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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Beyond “Self Advocacy” — Basic Rights College Students with Disabilities Should Know
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…
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…
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…
by Karen Winner The media has often been accused of…
If you or your spouse are thinking of obtaining a divorce, and you own a business, you need to be concerned. In New York, businesses are subject to divorce property law known as equitable distribution: if the business was acquired…