On the car accident page of my website I have a section called “What Should You Do If You Have Been Injured In An Auto Accident?” and that begins with a section of what to do at the scene of a motor vehicle accident. There, I briefly describe eight things to do while at the […]
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If you were a passenger in a one car accident, then the accident was not your fault. It was your driver’s. Your driver owes you the same duty of care that your driver owes to everybody else on the road. Therefore, if you are injured and your driver is at fault, and in a one
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I recently watched an interesting webinar on security clearances and bankruptcy. I have had a number of clients over the years that have security clearances. Generally speaking, these clients are civilians who work for defense contractors such as Raytheon. Naturally, they are concerned about of the impact of filing bankruptcy upon their security clearance. My
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A lawyer I know who also does a lot of immigration work came to visit me today. He wanted to ask me if I knew of a forms preparer whose fraud and scams had gotten a client of his in trouble. I stopped him in the middle of his story, because that same preparer had
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One issue which seems to cause a fair amount of confusion, and which also causes people to do inappropriate things before going to see a lawyer, is the subject of the number of cars, and the number of car loans (if any), a person can take into bankruptcy. Frankly, the question by itself misses the
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From time to time you may have a situation which would require the opportunity to speak with a lawyer, but not really the need to hire a lawyer on an ongoing basis. It presents a little bit of a conundrum. Since you have no intention of hiring an attorney, it is not really something that
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Lots of people have problems with the Internal Revenue Service. Although the tax season runs through April 15, the audit season runs throughout the year. I have had a number of people come to see me over the past few weeks who had their taxes prepared somewhere else, and they are now having problems with
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In this case, the Bankruptcy Court stripped a federal tax lien off of a Debtor’s Property. The IRS conceded that there was no equity in the house for them to attach, but claimed to be partially secured because they also attached the Debtor’s personal property. The court noted that the IRS was still not secured
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I receive daily email of the hot court decisions of the day. In today’s email, I received a notice about a case of mine. The irony of this decision is that it is a Bankruptcy Court opinion in which I nominally represent the “Creditor”. In this case, I represent a pedestrian who was struck by
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