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Cancel Culture Goes After Dr. Seuss; Who Will Be Next?
Dr. Seuss is a favorite of mine. I have even performed as Horton; https://photos.app.goo.gl/GbqMKXkWUU8pavkx7 Particularly, Horton Hatches an Egg. In reading his books now, his insights were prescient. He showed how identical creatures, with a difference being that one group had spots and the other group not, could form powerful prejudices based on that… View Article
A Pending WV Family Law Catastrophe
This is the letter I wrote today to WV Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Charles Trump and copied to the entire Senate. Please consider writing to your senator and delegate and as them NOT to vote for this terrible bill. Dear Chairman Trump: I am writing you and copying House Chairman Capito and all other West… View Article
Family Law in WV: A Deep Dive
FAMILY LAW IN WEST VIRGINIA: A DEEP DIVE JURISDICTION Family Court West Virginia Family Courts share jurisdiction with the Circuit Court in each county. Family Court is the primary trial court in most “family law” matters. Family courts hear petitions for divorce, petitions for paternity and allocation of parental rights, petitions to modify court orders,… View Article
Personal Injury Claim Misconceptions
The one key to personal injury television advertisements is that ads must be simple, just like ads for insurance coverage. That’s why none of the jocular t.v. insurance spokespersons tell you even one useful thing, except they will be cheaper than the other guy. How can they ALL be cheaper than all the rest? And… View Article
Divorce: Gathering the Critical Details of Marital Assets and Debts
Recently I reposted a blog article that I wrote in 2013, a practice tip, on how I organize the information that clients give me about the assets and debts of their marriage. Family Law Practice Tip – Equitable Distribution and Alimony Spreadsheets – Attorney J. Burton Hunter III : Attorney J. Burton Hunter III (hunterlawfirm.net)… View Article
Burton Hunter and YouTube
I have been creating videos for 60 years. It started with an 8 mm. movie camera with a turret 3 lenses. We called then “home movies” I marvel in retrospect that my parents sprung for such an expensive toy and for a $160 Polaroid 900 Land Instant Camera with 3000 Speed Film. It had a… View Article
Lawyering During a Pandemic, And Finding the right lawyer in 2020-21
Burt, Cinca, and Chloe: reducing stress during the Covid 19 Crisis. This is a very tough time to be an attorney or judge in W.V. I have been in the crucible for so long. I think I sometimes forget about the unremitting stress of being one’s own office manager, boss, marketer, and tech developer, while… View Article
Competence: The Path to Acquiring It
I have not been blogging much lately. I had a flurry of activity this summer on my “J. Burton Hunter III and Assocs” YouTube Video Channel. Please consider subscribing to my channel, and send me feedback or questions that I may answer for you. https://tinyurl.com/y6kyj2dj And, of course, there is my fully searchable blog, all… View Article