Judicial Overstating: Part 2
inlyfans Kristen In the first post about my reflection regarding the article Judicial Overstating, written by Dan Simon and Nicholas Scurich, I touched base on the psychological reasoning judges potentially…
Article Review: Judicial Overstating
While reading the article Judicial Overstating, written by Dan Simon and Nicholas Scurich, I enjoyed the psychological analysis of judges regarding judicial overstatement. In general, judicial overstatement is when judges…
What type of legal interest do you have in YOUR property? (Part 1 in a series on real estate ownership and transfer)
Real Estate is a complex and consuming area of practice for an attorney, especially for the attorneys here at McAvoy & Murphy Law Firm. From helping plan short sales and…
Don’t skimp on the biggest contract you might ever sign
A real estate purchase is often the most significant and expensive purchase a person will make in his or her lifetime. After locating a residential property in Wisconsin, buyers submit…
Termination of employment document
How to draft a resignation letter to send to your employer (and hopefully avoid the awkward two weeks after sending it).
Everyone who has resigned from a job knows of the struggles on how to tell your employer, "I QUIT." More often than not, this results in the dreaded "two week"…
Living Trust Advantages: Part 2
In the first part of this series explaining the benefits of having a Living Trust, we touched base on 5 reasons a person would consider having a trust drafted as…
A Basic Overview of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program’s Requirements
On Dec. 15, 2015, Congress extended the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program until Sept. 30, 2016. This particular component of the U.S. immigration program exists with a high level of scrutiny…
How can a lawyer help with a landlord/tenant dispute?
Landlord-tenant disputes are inevitable. Let’s face it. Landlords have to deal with multiple tenants, and those tenants often have disputes between one another. Accordingly, tenants often treat landlords or property…
5 Advantages of a Living Trust over a Simple Will
One of the most basic decisions to make when estate planning is whether you should create a Will or a Living Trust. This post gives 5 reasons why an individual would choose to create a Living Trust over a Will. The five reasons are:
1) A will leads you directly into the probate court. A Will must be filed with the probate court within 30 days of your death, and will direct the judge on how your estate is to be distributed. The court then must make sure debts are paid before your property is able to be distributed to your heirs. A living trust avoids probate.
2) Contested wills are (more…)
A Typical Waukesha Lawyer’s Path to the WI Supreme Court
While substantive aspects of the law decide many cases, procedural aspects also commonly come under review. This blog post is a general procedural description outlining how a case transitions from its humble beginnings to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
An individual, group, corporation or government entity may bring a civil case, and the government may commence a criminal case, in the circuit court. This is where (more…)