It's normal to be nervous when
you go talk to a lawyer.
«
They go talk to a lawyer, but they don't want to pay $ 7,000 in lawyer's fees over a $ 10,000 defect, so they go the licensing claim route because it doesn't cost them a cent.
I know I've made some mistakes and wanted to see what others had to say about it before
I go talk to a lawyer and accountant.
Not exact matches
«Start - ups are
going to talk to a reporter about their fundraise, it will hit the media — they won't have filed their form in advance — and then, apparently, they will be ineligible for 506 for one year,» Joe Wallin, a start - up
lawyer in Seattle, pointed out this morning as he live - blogged the hearings.
But while the
lawyers said in court that the two sides were in
talks, it wasn't clear that they were
going to be able
to reach a new deal.
As the Judge would summarize the case and after he listened
to all the witnesses and heard arguments from the
lawyers, I would think, he is
going to find this guy guilty, and then the Judge starts
talking another way and then I think ooohh he is
going to find this guy not guilty...... then the Judge keeps
talking and then I think, I have no idea what his finding is
going to be....
Most business owners sued by patent trolls don't
talk about it
to anyone other than their
lawyer; a typical response is
to cross one's fingers and hope the problem
goes away.
C.S. Lewis was
talking to his
lawyer one day when the attorney told him he had
to decide where his earnings would
go after his death.
And you
go out, you
talk to a
lawyer immediately.
Pataki pretty much stuck
to the GOP line, criticizing the president for entitling «enemy combatants»
to Miranda warnings, enabling them
to «
lawyer up and not
talk about what they know»; and
going along with US AG Eric Holder's decision
to (so far) hold the KSM trial in a civilian court in NYC.
I am
going to talk to a
lawyer.
«Then we
went on
to talk about other stuff, but — I hope, uh — you remember that I was not trying
to make you do anything, and — I hope your
lawyer will do something
to help me here, because this, uh, doesn't look good for me, and I wasn't in this.
I am
going to talk to a
lawyer, this is just stunning
to me.»
Wreckage of the doomed cruise ship MV Lyubov Orlova which
went missing at sea in 2013 and was plagued by rats may have been found buried in sand on a beach Accused Genovese mob boss Eugene «Rooster» O'Nofrio has given up on plea
talks and is headed
to trial for racketeering, his
lawyer confirmed on Thursday.
You're not
going to talk to a high school teenager using the same language you'd use for middle - aged
lawyer audience.
If you are
going through a divorce, and have even considered the possibility of a bankruptcy, you owe it
to yourself
to talk to both your divorce
lawyer and a bankruptcy
lawyer about your options before you have
to go to court.
Cardy adds that if you do
go for an estate freeze, you need
to talk to an estate
lawyer who knows how
to protect the kids» shares in the business from matrimonial claims.
I'm not a
lawyer - but when we're
talking a grand - I very much doubt anybody is
going to waste time.
If your credit report error disputes have
gone unanswered and ignored, it's time
to talk to a consumer protection
lawyer.
In other words, if a friend comes
to me wanting
to know what I think about him filing bankruptcy, I think under my First Amendment rights, I can
talk to him about his legal situation, tell him what I know about bankruptcy laws, and legally advise him
to go get himself a good bankruptcy
lawyer and file away.
If you've
talked to a
lawyer about your financial situation and you're sure that bankruptcy is the best option, here's what you should know
going into it.
Legal recourse is certainly one possible option, and if that's the only one you can think of, then
go ahead and put that in your answer (that would essentially just be «
talk to a
lawyer»).
However, many states place limits on how the creditor may repossess the vehicle and they usually spell out how the lender must try sell the vehicle in order
to reduce or eliminate your debt First and foremost:
talk to a debt help
lawyer immediately if you are
going to be late or miss a payment!
From the folks I've
talked to, there appear
to be a couple of different issues with the criminal codes (and again, I'm not a
lawyer, but there are people smarter than I am telling me this stuff — one of whom is a
lawyer, so I'm
going to relay this the best I can):
One note before we begin: though we'll
go to great lengths
to explain various rules and regulations for different business types, it's still a good idea
to talk to a
lawyer to ensure that everything is in order, as laws vary in every state.
Some police, who know it's their last shot
to get a confession and know once your
lawyer gets there will never
talk to you again (and they have enough
to go forward without your confession in the event you just start blabbing «you did it» before they can get you
to invoke your rights) will keep
talking to you and tell you not
to comment, just
to listen, even while your
lawyer sits outside.
I'm now
going to use Bob's post
to go off on a tangent, and
talk about something that appears deceptively mundane: the use of middle initials by
lawyers, and the fallout it causes online.
Talking about how I've gotten
to where I am today and the challenges I face, you have
to go back a little ways with me because when I came into law school I was 18 - years - old and my idea at the time was I wanted
to be a psychiatrist working with
lawyers.
So you and I met the last guest I had too, we met at Ernest Benson's small firm boot camp and we started
talking, and I always really appreciate these very nuanced conferences because any
lawyer that shows up at these really sort of boutique conferences have a different mindset about the way they approach their practice and the things that they're
going to learn and the things that they're interested in.
Remember that it won't hurt
to talk to a
lawyer even if you are undecided that there is a genuine case or maybe you feel that you could be partially responsible, we're
going to help you
to see whether you've got a case.
Talk to a
lawyer who can advise you about non-court options such as mediation or collaborative family law instead of
going to court.
Sharon Nelson: Well, I should mention
to the audience that I am very grateful
to David who agreed
to speak
to the Virginia State Bar's Committee on the future of the practice of law and so I've had the pleasure of speaking with him before and you were absolutely marvelous
to do that for us, and one of the things we
talked about that day, as you'll recall, is how the American legal industry has remained stubbornly opposed
to ABS in any form, so I'm
going to repeat a question I asked you when you spoke
to the Committee, why do you think American
lawyers are so opposed
to ABS?
Kevin O'Keefe: In essence it helps
lawyers do a type of work they want
to do for the type of clients they would like
to do it for, and the Internet is a powerful tool in order
to get that work, because the best
lawyers I've been aware for 35 years practice or 17 and the best work comes by relationships and word - of - mouth, it doesn't come from advertising or pushing your message out and the feeling on most
lawyers» part in most legal marketers» part is that they are
talking about getting attention and that
goes back
to the days of Billboards, TV ads, yellow pages that type of thing, which is okay, which you may not have
to resort
to that or
to fall
to that, with the advent of the Internet.
Talk to a
lawyer immediately if you have been requested
to go to an interview at a CBSA office, have been called by CBSA, or are arrested or detained by CBSA.
Christopher found that people wanted more, so he created Law Firm Confidential, a place where
lawyers can
go to discuss business, learn about building a profitable law firm, and
talk to other
lawyers interested in doing the same.
The best advice you can give them is
to go talk to a personal injury
lawyer.
Sam Glover: I was
going to ask you about your minimalism, but I want
to tease that right now and maybe skip ahead
to what I want
to talk about later which is, okay, so when it comes
to going solo, what do you think are some of the biggest challenges that
lawyers run into?
When we come back, I want
to talk more about some of the challenges and mistakes that you see
lawyers make when they
go solo.
What he's
talking about is when you're billing somebody monthly for a service, that's a habit and they just do it because maybe they like you, maybe their loyal
to you, but eventually they
go while I'm not really getting the value from this, which is why it's so important for
lawyers to make sure that clients appreciate the value their giving.
I remember a
lawyer who told me that if you
go to court planning
to talk about 1,000 exhibits, you probably haven't prepared enough.
For
lawyers, that often means
talking about things that an outside marketing consultant is not
going to know about even if they are in constant contact with you, including changes in the law or your experiences with clients.
If they've had a friend with a similar problem and that friend said this
lawyer has done a great job for me, why don't you
go talk to him?
I was
talking to one of my
lawyers I think last week and I was asking him how things are
going and are you having any client problems and his answer
to me was so telling because he said I actually really like all my clients right now.
One day the power may
go out, the cell towers may not work, the WiFi may
go down and all a
lawyer will have will be their ability
to talk to someone.
Sam Glover: We're
going to take a few minutes
to hear from our sponsors, and when we come back, I want
to explore the various flavors of geekdom and
talk a little bit more about what it means
to sort of represent the legal community as a member of a tribe, or represent your tribe as a
lawyer, so we'll be back in a minute.
You may have
gone to law school
to «think like a
lawyer,» but when you
talk like one, you're probably not doing yourself — or your clients — any favors.
If instead, you've done a bunch of work, and usually it's working with a mentor, whether formally or informally, and you've met people who are in that practice, and you read all the blogs that work comp
lawyers read, and you maybe have
gone to some section meetings for the local Bar Association, and you've done a bunch of other stuff, then when you write your cover letter, you say, «Dear John, you know it's funny, I just
talked to your partner three weeks ago, and he actually recommended that I apply for this job.
Some of it has happened sort of independently of what the
lawyers have actually been doing, and more having
to do with how Google's getting smarter, and when we
talk about specifically in local search, that's definitely played a big role, that Google has evolved
to give much more localized and personalized results than they used
to, and that's caused the effect of people in your local area being able
to find local
lawyers, as opposed
to if you wrote about a consumer law post and somebody on the other side of the country finds it, now you're
going to see Google serving results for consumer
lawyers that are in the neighborhood, around the corner.
He's not a
lawyer, you two aren't
going to talk about law.
If you invite some practicing
lawyer to a coffee, if you're a law student, or a new
lawyer looking
to transition
to a different practice, and you ask some
lawyer to do that, and you sit down and basically ask questions that let them
talk to you for an hour, that
lawyer is
going to leave that meeting saying, «That was a great meeting.