Gregory Thomas Attorney at Law PLC

04/14/2020

If you are a first responder or frontline health care worker who has contracted COVID-19 while on the job, Asa Hutchinson's executive order from today allows you to receive Workers' Compensation benefits. If you need assistance applying for these benefits, please contact our office.

​​​​​Two more deaths due to coronavirus were reported by Gov. Asa Hutchinson at a news conference Tuesday where he also issued executive orders intended to support first responders and health care workers.

04/07/2020

For all of the business owners out there: the Small Business Administration has several programs available to help you through this tough time, including grants. Please click on the attached link to view those options. There are several local lenders who are ready to assist you with financing. If you need any help completing any of the paperwork, please contact our office.

We’re here to help you overcome the challenges created by this health crisis. We offer multiple funding options for those seeking relief. Read more below.

10/31/2019

This is an interesting area of the law that will develop and have major implications in the near future.

In 1996, Christopher Tapp confessed to the r**e and murder of 18-year-old Angie Dodge in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison, but there was one problem: Tapp was innocent.

10/25/2019

Access to courts and the legal system is hard for a lot of people. With technology, the access to justice gap is starting to get smaller.

Kimball Dean Parker’s first legal technology business was not a moneymaker. But it planted a seed.

10/14/2019

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer-accused-of-flying-pregnant-marshallese-women-to-us-to-place-children-for-adoption

A lawyer who is also the assessor for Maricopa County, Arizona, is facing charges in three states for allegedly operating an illegal adoption scheme involving pregnant women from the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

09/10/2019

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An attorney and New Orleans Saints fan said Monday he will go no further with his court fight against the NFL over game officials' failure to call an obvious penalty at a...

09/04/2019

If you find yourself without a chicken sandwich, please be patient. If you cannot, and end up like this guy, give us a call.

A customer became enraged when told the restaurant in Houston was out of the sandwiches, police told local news stations.

08/19/2019

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/after-decriminalization-pot-smell-and-joint-didnt-justify-search-court-says-h**p-laws-also-raise-issues

This will be an interesting area of the law going forward.

The latest evidence is an Aug. 12 decision by Maryland’s top court that found that officers did not have probable cause to arrest and search a man after smelling burning ma*****na and discovering a joint in his car. The Legal Profession Blog and Courthouse News Service noted the decision.

07/24/2019

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/as-some-offenders-are-released-from-prison-new-rules-unveiled-for-evaluating-inmates-for-release

Thousands of federal prisoners already are benefiting from early release reforms in the criminal justice reform bill known as the First Step Act, the U.S. Department of Justice revealed Friday.