Personal injury law consists of a series of elements that must be proved by the injured party by a preponderance of the evidence. All persons must use reasonable and ordinary care when engaging in certain activities. These include showing proof that a duty of ordinary care was owed to the injured party, that the duty […]

Employment fraud is all too common in today’s economy and due to the easy availability to computers. Millions of people have email accounts that employment fraud scammers get access to and bombard with fraudulent job offers asking for fees to sign up or which ask desperate people to commit unsuspecting fraud. Any misleading, deceptive or […]

Criminal fraud takes many forms. It can be simple or quite extensive and involve thousands or even millions of dollars. The elements of criminal fraud are generally uniform in all states. They include (1) making a material misrepresentation of a fact; (2) which the defendant knew to be false or misleading or believed it to […]

Many criminal defendants who have been charged with a serious crime for the first time may not have a clue on where to find the appropriate criminal lawyer for them. If they are low income or indigent, they may have to settle for a court-appointed attorney if they qualify. Some jurisdictions, however, do not provide […]

Depending on the seriousness of your car accident injuries and the complexity of the case, you may want the services of a car accident lawyers with a national reputation. Most car accidents can be handled by local car accident lawyers since the issues are relatively simple, liability may be easy to prove, and the injuries […]

The American court system has civil and criminal courts. Civil courts are for resolving disputes involving contracts, real estate, probate, personal injury, injunctions and other matters where a person’s liberty is not at stake. The remedy in these cases is usually monetary damages or a restriction on an activity or a requirement to perform an […]

There are various kinds of injury cases including car accidents, slip and fall cases, product liability and medical malpractice among others. Although many personal injury practitioners handle these different kinds of cases, you may want to find one who only represents car accident victims. A car accident injury attorney can tackle the inevitable insurance issues […]