html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe,
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre,
a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code,
del, dfn, em, font, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp,
small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var,
b, u, i, center,
dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li,
fieldset, form, label, legend,
table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    border: 0;
    outline: 0;
    font-size: 100%;
    vertical-align: baseline;
    background: transparent;
}
body {
    line-height: 1;
    background: #8b8877 url("../images/absolute_bg_internal.jpg") no-repeat center top fixed;
    font-family:"Georgia", Georgia, Cambria, sans-serif;
    font-size: 14px;
    color: #6c695f;
}

body.homepage {
    background: #d4d3ce url("../images/absolute_bg.jpg") no-repeat center top fixed;
}

ol, ul {
    list-style: none;
}
blockquote, q {
    quotes: none;
}
blockquote:before, blockquote:after,
q:before, q:after {
    content: '';
    content: none;
}

/* remember to define focus styles! */
:focus {
    outline: 0;
}

/* remember to highlight inserts somehow! */
ins {
    text-decoration: none;
}
del {
    text-decoration: line-through;
}

/* tables still need 'cellspacing="0"' in the markup */
table {
    border-collapse: collapse;
    border-spacing: 0;
}

.clearer {
    clear:both;
}

a:hover {
    text-decoration:underline;
}

#container {
    width: 976px;
    margin: 0px auto;
    position:relative;
/*	background: transparent url("../images/bg_home.png") no-repeat center 0px;
*/}

a.logo{
	display:block;
	float:left;
	height:83px;
	width:328px;
	background: transparent url(../images/logo_transparent.png) 0 0 no-repeat;
}

#top-links {
    font-weight:bold;
    font-size: 13px;
    top: 0px;
    width: 976px;
    height: 95px;
/*    background: #8b8877 url("../images/absolute_bg_internal.jpg") no-repeat center 0px*/;
    z-index: 1000;
}

.homepage #top-links {
    background: #d4d3ce url("../images/absolute_bg.jpg")  0 0 no-repeat center fixed;
}

.lawyerdropdown{
	width:975px;
	height:245px;
	background-color:#8b8877; 
	display:none; 
	color:#FFFFFF;
}

.lawyerswrapper{
	padding:5px 0 0 25px; 
}

.lawyerdropdown h2{
	color:#FFF;
}

.lawyerdropdown ul{
	margin-top:10px;
}


ul.li_cont1 li, ul.li_cont2 li, ul.li_cont3 li, ul.li_cont4 li{
	line-height:20px;
	
}

ul.li_cont1 li a, ul.li_cont2 li a, ul.li_cont3 li a, ul.li_cont4 li a{
	color:#FFF;
}

#top-links .content {
    height: 55px;
    text-align:right;
    padding: 40px 45px 0px 0px;
}
#chinese-link{
	position:absolute;
	margin:0 0 0 5px;
}

#top-links img {
    position:relative;
    top: 4px;
}

#top-links a {
    color: #6c695f;
    text-decoration:none;
}

#top-links a:hover {
    text-decoration:underline;
    color: #050505;
}

#navigation {
    height: 34px;
    width: 976px;
    top: 95px;
/*    background: #8b8877 url("../images/bg.jpg") no-repeat center 0px fixed !important;*/
    background: none;
    z-index: 1000;
}

.homepage #navigation {
    background: transparent url("../images/bg_home_dis.jpg") no-repeat center 0px fixed !important;
    background: none;
}

#main-navigation {
    margin-left: 10px;
}



#main-navigation li {
    display:block;
    float:left;
    margin-right: 2px;
}

#main-navigation li a{
    display:block;
    float:left;
    height: 34px;
    line-height: 34px;
    width: 158px;
    text-align:center;
    background: url("../images/menu_bg.gif") 0 0 repeat-x;
    color: #d9d2b8;
    text-decoration:none;
    font-weight:bold;
    font-size: 14px;
    font-family:Georgia, Cambria, sans-serif;

}

#main-navigation li.current a, #main-navigation li a:hover{
    color: #59564c;
    background: #d4cbaf;
    text-decoration:underline;
}

#sub-navigation {
    height: 34px;
    background: url("../images/submenu_bg.gif") repeat-x left top;
    font-size: 11px;
/*    position:fixed;
*/  top: 129px;
    width: 976px;
    z-index: 1000;
}

#sub-navigation ul {
    margin-left: 0px;
    float:left;
}

#sub-navigation ul li {
    display:block;
    float:left;
    background: url("../images/submenu_separator.gif") no-repeat right bottom;
}

#sub-navigation ul li a {
    display:block;
    float:left;
    height: 34px;
    line-height: 34px;
    text-decoration:none;
    color: #59564c;
    font-size: 13px;
    width: 120px;
    text-align:center;
}

#sub-navigation ul li.current a, #sub-navigation ul li a:hover {
    background: url("../images/submenu_item_bg.gif") repeat-x left bottom;
}

#sub-navigation .find {
    float:right;
    height: 34px;
    line-height: 34px;
    text-decoration:none;
    color: #59564c;
    font-weight:bold;
    padding: 0px 21px 0px 15px;
    background: url("../images/down_bullet.gif") no-repeat left center;
}

#sub-navigation .find:hover {
    text-decoration:underline;
}

#main-content {
    background: url("../images/top_header_v2.png") no-repeat 0 0 ;
/*    margin-top: 163px !important;
*/    margin: 0px;
}

.homepage #main-content {
    background: none;
}

#layer1 {
    background: url("../images/content_bg.jpg") repeat-y left top;
    width: 885px;
    margin-left: 51px;
    padding-bottom: 50px;
}

#breadcrumb {
    color: #45433b;
    padding-top: 110px;
    padding-left: 94px;
    font-size: 12px;
    height: 24px;
}

#breadcrumb a {
    color: #45433b;
    text-decoration:none;
}

#breadcrumb a:hover, #breadcrumb a.active {
    text-decoration:underline;
}

#leftbar {
    width: 525px;
    padding-left: 43px;
    float:left;
}

#rightbar {
    width: 287px;
    padding: 10px 0px 72px 0px;
    position:relative;
    right: 7px;
    float:right;
    background: #bfb9a2 url("../images/leftbar_bg.jpg") no-repeat left bottom;
}

h1 {
    font-weight:bold;
    font-size: 22px;
    padding-bottom: 10px;
    margin-bottom: 17px;
    margin-top: 26px;
    background: url("../images/title_separator.gif") no-repeat -40px 24px;
}

#leftbar p {
    padding: 10px 5px 5px 0;
    line-height: 17px;
}

#rightbar h2 {
    font-family: Melmo;
    font-size: 18px;
    font-weight:normal;
    font-style:italic;
    margin:0px;
}

#rightbar p {
    padding: 5px 26px 10px 20px;
    line-height: 17px;
}

.rightbar-navigation {
    background: url("../images/rightbar_spacer.gif") no-repeat left top;
    padding-top: 1px;
    position:relative;
}

.rightbar-navigation li {
    background: url("../images/rightbar_spacer.gif") no-repeat left bottom;
    padding-bottom: 1px;
    position:relative;
}

.rightbar-navigation li a {
    display:block;
    padding: 14px 0px 12px 26px;
    text-decoration:none;
    color: #636054;
    font-weight:bold;
    font-size: 11px;
    line-height: 15px;
    letter-spacing: -1px;
    position:relative;
}

.rightbar-navigation li.active a, .rightbar-navigation li a:hover {
    background: url("../images/rightbar_menu_bg.gif") repeat-y left top;
    text-decoration:none;
}

#footer {
    width: 892px;
    margin-left: 48px;
    background: #59564c;
    padding: 28px 0px;
    color: #9f9a87;
    line-height: 22px;
    font-size: 11px;
    font-weight:bold;
}

.homepage #footer {
    margin-left: 40px;
}

#footer .footer-content {
    margin: 0px 28px;
}

#footer a {
    color: #9f9a87;
    text-decoration:none;
}

#footer a:hover {
    text-decoration:underline;
    color: #fff;
}

#footer .copy {
    float:left;
}

#footer .right {
    float:right;
    font-size: 10px;
}

.sort-by {
    width: 296px;
    height: 85px;
    position:absolute;
    top: -15px;
    right: 0px;
    background: url("../images/sort_by.gif") no-repeat right top;
}

.find-attorney {
	width: 296px;
    height: 85px;
	margin:0 0 0 -10px;
    background: url("../images/sort_by.gif") no-repeat right top;
}

.find-attorney b {
    padding: 16px 0px 0px 40px;
    color: #d0c8ad;
    font-size: 16px;
    font-weight:bold;
    display:block;
    letter-spacing: -1px;
}

.find-attorney select {
    color: #d0c8ad;
    background: #938b77;
    border: none;
    width: 210px;
    margin: 8px 0px 0px 25px;
    font-weight:bold;
}

.search-box {
    width: 296px;
    height: 85px;
    position:absolute;
    top: -15px;
    right: 0px;
	text-align:center;
	float:left;
    background: url("../images/sort_by.gif") no-repeat right top;
}
.search-box legend {
    padding: 16px 0px 0px 40px;
    color: #d0c8ad;
    font-size: 16px;
    font-weight:bold;
    display:block;
    letter-spacing: -1px;
}

.search-box div#Search {
	padding:3px 0 0 40px;
    width:150px;
	float:left;
}

.search-box fieldset {
	margin:5px 0 0 0;
}

.sort-by b {
    padding: 16px 0px 0px 40px;
    color: #d0c8ad;
    font-size: 16px;
    font-weight:bold;
    display:block;
    letter-spacing: -1px;
}

.sort-by select {
    color: #d0c8ad;
    background: #938b77;
    border: none;
    width: 210px;
    margin: 8px 0px 0px 25px;
    font-weight:bold;
}

.sort-by select option {
    padding: 2px 0px 2px 14px;
}

#homepage-content {
    height: 1019px;
}

.homepage #homepage-content {
    background:transparent url("../images/bg_home_blank.png") no-repeat 0 0 ;
    z-index:1;
	margin-top:0;
}
.homepage-pic{
	float:left;
	width:495px;
	height:414px;
}

.homepage-pic img{
	margin:120px 0 0 37px;
}

.homepage-text {
    color: #3A2803;
    position:relative;
/*    margin-left: 495px;*/
	float:left;
    top: 120px;
    width: 365px;
    padding-left: 25px;
/*    background: url("../images/white_rule.gif") no-repeat center 33px;*/ /* MOD - Duplicated Underline */
}

.homepage-text .title {
    font-size: 18px;
    font-weight: bold;
    line-height: 28px;
	margin-top:19px;
	margin-left:-22px;
    letter-spacing: -1px;
}

.homepage-text p {
    padding: 15px 15px  0px 0px;
    font-size: 13px;
    line-height: 16px;
}

.homepage-text h2 strong{
	color:#3A2803;
}

.leftbar-home {
    float:left;
    width: 534px;
    margin-left: 49px !important;
    margin-left: 25px;
    overflow:visible; /* MOD - to fix MM Icon */
}

.leftbar-home .tabs {
    padding-bottom: 4px;
    background: url("../images/brown_rule.gif") no-repeat left bottom;
    margin-left: 32px;
	height:36px;
    margin-bottom: 9px;
}

a.tab_stories{
	display:block;
	float:left;
	height:37px;
	width:163px;
	margin:0 5px 0 0;
	background:transparent url('../images/tab_stories.gif') no-repeat;
}

a:hover.tab_stories{
	background:transparent url('../images/tab_stories_active.gif') no-repeat;
}

a.tab_involvement{
	display:block;
	float:left;
	height:37px;
	width:212px;
	background:transparent url('../images/tab_involvment.gif') no-repeat;
}

a:hover.tab_involvement{
	display:block;
	float:left;
	height:37px;
	width:212px;
	background:transparent url('../images/tab_involvment_active.gif') no-repeat;
}

.red {
    color: #9e4f2a;
    text-decoration:underline;
    line-height: 26px;
}

.leftbar-home .article {
    margin-left: 32px;
	height:110px;
}

.leftbar-home .article p {
    float:left;
    width: 300px;
    margin-right:17px;
    margin-left: 22px;
    font-size: 12px;
    line-height: 16px;
}

.leftbar-home .article p .red {
    font-size: 14px;
    line-height: 28px;
    font-weight:bold;
}

.prev-next {
    width: 462px;
    margin-left: 32px;
    background: url("../images/brown_rule.gif") no-repeat left top;
    margin-top: 10px;
    padding-top: 10px;
    margin-bottom:58px;
}

.prev-next .prev {
    float:left;
    margin-left: 15px;
}

.prev-next .next {
    float:right;
    margin-right: 8px;
}

.memos {
    height: 97px;
	margin-top:10px;
    padding-top: 5px;
    position:relative;
    background: url("../images/memos_bg.gif") repeat-x left top;
    color: #d9d2b8;
    font-size: 12px;
    line-height: 17px;
    margin-bottom: 38px;
	padding-left:120px;
}

.memos .title {
    color: #737062;
    font-weight:bold;
    font-size: 22px;
    position:absolute;
    height: 18px;
    line-height: 18px;
    top: -17px;
}

.memos p{
	padding:0 10px 0 0;
}
.memos b {
    line-height: 30px;
}

.memos a {
    color: #d9d2b8;
    text-decoration:none;
}

.memos a:hover {
    text-decoration:underline;
}

.memos .mm-image {
	position:absolute;
	left:-60px;
	top:-20px;
	display:block;
	background:transparent url("../images/messnermemoprofileimage.png") 0 0 no-repeat;
	height:137px;
	width:168px;
	z-index:10000;
	padding:8px 0 0 9px;
}

.memos .mm-image img{
	height:112px;
	width:141px;
}

.contact {
    width: 320px;
    height: 193px;
    background: url("../images/contact_bg.jpg") no-repeat left top;
    margin-left: 54px;
}

.contact .title {
    padding: 24px 0px 0px 17px;
}

.contact p {
    padding: 5px 0px 0px 37px;
    color: #7b786e;
    line-height: 19px;
    font-size: 13px;
}

.contact p a {
    color: #9e4f2a;
}

.contact .download {
    float:right;
    margin-right: 17px;
    margin-top: 15px;
}

select.quick-jump {
    border: none;
    background: #b4af9b;
    padding-left: 10px;
    width: 273px;
    color: #767373;
    font-weight:bold;
    font-size: 12px;
    left: 14px;
    top: 0px;
    position:absolute;
}

select.quick-jump option {
    padding: 2px 0px;
}

.rightbar-home {
    width: 337px;
    float:right;
    margin-right: 56px !important;
    margin-right: 25px;
    position:relative;
    z-index: 1000;
    padding-top: 48px;
    overflow:hidden;
}

.rightbar-home .tabs {
	margin:13px 0 23px 5px;
    background: url("../images/rightbar_spacer2.gif") no-repeat 8px bottom;
    padding-bottom: 10px;
}

.evt {
    width: 303px;
    background: url("../images/evt_bg.gif") no-repeat right bottom;
    padding-bottom: 17px;
    margin-bottom: 15px;
    color: #55545e;
    font-size: 12px;
    line-height: 15px;
}

.evt.large {
    width:500px;
    background: url(none.gif) no-repeat right bottom;
    padding-bottom: 17px;
    margin-bottom: 15px;
    color: #55545e;
    font-size: 12px;
    line-height: 15px;
}

.evt.last {
    background: none;
}

.evt .date {
    float:left;
    width: 38px;
    height: 42px;
    background: url("../images/calendar.gif") no-repeat center top;
    margin: 0px 23px 0px 19px !important;
    margin: 0px 23px 0px 9px;
    font-family:Arial;
    font-weight:bold;
    text-align:center;
}

.evt .res-icon {
    float:left;
    width: 38px;
    height: 42px;
    background: url("../images/res_thumb.jpg") no-repeat center top;
    margin: 0px 23px 0px 19px !important;
    margin: 0px 23px 0px 9px;
    font-family:Arial;
    font-weight:bold;
    text-align:center;
}

.evt .date .month {
    line-height: 20px;
	text-transform:uppercase;
}

.evt .date .day {
    font-size: 16px;
    margin-top: 3px;
}

.evt .text {
    float:left;
    width: 223px;
    font-family: Arial;
    font-size: 11px;
}

.evt .text.wide {
    float:left;
    width: 400px;
    font-family: Georgia;
    font-size: 11px;
}

.evt .text.wide p{
    font-family: Georgia;
    font-size: 12px;
}

.evt a{
	color:#9E4F2A;
}

.evt .text .red {
    font-family: Georgia;
    font-size: 13px;
    line-height:normal;
    margin-bottom: 5px;
}

a.get-more {
	display:block;
	float:left;
	width:135px;
	height:20px;
	background:  url('../images/get_more_news.gif') 4px 2px no-repeat;
    margin-left: 30px;
}

a:hover.get-more {
	display:block;
	float:left;
	width:135px;
	height:20px;
	background: url('../images/get_more_news_active.gif') 0 0 no-repeat;
    margin-left: 30px;
}

/* Additional Styles */
.side_module{
	margin:10px 0 20px 0;
}


.side_module p{
	padding:5px 5px 10px 15px;
}

p.relatedlinks a{
	color:#59564c;
	font-family:Georgia, Cambria, Serif;
}

ul.download_links{
	margin:5px 0 0 30px;
}
ul.download_links li{
	margin:10px 0;
}
ul.download_links li a{
	color:#59564c;
	font-family:Georgia, Cambria, Serif;
}

.about-image-frame{
	float:left;
	width:510px;
	height:290px;
	background: transparent url(../images/about-pic-bg.png) 0 0 no-repeat;
	padding:5px 5px;
}

.clientlist-left{
	margin-left:15px;
	margin-right:20px;
	width:200px;
	float:left;
}
.clientlist-right{
	width:200px;
	float:left;
}

/* Slider */

.stripViewer .panelContainer .panel ul {
	text-align: left;
	margin: 0 15px 0 30px;
}

.slider-wrap { /* This div isn't entirely necessary but good for getting the side arrows vertically centered */
	margin: 0 0;
	position: relative;
	width: 100%;
}

/* These 2 lines specify style applied while slider is loading */
.csw {width: 100%; height: 460px; background: #fff; overflow: scroll}
.csw .loading {margin: 200px 0 300px 0; text-align: center}

.stripViewer { /* This is the viewing window */
	position: relative;
	overflow: hidden; 
	margin: 0 0 0 0;
	width: 470px; /* Also specified in  .stripViewer .panelContainer .panel  below */
	height: 140px;
	clear: both;
}

.stripViewer .panelContainer { /* This is the big long container used to house your end-to-end divs. Width is calculated and specified by the JS  */
	position: relative;
	left: 0; top: 0;
	width: 100%;
	list-style-type: none;
	/* -moz-user-select: none; // This breaks CSS validation but stops accidental (and intentional - beware) panel highlighting in Firefox. Some people might find this useful, crazy fools. */
}

.stripViewer .panelContainer .panel { /* Each panel is arranged end-to-end */
	float:left;
	height: 100%;
	position: relative;
	width: 470px; /* Also specified in  .stripViewer  above */
}

.stripViewer .panelContainer .panel .wrapper { /* Wrapper to give some padding in the panels, without messing with existing panel width */
	padding: 0;
}

.stripViewer .panelContainer .panel .wrapper p{ /* Wrapper to give some padding in the panels, without messing with existing panel width */
	float:left;
}

.stripNav { /* This is the div to hold your nav (the UL generated at run time) */
	margin: auto;
}

.stripNav ul { /* The auto-generated set of links */
	list-style: none;
}

.stripNav ul li {
	float: left;
	margin-right: 2px; /* If you change this, be sure to adjust the initial value of navWidth in coda-slider.1.1.1.js */
}

.stripNav a { /* The nav links */
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-align: center;
	line-height: 32px;
	background: #c6e3ff;
	color: #fff;
	text-decoration: none;
	display: block;
	padding: 0 15px;
}

.stripNav li.tab1 a { background: #60f }
.stripNav li.tab2 a { background: #60c }
.stripNav li.tab3 a { background: #63f }
.stripNav li.tab4 a { background: #63c }
.stripNav li.tab5 a { background: #00e }

.stripNav li a:hover {
	background: #333;
}

.stripNav li a.current {
	background: #000;
	color: #fff;
}

.stripNavL, .stripNavR { /* The left and right arrows */
	position: absolute;
	top: 129px;
	text-indent: -9000em;
}

.stripNavL a, .stripNavR a {
	display: block;
	height: 25px;
	width: 85px;
}

.stripNavL {
	left: 5px;
}

.stripNavR {
	right: 10px;
}

.stripNavL {
	background: url("../images/prev.gif") no-repeat center;
}

.stripNavR {
	background: url("../images/next.gif") no-repeat center;
}

a.newsandevents-tab{
	display:block;
	float:left;
	width:150px;
	height:45px;
	margin-top:5px;
	background: url(../images/newsevents_tab.png);
}
a:hover.newsandevents-tab{
	display:block;
	float:left;
	width:150px;
	height:45px;
	background: url(../images/newsevents_tab_active.png);
}
a:hover.newsandevents-tab.selected{
	display:block;
	float:left;
	width:150px;
	height:45px;
	background: url(../images/newsevents_tab_active.png);
}
	
a.resources-tab{
	display:block;
	float:left;
	margin-top:7px;
	width:150px;
	height:40px;
	background: url(../images/resources_tab.png);
}

a:hover.resources-tab{
	display:block;
	float:left;
	margin-top:7px;
	width:150px;
	height:40px;
	background: url(../images/resources_tab_active.png);
}


a.moreresources{
	display:block;
	float:left;
	width:161px;
	height:26px;
	margin-left:30px;
	background: url(../images/getmoreresources.png);
}

a:hover.moreresources{
	background: url(../images/getmoreresources_active.png);
}

.personfacts{
	width:250px;
	margin:5px 0 25px 0;
	padding:15px 0 0 25px;
	font-size:12px;
	line-height:26px;
}

img.vert-div{
	float:left;
	margin:0 0 0 10px;
}

.panel .wrapper p a{
	color: #9e4f2a;
    text-decoration:underline;
    line-height: 28px;
	font-size:14px;
	font-weight:bold;
}

.article p a{
	color: #9e4f2a;
    text-decoration:underline;
    line-height: 28px;
	font-size:14px;
	font-weight:bold;
}

.wrapper a img{
	border-style:none;
	margin-top:-30px;
	position:absolute;
}
table#contact-form tr{
	padding:5px;
}

.left-text{
	float:left;
	width:300px;
}

a.next-attorney{
	font-size:12px;
	font-weight:bold;
	margin:0 0 0 25px;
}

p.categories a{
	text-decoration:none;
}

p.categories a:hover{
	text-decoration:underline;
}

.sl_badge_150 {width:180px;text-align:center;font-family:arial;font-size:12px;border:2px solid #AF9E82; border-bottom:2px solid #AF9E82;line-height:1.5;margin-top:10px;}
 .sl_badge_150 .profile {padding:2px;}
 .sl_badge_150 a {color:#59564C;text-decoration:none;}
 .sl_badge_150 a:hover {text-decoration:underline;}
 .sl_badge_150 .online{width:100%;text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;font-size:12px;color:#59564C;}
 .sl_badge_150 .visit { text-align:center; font-size:12px; }