Our courts are called an adversary system for a reason, disagreements are resolved by legal battles between sides in front of a judge or sometimes a jury, who makes the decision. When there is a fundamental disagreement and the other side will not compromise, it is...

Most of you have never heard of the term or have any idea what I am talking about.  If you have gone through a divorce, you might have come across it though.  In a divorce what you and your soon to be ex-spouse has, needs to be divided up.  The general rule is that...

I have written before, and, many others have as well about the absurdity of cash bail.  Every day in courts all over this state, and all over the country people are put in jail without being convicted of any crime because they do not have the money to post bail.  I...

They are, stop talking.  Too often, people get themselves in trouble by saying too much.  The old saying “the less said, the better” often applies in the legal system. One of the most important jobs of an attorney is to help your client learn what to say, and what not...

The two pictures from my family trip to Germany last month do not look like typical tourist pics, no castles, beer steins, lederhosen. Saw plenty of that, but these pics mean something else. One is a memorial in Berlin to the murdered Jewish population of Europe, the...

It has not happened yet, but, it happens every year, the frantic calls to my office by a parent about a disagreement with the other parent about where their kids should go to school in the fall.  It is best to deal with those issues farther in advance, but, if they...

Our current justice system is far from perfect, laws sometimes do not make sense, are not enforced consistently, the process is often slow, sometimes made worse by bad judges, lawyers, or police officers, there is alot of room for improvement.  That being said, it was...

It is one of the foundations of our legal system, someone accused of a crime is presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. This means that in a criminal trial the jury has to assume that you are innocent unless the prosecution proves your guilt....

When I recently went to renew my license, I got a little taste of what some of my clients have to deal with. Mine was a regular renewal, no complex issues. The DVS website was not helpful, to put it mildly. Attempts to call DVS to find out what to do were less...

Over the years I have worked with thousands of witnesses, have prepared them to speak in court and have called them to testify. Over time it is easy to take the basic instructions that I give everyone for granted, answer the question, do not evade, or go into extra...