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November 1, 2010

How an Attorney Can Be a Good Adversary

...income tax returns, with all schedule, a printout from the employer of all retirement benefits, life insurance, savings and credit card account balances, vehicle and personal property values, account numbers, and account balances. 3. The equivalent to this information in personal injury claims is all medical bills and records, documentation of lost wages and benefits, client diaries, and “lay witness letters” describing the claimant’s behavior bef...

December 18, 2010

A Reminder to People Who Have Been Injured!

...torists coverage. A typical middle class family, who owns their home, have retirement plans, savings, and perhaps a family business, should have a “personal umbrella”, usually $1,000,000.00, BUT they should be very careful to make sure that coverage includes the underinsured coverage. So, sometimes all I can do is send in copies of bills of $5000 or more and get the full available insurance and nothing more back from the liability carrier. Those a...

March 6, 2011

Rehabilitative Spousal Support – The WV Statute

...or trade my client’s interest in a fixed value property, car, motor home, retirement, etc. j.b.h., 3-4-2012. ) Section 48-8-105 Rehabilitative spousal support (a) The court may award rehabilitative spousal support for a limited period of time to allow the recipient spouse, through reasonable efforts, to become gainfully employed. When awarding rehabilitative spousal support, the court shall make specific findings of fact to explain the basis for...

October 7, 2011

Breaking Up With Your Personal Injury, Divorce, or Civil Lawsuit Lawyer

...ad to fire their lawyer: 1. An acquaintance brought in a dear fellow, post retirement age, whose leg was crushed at work. There was fault on behalf of his employer and two other negligent defendants, and plenty of insurance. He could not reach his lawyer. 2. A woman called whose lawyer had charged a $2700 retainer and two years later had no custody or child support order! She could not reach her lawyer. (See any pattern here?) The gentleman had be...

March 31, 2012

West Virginia Lawyer – Tips and Techniques

...excellent, as it the sound. Looks like I will put my JVC Everio into semi-retirement. I am working on a new set of videos for my YouTube Channnel JBHunterIII. The next purchase will probably need to be a new iPad with 3G and wi-fi. We are nearing the point where out entire office network drive will be “in the cloud”. That means the once unbelievable will be routine. Every single document in my office will be available to me at any time via the st...

December 12, 2012

The Client is The Boss, or is S/He?

...ient’s benefit. Thus, if the client wants to take the house instead of the retirement benefits (of equal value), that should be her choice. If she wants to take a larger up front payment or smaller, incremental lifetime payments (also of similar value), I say that is her choice. But, if she wants to file a domestic violence petition out of spite, to expose their child to a new “significant other”, to waive all child support when she needs the mone...

February 3, 2013

Effective Preparation of a Case – For Mediation and Trial

....) b. Identify all assets, real estate, personal property, vehicles, cash, retirement funds, etc. and list them, and include them in our disclosure to the other side. c. Identify all debts, by creditor, account number, whether secured (car house) or unsecured (credit cards, medical bills). d. Ascertain all income, yours and your husband’s. e. In alimony cases, put together a plan of economic rehabilitation. And complete the three column budget, a....

April 28, 2015

WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW (ABOUT INSURANCE AND SOCIAL SECURITY) CAN HURT YOU!

...use, as Nancy and I are, are planning to wait until age 70, so we get full retirement benefits. Only 2% of people do, but it means 30% more per year. Do the math. 4. So you wait, right? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 5. The one who earned more should apply immediately, and then suspend receipt of benefits. Why? 6. Because now your spouse can apply for over $1000/yr. dependent spouse benefits, and not lose a penny in her own benefits. That’s $15,000/yr. t...

June 3, 2012

Buy a $1,000,000 Umbrella!

...s old with a business, 20 employees, $100,000.00 in savings, $2,000,000 in retirement benefits, a $400,000 house paid for, and a net worth of $3,000,000. In that case, a personal umbrella is not an option. You risk everything if you don’t. I once represented a couple in similar circumstances, and salvaging a denied underinsured (U.I.M) umbrella claim saved their business and their children’s inheritance. But, what if you are younger, have a net wo...

July 27, 2014

My Areas of Legal and Geographical Practice

...violence. d. Equitable distribution of marital assets and debts, including retirement assets and real estate. e. Alimony and Spousal support; f. Modification of Court Orders. 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 l...