IngAssociates

Cerebral palsy is a medical condition that occurs during pregnancy and/or childbirth. This disorder affects the infant’s motor skills and can cause problems with depth perception, communication, sensation, and cognition. As any cerebral palsy lawyer will tell you, the most devastating part about this condition is it is often avoidable and caused by avoidable medical errors. However, there is other important information these attorneys want to ensure you know.

It Is Not Your Fault

You will feel guilty for your child suffering from motor skill problems. The thing your attorney needs you to understand primarily is that this is not your fault. There are multiple factors that go into causing the condition. You did not do anything that caused the neurological abnormality from which your child suffers.

Yes, even during pregnancy it is possible. You could have undergone a necessary surgery and the anesthesia cut off oxygen to your baby for a period. Despite anything you may have done during your pregnancy, it is frequently the birthing process where the damage occurs. Even if you had a difficult birth, it is still not your fault.

Not as Rare as You Think

Unbelievably, cerebral palsy is not as rare as you might like to think. Even if you don’t know anyone who is suffering from the condition, you are not alone. According to CDC statistics, 1 in every 323 births ends with this disability. Because of the various symptoms that can occur, you may not realize that it affects a person. Your cerebral palsy lawyer can help you find support groups in your area where you can learn more about the condition and even access resources to help.

Your attorney may shock you by telling you that the condition is not as specific as you may first believe. While it does cause motor skill dysfunction, there is no one set of symptoms everyone will suffer from. On the contrary, the list of indicators is extensive and can even be isolated to a single side of the body or limb. Some children also suffer from cognitive problems, while others have perfectly normal brain functions.

There Is No Specific Diagnosis

Due to the variety of symptoms, you need to be aware of the range of diagnosis. You have to be flexible when working with your child’s doctor. Typically your child will be grouped into one of the four major types: Ataxic, which affects 5 to 10 percent; Dyskinetic (also called Athetoid), which affects 10 to 20 percent; and Spastic, which affects 70 to 80 percent. Your child’s diagnosis may also be mixed, meaning he or she shows symptoms from more than one type.

Your Child Can Have a Normal Life

Probably the best news that your cerebral palsy lawyer wants you to know is that the condition is manageable. There are doctors and therapists that design programs to help your child live as normal as possible. Many patients are able to go to school, hold down jobs, get married, have children, and live independent lives.

When considering a cerebral palsy lawyer, Philadelphia residents visit Navitsky, Olson & Wisneski, LLP. Learn more at http://nowllp.com/cerebral-palsy/.

All lawyers go to law school and learn the basics about every aspect of the law. However, just because they have had a class in a certain area, it does not make them an expert in that field. That is one reason it is difficult to find the right attorney to take your case.

Criminal vs. Civil

Before you can determine which lawyer you need, you have to determine if this is a civil or criminal case. In a criminal case, you face a judge and jury after a criminal accusation. The state or federal government has a stake in the outcome. It is on the prosecutor to show that you committed the act beyond a reasonable doubt. The government will appoint a public defender if you do not have the funds for an attorney. Should you lose, you face potential jail time.

In a civil case, there is no jail time involved. Instead, the outcome is a monetary penalty for you if you lose. Unlike in a criminal proceeding, a defender is not provided if you cannot afford representation. However, the victim in these cases must initiate proceedings and hire their own lawyer. In criminal cases, prosecutors can move forward without the victim’s assistance.

Types of Civil Law

There are several branches of civil law. While all civil lawyers can represent you, it is important to narrow down your search to someone familiar with your exact dispute. Some of the most common types of civil law include family, business, tax, and real estate.

Family

An attorney specializing in family law handles anything directly concerning family issues. They represent whoever has hired them. Of all the types of civil law, this is the most common. Family court dockets are the most crowded and these lawyers represent all social and economic classes.

While it is common to think that family law only deals with divorce and child custody, there is much more to it. These representatives also handle cases pertaining to marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships. In addition, they handle paternity cases and juvenile adjudication.

Business

Corporate law is complex. Unlike most civil attorneys, business law representatives work for the business, not the owners. It is their job to represent the company as a whole and do what is best for the corporation. Larger companies will have several lawyers on staff to help in all areas. It is common to find intellectual property, bankruptcy, employment, finance and securities, and merger and acquisition experts working under this umbrella.

Sole proprietors and small businesses can also hire a corporate attorney to protect their businesses. However, smaller companies will usually only have one or two on call to handle all areas.

Tax

Tax specialists help individuals and companies comply with federal and state tax laws. A large portion of their time is representing you during an audit from the IRS. It is their job to ensure you do not spend time in jail and avoid serious fines. In most cases, these representatives will work as estate planners unless they are part of a corporate team.

Real Estate

Real estate is just as it sounds. This person handles legal issues that are related to property and real estate. They can specialize in commercial or residential. While all can represent you in litigation against you over some property, there are those that specialize further in just one area. Some may handle only transactions of purchasing and selling property. Others handle only litigation pertaining to this area.

To learn more about their options for an El Dorado Hills attorney, residents should visit http://www.katzbusinesslaw.com.

Are you a solo practitioner? Do you have a small or mid size law firm? This article is for you to protect your assets, business, and reputation from scammers that have already defrauded hundreds of lawyers and ruined many practices.

The story line may develop in a several ways, but conceptually it goes as follows. First, you receive an email with a simple question: do you handle breach of contract claims? If you do or if you don’t but are willing to inquire into it, and thus say yes, then you receive a follow up email with a short description of the issue:

We appreciate you giving us a chance to discuss our case. We placed an order for some goods from XXXXXX back in August, 2014 and the terms of the sales contract requires we to pay 50% of the total cost of the ordered goods before delivery and the balance after we have received the same goods. However, after we made the 50% initial deposit, we did not receive any goods as required. The goods ought to be delivered in September of 2014. More time was given to them to deliver the goods, which they were still unable to meet with. Hence, we requested for a refund.

We have made several efforts to have them refund the initial deposit, but to no avail. We have therefore decided to resort to legal means since there is an existing agreement prior to the transaction. Find below details of the supplier for your conflict check.

The email also indicates that the client’s company is overseas, and they might have difficulties coming over because of the distance. You apply your due diligence and surf online seeking whether the foreign company and the local breaching company are real. Both of them exist and usually are serious companies with proficient websites.

So far so good, standard situation between buyer and seller, typical breach of contract – first year of law school. You reply that your fees are contingency based, and you will charge 33% of the recovery. You also say-of course you want to represent a foreign company and may be market yourself in perspective as an international commercial litigation firm-that because the Client suffered losses as a result of the breach, they are entitled to consequential damages as well. Further, you ask them for more documentation to assess the case and the losses.
Same day, the response is in your email box:

Following our request for a refund, they appealed to setup payment in 2 installments within a month interval, of which the first installment was paid on the 20th of November, 2014 in the amount of $497,500.00 after so much reminder and threat of involving a lawyer (payment receipt attached also). The balance was due in December, 2014 and since then, all our efforts to have them remit funds proved abortive. Detailed are all contained in our attached correspondence with XXXXXX.

In summary;
Total amount of goods ordered: $2,540,891.00
Initial deposit made to XXXXXX: (i.e. 50% of the total amount): $1,270,445.00
Amount refunded (on the 20th of November, 2014): $497,500.00
Balance amount due to Kyoei Steel Ltd: $772,945.00

“Oh my God, this is the case I have been waiting for, my prayers have been answered: I will pay off my loans and buy a new car; I am also going to have a vacation in Hawaii and buy a Pomeranian for my daughter.” Not so fast, breath. They asked for a retainer, which you will send them. They also attached all the documentation: contract for sales of goods, payment order, bank remittance application, correspondence with the local company, etc. You check everything carefully: the names, the dates, the goods, the name of the banks: all looks legitimate! OK, you draft a standard retainer probably reading it in its entirety for the first time and fondly attach it to the reply email: inhale, exhale, send. Now, you wait nervously when the wealthy foreign company’s CEO analyzes the retainer and flags down the green light.

You are looking at the famous painting by Salvador Dali “The Persistence of Memory” because time has slowed down drastically, and you have not slept for 3 days thinking about Pomeranian. That sunny and pleasant morning you will never forget, when you receive an email from the foreign CEO where they congratulate you on a new hire and attach the last page of the retainer with the signature. You burst out crying, hug your spouse, and do the victory dance. For the first time in years, you say “hi” to the front desk people, smile, and blow an air kiss to the cleaning lady stunning them for hours. You fly like a butterfly.

Compliment of the day. Having reviewed your retainer agreement, we are unanimously content with the details portrayed therein and have decided to employ the services of your firm to help bring legal action against XXXXXX for breach of the sales contract.

Find the attached signed page of the fee agreement and corresponding mail form XXXXXX. We have informed our debtor XXXXXX of our desire to retain your law firm to take legal action against them. Thus, We received a response from them. Any corresponding mail received from XXXXXX would be forwarded to your attention.

Once in the office, you shoot an email to the local breaching company advising them that you represent the overseas company in the breach of contract claim and all the communication between the companies should cease. The contract also provides for the attorney’s fees to the prevailing party. Now you own them.

You start drafting a complaint and strategize the litigation pattern. But you cannot believe your eyes when you receive an email asking not to file a suit because XXXXXXX company magically decided to comply after a year of negotiations. Hm, that is definitely because you were hired. The breaching company now promise to issue a partial payment within days:

We plead for you to give us a week to remit full payment. A Part payment of $489,650.00 would be remitted between today and Wednesday. We assure you that you would have your funds/Damages caused by our company in less than seven working days to avoid taking the case to court, for this will dent our company reputations.

The day X has come. You are having penne a la vodka with a Greek salad ordered from the local Italian restaurant, when the secretary brings you an envelope with the back address of the local breaching company XXXXXX. The chills go down your body. With the shaking hands you open up the envelope and… you black out, because you received the check for partial payment in the amount of $489,659.00 from XXXXXX company and the letter promising to issue another check with the balance within a week.

You are lying on the floor with a silly smile and glazing at the ceiling. When your staff brings you back to conscious, you start acting swiftly. First, shoot an email to the client; second, deposit the check to the trust account; third, place an order for a three-month Pomeranian, and order a case of Cuban cigars.

You walk in a local bank like a boss. You don’t look at any one. Everyone feels the vibe that you are the one. The branch manager rushes to you, shakes your hand, and asks if he can help. You slowly take the check out of your folder and hand it to the manager. You see how his pupils expand, breath drops, and sweat comes out on his forehead. You know exactly what he thinks. He runs back in his office and from this minute chaos settles in the bank. When the check is deposited, you walk out of the bank like a champion: the manager holds the door for you, and everyone is looking at you because they know: you have succeeded in your life.

Your client is delighted. They thank you and praise you, they want to hug and kiss you, but they cannot because they are overseas. The client asks you to remit the funds (minus the 33% contingency of $163,219.67) within 24 hours as they have responsibilities under other contracts. At this moment, you do not see, hear, speak or understand. You carefully subtract your contingency from the total and promptly wire $326,439.33 to the foreign bank and close the office earlier giving everyone two paid days off. Life is great!

Two days goes by. You drive to your office listening to the latest news that Donald Trump has just filed a law suit against dark forces requesting issuance of the injunction, when your personal banker calls you and tells you that the check you posted a few days ago bounced…

You are parked at the Shell gas station. You are bluntly looking at the passing by cars and people. Seconds turned in minutes, minutes in days, days in eternity. The brutal realization slowly takes over your mind.

Don’t want this to happen to you? Here some tips to determine the scam:

• Call the local allegedly breaching company and inquire into the contract matter.

• Look at the email address form which you receive the emails: make sure it is from the same server the company has its website at and not from @comcast.net; @XXX.edu and like.

• If the company overseas, calculate the time difference and track the time when you receive emails from them: see if the calculations match the normal or maybe extended work-day schedule in the country where the client is from.

• Be aware of the competence of the client in the legal field. The more expertise the client possesses the more suspicion you should have.

• Ask for a Skype call.

• Use common sense and listen to your guts.

Feel free to contact me with any questions regarding this scam at sshamayev@shamyevlaw.com or call 954-361-1222

Serious crimes can be handled with ease only by a good criminal lawyer. When we say serious crimes, it can be anything ranging from money laundering to murder or drug offences.

It is human to make mistakes, or at other times you may be accused of a crime that you may not have committed. In either case it is vital that you have the necessary help that ensures support throughout. It is important that you have somebody who knows about the offence and will work towards freeing you of all charges. An experienced criminal attorney will be completely aware of all the intricacies and will be there to help you from the start to the end. The attorney stays with you and guides you from the time you attend the interview with the police till the time of appeal.

The criminal lawyer needs to be fully aware of everything with regards to the case and this is why you need to be vigilant when choosing the attorney. Working very closely with the professional will get you more acquainted and comfortable working with them. This helps in the formation of a professional relationship. Doing proper research at the time of selecting the attorney will reduce the need to repent later on.

You can start your search online and identify a lot many attorneys closer to your location and few who are located far off. The websites of these attorneys should be able to clearly indicate if the attorney is experienced with cases similar to that you are charged with. If you are lucky you would be able to find reviews for the lawyers, however the chances are remote because criminal law is private.

Equipped with this information you can then get down to shortlisting a few. You can then try contacting the attorneys shortlisted by calling them. It is highly possible that the attorney may not be available and if so you can schedule an appointment for a meeting. Using this opportunity to enquire about the rates is also a good move.

The probabilities are that you would be spending a lot of time with the attorney and so it is vital that you form a very good relationship with them initially. You would be made to feel at ease even during uncomfortable situations if you choose an experienced attorney.

Doing it yourself is a very wrong decision in situations where you are due to face criminal charges and proceedings. The issues arising may be sudden and you would need an experienced lawyer on your side to handle those situations. With the huge number of criminal lawyers around you wouldn’t have a problem finding a suitable one.

Call criminal law attorney California and be sure to be saved. Contact us for any criminal issues.

It is said that everyone is innocent until proven guilty but most individuals are put under scrutiny as soon as they are charged with an offence. Most individuals just assume that anybody who is charged is automatically guilty. This usually happens when people are charged with severe crimes such as murder. In situations that a person is charged with a crime such as rape or murder people almost always want them to be executed or be imprisoned without even confirming if the crime was in fact committed. Though this method is logical there are chances that an innocent person might be falsely executed or punished. However, a person charged defending himself is completely uncalled for. He can easily hire the services of a criminal attorney who would be able to defend and help the individual walk home a free man.

The accused can be defended and advocated by professionals who are experienced and skilled to handle such cases. If an individual is accused wrongly, the role played by a criminal attorney in proving him innocent is very prominent. Many individuals are unfortunate enough to be wrongly accused and it is utter tragedy that such innocent people are sentenced to life in prison or even sometimes to be hanged till death. It is very unfortunate to be one in such people. This is why it is vital to find a criminal lawyer to defend your case.

There is no guarantee that a person who is wrongly accused will walk away a free man, yet it doesn’t hurt trying because they have a fair chance if defended by an experienced criminal attorney. The accused already has a very low chance when he is presented in court before a jury. People assume that the jury will be objective anyways. This is truly disadvantageous for the person accused. Not all people think alike. Some individuals within the jury may have differences of opinion. This is exactly why a solicitor needs to do everything he can to help prove that his client is innocent.

The best bet an accused can ever have on walking free is to be defended by an experienced criminal attorney. This is the only way in which they would come somewhere close to being able to prove innocence. It’s a huge disadvantage to be trying to do it without any help. Just being innocent is not going to work in situations like this. One also needs to be able to prove this beyond doubt.

The criminal attorney in Huntington park is your solution if you have been charged with a crime. http://www.criminaldefenseattorneyinla.com/ is sure to meet all your needs.