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April 21, 2020

Intro: Access to Justice, Unbundled Services, Contingent Fees, Family Law, Mediation, Collegiality

...to justice for low and middle income working people. Unbundled legal services and civil litigation and estate work. Contingent fee and personal injury practice. Mediation and negotiation; Collegiality and mentoring; and Family law, custody, divorce, contempt, alimony, and adoption. You name it, and it’s likely we can help you. I hope you find in this introduction something to keep you digging for more. I have around 30 videos, 400 blog articles,...

December 28, 2022

2023 Legal Resource Guide, Personal Injury, Family, Civil Litigation, and Your Legal Checkup.

...rlawfirm.net)   Lawyer Tricks: Stupid Lawyer Trick #27 – The Trigger Happy Contempt Petition – Attorney J. Burton Hunter III : Attorney J. Burton Hunter III (hunterlawfirm.net)   Personal Injury, Collisions, Automobile and Truck Wrecks,   Personal Injury Compendium: A Compendium of Personal Injury Writings: NOT What You Think. – Attorney J. Burton Hunter III : Attorney J. Burton Hunter III (hunterlawfirm.net)   Personal Injury Myths: Personal Inju...

November 18, 2017

Mediation Food for Thought

...in favor of a revision. Our system sets up Litigants in divorce, custody, contempt, and modification cases as “adversaries”. These cases are often highly charged with emotion, are emotionally and financially draining, and they can drag on for over a year! At the end, the parties often truly detest one another, and their children have suffered, only to have a court issue a ruling that isn’t tailored to the parties’ needs and may be something both...

July 7, 2017

MORE ABOUT UNBUNDLING (A $500 Product That is Worth $1000)

...wants to remain relevant this children’s lives. The person being sued for contempt. A person with a “difficult neighbor” on issues related to their common boundary line, right-of-way, overhanging tree, loud music, or barking dog. A relative of an older person who is being unfairly influenced or abused or defrauded, or who has passed away, with questions about their protection, their will, their wishes, or heirship. Any couple, or group of people,...

May 4, 2016

Is It Time to Revise Mediation in WV?

..., they will have the power to authorize settlement for the full demand or limits of coverage, unless stipulated otherwise by all parties and the mediator in writing. Violations may be enforced by the full contempt powers of the court. In summary, I believe that if these mediation rules are implemented the efficiency, effectiveness, and justice of our courts will be measurably improved....

June 28, 2015

WV FAMILIES DODGE A METAPHORICAL BULLET

...ounting to domestic violence. Getting them under control, with a threat of contempt findings by the Court, or a clear order telling them that calling their partner a bitch or bastard on FB, constant texting, driving by their work, or flipping the bird is “verboten”, may help calm the waters. That’s the tool the WV Supreme Court took away in Riffle v. Miller. It is time for a great “civility movement in WV”, starting with social media. The message...

January 1, 2013

2013 New Year Resolutions

...will continue to offer full services to our family law, adoption, custody, contempt, modification, grandparent rights, civil law, and mediation areas of 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...

August 22, 2014

MORE ON SOCIAL MEDIA REVIEWS OF LAWYERS

...having her attorney send a letter, or returning to mediation, or filing a contempt petition. In turn, this has been a great reminder to us to do a better job debriefing our client at the end of the case. And, I have been able to learn what we are doing right to be reassured that at the core of what I do, many of our clients really “get it”. There is an attorney in north-central West Virginia that everybody goes to, if they can afford them, becaus...

July 27, 2014

My Areas of Legal and Geographical Practice

.... g. Relocation disputes, to other counties, states, and countries; and h. Contempt matters. 4. Mediation. I represent parties in mediation involving any of the areas listed above, and I will conduct mediation as a court trained and certified mediator in any of these areas. I love to mediate disputes. We do not do workers compensation, unemployment compensation, social security, or bankruptcy. But call me and I can tell you firms that I know who w...

May 11, 2013

Burton Hunter’s Letter to New Clients

...e. All family cases, divorces, modifications, custody, child support, and contempt usually require your last 3-5 years of tax returns and financial affidavits of your income, debts and property. f. All cases require you to identify with precision the people, documents (paper and digital and video), events, places, and things that make up your case. i. We will give you sets of three worksheets. I MUST figure out how to get clients to do a better j...