Have you signed an “Engagement Letter” or “Retainer Agreement” with a lawyer? These are the names for attorney fee contracts. Do you know that certain provisions in a fee contract with your attorney may not be legally enforceable in a…
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Find Out if Your Attorney Fee Contract Contains this Provision Because it Might Be Rejected in Court As Unfair to You, the Client
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Legal Malpractice in Divorce — Failing to Protect Retirement Benefits
I am looking forward to May 3rd when I will be presenting the topic “Family Law and Legal Malpractice” at the National Legal and Medical Malpractice Conference sponsored by THE AMERICAN BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY ATTORNEYS. This organization provides board-certification…
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When an Abused Parent Flees With the Child Over State-Lines and the Abuser Alleges “Parental Kidnapping”: What Are the Protections Under the Law? What Happens when the Victim is a Man?
WHEN A PARENT ALLEGING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FLEES WITH THE CHILD OVER STATE-LINES AND THE OTHER PARENT ALLEGES “PARENTAL KIDNAPPING” — WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? DOES IT MATTER IF THE PARENT WHO IS ABUSED IS A MAN? by Karen Winner I…
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How to Avoid a Court-Appointed Guardian
Guardianship A Guardianship is a formal legal arrangement, in which a court gives a person the legal rights to act on behalf of an incapacitated adult, or child whose parents are dead or missing, or otherwise not able to care…
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Most Disabled College Students Do Not Graduate – The Possible Reason May Surprise You. Read My Article in Ability Magazine, below.
Beyond “Self Advocacy” — Basic Rights College Students with Disabilities Should Know
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How And Why I Became An ADA Advocate For People With Disabilities In The Courts And Colleges
POSTED BY: FA EDITOR JULY 26, 2018 (This story was first published in Fierce Advocate: Voices of John Jay College) At age 47 I entered law school. This decision was the natural outgrowth of my muckraking career as a journalist…
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STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS: HOW TO ACCESS COURT CASES ON-LINE (In New York) USING AS AN EXAMPLE, DEFENDANT DONALD J. TRUMP
Don’t know how to access your lawsuit on-line in the state civil court system? I teach my class on Financial Fraud in Divorce how to do it, and I’ll show you too. It’s eeeeeeeaasy! While divorce documents can’t be viewed in…
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Why Women Have Such a Hard Time Enforcing Their Rights in the Courts: See my Explanation in this New York Post Article
NEW YORK POST — METRO Ex-NYPD sergeant vows ex-wife ‘will never get my pension’ By Susan Edelman June 2, 2018 | 7:50pm A retired NYPD sergeant has vowed never to relinquish any part of his pension to his ex-wife — even…
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THE TRUMP PLAYBOOK: STRAIGHT OUT OF DIVORCE COURT
by Karen Winner The media has often been accused of…
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The Price Hillary Must Pay For Reaching for the Top
Watching Hillary Clinton ascend to the threshold of the Presidency of the United States is awesome because of her sheer mental strength. She has born the gigantic cost of a woman reaching for the top. She’s been attacked every step…
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