July 2, 2012
Are We Headed to Armageddon?
...a “disaster plan”. We are certainly ready for that gas powered generator we have been putting off. And maybe I need to clean those guns and get some fresh ammunition....
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July 11, 2012
Dominos or Popcorn – Does It Matter?
...ventive and holistic medicine! Demand some personal responsibility. P.S. : Cudos to our Welfare System for the recent announcement prohibiting the spending of welfare benefits on drugs, guns, alcohol and Cheetos! (So Bill Clintonish!”) Whoops; it’s a Wednesday not Friday; I had better get back to work. 7:14 a.m. July 11, 2012. jbh...
December 24, 2012
Many Ways to Meet Your Lawyer – Personal Injury – Divorce – Civil Suits
...une or modify a plan that has already been court ordered. 8. I have even begun charging a flat fee to share the essential information in case you decide to proceed with self representation. 9. More than half the time, the client decides he just cannot do it himself, and I proceed to become record counsel. 10. Recently, WV Supreme Court of Appeals Menis Ketchem wrote an article in The WV Lawyer in which he shared my view that the WV State Bar Couns...
September 25, 2013
A Small Town Lawyer’s Opinion on Keeping One’s Views to One’s Self.
...from politics on Facebook lately, especially anything that tweaks the pro-gun fanatics, but I am on vacation and I am hearing the name of Senator Ted Cruz, over, and over, and over during our ten hour drive yesterday. Watching him on the news last night, I reminded myself, “You can’t judge a book by the cover.”, but the truth is, from listening to him and observing him, I know that I could not stand even five minutes with the guy. He would totall...
April 13, 2015
I. The Law of Families in WV – Some Very Preliminary Thoughts
...sm”. He takes some shots at another of my favorite authors, Jared Diamond (Guns, Germs, and Steel, The Third Chimpanzee, and Collapse) who seems to be fearful of admitting that genetics influences culture. I enjoy absorbing these ideas of learned people and forming my own opinions. Wade raises valid and difficult questions as to why certain groups, Chinese, Japanese, and Europeans, significantly (by a tiny percentage as individuals, but by a wide...
October 24, 2013
If I Could Know Only Ten Things About My Family Law Case, What Would They Be?
...dollars of services are performed before serious settlement efforts are begun. We gladly make partial refunds of retainers, knowing we have another satisfied customer! 6. What you do not know about mediation and settlement techniques can fill dozens of books. With a good lawyer, 90% of cases settle before a trial. Without one? What do you think? And what happens, as in most divorces, when one party has a power advantage? 7. Setting aside the fact...
January 1, 2014
Burt’s January 1, 2014 Letters to Colleagues (and Clients).
...the Mountains)! It appears that I must change my blogs also. Blogger has begun to malfunction. Looks like WordPress is “the ticket”. Regards, Burton Hunter WV Lawyer, Tips and Techniques www.burtonhunteresq2.blogspot.com Perspectives of a Small Town Lawyer www.burtonhunteresq.blogspot.com From: Rural Lawyer [mailto:comment-reply@wordpress.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2014 9:00 AM To: Burton Hunter Subject: [New post] A New Year, a New Venture...
December 13, 2014
WV Supreme Court Rules People May Not Agree to Leave Each Other Alone.
...agreement the latter? “No unwanted contact” does NOT “trigger” the Federal Gun Control Act, nor does it mean the parties are abusers. It only means they have pledged to respect the other person’s privacy, and their space. If it is contempt to violate other terms of the agreed order, it should be contempt for intentionally violating a “no contact” order. These orders have been invaluable tools to me and hundreds of family law lawyers and judges, an...
January 23, 2015
Digging Down – On Organizing and Preparing Your Case
...eir tutorials, and adapt the ideas to your own software. Sadly, the have begun to “monetize” their training also. 7. My method uses some basic forms so the client can save money by collecting the puzzle pieces himself or herself. I have inserted “photographs” of my fill-in-the-blank forms, a work in progress, at the end of this article. I will try to remember to update them as we are able to improve them. Write me at hunterjb@hunterlawfirm.net, an...
April 26, 2014
Has Our Society Lost Something Essential in the Rearing of Its Youth?
...e things. Had I fallen in with the wrong crowd, been a member of a gang, begun drinking or using drugs early, had my family break up when I was young, or any of many other setbacks, I am not sure I would have made it. Being a risk taker, and an immature one at that, means a period of molding and discipline is pretty important. The prayer is the boy returns to the values he was taught. I am sure the Mormon elders who established the mission obligat...