59 Search Results for retirement

January 23, 2015

Digging Down – On Organizing and Preparing Your Case

...land, houses, and commercial property, the debts, the parties’ income, the retirement benefits, the credit card debt, medical bills, debts on property, and the pre- and post- separation budgets of the parties. All those pieces must be present for the Court to “picture” the case. 19. In a personal injury claim, there are witnesses to the collision, an investigating officer, emergency personnel, photographs, the accident report, cell phone records,...

June 11, 2014

The Beginning of an Era – And Why I Wrote My Own “History of the World”.

...ent path than the crowd and influence others to follow me. I am well into “retirement age”, but I intend to have a hell of a run for 10-12 more years and have fun doing it. So, with five years of “training” under my belt as an author and “wise curmudgeon”, I will try new things, use these new sites of mine for good as I see it. My first big article of this era is my “History of the World”. It’s my effort to pull things together. Feedback, of cours...

January 1, 2013

2013 New Year Resolutions

...practice. 17. Although we settled several excellent cases at the end of the year, we have challenges of some that may go to trial. Their outcome with definitely impact or success and “bottom line” for the year 2013. As I approach “retirement age”, I will not be retiring, SO it must be a balance of health, family, focus, professionalism, experience, efficiency technical know how, creativity, and energy in order for our year to be successful. Janua...

November 14, 2012

Getting Mediation Right

...and ownership), and the division of debts (some of which were contested), retirement plans, insurance plan cash value, personal property, and spousal support, and “fault”. They agreed to get at “no fault” divorce. Now, the parties get to move on with their lives and “divorce their lawyers” at the very first hearing, in December. Many couples are just loading their weapons at this stage, but these folks get to leave the field of battle, in six mon...

September 21, 2012

Hanging Out Your Shingle – Not for the Faint of Heart

...rld” where miracles (by today’s standard) are normal, and peoples’ average retirement age is 80 or more and life expectancies are 120 or more. j. How did I take so long to get to document assembly? It will be at the heart of your office. I have already written about my preference for Pathagoras over HotDocs. Just search my blogs for “Pathagoras”. My question is, if you can double your document production and efficiency with Pathagoras, digital rec...

August 31, 2012

On Judging a Book By the Cover

...of the Department of Surgery. Later Wenger was re-assigned to the Office of the Surgeon General as Chief Professional Consultant. His retirement was effective as of July 1, 1967....

March 15, 2014

FAQ

...the efforts of either party is owned 50/50% by the parties. This includes retirement benefits, the family home or the family pet. The rule applies to debts also. Sometimes the person with the greater income assumes more that 50% of the debt, but they are likely to seek a credit towards the other party’s alimony or child support claims. I use a fairly sophisticated Microsoft Excel spreadsheet workbook to help my client, the other party and attorne...

March 7, 2010

Mediation, Collegiality, and Professionalism

...the children turned 18, lose their rights to a 50% share of their spouse’s retirement funds, give up well deserved spousal support, or pay double the child support they anticipated, because they did not know to negotiate for “three more overnight stays” per year. I have watched videos of mediators proudly tricking people into agreements by declining to educate them on the law and allowing them to give away valuable legal rights. I have seen well-i...

December 7, 2022

The Power of a ScanSnap Desktop Scanner and Digital Storage

...iX1600. Don’t be sitting in assisted living, or an apartment, or even your retirement home, collecting paper that someone else has to come to throw it away. Keep moving into the modern world. Don’t let it leave you a “relic”, unable to use the tools the modern world gives us. I mean no criticism of those who do, but tools are tools, and the best ones allow us to be better, more productive, people. Just don’t get addicted or learn to love porn or v...