I can recommend outstanding California licensing counsel with whom you can consult.

Signed a contract with builder to buy home gave him a plan with all room sizes he signed off on it and now time to build

United States or one of the Canadian provinces?

As a general principle of law, one who is subject to a duty of care and who negligently breaches that duty, proximately causing damages, is liable...

A friend has ruined our credit. I trusted her to pay our bills and do our taxes and I recently found out she stopped years ago.

This isn't legal advice, just my first reaction to the facts. As far as I know I have to review AND SIGN income tax returns prepared by a preparer...

I had a landlord break my commercial lease (by raising the rent) but it was 6 years or so ago , 1 1/2 years into my 5 year lease

"A civil action, except one brought upon the judgment or decree of a court of record of the United States or of this or some other state, and...

What do I do?

Even though you have provided a very complete description, it's not clear whether you have a remedy or not. The successes of modern medicine have...

What makes the below statement (doing the rounds on facebook) legally binding/relevant or not legally binding/relevant?

This thing is a hoax. You own your original works of authorship, such as photos, which you post on facebook, but you grant them a license to use...

In the state of Washington can a creditor seek a judgement without notifying you that are going to seek one?

It's a long time between filing a suit and obtaining a judgment, and wages only can get garnished after the judgment is final, and even then there...

Is it legal to pay newly hired employees a higher wage than those hired 6 months ago?

Employers can't discriminate in employment on the basis of race, gender, national origin, disability, age over 40, color, creed, etc. But I know...

Can. A employee of my lawyers talk to my character witness and advise him not to get involved?

This almost certainly was done at your lawyer's direction. If you have a problem with it you should discuss it with your lawyer at once.