One of the frequent mistakes that families make is waiting until after the healing or grieving process is over to
think about lawyers.
How do financial planners and wealth advisors
think about lawyers when it comes to building their own businesses or extending their own referral networks?
The poor don't
think about lawyers much at all, since they can't afford them.
When the deposition begins, the witness is probably
thinking about his lawyer's advice (or if unrepresented, advice they've read on the Internet), not to volunteer any information.
But more than mere compliance with professional obligations is needed to change the way the public
thinks about lawyers.
But the adversarial system is the foundation of Anglo - American court procedures, as well as of traditional
thinking about lawyers» professional responsibility.
To
think about lawyer's ethical duties not in terms of the constraints — the things that constitute legal or ethical violations of the lawyer's duties — but in terms of the resolutions and intentions a lawyer might set for herself.
I've been
thinking about lawyer spouses lately and came across two books that might be of interest to your readers: (1) Should You Marry a Lawyer?
If technologists spent more time
thinking about lawyers as people, rather than
thinking about lawyers as confusing creatures, then products would be better and lawyers would adopt legal technology faster and more widely.
Not exact matches
Still, the «Parks and Recreation» actress
thought about becoming a
lawyer until the OJ Simpson trial made her disillusioned with the justice system.
«I spent all this time hiring
lawyers and half of them worked out and half didn't,» she says, «I
thought, «there must be a better way to
think about this.
I
think management skipped consulting with the corporate
lawyer about the legalities of docking employees» pay; this company has had compensation policies result in a class - action lawsuit once before that I'm aware of.
«People
think of talking
about salary as kind of taboo, but it's a good thing,» said Donna Ballman, an employment
lawyer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Daniel Lublin, an employment
lawyer with Whitten & Lublin LLP in Toronto, offers a candid response when asked what managers
think about parental leave: «They hate it.»
Contrast that attitude with the words of a
lawyer in California who, according to this article from Mother Jones,
thought about lawsuits almost as soon as she heard
about Uber.
Human rights
lawyers are extremely concerned
about Pakistan's new crackdown, and it's even more terrifying than you might
think.
You can
think of such a place, kind of bucolic, filled with norms
about what to do and what not to do, and pleasantly bereft of
lawyers.
Impulsively he replied that he had been
thinking about being a
lawyer.
Your whole «car sales»
thought is dumb too... Romney was never a car sales men but Obama was a
lawyer... talk
about someone that can convince you of anything... even, like in this case, that YOU are better off than 4 years ago... but them yet perhaps YOU are!
As someone who writes so much
about food, and who worked as an advertising / regulatory
lawyer for one of the world's largest food conglomerates, I didn't
think there was a lot that could surprise me
about the processed food industry.
IF YOU ARE EVEN
THINKING ABOUT DIVORCE, TALK TO A
LAWYER IN YOUR STATE WHO SPECIALIZES IN FAMILY LAW.
A defense
lawyer today asked Howe
about a July 2016 meeting with investigators during which Howe shared some of his
thoughts on the governor.
«People with no reputation to
think about — ambulance — chasing
lawyers, get - rich - quick scam artists, sellers of worthless products — will continue to infest the Net unless some concerted effort is made to keep them off.»
Better
think first
about what it could cost you in a divorce, suggests the American Academy of Matrimonial
Lawyers.
In the novel, Kathy informs the reader: «I knew why I had gotten drunk last night, was smoking so much again, and why I was sleeping with Lester Burdon: losing my father's house had been the final shove in a long drift to the edge, and I
thought about calling Connie Walsh [her
lawyer] again, just tell her to sue the county for as much as she could get.
I also read how they
thought this movie was based on someone accused of killing backpackers and was
about to go on trial and the
lawyers asked if this movie's release could be delayed as to not affect the outcome of the trial.
At no point, though, does either parent
think about their growing daughter Casey (Drew Barrymore), who becomes so fed up that she hires a
lawyer (Allen Garfield) to help her divorce her mom and dad.
Isabel (Elizabeth Banks), a photographer, is having second
thoughts about her upcoming marriage to Jonathan (James Marsden), a
lawyer.
When
thinking about what she will change in the field of education, Heather Elgin draws upon the words of activist and civil rights
lawyer Monica Ramirez — a recent guest in her Ethnic Studies course — «Sometimes there aren't doors.
Think about it, are
lawyers, doctors, engineers... Acknowledged as the top in their fields by the score on their professional exam?
But I don't
think Porsche will have to worry
about losing all its
lawyer - doctor - banker clientele just yet.
I got a free consultation from a
lawyer about a contract I was being offered by a publisher and he gave me two key pieces of advice: an audit clause means they have nothing to hide and allows you as an author to play IRS and look at their books if you
think you're being cheated (an expensive process, but a good publisher wouldn't be afraid of you using it) and believe their BBB rating if they have one.
On episode 84 of the WRITER 2.0 Podcast I spoke with author and
lawyer Helen Sedwick
about all the legal issues authors and aspiring writers need to
think about.
But when the younger sister she
thought was dead arrives on her doorstep, followed closely by a gun - wielding Russian gangster, a shady New York
lawyer, and a desperate Connecticut housewife, Shae - Lynn is forced to grapple with the truth she discovers
about the life her sister's been living.
When the younger sister she
thought was dead arrives on her doorstep, followed closely by a gun - wielding Russian gangster, a shady New York
lawyer, and a desperate Connecticut housewife, Shae - Lynn is forced to grapple with the horrible truth she discovers
about the life her sister's been living, and with one ominous question: Will her return result in a monstrous act of greed or one of sacrifice?
Thinking about property is not a writer finding new income streams, it is
lawyer speak for monetizing it and they are not the same world.
Do this 10 — 20 times before you
think about an agent or a
lawyer.
These are the things your bankruptcy
lawyer is
thinking about when she... Continue Reading»
These are the things your bankruptcy
lawyer is
thinking about when she advises you, and that are important for you to consider as well.
In today's litigious society, where personal injury
lawyers are more than happy to make a buck suing you, personal liability insurance is something that many people should
think long and hard
about.
If you are a business owner or executive, or an incorporated professional (physician, dentist,
lawyer, accountant, and so on), and you're looking to enhance your retirement savings, you might
think about setting up an Individual Pension Plan (IPP).
As a bankruptcy
lawyer and a citizen of Minnesota, I did not
think that the existing laws (prior to 2005) were fair because they permitted creditors to take a person's wedding ring to satisfy a debt; so, I decided to do something
about it.
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.
Just
think about the monetary costs of carrying on an affair — you'll need to spend cash on hotels, trips if he or she lives out of town, gifts, cell phone bills, and if your spouse does catch wind of the affair and kicks you to the curb there's pricey
lawyer fees, support payments, you may have to cover the entire mortgage if you get to keep the house and the list goes on.
If you are
thinking about filing a bankruptcy, we encourage you to keep an open mind and make no decision
about debt relief without seeking the advice and assistance of an experienced bankruptcy
lawyer.
Matt Rodak: We have doctors,
lawyers, entrepreneurs, business executives, retirees, and just
about every other occupation you can
think of.
Managers at Berkshire have an advantage because they do not need to
think about investors,
lawyers, etc..
Money-wise I
think I did better on my own... Education-wise, possibly I learned more from working with others... Although much of what I learned from others were negative lessons I could have avoided by not putting my work in jeopardy in the first place... By jeopardy, I mean leaving valuable things in a rental space where the gallery owner failed to pay rent - causing me to learn
about lawyers & bailiffs & landlords seizing contents to try to sell my work to get their rent money... (you can't sell consignment work to recoup rent money but that doesn't stop them from trying)...
As a
lawyer with a background in journalism, I always
think about the source of information to determine whether the source is credible and the information reliable.
You have to remember that
lawyers and judges did not necessarily take math and science classes beyond high school (or maybe some undergraduate distribution requirements) and have not had to
think about scientific topics in their legal careers, necessarily.