The cockamamie disciplinary process lawyers set up for themselves is known as the "self policing" system. This means all lawyers take pride in...

This is one of those questions where lawyers are called upon to opine as to the mental health profession. Many of us here are not psychologists,...

Immigration law is akin to a gunman shooting goldfish in a barrel. Here are innocent and helpless litigants out of the country seeking expensive...

Anyone facing an authority figure will lie. Lying is the stock in trade in any court of law. As lawyers know the buzzwords to use to get a judge to...

The doctrine of "res judicata" (double jeopardy in criminal circles) prohibits a new trial after a dismissal for no prosecution. There may however...

It is not fair to say that there is court corruption. What the asker is seeing is exactly how the court is supposed to operate. We do not know the...

Our government goes to extremes in dividing people. They craft the winners and losers. They craft who becomes rich and who becomes poor. They made...

These are among the more insane questions here on Avvo. Trial is nigh, and the lawyer runs away. That is not how the representation process works...

The find-a-lawyer tab above is helpful for questions like this one.

The asker must move very carefully given her facts. She is apparently the successful spouse, and the law aims to equalize the parties as much as...