In the society we live in‚ it has become increasingly popular and more common to sue. Whether we see it in the media‚ talk about it amongst ourselves‚ or are actually the ones doing the suing‚ (or being sued) we deal with lawsuits every day. Now‚ we’ve all heard the story about the grandmother who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonald’s for nearly $2.9 million‚ or the man who sued Winnebago and won $1.75 million after crashing his motor home off the freeway. But few of us ever
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read the diplomas. I noticed several diplomas that did not fit in with your standard law office. These spoke of “bravery in the service of mankind‚” “saving lives during terrorist attacks‚” and “excellent emergency care under fire.” I asked Dror‚ the lawyer‚ about these diplomas. He smiled‚ ever so modestly‚ and said that although he had a busy law practice‚ one day a week he was an emergency paramedic. As such‚ he was often called to a scene seconds after a bomb went off‚ or as a shooting was taking
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February 25‚ 2014 Legal Writing Legal Brief Assignment No. 2 FACTS: Dan is a trained paralegal who works for Erie Bank in Lakewood‚ Ohio. One day‚ Mary walks into the bank to apply for a mortgage loan to purchase a new house. She and Dan have a long conversation about Mary taking out a mortgage. Mary is concerned that were she to default on her loan‚ her credit would be destroyed. In response‚ Dan tells her: Don’t worry about it. If you don’t pay your loan‚ the only remedy the bank has is
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Assignment 8: “The role of Paralegals in Immigration law”. Date: October 7‚ 2013 Table of Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Legal background. 3. The role of Paralegals in Immigration law. 3.1. The role of paralegals in immigration law firms. 3.2. The role of paralegals in the USCIS. 4. Salary of Paralegals in immigration law. 5. References. 6. Conclusions. 1. Introduction: One of the most important challenges that may play a paralegal is when working for an attorney
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Introduction The Law Firm Brief Background The Firm De Jesus Linatoc Castillo & Associates (previously De Jesus Linatoc Mendoza & Associates) is a general partnership of lawyers registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission under SEC Registration No. AP096-00938. It was organized in mid-1993 under the firm name Gozos Marquez & De Jesus Law Offices‚ consisting of Attys. Oscar L. Gozos‚ Reynaldo Q. Marquez and Solomon
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fate would be left in the hands of chance if they went to trial. They decided the best case scenario would be to accept the plea and be guaranteed a less significant or better verdict. Another reason why Kwidzinski took a guilty plea is because his lawyer gave him his two options to choose from. One option would be to accept the plea deal and agree to the charges of the misdemeanor conviction and no jail time. The second option would be to go to trial on a felony
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I had the opportunity to visit a district court felony trial and a justice court misdemeanor DUI. These two courts were very different from start to finish from the atmosphere‚ length of the case‚ and how the lawyers acted. Stepping into each of these courtrooms was like stepping into two different worlds. While the proceedings may have been similar‚ the environments were completely opposite. The first court I attended was a district court case that was supposed to be a jury trial. The presiding
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Attorney Howe’s possible Ethical Violations: (MONDAY) Model Rule 5.5(B)- Attorney Howe‚ left a new hire‚ Carl‚ unattended‚ while also suggesting that he may conduct interviews in his office without specifying particulars regarding his presence or direct supervisory responsibilities. In hindsight‚ Attorney Howe could be indirectly contributing to the unauthorized practice of law due to his gross negligence to supervise his paralegal. ABA 5.3 (A)(B)(C). – Attorney Howe did not make reasonable efforts
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testify at trial‚ as an individual arrested in a protest‚ a trial may provide you a forum for voicing your side of the story. If you plan to plead not guilty‚ you should decide whether you will hire a private attorney or acquire a National Lawyers Guild-NYC (212-679-6018‚ www.nlgnyc.org)‚ Legal Aid (a public defender) or courtappointed attorney as soon as possible; some important strategic decisions must be made at your arraignment and you want to be prepared. If you plan to plead guilty
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information that was against the boys they had the right to have the documents that had the information against them. All defendants get the same protection regardless of the acts they have committed‚ in the movie the boys had the right to have a lawyer‚ they just couldn’t afford one so that’s why Billy had to call his uncle. Confronting witnesses was the exact act that Uncle Vinny did when he was almost out of hope‚ he managed to cause doubts in the jury’s eyes when he showed them that the old woman
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