When I started to work with the city, I realized that I was going to be working alongside our attorneys every single day. While I was a little nervous around them at first, we quickly became friends and all of that anxiety melted away. It was really neat to see how many different subjects they could handle, and I realized just how necessary they were for helping me to manage various daily occurrences. On this website, I thought it would be really great to start talking about how to work with lawyers, and what it might mean for you and your family if you seek legal advice early.
1 July 2019
Rush hour—the time of day when it seems like everyone has to be on the road at the same time. It is all too common for accidents to take place during the busiest times of the day because there are so many vehicles concentrated in one area. If you are one of the unlucky ones who has an accident during rush hour, you can have an all-out battle ahead of you when it comes to proving fault in your insurance claim.
28 June 2019
Being on probation puts you in the challenging position of evaluating each of your actions and determining whether they violate the terms of the probation. Probation terms can vary significantly, and while some are easy to avoid, others are possible to violate without necessarily intending to do so. If you've been arrested for violating the terms of your condition by traveling out of the state, you may be looking at jail time.
28 June 2019
Determining who is liable for an auto accident is a big part of auto accident investigations. Motorists and their insurance carriers usually go to great lengths to avoid liability. As an accident victim, however, you must prove liability to get your damages. Although this might be difficult in some cases, there are situations where liability determination is almost automatic. Below are some of these situations. 1. Hitting a Parked Car
27 June 2019
If you are in the middle of a workers' compensation case, then you may end up having to go in for an independent medical exam (IME). If you have never had an IME done before, then you might be curious about what it is and why you may need to have one. Put simply, this is a medical exam that is done by a neutral party rather than your own doctor, and the point of it is to verify your workers' compensation-related injuries.
27 June 2019
Ending your marriage might have been the most difficult choice you've had to make in some time. Setting up a living arrangement for your children during that process may have seemed straightforward. However, now that you've had time to process your feelings, you might want to petition the court for changes in child custody. You may also want custody modifications if the other parent isn't behaving properly. Your desire for changes could be met with resistance from your children's other parent and land you in front of a judge once again; how can you successfully make a case for custody changes?