In the event of an injury, you need to know that you have rights and that your rights will be protected.

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The term ‘paralegal’ began to emerge around the late sixties. At that time, the public demand for legal solutions was growing rapidly. As such, law firms were experiencing a tremendous increase in their workloads, and they were seeking the aid of people who could do administrative tasks for them. Such people were given the designation of paralegals.

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If you learn what an arrest warrant is and how to find out if you have one then you might just stay out of trouble with the police.

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There are many reasons why people get divorced. Of course, if there is physical abuse or mental abuse that makes it unsafe to continue the relationship, that trumps weighing the following factors on deciding whether to get divorced.

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It has been estimated that around 2.5 million people become involved in personal injury accidents every year, resulting in accidental injury. The injuries that are sustained from accidents may result in a loss of income, independence and severe lifestyle changes.

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I’ve basically tried to explain 12 basic criminal law concepts that should give you a better understanding of some of the ideas you’ll need to master if you do decide to take up a career in criminal law.

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The MTLA and the ATLA are both providing seminars on how to deal with companies and their low settlement offers. No seminar is going to tell you how to handle the low settlement offer. Collectively, the most effectual way to handle low settlement offers is to try such cases. If enough of us present cases to a jury successfully, we will change the insurance industry’s opinion on the true value of these claims.

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In many small to mid-size law firms, marketing initiatives are sporadic at best, as the day-to-day demands of running the firm and handling client’s needs take priority.

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Legal malpractice is probably less well-known by most people than is another type of malpractice issue: medical malpractice. However, legal malpractice cases can be just as serious as are their medical counterparts. They have potentially far-reaching impact upon the lives of people who have been involved in a legal battle that ended unfavorably due to incompetency or intentional misrepresentation on behalf of the attorney(s) who represented them.

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Many clients, sometimes after years of litigating a workers’ compensation claim, get to the frustration point where they decide: “I guess I’m going to have to sue my employer.” It is at this point that the harsh reality must be revealed (or reiterated). In most cases, if you have a workers’ compensation claim, you cannot sue your employer, even if it was negligent, for the same injury. This article will try to explain the logic behind the exclusion commonly known as “the exclusive remedy provision”.

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