135,000 clients in residential and outreach programs.

The Gobi March took place in Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang Province, China - - an area currently closed to foreigners. Thus, special permits were issued to official competitors in the Gobi March.

The terrain included river crossings, rocky terrain, gorges, mountains, donkey trails and long expanses of flat desert. In addition, the course was subject to daily modifications depending on expected waters levels of the rivers, poor weather conditions, and dust/sand preventing or severely limiting visibility. As the course crossed 10,000 feet (elevation), it also was subject to modification because of snow in the Tian Shan Mountains and other weather conditions causing rivers to flood or rise to impassable levels.

Competitors were required to be fully self-supported throughout the event, thus, having to carry on their backs all the food, gear and clothing they needed to complete the 250 kilometer course. However, the event organizers kindly provided water at checkpoints throughout each day of the race, tents for cover at night and medical treatment when necessary.

SHAIN KHOSHBIN SPEAKS AT 2009 HOSPITALITY LAW CONFERENCE IN HOUSTON - - “DEFENDING THE RESTAURANT MURDER CASE”

Mr. Khoshbin presented “Defending the Restaurant Murder Case” at The 2009 Hospitality Law Conference held February 9 – 11, 2009, in Houston, Texas. The 2009 Hospitality Law conference was designed for general counsel and executives of lodging, real estate, restaurant, and club operations; risk managers; directors of loss prevention; franchise service directors; attorneys practicing in the hospitality industry; and hospitality law faculty and students. The conference was presented by HospitalityLawyer.com, in coordination with the General Counsel Committee of the AH&LA, the Loss Prevention Management Institute, BDO Siedman, Loss Prevention Magazine, the International Bar Association, Lodging Hospitality Magazine, Hotel Business, Arthur J. Gallagher, and the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management.

SHAIN KHOSHBIN RECOGNIZED IN 2009 CORPORATE COUNSEL EDITION OF SUPER LAWYERS® FOR BUSINESS LITIGATION:

“100% Innovation. 100% Litigation. 100% OF THE TIME.”  Shain Khoshbin was recognized among the nation's top business litigators in the March/April 2009 issue of Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition®.

SHAIN KHOSHBIN SELECTED TO BE ON MACALESTER COLLEGE “CAREERS IN LAW” PANEL