/* DEFAULTS & GLOBALS */

html { /* forces scrollbars */
	height: 100%;
	margin-bottom: 1px;
	}

* { /* global settings for every element on the site */
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	}

body {
	font: 10pt/1.4em Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;
/*	background: #726e63 url("images/background_page.gif") repeat-x; */
	background: #726d62;
	text-align: center;
	}

h2 {
	margin: 0 0 .5em 0;
	color: #a3913a;
	}
p { margin: 0 0 1em 0; }
a { color: #7a683c; }
a:hover { color: red; }

a.newstitle { font-family:Arial,font-size:11px;color: #000000;font-weight:bold }
.notext {
	text-align: left;
	text-indent: -5000px;
	overflow: hidden;
	}
.nodisplay {
	display: none;
	}


/* MAIN LAYOUT */

div#tallBackground {
	background: url("images/background_tall.gif") center top repeat-y;
	}

div#backgroundContainer {
/*	background: url("images/background_container.jpg") center top no-repeat; */
	}

div#container {
	position: relative;
	margin: 0 auto;
	width: 786px;
	text-align: left;
	}

h1#header {
	clear: both;
	position: relative;
	float: left;	
	width: 100%;
	height: 100px;
	background: url("images/header.gif");
	}
h1#header a {
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	left: 0;
	width: 300px;
	height: 90px;
	z-index: 2;
	}

h2#contactus a {
	position: absolute;
	top: 70px;
	right: 30px;
	width: 160px;
	height: 16px;
	z-index: 2;
	}

div#content {
	clear: both;
	width: 100%;
	background: #46413d url("images/background_content.gif") repeat-x;
	overflow: hidden;
	}

div#sidebar_left {
	float: left;
	width: 224px;
	overflow: hidden;
	}
div#sidebar_right {
	float: right;
	padding: 10px;
	overflow: hidden;
	}

ul#mainmenu {
	list-style: none;
	}
ul#mainmenu li a {
	display: block;
	width: 224px;
	height: 41px;
	text-indent: -5000px;
	overflow: hidden;
	}
ul#mainmenu li a.news { background: url("images/main_news.gif"); }
ul#mainmenu li a.areas { background: url("images/main_areas.gif"); }
ul#mainmenu li a.statement { background: url("images/main_statement.gif"); }
ul#mainmenu li a.attorneys { background: url("images/main_attorneys.gif"); }
ul#mainmenu li a.aboutus { background: url("images/main_aboutus.gif"); }
ul#mainmenu li a.faqs { background: url("images/main_faqs.gif"); }
ul#mainmenu li a.contactus { background: url("images/main_contactus.gif"); }
ul#mainmenu li a:hover { background-position: 0 -41px; }
ul#mainmenu li a:active { background-position: 0 -82px; }

div#words {
	margin: 10px 0 0 0;
	width: 542px;
	background: url("images/background_words_top.gif") center top no-repeat;
	}
div#words_bottom {
	background: #e8e8e8 url("images/background_words_bottom.gif") center bottom no-repeat;
	}
div#words div#padding {
	padding: 20px 20px 10px 20px;
	overflow: hidden;
	}

div#footer {
	display: block;
	width: 100%;
	height: 75px;
	background: url("images/footer.gif") center top no-repeat;
	font-size: 8pt;
	text-align: center;
	color: #726d62;
	}
div#footer p {
	margin: 0 auto;
	padding: 5px 0 0;
	width: 750px;
	text-align: center;
	}



/* INDEX */
ul#attorneys {
	margin: 10px 0 10px 2px;
	padding: 4px 0 0 0;
	list-style: none;
	}
ul#attorneys li a {
	color: #7c6325;
	}
ul#attorneys li a:hover { color: red; }

div#recentnews {
	margin: 10px 0 10px 10px;
	background: #e8e8e8 url("images/header_recentnews_bottom.gif") left bottom no-repeat;
	}

ul#recentnews {
	padding: 45px 0 0 0;
	background: url("images/header_recentnews.gif") left top no-repeat;
	list-style: none;
	}
ul#recentnews li {
	display: block;
	height: 35px;
	font-size: 8pt;
	font-weight: bold;
	line-height: 1.2em;
	overflow: hidden;
	}
ul#recentnews li span {
	float: left;
	margin: 0 5px;
	height: 35px;
	}
ul#recentnews li a {
	color: #7c6325;
	}
ul#recentnews li a:hover { color: red; }

body#index div#words div#padding {
	padding: 10px 20px 10px 20px;
	overflow: hidden;
	}

h3.welcome {
	height: 50px;
	background: url("images/header_welcome.gif") left top no-repeat;
	}