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March 7, 2018

2018: Mediation Tips Revised

...lawyer. We had signed a release for him to get my client’s social security records. During the initial Social Security exam, my client had, under oath, sworn that he had sustained “no serious injuries” during the five years before he filed his disability claim! When I asked him “Why?!”, he answered, “I thought if I told them the truth, they would deny my disability claim.” Having established without doubt that my client would lie for money, we had...

March 6, 2018

Mr. Hunter’s Revised Letter to Clients

...ccount information; c. Tax returns with schedules attached; d. Current pay records; e. Retirement and insurance documents and policies; f. E-mails, screen shots of text messages, and other digital communication.; g. Digital copies of photographs, and; h. All sorts of other critical information. 12. I repeat, the fact you do not have an item in your possession at the time it is requested is no excuse. The success of your case will be determined: a....

October 5, 2011

Divorce 101 Handout (October 5, 2011)

...ay decisions. Most fit parents have co-equal decision making; c. Access to records, medical, dental, school, and juvenile; d. Alternate dispute resolution, usually mediation; and, e. Many other things are in a Permanent Parenting Plan Agreement, such as relocation of a parent, child support, medical insurance and support, alternate care providers, limitations on a parent because of drug or alcohol abuse, physical abuse, dangerous companions, mutua...

March 21, 2018

You Aren’t Going to Mediation! (Now what will you do?)

...for the one and two years prior to separation, have the children’s medical records if relevant, and have a detailed list of concerns and goals. It is imperative to have a good parenting plan template. m. Again, if there are abuse issues, substance or domestic, serious alimony issues, or substantial property or debt, why are you there without a lawyer? You are over your head! n. If lawyers did these things, many cases would not require a mediator,...

January 21, 2019

More Organizing the Facts in Your Case: Linking CaseMap, Outlook 365, and Evernote.

...(e-mails, texts, letters, bills, balances sheets, insurance policies, pay records, photos, video clips, ANYTHING). That stuff member can also send them to EverNote. But, for now, I think I will save EverNote for personal stuff and office management and blog writing. Each client will now have two folders, his/her client folder on our file server, and her/his CaseMap folder in Dropbox. This is a “game changer”. Eventually we will integrate the two...

April 17, 2020

THE AGONY OF AN ACCIDENTAL INJURY and PICKING UP THE PHONE TO CALL A LAWYER

..., witnesses move on or move away, adjustors forget to contact you, medical records and the police report are not being ordered, the security video of the wreck will soon be erased, and, often critical, no one is analyzing your various insurance coverages. Nor are they contacting the right parties, or saving you thousands of dollars. You are immobile at the worst possible time! One big example of a risk of delay: the medical provider may not want t...

April 20, 2020

An Example of an Unbundled Legal Service: Allocation of Parental Rights, AKA “Paternity Suit”

.... Issues such as time with a child, medical and other decisions, access to records, where the child is going to live, and something called “custody” do not turn on “common sense”. There are statues and reported WV Supreme Court cases that govern all of these issues. An “unbundled full legal consultation” allows you to keep all options, to proceed without counsel, or, more likely, to understand how important having a lawyer to represent you is. Eve...

April 29, 2020

A ROADMAP TO BURTON HUNTER’S IDEAS AND “WISDOM”

...a Parent”: https://tinyurl.com/y7z9fqd5 Blog Search for “Access to Child’s Records” : https://tinyurl.com/ycvtfgh5 Blog Search for “Decision Making” by a parent: https://tinyurl.com/y79dqr74 Blog Search for “Equitable Distribution”: https://tinyurl.com/ybm56acr Blog Search for “Retirement Benefits”: https://tinyurl.com/yd6h5xnt Blog Search for “Modification of Family Court Order”: https://tinyurl.com/ydagxcuc   CIVIL SUITS, PREVENTIVE LAW, DISPUTE...

February 19, 2021

Family Law in WV: A Deep Dive

...exhibits, interviewing witnesses, calling witnesses to trial, subpoenaing records, filing motions, resisting motions, and even filing an appeal. That spells $$$$$. Negotiation, Mediation, and Collaboration A good lawyer must, therefore, be adept at negotiating and preparing for and participating in mediation. At the very least, mediation can take 15-20 issues and reduce them to 2 or 3. More than 50% of the time, mediation results in a “global set...

May 13, 2021

Personal Injury Claims: Five Myths

...of experience, I know myriad ways to document and argue your case; medical records, lost wage and benefit statements, your daily diary, “lay witness statements” from your family and friends, and solid arguments relative to “fault” and to the seriousness of your injuries are just some of the tools we use. And for people who say, “I just want my bills paid.”, you need to know that a valid claim may be 3, 5, 10, or 25 times the “out of pocket” costs....