Legally blonde – we know her, we love her, but how accurate is she? Legally blonde is actually one of the movies I loved and influenced on me becoming a lawyer. Elle Woods was an icon and made the legal field look exhilarating, rewarding, and just overall fun. The...
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PERSONALIZED APPROACH.
Restraining Orders
Keeping Your Cool When Things Heat Up
Life is hard. We all struggle with our own issues and life events, and everyone deals with these things differently. For those who have gone through it, it may not be surprising that separation, divorce, and custody disputes are ranked as some of the highest life...
How to Get the Most Out of Working with an Attorney
There are often points of disagreement or a moment in your case that stands out as to where it started to go downhill or instances where you wished you made a different decision or choice that could have changed the outcome of your entire matter. Below is a list of...
Advances in Technology and AI Impacts on your Family Law Case
I recently just heard about a case where social media played a huge part. At the 11th hour right before a custody and visitation hearing, one of the parties claimed domestic violence, delaying all proceedings. However, it was not the type of domestic violence you...
Pets in Family Law
I have been thinking about pets a lot lately because my family’s dog recently passed away. This was a devasting loss to our family because Rico was not “just a pet”. He was a very important part of our family, and we aren’t the same without him here with us. Life is...
Discovery & Hidden Information
It is often the case in all litigation and particularly Family Law litigation that there may be a party that has potentially less than truthful as what documents, information, or evidence they may have to support their positions. It is common especially where...
Revenge Porn and How it Relates to Domestic Violence
I’ve had a handful of revenge porn specific cases and even more cases that have dabbled in the revenge porn world since I started my career. What is revenge porn and how does it relate to family law are usually the two questions I get asked the most. Revenge Porn is...
Do I Have to Force My Kid to Attend Visitation?
This is a common question that may be relevant to your specific situation and can often spring up over time, especially as children age. Due to the nature of divorces involving children or other visitation arrangements where the relationship between the adults and...
Don’t Hide the Golden Ticket
As an attorney, I’m always looking for that one slam dunk piece of evidence a client can provide me to win their entire case. I can spend hours and hours brainstorming, digging through past pleadings, doing discovery, meeting and conferring with Opposing Counsel, and...
Domestic Violence Restraining Orders & Pets
Having to deal with the stress of a domestic violence incident is difficult enough without adding more factors, but the reality is that many persons that may be exposed to a domestic violence incident may also be pet owner’s themselves or jointly with the person that...