What does an 'inactive' branding on the status of a case mean?

As you know,it means your friend is in deep trouble. Your friend needs a lawyer ASAP!

My Leg has not healed properly after 2 years of tibia and fibula rod surgery (hitNRun). should i look into getting a lawyer?

Certainly see a local med mal lawyer IMMEDIATELY. From what you describe you may have a mal union or a non union of your fractures. This is not...

As odd and puritan as this sounds, from what I have been able to find, Florida has a cohabitation law, a sodomy law, and... wait for it... a...

I got pulled over.cop smelled pot.asked if i had any.went to get it out of my gym bag he wanted bag.gave it.he found vikes arres

I'm a civil lawyer, so maybe take this with a grain of salt, but I also handle a fair number of civil rights violation cases, so I know a bit about...

Continuing to hold one's self out as a lawyer after having been suspended or disbarred is usually classified as a misdemeanor and punishable by up...

If you was my lawyer my lawyer

I've never sent out a demand package in my career. In my view it is the equivalent of screaming you aren't ready, willing and able to go to...

What would be your advice on looking for personal injury attorney in NY - talk to attorney one after another or in parallel?

I always assume a prospective client is, has or is going to speak to other attorneys. I encourage it. I urge them to do so. Indeed, I am...

My divorce is finally over, after 6 years of agonizing litigation. I surmised that my husband's atty and the judge were way too

Your query cites a judge who sits in Wayne county Michigan, though you write from New York. Was your divorce in Wayne county?

Is it true that in new york, a flat 1/3 contingency agreement is illegal for personal injury cases.

As all above have pointed out, the new rules apply for cases retained after 2/19/14. The client has a choice as to how s/he wants the case to be...

Doesn't Avvo, this website, violate the Rules of Professional Responsibility by allowing attorneys to give legal advice?

To parse your question for the average American (inquisitor), an opinion is not always advice, nor is an interpretation or a purported explanation...