--- title: 2024 August url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august --- # [2024 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august "2024 August") [![Advocate Aug24 cvr web EZINE](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/images/issues/2024/08-august/Advocate-Aug24-cvr-web-EZINE.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/ezines/2024/August2024/html5/Advocate-Aug24-issue.html) Articles in this issue: ## [The invisible battle](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august/the-invisible-battle "The invisible battle") How do we talk about injuries people cannot see? [Ibiere N. Seck](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ibiere-n-seck "Ibiere N. Seck") ## [What is success?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august/what-is-success "What is success?") How do you measure it? [Whit D. Bertch](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/whit-d-bertch "Whit D. Bertch") ## [You can help foster babies during CAALA convention](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august/you-can-help-foster-babies-during-caala-convention "You can help foster babies during CAALA convention") Help us make quilts for young foster children, it’s a labor of love [Bradley S. Wallace](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/bradley-s-wallace "Bradley S. Wallace") [Michelle M. West](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michelle-m-west "Michelle M. West") ## [Raising auto insurance minimums in more states](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august/raising-auto-insurance-minimums-in-more-states "Raising auto insurance minimums in more states") Also: Success continues in fighting arbitration in cases for which we filed amicus curiae briefs [Linda A. Lipsen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/linda-a-lipsen "Linda A. Lipsen") ## [Evaluating the interplay between endocrine function and traumatic brain injuries](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august/evaluating-the-interplay-between-endocrine-function-and-traumatic-brain-injuries "Evaluating the interplay between endocrine function and traumatic brain injuries") Neuroendocrinology may provide the objective proof of mild TBI [Molly M. McKibben](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/molly-m-mckibben "Molly M. McKibben") ## [Defense exams are not independent](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august/defense-exams-are-not-independent "Defense exams are not independent") They are rife with fraud. And you can prove it [Dorothy Clay Sims](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/dorothy-clay-sims "Dorothy Clay Sims") ## [Advocacy! The next generation towards full recovery for TBI plaintiffs](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august/advocacy-the-next-generation-towards-full-recovery-for-tbi-plaintiffs "Advocacy! The next generation towards full recovery for TBI plaintiffs") A look at the myriad of symptoms that can result from TBI and the medical specialists who treat them [Maxey Scherr](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/maxey-scherr "Maxey Scherr") ## [Lessons I’ve learned in TBI litigation](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august/lessons-i-ve-learned-in-tbi-litigation "Lessons I’ve learned in TBI litigation") Plus a primer on the new diagnostic standards for mild traumatic brain injury [Taylor Ernst](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/taylor-ernst "Taylor Ernst") ## [Revealing the untold story of traumatic brain injury](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august/revealing-the-untold-story-of-traumatic-brain-injury "Revealing the untold story of traumatic brain injury") Before you can represent an mTBI client, you need a trauma-informed practice [Kelly B. Hanker](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/kelly-b-hanker "Kelly B. Hanker") ## [mTBI – The seven deadly sins](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august/mtbi-the-seven-deadly-sins "mTBI – The seven deadly sins") Mild TBI presents differently than moderate and severe TBI; it requires more work to identify [Erica Chavez](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/erica-chavez "Erica Chavez") ## [Life-care planning for traumatic brain injuries](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august/life-care-planning-for-traumatic-brain-injuries "Life-care planning for traumatic brain injuries") Obtaining just compensation for your client’s medical needs resulting from this most severe, life-changing injury [Christopher Dolan](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/christopher-dolan "Christopher Dolan") ## [Children with traumatic brain injury](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august/children-with-traumatic-brain-injury "Children with traumatic brain injury") Children’s brains are still developing, so TBI affects children far differently and more profoundly than adults [Deborah S. Chang](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/deborah-s-chang "Deborah S. Chang") [Sharon Grandinette](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/sharon-grandinette "Sharon Grandinette") ## [The hidden battle: Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august/the-hidden-battle-understanding-traumatic-brain-injury-tbi "The hidden battle: Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)") An overview of this complex and ever-more-common, often life-altering injury [Boris Treyzon](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/boris-treyzon "Boris Treyzon") [Joe Finnerty](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/joe-finnerty "Joe Finnerty") ## [TBI roundtable](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august/tbi-roundtable "TBI roundtable") Veteran plaintiff and defense attorneys discuss what to look for in a potential TBI case, what you need to settle the case and what will drive that case to trial or lead you into a malpractice suit [Diana Diskin](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/diana-diskin "Diana Diskin") [Lourdes De Armas](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/lourdes-de-armas "Lourdes De Armas")