Okay, I’ve been wondering about this for a while. What goes through a lawyer’s mind when they discover that a client they believed was merely accused of sexually assaulting a child actually did it and was planning to go through with it again? If you’re a lawyer who has experienced something like this, could you please share your story and explain how you handled the situation?

The Plat Map for my block is inaccurate for every house on the block. I'm getting ready to sell and my neighbor has begun harassing me to give her money because her lot is about a foot smaller than the Plat Map indicates. Mine is smaller too but I assumed it has been that way for decades.

Do I owe her anything? She waited until my house is going on the market to start screaming at me about it, literally, she is drunk most of the time.

A lot in the title, so long short, short story long. My spouse was a 8-10 year addict, worked as a 1099 employee for a company for a year and a half unbeknownst to me. If it sounds crazy that I didn’t know, you have never spent anytime with a “functioning”addict. She worked with a 1/2 dozen other RN’s that didn’t realize it until just before she had a heart attack/brain injury and passed away. Anyway, we have 3 kids, she had no assets, car was in my name, we rented, no real personal property. She had AFLAC overage and I have two checks totaling a little over 20k, but they were assigned to her estate. So in order to gain access I have to probate, I have done everything to probate but have not been sworn and completed the final step. That’s because I discovered the 1099 and found out she had a IRS tax liability of around 25-26k which of course would negate the money from AFLAC. And if I do actually probate and place those funds in the estate account, then I as the executor become liable for the IRS debt as well. If I am understanding what I have been told correctly. It’s been 2 years sorting a lot of this out but I am at a crossroads. Finish the probate and become executor and become responsible for paying 25k to the IRS, and “any other” debt that might appear that wasn’t aware of. Or forget about the Aflac $, IRS and probate and move on?? State of Georgia if that makes any difference..

I’m finding conflicting information online versus what is provided by leasing staff.

I recently renewed my lease at a complex in North Carolina, shockingly for a slightly lower rate. The transition from one lease to another was the middle of the month. When I paid rent for the month, I was charged the full/previous rate instead of adjusting to reflect half of the month at the new/lower rate. When I asked staff, I was told because my lease renewed in the middle of the month, the new rate doesn’t start until the next month.

Is that legal? And what information can I find that proves one way or another? I’d like to have documents supporting myself if I have the correct understanding before approaching the office again. Thanks!

Hi. I am a bartender with an interest in law. I am currently living in oregon but I overheard some customers talking about a case that happened 30 years (1996)ago in Los angelas, California. The suit was brought by 650 people against a healthcare facility who then settled out of court for 200mil. He missed that lawsuit cause he was a minor. I left that night wondering if that is truly the justice he deserved. Is there no recourse? It was for implanting false memories through various techniques/ creating false diagnosis in order to milk the insurance companies. That is all I heard. Also... While I am here let me remind you that your bartender hears everything you say if you sit at the bar.

All that was for a description but my true question is what is the statute of limitations on something like this if any? I hope that is a specific enough question as to not be seen as asking for an opinion. I have googled and whatnot but I was curious as to how reliable that info was.

I have an ex that wont move out of MY condo. Ive tried since March. I pay all the bills. I had an eviction notice served to her then She got a protection order against me bc she said she “feared for her life” But she also told them at the same time that ive never hit her. I assure you thats NEVER been the case., she has no where to go so she resorted to the PO. Im at my breaking point, paying bills on my condo that i can’t live in

so this would be for my attorneys that I guess practice like copyright law infringement. But I heard on the inner webs that if you play like a copyrighted Disney song in the background when one of those first amendment auditor/fraudsters /frauditors are filming you they can’t use like I guess would they be able to use the I’m assuming they’ll be able to use the video but not like the audio of the interaction because it would be copyrighted is that correct

It's been open for several years since there was a difficult-to-sell apt that just closed. I'd planned to have the estate atty close it out, but they're getting up there in age and seem to be having some memory issues and have been giving questionable advice (eg, not to close the estate out, just leave it open indefinitely). Thus, I'd like to close it out myself. Google/Ai has made suggestions on how to move fwd, but it'd be nice to hear from you experts if it's pretty straightforward and simple. Thank you!

Trying to determine if this is a civil rights violation? Our local school district has been refusing to allow a parent's special-needs accommodation for school meetings about her disabled child for the past several years. The parent requested the ability to record or transcribe the meeting due to a recognized language disability. The district required the parent to put the request in writing and provide a doctor's letter from a medical doctor who is licensed in all areas of medical practice (not a therapist or NP) explaining the disability, what accommodations were needed, and why. (This is not a written policy and differs from the policy provided to the community ) The request was denied; as a result, the meeting did not go smoothly for the parent. She was provided notes, but she missed much of what happened in the moment. The next day, the parent contacted the district, clarifying the inaccuracies and concerns, but the district claims that the parent agreed to the outcome at the meeting and nothing more could be done. The parent filed a complaint, and the district investigated itself. The district atty stated that he did not believe this was a real disability, and the school found that the complaint was not valid. Since this is a school district, they have an endless legal fund and has been using it at every opportunity. This is not the case for the parent. They even publicly outed the parent at a school board meeting. The state board of ed will not help. The regional superintendent will not assist. Who can the parent turn to, and is there any option?

I always see on here once people get their RTS from the eeoc that it's hard to find an attorney to take ther case without having to put up a big retainer amount. My question is if the eeoc finds reasonable cause dose it make it easier to attract attorney without having to put up a big retainer

This is a hypothetical, but I've been arguing with a friend who insists he's right. A person tells you they have nut allergies and can't eat anything with nuts. You feed them food that you know has peanuts in it, because technically peanuts are legumes and not nuts. They have an allergic reaction and are hospitalized.

Would you be liable for injuring that person because you knowingly gave them peanuts? His argument is that because peanuts are legumes, you can't be responsible for their allergic reaction since you didn't actually give them any nuts. I think that's complete BS because peanuts are viewed as nuts by the general public and very few people know that botanically, they are considered legumes.

Location: Texas

Me and my girlfriend were caught having sex by cops they pull us out the car and tell us that they should take us in and it would normally be a class a misdemeanor. They told us they gave us a break and cited us with what they said is class c “public indecency” we both have clean records and are looking for a way to pay a fine without it staying on our record. Any help or advice please

The more serious the offense, the better.

I am interested in attending law school for two main reasons:

1. The money (or at least the possibility of being one of the high earners)
   
2. My best skills are reading comprehension and persuasive writing.

I currently work as an accountant and I really dislike staring at Excel all day and manipulating numbers. However, I feel like outside of law, there are no other careers that have the potential to make a lot of money and the core of the job is reading and writing. If you weren’t a lawyer, but have a similar skill set, what would you have become instead or what would you recommend?

So I am a recovering addict and I had an attorney who was helping me get custody back of my children. Whenever I was six months sober I begged him to put visitation petition in because I knew if too much time went by she would be able to file for adoption, then he waited too long so she was able to file for adoption. I went to court with two years of clean hair follicles, and the judge still did not rule in my favor, even though I had a home and I had never been proven unfit then my attorney told me that he was going to appeal the adoption and told me for an entire year that everything was fine only for me to find out later that the Appeal had been dismissed a year prior so now I don’t know what to do. I can’t afford another attorney. I want to turn him into the ethics board, but I just don’t know if that will prove or do anything so I’m really needing some help and guidance and if there’s any way to fight for my kids to be a part of their life, I was done very wrong by the system and so if anybody knows any recourse, please let me know

Previous attorney sent a discovery and filed a compel discovery (20+ requests missing) but passed before it could be scheduled for hearing.

I told the new attorney about all the discovery issues and she agreed to do a compel. After hiring her she just gave me a b/s "it doesn't matter" to almost every question but two. I am asking her why it doesn't matter and she is ignoring me.

Unanswered discovery she claims "doesn't matter" include:
(1) Expenses and assets. Wife claims to spend $15k/month on living expenses but in reality it's like $200-$300, asked her for proof of the $15k/month expenses and she said "collecting these documents". Assets - moved $100K into a separate account before filing for divorce, I think she is trying to claim it to be premarital? (second part of that question asked to identify what is premarital, she hasn't answered the second part, so I don't know)
(2) Fault based claims. Wife sent 50 some random images/videos, hasn't identified what claim these support, who the people are, when it was taken, etc. Basically there is no way for me to build a defense, because who knows what I'm even looking at.

Obviously expenses/assets and fault claims matter in a divorce, but maybe there is a valid reason not to compel these questions? If there is, I need to hear it. But she isn't giving me an answer, and when I pressed her for an answer at our meeting she just threatened to quit multiple times "if you want, I can return your retainer".

Not asking for legal advice on the case itself, but how do I best address this? Should I just keep pressing her to explain why it wouldn't matter? (side note: counsel opposite hasn't even dismissed any questions as doesn't matter). If she doesn't explain, should I be suspicious?

Hi everyone! Before I start, I admire all of you. I know how difficult it is to become a lawyer.

I’m a 30 year old teacher currently (I hate it), I majored in English. I’d say I’m smart and well read. I took the LSAT diagnostic blind on lawhub and got a 152. I feel like if I study for six months I could get a good enough score to get into a law school.

My questions are:
1. Right now— I know this is subject to change— I’m interested in both immigration law and trust & estates law for personal reasons that I won’t bore you with. Are these specialties you’d tell a friend to go for or to stay away from?

1. I am partially in it for the money. I make 55k as a teacher. I’m overworked and unsupported, I could deal with that for better pay. With that said, is the pay worth it?

2. I have crippling anxiety that I’m medicated for. I’m not scared of the work, long hours, tests etc I am scared of the cold calls… how is that really?

Any advice appreciated.

This from a fictional case in a popular TV show. Many years after a what would have been a minor burglary, except that someone died, someone confesses to the burglary.

All evidence points to the death being truly accidental. The deceased was startled and had a deadly fall. They were startled by the burglar, and would not have fallen and died were there no burglary.

Since the statute of limitations has long run out on the burglary, what charges would be brought against the person who confesses?

Hello everyone! I am active duty right now and considering getting out to pursue a law degree. I finish my bachelor’s degree in December and still have some active duty time left to use Tuition Assistance. I was considering MBA or paralegal to get some exposure. It seems like a no brainer for a masters over an associates but the introduction to legal concepts and practices (like preparing cases, legal writing, etc) could be valuable.

For context my dream is attending UVA (bias because I’m from VA), doing a federal clerkship, practicing (not sure what category of law yet) for a bit and eventually running my own firm. Ambitious, I know, but those are my long term goals that this next step would be leading to.

Any helpful advice is appreciated and welcomed!

TIA!

One of my current new hobbies is watching appellate hearings for shady cops & other officials who lose their QI and then appeal it. I really like how the judges typically argue the opposite stance of whoever is presenting at the time & kind of force them to really have their stuff together.

Yesterday, I watched one where something happened that I've never seen before. The lawyer for the officer was doing his argument & one of the Judges was getting mad and asking him if he was actually trying to argue that & then basically told him he was wrong & misrepresting the case he was citing. The lawyer also kept breaking the rules because I guess there's something where you have to agree to the injured party's facts or something, like if they say something happened you can't include an argument against it in your argument. Something like that

Anyways, they ended up awarding the person the officer harmed attorneys fees for making a frivolous appeal & it got me thinking if there are ever cases where there just is not an argument that a lawyer could make.

Like maybe if what a person did was so egregious and they were caught on a super clear video or some other extremely strong evidence. Or like in one appeal case, one of the lawyers tried to argue there was no existing law saying an officer couldn't do a thing & the Judge was like "did it ever occur to you that that's the case because no reasonable person would ever consider doing such a thing?"

Let’s say I was hired to build a certain software for a client (free/paid) and it gets hacked which caused personal information stored in a db. Can I be sued or would it be the client? How to protect yourself from a legal standpoint? Assume software engineer had done everything they could to make sure data is secure.

As a hobby I have built a few bicycles from scratch. Completely welded up the frame from raw tubing etc. I am not using many of them and would like to sell them but afraid if someone gets hurt on my custom design for whatever reason ( may not even be a failure of my design), they could take legal action against me. Is this a real concern? Anyway to protect myself at the time of sale? With some document that I have the buyer sign or something? Thanks

What's the easiest way to remember the case laws ?

Does it only depend upon memory power or any specific way of remembering them

I’m conducting research for an upcoming book and would like to interview you on these three questions:

1. Have you recently left a large firm to become a solo practitioner or start a small boutique firm?
   
2. How does your currently reality compares to what you expected before leaving?
   
3. What is your view on technology and how important this was in your transition?

I keep seeing all these videos where the prosecutors continue to press for a plea, even when there is explicitly clear counter evidence for the alleged perpetrators innocence. I saw this video recently

https://youtu.be/A4Q8q0KQQ14?is=XF32CWfgONaWKyFh

The guy in the video had a bunch of video evidence that shows how a cop was lying but the prosecutions still continued.

I am starting to worry that prosecutors care more about the plea than actual justice, and I was curious about y'all's perspective. Is this just a bad case or are there systems that reinforce that behavior?

Edit: There are many prosecutors telling me what code they live by, but my question is about why some prosecutors act in bad faith and if that's frequent, and if that is caused by the system or if it's all just bad apples. If you don't personally experience that in your area then that's great to know, but it also doesn't fully answer my question about why it does happen.