Landlord-Tenant - Lease date issue

I think you stand on solid legal ground for nullifying Lease 1, since there was a mutual mistake about a material term--i.e., length of the lease...

Are taxes due on an inherited home sale?

I would run this situation by either a tax attorney or CPA for ultimate confirmation on this, but it sounds like you realized pecuniary gain from...

Can a past employer tell a potential employer not to hire me because of "attitude(anger issues)"?

At a general level of analysis, a former employer is entitled to make statements about you to prospective employers based on their perceptions...

What can be done? What type of lawyer handles these types of cases?

I recommend a local landlord-tenant attorney who primarily advocates for tenants rather than landlords. An initial consultation with that attorney...

How do I prevent a home owner from selling their house while I am in Tenant Landlord litigation ?

You cannot prevent the owner from selling the home (assuming you are not contesting title yourself), but the new owner of the house takes title to...

Is this legal

This might have been proper, but I think you need to look into this for a detailed explanation. I would start by asking the clerk's office why the...

Is there not one of you willing to help us?

I do not think it is a question of "decency" when it comes to responding or not responding to your messages through Avvo. Many attorneys, even...

I agree with Attorney Koslyn's excellent answer, and follow-up response to your comment. Since neither she nor I practice law in Virginia,...

Can i take this shop owner to court for libel/slander or lost wages? If so, how do I go about that?

The facts as you stated them do not reveal that the person who called your boss made concrete statements of fact about your character that were...

Is this slander?

If you were in fact not fired (and I think you cleared us up on that one in your subsequent comments to one of my colleague's answers), that would...