Certain crimes in Florida include automatic placement on the Sexual Offender Registry. It’s often worse than the prison sentence. Placement on the Sex Offender Registry will hamper your employment opportunities, home ownership, and restrict your freedom of access. Essentially, it’s a black mark that follows you around for the rest of your life. Or is …
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You can’t glance at any news feed the last few weeks without reading about another powerful white male accused of sexual harassment or sexual abuse of women or children. Hollywood’s abuzz with the latest accusations. The NYPD says they’re looking at charging Harvey Weinstein with crimes. Kevin Spacey has had his popular Netflix show House of …
Yup. That’s right. I’ve been called that many times in my career as an attorney fighting for the rights of my clients. Those who call me an asshole are opposing attorneys whom I’ve fought and won or people who’ve taken my clients to court for one reason or another, both civil and criminal. You see, …
Money problems can keep us up at night. It’s a stress that many of us face at some point in our lives. I wrote about another source of stress, divorce, a few weeks ago. Financial stresses can be more difficult to deal with than any other type of stress in life because there may not …
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I filed a civil lawsuit in Pinellas County this week on behalf of my client Carleen Tetreault against the St. Petersburg Police Department for an incident that occurred at her home on June 8, 2015. On the day in question, Carleen had returned to her home in St. Petersburg after a cancer treatment. That afternoon, …
Bankruptcy is governed by federal law and all bankruptcy proceedings are heard in federal court. In our area, the bankruptcy court is located in Tampa. In most instances, bankruptcy for individuals will usually mean filing a chapter 7 or a chapter 13 bankruptcy. Essentially, there are some basic differences between the two and I can …
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Bankruptcy allows you to resolve insurmountable debt in a legal way. The bankruptcy laws provide you with a fresh start to your financial life. However, they are provided in good faith and assume you will comply with the provisions of the law. Here are five things you want to avoid if you’re thinking about filing …
Bill collectors can be notoriously harassing and threatening. They will call you at home even at night and on the weekends to collect their money. Your mailbox will also be filled from threatening and harassing letters. They may even attempt to garnish your wages. If you’ve reached this point and you owe more money than …
Good lawyers don’t usually make headlines unless they have a high-profile case (I’ve had a few of those in my career) while bad lawyers make headlines when they don’t do their job or steal from their clients. Today’s Tampa Bay Times has a story about lawyers gone bad. It chronicles the bad history of a …
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