Immigration consequences of a criminal conviction
Aug 08, 2011
MANY criminal defense attorneys fail to protect a clients immigration status as they handle the clients criminal case. Many attorneys who represent criminal defendants are not knowledgeable of the immi...
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Love, money and attorneys
Aug 08, 2011
Family law cases are governed by state laws, and such rulings settle matters related to divorce, separation, child custody, visitation and support (both spousal and child), alimony, premarital agreemen...
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Traffic tickets: Do not ignore them
Aug 08, 2011
I RECENTLY had a client in California that was issued a citation for three Vehicle Code violations in California. Two of them were infractions and one a misdemeanor. An infraction is a violation or a f...
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Getting out of child support debt
Aug 08, 2011
"ARREARS" means past due support. Arrears are created when a child support order is made and there have periods of time in which payments were paid partially or not at all. If you owe arrears, you may ...
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Lawyers must tell immigrant clients of deportation risk (Part 1)
Aug 08, 2011
JUSTICE John Paul Stevens wrote, It is our responsibility under the Constitution to ensure that no criminal defendant whether a citizen or notis left to the mercies of incompetent counsel. On March 31,...
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How does the Padilla vs. Kentucky case affect me? (Part 2)
Aug 08, 2011
IMMIGRATION laws have changed over the years to make it easier to deport noncitizens convicted of crimes, even nonviolent crimes. But that does not mean they should be treated unfairly in court? This w...
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D.U.I. and sobriety checkpoints
Aug 08, 2011
WITH the Memorial Day weekend, you can be sure that the police will be setting up sobriety checkpoints. In California and in many states, police conducting checkpoints must comply with a strict guideli...
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The right to an impartial and qualified language interpreter
Aug 08, 2011
WITH many of the United States population speaking a language other than English, it is not surprising that courts frequently allow a relative, a friend, court staff or a bystander to interpret the pro...
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Did the Supreme Court turn Miranda upside down?
Aug 03, 2011
ON June 1, 2010, the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Berghuis v. Thompkins that simply refusing to answer questions does not by itself require the police to up their interrogation. The case in...
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Guns and criminal convictions
Aug 03, 2011
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. This is the heavily debated Second Amendment of the U.S....
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