How may I find a laywer in Illnois to represent me with a small claims summons for Nov 24, 2014?

I have never heard of an Attorney being REQUIRED in Small Claims Court. (That defeats the very purpose of Small Claims Court.) Also, in MOST...

Can I go to jail because I did not pay a pay day loan

Author Charles Dickens' father, living in Victorian England was sent to Debtor's prison, for failing to meet his financial obligations. There...

How does a probate attorney in the State of New York get paid when actually probating an estate?

In the "old days" - lawyers DID charge a fee calculated as a percentage of the value of the Estate. This is rarely done anymore. If there are...

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In my experience, most people who can afford Porsches and Ferraris tend to have tax advisors, whose opinion they can obtain (on issues such as...

It is illegal to discriminate with respect to citizenship status when hiring - class action lawsuit

Why would you want to commence a class action lawsuit? If this policy directly affected you, why wouldn't you be content to have YOUR situation...

Bank Safe Deposit Box is missing what can be done?

Are you prepared to give an itemized list of what was in the safe deposit box? I only ask because many people do not want the contents of their...

What can be done about a DA that uses his office to an attorney to change an incompetent relative's will.

Unless the D.A. is a close family relative of the testator, he is not permitted to perform legal services for them. When you say the D.A....

I was sued and am awaiting the Court's reserved judgment - however, I don't believe the Court has jurisdiction

Mr. Miller is correct. This is not a Jurisdiction issue. The Courts in New York County (Manhattan) absolutely have Jurisdiction over you. ...

How do you prove a lawyer committed perjury in the following below situation?

If the best argument you have, to defend against the merits of this action, is that your own independent comparison of the signatures of the guy,...

Is it the from the date of filing or receipt of the summons to answer.

I'm going to disagree with the two New York attorneys who posted above. When a Plaintiff effectuates service by "nail and mail" (i.e. affixing...