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...
Experienced Real Estate And Business Attorney
Year: 2017
Legal Mugging
It’s sad but this is common. Frivolous lawsuits do not help the legal system.
Did the lawyer really say that?
What comes out of mouths of babes and lawyers sometimes is special!
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
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
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...
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/
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...
Attorneys Fees Awarded on Tort Claims due to an overbroad attorney fee clause even on a dismissed case
While Code of Civil Procedure § 1717a bars attorneys fees if the cause of action is on a contract, look to Santisas v. Goodin (1998) 17 Cal.4th 599.In Santisas, attorney fees were awarded on a tort claim because the home purchase agreement attorney fee provision...
Why not to do business with a lawyer — Court states a lawyer was gaming the system, go figure
A homeowner who is an attorney accused a bank of violating Civil Code § 2923.6, subdivision (c) by foreclosing while his loan modification application was pending. The attorney did not pay his mortgage for eight years. The attorney sued the bank, and the bank’s...