Rebein Brothers Tag: Bilingual Attorney

There is currently a bill in the Kansas Senate which addresses allowing driverless vehicles in Kansas. SB 379 is in-front of the Kansas Senate and hearings will continue this week. There are several concerns regarding the bill, including the unclear language in the bill and the lack of regulatory oversight to protect Kansas citizens. A recent…

The Biden administration recently released a list of the next major regulatory issues to be addressed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. One of the major items on the list is a proposal by the FMCSA to make revisions to the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse system and related rules.   The…

Given the continued Covid-related restrictions on in-person meetings, most attorneys are turning to videoconferencing to discuss important legal issues. I recently gave a remote video webinar presentation to the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association. As a Hispanic bilingual attorney, I was able to share my experiences in representing Hispanic clients in trucking and other civil cases. Here…

Kansas courts have been slowed or closed during the Covid pandemic, a familiar sight we’ve all grown accustomed to over the past few months. Jury trials, hearings, and other in-person activities in most lawsuits have been put on hold since March, but Kansas Courts are beginning to reopen. While we continued to fight for our…

In August of 2018, I was driving across the state of Kansas in-route to a client hearing. The next thing I recall is being wheeled to the exit of a Kansas hospital 10 days later. I survived a near-death accident, yet my memory of this and the weeks following the crash had vanished. I was…