By: LINDSEY O’NEILL, ESQ. If you’ve just been in an accident, or been injured by someone, you might be wondering whether or not you should hire a lawyer. If your injuries are very minor, such as a bruise or a little embarrassment, you might not need a lawyer, but it doesn’t hurt to contact one [...]
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Have you been laid-off?
Know your unemployment rights!
1266 days ago
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By: LISA R. WILSON In the midst of the stress and worry that accompanies a lay-off, a newly unemployed person is bound to question what he or she has coming to them, in the form of financial compensation. Will I get paid for accrued vacation time? The expenses I put on my personal credit card [...]
Tough economy leaves more Americans
acting as their own lawyers
1271 days ago
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By: LISA R. WILSON Due to the financial meltdown felt by millions of Americans across this country, the number of people acting as their own lawyers is on the rise. In the past, less complicated cases such as uncontested divorces or small claims were often filed by parties serving as their own attorney. But in [...]
Don’t think you can afford to hire a lawyer? Think again….
By: LINDSEY O’NEILL, ESQ. If you’ve been injured, arrested, or sued, you’re probably wondering how much it would cost to hire a lawyer. Or you might not even TRY to hire a lawyer because you just assume that it’s too expensive, or that you could probably get by on your own. This is, unfortunately, all [...]
By: LISA R. WILSON Sholom Rubashkin, the former manager of the largest U.S. kosher meatpacking plant, Agriprocessors, was arrested on October 30, 2008, by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on federal conspiracy charges of harboring illegal immigrants and aiding and abetting aggravated identity theft, federal officials said. Rubashkin was arrested in Postville, Iowa, [...]
