Elaine was the greatest sister and paralegal who ever lived.
She fought cancer for 8 hard years. She was the strongest and toughest person who I have ever known.
Elaine was my right hand in the law office for 27 years.
She will be missed everyday.
Howard Spiva
brother
Elaine Spiva Watson – Savannah – age 59.
Elaine, died January 25, 2012 at 10:05am after an 8 year long fight with cancer. Mrs. Watson was born in Atlanta, Ga., daughter of the late Earnest E. Spiva and late Vivian Spiva Williams.
"How did I know it was true love? Well after 24+ years you are still who I fantasize about."
~Howard Spiva
"She gets whatever she wants; she is my wife."
~Sam Jessup
Best sung in the shower to the tune of a grandfather clock chime:
"I love my wife.
She is so pretty and Sweet.
I love my wife, she even has pretty feet."
~howard
Pocket Card to end all arguments:
"Yes dear your right, I'm wrong.
I am sorry,
It will never happen again.
Hey look here is a gold card,
Why don't you go to the mall and buy yourself something nice?"
~Ed Spiva
Attached is the CITY OF SAVANNAH ~ Getting it Done News Letter
New Law School Opening in Savannah by August
SDN Staff Report
Dec 8, 2011 - Atlanta's John Marshall Law School announced today that the American Bar Association's (ABA) Council on Legal Education and Admissions has approved its application to open a branch campus in Savannah beginning next Fall 2012.
Howard E. Spiva was named in Georgia Trend magazine's December 2011 edition of "Legal Elite" listing Georgia's top attorneys.
Of more than 34,000 lawyers licensed to practice in Georgia,330 attorneys were slected in eight practice areas. Howard was one of only 32 lawyers statewide named in the practice catagory of Personal Injury.
Howard Spiva was chosen by his peers of attorneys across Georgia for this recognition.
http://www.georgiatrend.com/images/Legal%20Elite%20Section2011section.pdf
Ga. Supreme Court Disbars 2 For Using Runners
By: Associated Press
Published: November 30, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) The Supreme Court of Georgia has disbarred two personal injury lawyers who paid non-lawyers to refer clients to them.
In a 5-to-2 decision announced Wednesday, the court said that although law partners Steve Freedman and Thomas Sinowski had no prior disciplinary history, their misconduct involved more than 1,300 cases.
Chapter One - Thought and Character
The aphorism, "As a Man Thinketh in his heart so is he," not only embraces the whole of a man's being, but is so comprehensive as to reach out to every condition and circumstance of his life. A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.
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This is what www.avvo.com says....
It is disingenuous for the Mayor to claim he was bamboozled into believing that we were there to only discuss "potential risks of improper tree maintenance".
1) Several prior letters and notices to the Mayor, City Manager and every council person set out our injury claim.
a) Our first correspondence months ago was the notice of the injury claim;
b) Our second request was for a meeting with the Mayor and the City manager;
Damage claim: The wrong venue
Savannah Morning news Editorial, November 19, 2011
WHAT HAPPENED to Shanta Greene was horrific. A year ago last summer, a massive tree branch fell on her while she was inside a pickup truck traveling along Bee Road. Her right leg was crushed.
Then it was amputated.
On Thursday, Ms. Greene, 29, and her lawyer, Howard Spiva, appeared before City Council.
