In criminal cases, you are allowed to “plead the Fifth” and stay completely silent and it cannot be used against you. This is one of the ways that criminal cases are very different from civil cases. In civil cases, such as divorce cases or protective orders, you can still assert your Fifth Amendment privilege if necessary, but the judge or the jury is allowed to assume that “pleading the Fifth” means something bad for you.

Evidence for each case should be organized and prepared for disclosure to the other side.

We are hyper-aware and equipped to deal with the lowest level of gamesmanship and deception that the opposition can muster. In every case, we work to provide our clients with the best private resolution possible. When we are in court, we make the strongest case possible, uncompromised by the status quo, local politics, or substandard practices.

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Even though alimony claims and defenses are fluid and highly situational, an experienced trial lawyer can help you assess your claim or exposure if you provide comprehensive, accurate information.

At its core, hearsay is when a witness in court tries to quote someone who is not a witness in the case about something that the witness claims that person said.

When you are considering settlement in a family law case, you need to think about different kinds of costs: the cost of trial and the future cost and consequences of a settlement that is less than ideal.

Day-to-day conversations are called "out-of-court statements," and many of those statements fit the definition of hearsay.

There are several concepts that are important for every potential witness to understand in order to have a level of comfort with giving testimony. There are many factors that can impact your credibility.

There are several concepts that are important for every potential witness to understand in order to have a level of comfort with giving testimony. There are many factors that can impact your credibility.

A discovery motion to compel is a legal request for a court to order a party in a lawsuit to produce evidence or answer questions that they have otherwise refused to provide voluntarily.

A “Motion to Settle Journal Entry” is a legal document, a written motion, made when parties to a case cannot agree on the wording or content of a journal entry that officially records the court’s decision after a hearing or trial.

A disturbingly large percentage of our legal work is trying to correct or undo mistakes made by other people in cases. Sadly, most of the time those mistakes were made because someone was trying to cut costs by avoiding important issues.

All legal disputes are ultimately about facts. For any fact that is important to a case, there is more value establishing that fact through the opposing party than proving that same exact fact through you, the client.

In contested, high conflict cases involving children, sometimes professionals are designated to work with the parents and children.