¡ You may adamantly believe that a separate bank account or investment fund you had prior to marriage is yours and yours alone. You may in fact be right. And you may consider it wise to withhold ...
 ¡ Itâs imperative that both the lawyer and the client approach one another with complete honesty, attorney Paul Edelstein, tells Readerâs Digest. â Winning cases can be âŚ
âIf you want to improve your chances of securing the best lawyer to take your case, you need to prepare before you meet them,â advises attorney Stephen Babcock. âGet your story, facts, and proof together well before your first meeting.â This not only ensures that you understand your own needs, but it helps a good lawyer to ascertain whether he or she can actually help you. âWe want the best clients too. Proving youâre organized and reliable helps us.â
â Winning cases can be lost because of a client who lies or exaggerates just as easily as because of a lawyer who tells the client what the client wants to hear instead of what is true.â So when dealing with attorneys, donât just look for honestyâbe honest.
In choosing your attorney and your plan of action in resolving a dispute, itâs important to consider that despite what you see on television, most cases never see the inside of a courtroom. Typically, theyâre settled outside the courtroom because of the time and expense involved, according to attorney Darren Heitner, author of How to Play the Game: What Every Sports Attorney Needs to Know.
On reading a demand letter, the other person will often say, âthis isnât worth the troubleâ and they quickly settle. But hereâs a secret from Knight: You donât need a lawyer to write a demand letter. You can do it yourself. Just make it look as formal as possible, and you may find your dispute goes awayâno charge to you.
In fact, a lawyer should try to stay out of court. âIn my experience, a good lawyer always finds every opportunity to keep a case from being decided by a judge, and only relents on trying a case before the bench when all alternatives have been exhausted,â attorney, Jason Cruz says.
In his historical perspective on the attorney-client privilege, Hazard wrote, âIt is considered indispensable to the lawyerâs function as advocate on the theory that the advocate can adequately prepare a case only if the client is free to disclose everything, bad as well as good.â
The attorney-client privilege generally means the secrets you tell your attorney stay secret, but that doesnât mean there arenât others looking to find those secrets. You have a divorce lawyer, but so does your spouse.
To be sure, thereâs a rather large exception to the attorney-client privilege, that of the crime-fraud exception. This holds that the privilege doesnât apply to secrets told for the purpose of committing or concealing a crime or fraud.
Donât forget: Your spouse also has a divorce lawyer, whose job is to investigate and uncover hidden assets. In all likelihood, your spouseâs lawyer will find it. In turn, this will cause a ripple in the negotiation process â and not necessarily in your favor, even if the money is rightfully yours.
How a lawyer should act, in both professional and private life, is controlled by the rules of professional conduct in the state or states in which he or she is licensed to practice. These rules are usually administered by the stateâs highest court through its disciplinary board.
In a lawyer-client relationship, acting responsibly involves duties on both sidesâand often involves some hard work. You have a right to expect competent representation from your lawyer. However, every case has at least two sides. If you are unhappy with your lawyer, it is important to determine the reasons.
If you believe you have a valid complaint about how your lawyer has handled your case, inform the organization that governs law licenses in your state. Usually this is the disciplinary board of the highest court in your state. In some states, the state bar association is responsible for disciplining lawyers.
A lawyer must be loyal to his or her client. This means that a lawyer cannot represent two clients who are on opposite sides in the same or related lawsuits. And, ordinarily, there can be no representation of a client whose interests would conflict with the lawyerâs interests.
The amount the lawyer charges for legal work must be reasonÂable, and the client should be told the specifics of all charges. Confidentiality. With few exceptions, a lawyer generally may not tell anyone else what a client reveals about a case.
Communication. A lawyer must be able to communicate effectively with a client. When a client asks for an explanation, the lawyer must provide it within a reasonable time. A lawyer must inform a client about changes in a case caused by time and circumstances. Fees.
Unnecessary delays can often damage a case. If, because of overwork or any other reason, a lawyer is unable to spend the required time and energy on a case , the lawyer should refuse from the beginning to take the case. A lawyer must be able to communicate effectively with a client.
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As youâve been reading this, perhaps youâre wondering, âI can tell my lawyer sucks, but how can I spot the signs of a good lawyer?â Here are five signs youâre dealing with a lawyer you can trust: 1 Responsive to your needs: a lawyer that is available for your questions, and proactively updates you on case developments 2 Transparent in decisions: a lawyer that readily provides both the detail and âwhyâ behind each decision and fee. 3 Beyond reproach with the law: you should never have the slightest doubt your lawyer is working against the law. Instead, your lawyer should be able to demonstrate your rights, the law and their actions, every step of the way. 4 Personally invested in your case: you need a lawyer that truly cares about your freedom and the outcome of your case, not just a payday from your wallet. 5 Well respected in the legal community: your lawyer should command the respect of the court, community and clients alike.
Here are five signs youâre dealing with a lawyer you can trust: Responsive to your needs: a lawyer that is available for your questions, and proactively updates you on case developments . Transparent in decisions: a lawyer that readily provides both the detail and âwhyâ behind each decision and fee.
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Well respected in the legal community: your lawyer should command the respect of the court, community and clients alike.
If you see fees that donât make sense, arenât accurate or that your lawyer canât clearly articulate what youâre being charged for, you have every reason to fire them and hire new counsel. 1. Unreturned Phone Calls. Your lawyer should be available to answer your questions and inform you of new developments in your case.
When this happens, best case scenario is that a mistrial is declared with the attorney getting disbarred.
If an attorney manages to liase many or all all your issues, then you have already lost, especially if they have told you not to talk to the spouse and they have served their purpose by fait accompli. If it comes down to money, you have lost, that is the level of basic understanding marriage has become for males.
If you do decide to appeal the decisions of the family court, the Supreme Court, no less, will very likely uphold and support the malfeasance of the family court because the antics of the lower court personnel mirror those of the Supreme Court. I bet the family court personnel have recognized this and are busy minting.
Like federal scrip, you can create debt by articulating an argument on paper. That is what statutory law is, the creation of debt. On average if the paperwork is not a valid contract it is simply at best a billable script called attorney âwork productâ. know the difference, an attorney is a processor of statutory law.
In the end, the most important thing is keeping parents and children safe, and maintaining the economic viability of parents. These all involve human and civil rights. What despairs me, is that the judiciary is far too willing to rule in favor of men in appeals, and not take cases of mothers and children.
Absolutely ! Most have no idea that here in the USA, we do not own our attorneys when we hire them. Attorneys are agents of the court. In essence, we only rent attorneys to represent us in our legal matters. An attorneyâs (demanded) allegiance is always to the court first. The client and his/her interests come dead last. The BAR Association (British Attorney Registry) demands that each attorney collude and work for the court. A âclientâs best interestâ is only a phrase used by attorneyâs to catch more clients and make more cash. Attorneys make great actors, they need to be good actors as in many court rooms, they are only acting a part where the script has already been written.
The gal did not investigate any of the leads I gave him. The magistrate had a stay for seven months. And the clerk of courts refused to send out the subpoenas. The clerk of courts told my attorneyâs staff they were to short of staff to fax the subpoenas over my attorneyâs office the day before the trial.
Joseph Sorge , thank you so much for all that you are doing it is so very much appreciated.