Family Law Trust, Compassion, Experience: These Are Just Some of the Qualities You'll Find at Klie Law Offices If you're looking for an attorney to represent you in a divorce or some other family law matter, you will need someone with a proven track record of helping clients to find effective solutions. You will need a law firm that has a reputation for helping people to develop creative strategies. We urge you to consider Klie Law Offices, a West Virginia law firm with these qualities and more. When you call us or complete the online contact form at the right side of this page, you will find out right away that we understand the importance of your case. Our lawyers have extensive...
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Domestic Assault and Battery Charges Many people do not realize that if police respond to a call involving a domestic matter, they will almost always arrest at least one person involved in the situation. Law Enforcement are responsible for determining who the initial aggressor was and if a determination can be made they will arrest that person, even if that person was the one who called 911 and asked for assistance. It is not up to the other party if they want to file charges, and once charges are brought only the prosecutor can decide to drop them. If you find yourself in this situation you will need to contact a lawyer to speak to the prosecutor about having the charges dropped. Why You...
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(1) "Client" means a person, including a public officer, corporation, association, or other organization or entity, either public or private, for whom a lawyer renders professional legal services or who consults a lawyer with a view to obtaining professional legal services from the lawyer. (2) A communication is "confidential" if it is not intended to be disclosed to third persons other than those to whom disclosure is made in furtherance of the rendition of professional legal services to the client or those reasonably necessary for the transmission of the communication. (3) "Lawyer" means a person authorized, or reasonably believed by the client to be authorized, to engage in the practice...
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[Originally published in NYPRR August 2008] This column is about a Disciplinary Rule that you and your law firm have probably never encountered but that profoundly affects the public image of the legal profession. It is about DR 9-102(G), one of the many provisions in the rule governing attorney trust accounts, the longest and most finely detailed rule in the Code of Professional Responsibility. DR 9-102(G) is woefully inadequate in its present form but may soon be amended. This column talks about the problems with DR 9-102(G) and the proposed amendments, which I fully support. Background: An Attorney Trust Account Primer Let’s start with a short, basic look at the rules governing attorney...
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This guide does not provide legal advice. It is recommended that all parties seek legal advice where possible. Inside this guide Simple Application – Divorce only Mandatory Information Program The Family Law Rules tell you which forms and documents must be used for each step of a family case. You must give a copy of the forms and documents to the other party named in the family case. Sometimes you may also be required to give the forms and documents to other people or agencies. For example, if the person receiving support receives social benefits like Ontario Works, the Ministry of Community and Social Services will need to be served with any material filed on an application for child...
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In dealing on behalf of a client with a person who is not represented by counsel, a lawyer shall not state or imply that the lawyer is disinterested. When the lawyer knows or reasonably should know that the unrepresented person misunderstands the lawyer's role in the matter, the lawyer shall make reasonable efforts to correct the misunderstanding. The lawyer shall not give legal advice to an unrepresented person, other than the advice to secure counsel, if the lawyer knows or reasonably should know that the interests of such a person are or have a reasonable possibility of being in conflict with the interests of the client. [1] This Rule prohibits a lawyer from misleading an unrepresented...
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Guardianship New York City Lawyer Guiding Clients Through Critical Personal Decisions In New York, a guardianship is a legal relationship whereby the court provides a person with the legal authorization to make certain decisions for someone who is unable to make decisions of that type for him or herself. There are different types of guardianships. Whether you are petitioning for or opposing a guardianship in New York, you should get legal advice. New York City guardianship lawyer Jules Haas has represented many clients in Guardianship Courts in both Manhattan and Brooklyn. He has also been appointed as the Court Evaluator, who reviews facts in guardianship cases and gives the court a report...
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RIGHT TO COUNSEL The Supreme Court in Gideon v. Wainwright required states to provide assistance of counsel to people facing criminal charge, but Gideon's sweeping mandate has remained little more than a paper victory in many parts of the country, particularly in the Deep South. People who cannot afford a lawyer are often processed through Southern courts in assembly-line fashion in violation of this fundamental right. When the local or state government fails to comply with Gideon's mandate, the lack of a functional indigent defense system compromises the entire judicial system. As an adversarial system of justice, our criminal justice system relies on competent defense counsel to challenge...
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This lawyer goes after other lawyers who take advantage of immigrants — who could practice for years without being stopped Three evenly spaced dots forming an ellipsis: "...". Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. A US border patrol agent detains a man after entering the United States by crossing the Rio Grande river from Mexico, in Roma, Texas, U.S. on May 11, 2017. HOUSTON (AP) — Soon after he opened his office serving immigrants fighting to stay in the United States, Raed Gonzalez became a lawyer who goes after other lawyers. A person with a winnable case can be thrown into deportation by a missed deadline or a...
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Who can attend the hearing Hearings are closed to the public (s. 193) and the name and other details identifying a person who is the subject of a hearing before the tribunal cannot be published without the written consent of the president (s. 194). The person who is the subject of the proceeding and their treating psychiatrist (the mental health service’s representative) are parties to the hearing. Other people may apply to be joined as a party, but this rarely occurs in practice. The tribunal decides this application. The person has the right to appear and can be represented by anyone of their choosing, including a lawyer (s. 184(3)). Other people who may attend the hearing as...
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