A legal battle for custody of your children can be an overwhelming and frightening experience. Even more so if money is tight. However, even if your finances can't support expensive legal representation, affordable options are available, and for some people, free lawyers for child custody cases may be one of them. According to the American Bar Association (ABA), affordable legal representation and support may be possible through your nearest legal aid office, which are not-for-profit agencies that, to those who meet the income requirement, offer financial support toward legal problems. You can also seek pro bono support at a legal aid office, where a lawyer will voluntarily agree to...
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Resolving problems with attorneys and trustees It can be a real worry to think that a person responsible for someone else’s money might be doing something wrong, or might not be competent. You need to resolve the problem – whether it’s clarifying a misunderstanding, or taking action. What are attorneys and trustees? Attorneys and trustees look after money and financial affairs for other people. They don’t have to be lawyers – anyone can become an attorney or trustee as long as they are over 18 and have mental capacity. Attorneys are appointed under a power of attorney, which gives them the right to make financial and (sometimes) medical decisions for someone else. Sometimes, people can be...
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Sometimes, we hear the word lawyer and sometimes we hear the word attorney. They mean the same thing, right? Or is there any difference between a lawyer and an attorney? In common language, our day-to-day discussions, we probably mean the same thing when we talk about a lawyer and an attorney. They wear suits, they make objections, and they get you the compensation you deserve after a car accident, work injury, or slip-and-fall at the grocery store. So why do we use both words? When do we need a lawyer and what can we expect our attorney to do in our absence? Even though the words lawyer and attorney get used interchangeably, there are some hair-splitting differences in how we use each word...
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People sometimes manipulate others who are vulnerable in some way and particularly dependent on others—for example, someone who’s quite elderly or ill. Defrauding them, or just plain stealing, is one form of elder abuse. Another is to exert what lawyers call “undue influence” on a vulnerable person, disrupting the person’s natural impulse to provide for family members and instead talking them into leaving assets to the manipulator. Family members may not find out about a fishy estate plan until after the person has died; the influencer obviously has a strong motivation to keep last-minute changes under the radar. But it may not be too late. Relatives who...
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Legal advice Content Advisory legal services of our law firm Legal advice on specific issue or a comprehensive one will give you a deep understanding of: your situation from a legal point of view; the best possible solution of your case. As the result of our advice you will not only have your questions answered but also will receive suggestions about practical aspects of the case. Cost and term depend on a number and professional level of engaged lawyers and total amount of time required for the consulting. What we do We help choose the topic for the legal webinar; We analyze the Client’s situation and the subject of the webinar, which is of interest to the Client; We make a plan for...
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Having your first consultation with a solicitor can be nerve-wracking, but these tips will hopefully help you prepare and feel more confident about the first meeting. 1 – Be prepared - it is advisable to prepare a brief chronology of your case so that your solicitor can read this to gain a better understanding of your situation. This is just a short summary of the fact, including who is involved, the date the dispute started, the type of dispute, the key events and the status of your dispute. Take any previous correspondence and relevant documents with you, such as letters or emails from the other side or their solicitor, contracts, financial documents, accident or police reports, etc. If...
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A lawyer spearheading the efforts by President Donald Trump’s campaign to dispute the election results in Pennsylvania complained to a federal court Sunday that she received an abusive telephone message from an attorney at the elite law firm representing the state, Kirkland & Ellis. The Trump campaign lawyer, Linda Kerns of Philadelphia, said she received the one-minute-long voicemail Saturday morning from an associate — a very junior attorney — based in Kirkland’s Washington, D.C. office. Kerns did not identify the Kirkland attorney by name or provide other details about the message, but said the communication “by any measure falls afoul of standards of professional conduct.” Kerns’...
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