If you are trying to do legal research and are in the state of Massachusetts, you have a couple of options available to you. Just so we’re on the same page, when I say “legal research,” I mean real legal research, as in, the kind of...
Read MoreWhat is a Contingency Payment Arrangment?
Most of the time you hire a law firm or a single attorney, you will be asked to pay what is called a retainer. A retainer is payment up front. The law firm or attorney takes the retainer and places it into his or her lawyer trust account. As the atto...
Read MoreWhat is a Holographic Will & Does Massachusetts Recognize Them?
Generally speaking, a will must be executed following a whole host of formalities, in order for it to be found valid. For example, in Massachusetts will are governed by the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code (“MUPC”). The reason most stat...
Read MoreHow an ATTORNEY would Pick a Criminal Defense Attorney, if He or She Needed One!
The title to this article would have been more appropriately titled “How one Criminal Defense Attorney would Pick a Criminal Defense Attorney, if He Needed One.” The point of the article is that, as an attorney who practices criminal defe...
Read MoreWhy you Should Keep your Mouth Shut after an Accident!
Most of us know that, when you’re arrested, you’re supposed to keep your mouth closed and ask for an attorney, whether you’re innocent or not. Perhaps less known is the fact that you should employ the same strategy, if you are invol...
Read MoreWhat is Westlaw (or Lexis Nexis) & What if I can’t Afford It?
One of the first things you need to understand, if you are attempting to learn “the law” regarding a particular subject, is that our “law” is actually made up different types of law. For example, when most of us think about &#...
Read MoreWelcome to the Adversarial System. What is it?
What is the adversarial system? Most of us have probably never considered the fact that our legal system is not the only legal system used. For example, some well-known countries employ a system called the inquisitorial system. France, Spain, Italy, ...
Read MorePink, Pink, Pink …Get Ready to Hate Pink!
If this is about to be your first incursion into the family law system, in the state of Massachusetts, then you likely have no idea what this article is referring to, when it refers to “pink.” Whether you actually like pink as a color or ...
Read MoreWhat is a Nominee (Realty) Trust?
What is a nominee trust? Well, let’s start with what it isn’t. It isn’t a trust at all. Technically speaking, a nominee trust (also referred to as a Realty trust) is a principal-agency relationship or arrangement, whereby the “...
Read MoreLAR – Limited Assistance Representation: What is it?
Limited Assistance Representation (LAR) is when an attorney represents or assists a litigant with part, but not all, of his or her legal matter, instead of the standard full representation on an entire case. That’s the official definition, at a...
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