To prevail in any legal dispute, you must identify and focus on the facts and issues which will matter to the decisionmaker, your judge. This is called audience-centered preparation.

The Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie saga continues. Brad and Angelina separated four years ago, in September, 2016. In November, 2016, they reached a temporary custody agreement. Yet today, four years later, their case goes on.

With enough time and research, a devoted individual may be able to find and learn the applicable rules and law for their situation. Why have a lawyer then?

Choosing a lawyer is an important decision. If you or a loved one are in a lawsuit, including a divorce or child custody case, or are charged with a crime, the choice of a lawyer is one of the most important decisions to be made for the situation.

We represent individuals from all walks of life. Sometimes our client is a person who at one point in their life suffered from addiction issues and went through a recovery process. Even when recovery was decades ago, divorce and family law litigation can be traumatic and bring back bad, painful memories. However, it is possible to divorce after recovery with dignity and without relapse.

We are frequently asked if one side may be required to pay the other side’s attorney fees incurred in a divorce. Divorce attorney fee awards are largely a function of...

When I learned today, May 31, that Stephen Kolodny has passed away, I decided to write about my experience with Mr. Kolodny and his work and what it means for me.

At the end of 2019, a Florida man contacted us about a divorce. He'd just been served papers issued from an Oklahoma court.

Any lawyer who’s ever touched any kind of criminal case knows about the “trial penalty,” which is the stark discrepancy between sentencing offers from the state during plea bargain negotiations versus the range of punishment, and likely sentence, if the defendant is convicted at trial.

Our law firm implements practices that are novel to the legal industry at large but the norm in all other service industries: automated intake processes, video consultations, video depositions and trials, automated document generation, online payments, text message communication, and mandatory specialized professional development for advocacy in our practice areas.

Litigants and attorneys are required to send notice of filings to all parties as a part of due process notice requirements and to permit timely responses and participation by all sides. 

While every case is unique, there are some common factors which contribute to a case morphing into an expensive, never-ending nightmare.

Many parents ask what to do about exchanges and visitation. The rule is that the original custody schedule governs. If you have concerns, here is a list of questions that may be asked of you and which are fair questions to ask the other parent during this emergency situation.

Your decision should be based upon probabilities, and not possibilities. It may not be based upon speculation or guesswork.

Which attorney is best suited to handle your protective order case: a family law attorney or a criminal defense attorney? Issues in protective order cases cross over between criminal defense issues and family law issues.

Evidence for each case should be organized and prepared for disclosure to the other side. This principle is both expressed and implied throughout the rules of civil procedure and evidence. Unfortunately, these disclosure requirements are too often overlooked or ignored, despite many potential benefits of early disclosure.

If you and your spouse are contemplating divorce, or if you have a custody order that needs to be modified, one consideration is who should file first.

Divorce trial courts need the discretion to make modification or termination of spousal support alimony effective as of the date that the motion to modify or terminate the alimony was filed. The present wording of the statute and judicial interpretations of the statute incentivize lots of bad behavior.

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.