Cross-Examination about laying pipe (Oy Gevalt!)
Here is aa page from an actual trial showing how lawyers make the simplest thing confusing. Click here: Cross Exam about the pipe
Real Estate & Business Attorneys
Month: March 2017
Wal-Mart Depo and the Texas Federal Court’s feelings about the Razorbacks
I have a feeling the Judge was not really sympathetic to the Arkansas based Wal-Mart corporate party defendant. Go Texas Longhorns!!! Click here for the actual Court Order: Federal Judge Ruling on TexArkana Depositioni
Yiddish and Dueling in the Federal Court from Boston to Oklahoma City
I love Federal Court Judges. Attached are actual court orders including an order striking “dreck”, and an Oklahoma District Court Judge lamenting that to attorneys acted as “schmucks” and the Court stated “This case makes me lament the demise of dueling.” (Note the...
Did the lawyer really say that?
What comes out of mouths of babes and lawyers sometimes is special!
Legal Mugging
It’s sad but this is common. Frivolous lawsuits do not help the legal system.
Free Real Estate Forms from Chicago Title!
I love Chicago Title (even if it and many other title companies are all owned by the same conglomerate Fidelity Title!). Here is a link for many basic real property related forms. http://www.chicagotitlela.com/blank_documents.html Don’t forget, its not the form, but...
Revocable Transfer-On-Death Deeds (aka Lady Bird Deed) New Since 2016! (Probate Code §5642)
This provides a simple way to transfer California real estate at death without having to go through California probate. (Probate Code §5600, et seq.) The way to look at this is it is a “Transfer-On-Death Deed ” NOT a transfer during life deed. It only applies to...
Where to serve bank subpoenas or process e.g. for bank levies?
The Department of Business Oversight maintains a handy list of names of banks in California and where to serve them. Go to http://www.dbo.ca.gov/Laws_&_Regs/legislation/service_of_legal_process/