The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein, P.C. have named Meghan Buckwalter the new managing attorney in their matrimonial and family law department. As managing attorney, Buckwalter oversees all the cases pertaining to family and matrimonial law, supervises the attorneys and support staff in the department, and manages billing and financials for the department. “I am excited for the opportunity to take over the Managing Attorney position for the Matrimonial Department at Spar Bernstein P.C.,” said Buckwalter. “My focus will continue to be building relationships with our clients and overseeing and promoting the growth and development of our department. “ Buckwalter joined Spar & Bernstein in August 2015. She practices exclusively in the areas of
Luke H. Beshara, who is well-known for his aggressive approach and ability to create innovative solutions for his clients, is recognized as one of Texas’ leading dispute attorneys. He recently joined Patel Gaines from a regional Texas law firm, where he spent ten years as a dispute resolution and transactional specialist, and was also the firm's managing partner for the last five years.
Mr. Bailey took a risk and resigned his position as Kroger Manager when he received his letter of acceptance from Thomas. M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, MI. Mr. Bailey would make the President’s List at Cooley and decided to transfer to Salmon P. Chase College of Law, in Highland Heights, Kentucky. My pursuit of my Juris Doctorate was one of a tortoise, instead of the hare and he obtained his Juris Doctor degree in December 2005. He then took and passed Kentucky Bar Exam in 2008. He began his legal career as a Public Defender in 2009. The Public Defender’s office training allowed Mr. Bailey to learn and work on various legal matters that continues to be of great benefit to his practice today. In 2011, Mr. entered private practice in Bowling Green, KY, and continue to strive for professional excellence, skills, and intelligence. Over the years, Mr. Bailey has fought for justice, helped keep families together, fought against racial profiling, employment discrimination, and became a voice for the voiceless. Today, Mr. Bailey is the owner of Bailey Law Firm of S.KY, PLLC in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Mr. Bailey practices criminal defense, immigration law, personal injury, Bankruptcy and
Well over a year ago, I considered working with my brother-in-law at Northwestern Mutual. I took the preliminary tests and did very well. Along with the other partners, I met with David Thompson, the Managing Director. Ultimately, I decided to pursue other options. However, the director and I, sharing what I hope is mutual respect, developed an uncommon bond. As we parted ways, he gave me a bit of counsel that has become something of a guiding light. The parameters surrounding his work are:
FACTS: Douglas E. Metzger lived in an apartment in Lincoln, Nebraska. About 7:45 a.m on April 30, 1981 a residence of the apartment complex was parking his vehicle directly in front of Metzger’s apartment window. Metzger was standing naked with his arms at his side for five seconds. At 8:00 a.m two officers had arrived to the apartment, they observed Metzger standing naked in front of the window eating cereal. The officers said that Metzger was nude from mid-thigh on up and he was standing a foot of the window. Douglas Metzger had violated the Lincoln Municipal Code which stated, that it was unlawful for a person in the city of Lincoln to commit any indecent exposure in the presence of another person.
David B. Stein had most recently been practicing out of an office at 27 Congress St., the Shetland Park office park, but for years was an equity partner in a firm that was then known as Rubin Weisman Colasanti Kajko & Stein LLP in Andover and Lexington.
“A boy was accused of stealing a backpack. The courts took the next three years of his life.” Stated Jennifer Gonnerman in her article Before the Law.
Buck v.Bell. 274 U.S. 200. Supreme Court (1927). Rpt. in Bioethics and The Law. Ed. Janet L. Dolgin & Lois L. Shepherd. New York: Wolters Kluwer Law and Business, 2013. 254.
During our negotiation with D.G. Barnhouse (DGB), we intend to utilize an integrative bargaining strategy with management. Before coming to this conclusion, we weighed the advantages and disadvantages of a distributive approach, however, we eventually decided to take an integrative and predominantly interest based stance versus a position based stance in our negotiations after assessing internal and external environmental factors. In addition, we settled on this strategy because we ultimately believe that management and the union share at the very least, one fundamental common interest, which is the firm’s financial stability. That being said, even with our plans to use integrative bargaining, we still plan to negotiate assertively to achieve
In April 2016 I hired Ms. Eraka Watson after a temporary hearing in my divorce case which was held March 23rd, 2016.
Margarita Van Nuland is also a partner in the firm. A family lawyer with more than 20 years of experience, she has extensive trial experience and focuses primarily on family and criminal law. She also handles guardianship cases and has acted as guardian ad litem in cases involving children and the elderly. A certified mediator, Attorney Van Nuland is an adjunct professor at Western Technical College. She teaches Business Law and speaks both English and Spanish.
In 2010, Kalief Browder a young teenager was accused of a wrongful theft of stealing a backpack with a camera, 700$, a credit card, and a iPod. Kalief Browder was imprisoned for 3 years in jail at the age of 16 for a crime he did not commit.
62-year-old, Dale Bolinger, was arrested for his attempt to eat a 14-year-old girl in England. Bolinger is being held in the U.S. after his move to Nebraska.
The attorneys at the firm bring more than 100 years of combined experience in a wide variety of practice areas, with a particular emphasis on courtroom litigation. The firm represents clients nationally or in any Alabama courtroom. Parkman and White have both been AV Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell, a testament to the fact that their peers rank them at the highest level of professional service.
Hagler brings more than 26 years of legal, regulatory, business and HR leadership roles. His career began with selling municipal bonds while attending law school. Later Hagler became a state prosecutor and then opened an eponymous law firm. He has extensive judicial experience that includes serving as Magistrate Judge and Special Associate Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court. Hagler held executive, general counsel and partner positions at large broker-dealers, self-clearing NYSE member firms and independent BD/RIA firms providing legal advice on matters such as mergers/acquisitions of broker-dealers, SEC, FINRA, and state regulations.
The lawyer is the lead in the legal team and has passed the bar examination and have a license to practice law in their respective state(s). In larger firms, the lawyers can be assigned as partners and associates. The partner has actual ownership in the firm whereas the associate are usually on salary as an employee, not being an owner in the firm. The supervising attorney in a large firm is responsible for the actions and work of the lawyers under him/her. The paralegal is responsible for the litigation process. Some of the responsibilities of the paralegal are preparing casework, investigations, preparing briefings, conducting