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I was just reading this piece by Mile Mark Media LLC about the new .law domains which are predicted to “set off a domain gold rush.” Are you an attorney who has a .law domain? Did you rebrand your dot come site to a dot law site? And did you find it to increase your …
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SPONSOR THIS PAGE Are you a divorce lawyer? Do you have a website for your firm? If so, do you have your email on the site or only a generic “contact us” box? I am here to tell you that if you do not have an email address as well as a contact us box …
In this case, the Supreme Court was petitioned to determine if a lesbian woman had any parental rights over her former lesbian spouse’s biological children. The lesbian couple were married in the state of Georgia and one partner (prior to marriage) had 3 children by in vitro. The other partner subsequently adopted the children and …
In Francis v Francis, the wife appealed a decision in the lower court which required her to pay her husband 50 percent of the refund from their joint tax return. The problem is that the settlement agreement contained no language about her husband getting 50 percent of the return and so the wife helped herself …
SPONSOR THIS PAGE If you are a divorce lawyer and you have a good client walk through the door (and you really need the money) should you refuse the case if you know ahead of time that opposing counsel is going to demolish you if the case goes to trial? Should you level with the …
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SPONSOR THIS PAGE* A lot of people are turning online to find a solution to their divorce action. For a reasonably low fixed rate fee, they often can end their marriage at a fraction of the cost of going to a barred attorney with a traditional shingle hung up. Is this a good thing or …
Are Divorce Lawyers over-charging Their Clients? There is no denying that for some divorce lawyers over-charging their clients is no big deal. They do it routinely as a matter of fact. It is as if for some divorce lawyers over-charging just comes with the territory. Are you one of those people who feel that their …
SPONSOR THIS PAGE This seemed like a fun question. Are you ever intimidated by opposing counsel on the basis of how he or she dresses as compared to you? for example do you think better dressed lawyers get a better result in court? Do judges respect them more? And what do you do if your …
Read moreWhen Opposing Counsel is the Devil in Prada, What do You Do?
In Brooklyn Supreme Court, an interesting divorce is unfolding between Anne Resnik, the daughter and heir of a former Philip Morris executive, and a guy named Crocker Coulson. So according to the Post the couple in contention had a “no paramour” clause in their prenup and it appears and she went to court – Brooklyn Supreme …
Divorce Lawyers Don’t Return Client Phone Calls in a Timely Fashion According to Surveys Apparently the #1 complaint that clients have about their divorce lawyer is not the exorbitant fees but in fact the slow return of phone calls, text messages and other contact attempts. I am not sure if this is a fair characterization. …
Read moreDo Divorce Lawyers Need to Do a Better Job of Getting Back to Clients?