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Executive Compensation and Divorce
C-suite executives often receive a variety of compensation packages beyond traditional salary and bonuses. An expert is often needed to find and value compensation plans in a divorce involving a business executive.
Making Voluntary Disclosures
Evidence for each case should be organized and prepared for disclosure to the other side.
Ideals versus Reality
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.
Half of Your Half
This example illustrates why it is in your interest to hire experienced legal counsel as early as possible to help you avoid expensive and stressful scenarios like this one. It also shows that if divorce is imminent, it’s important to move forward proactively.
Discovery Sanctions
When a party violates discovery rules, the court may impose sanctions to compel compliance or punish the misconduct. Trial courts have broad discretion to impose sanctions on parties or attorneys who violate discovery orders.
Motion to Compel Discovery
If you look up “motion to compel” on the internet, you may read something like this: If the other side has not answered discovery in a civil lawsuit, you can file a motion to compel discovery.
It’s not that simple.
Child Preference Statements
A parent whose child has disclosed a preference to them should consult with an attorney to learn how the child’s preference may be presented to the court in an acceptable, objective manner.
Our Approach to Mediation
We’ve developed a process for handling cases, including how we approach mediation. Even when we’re hired late in the case, if the circumstances permit, we'll still implement the process.
Getting Around Hearsay
Day-to-day conversations are called "out-of-court statements," and many of those statements fit the definition of hearsay.
How to Answer Bad Questions
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.
How to Testify Well
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.
How We Handle Cases
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.
The Discovery Process
Lawsuits, including divorces, involve a clash of different perspectives and different sets of goals. Each side is able to obtain information from the other side and from third parties. This is called the discovery process.
Depositions
A deposition is where lawyers question someone who has been sworn under oath. If you are involved in any kind of civil lawsuit, including a family law case, you may be deposed and your witnesses may be deposed.