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misdemeanor and felony cases. The Supreme Court of Alabama is Alabama’s highest court. The Supreme Court of Alabama has jurisdiction to consider appeals from Alabama’s lower courts. This court consists of 8 associate justices and 1 chief justice. All appellate court justices must be licensed attorneys in Alabama. All justices and judges must be elected for a term of 6 years. If there is a vacancy, the governor can appoint a judge, but that judge must be elected at the end of his/her…

For my mentorship paper I chose to speak with an attorney named Margaret G. Zickuhr. Mrs. Zickuhr is a Marquette Graduate and who practices primarily family law out of her firm named Houseman and Feind LLP where she is a partner. I chose to speak with Mrs. Zickuhr for several reasons. Firstly, because of my interest in ADR practices specifically mediation and negotiation, I have begun to look into possibly going into family law. Secondly, being that we are licensed upon graduation in the state…

Pennsylvania and from Harvard Law School, Brennan was well versed in governmental studies and without a doubt spent many hours pondering the correct interpretation of the constitution. In Brennan’s “Speech to the Text and Teaching Symposium”, the Associate Justice not only responded to Meese’s argument with his own view but also rebuked the originalist view of the constitution. The truth about strict interpretation is, “in truth it is little more than arrogance cloaked as humility” claims the…

The current education system has been an absolutely abysmal to the American society. Teacher accountability is unobtainable in American public schools, because of teacher union policies. This country will never compete with international education standards, if there is not reform. Because of poor teacher performance, children are getting passed through the school system with a first grade reading level, which accounts for the high margin of drop-outs. The drop-outs have led to vacancies in…

Oval Office interview, President Trump supported O’Reilly stating that “I don’t think he did anything wrong . . . he is a good person”. Civil rights attorney Lisa Bloom, who represented Dr. Wendy Walsh who accused O’Reilly of the sexual assault speaks out about the sexual advances. Lisa Bloom also represented Jill Harth, a Florida business associate of Trump who sued Trump for sexual harassment. These lawsuits who accused Trump of sexual assault parallels O’Reilly’s lawsuits in which both men…

Lipitor lawsuits and getting the compensation they deserve. Chuck Balkin is a proud member of the following professional associations: The American Bar Association The Leaders Forum of the American Association of Justice The American Associate of Justice State Bars of Illinois, Wisconsin and Colorado American Trial Lawyers Association (Selected as…

Is Lane Splitting Safe? California is the only state that permits motorcyclists to split lanes. In all other states, lane splitting is illegal. Unfortunately, the state does not track data regarding lane-splitting motorcycle crashes. However, a proposed law will set guidelines for lane splitting that could make the maneuver safer but without current data it may be hard to determine if the new law is effective in making lane splitting a safer practice. What is Lane Splitting? Lane splitting is…

One of the first things I do when I hire an associate attorney is teach the attorney how to build rapport with prospective clients. The definition of “rapport” is “a close and harmonious relationship in which people communicate well and understand each other’s feelings or ideas.” An important element to building rapport with others is to use techniques that help them to know, like, and trust you. Is it possible to do that with most of the people we meet? Is there a process we can follow? In his…

the American society. Hunters uses his creativity in the narrative to reflect on America. In his book, he describes America as a hypocritical society, which transcends from leaders in the government to American citizens. For instance, Duke and his attorney are attending a conference on dangerous drugs and narcotics. It is quite hypocritical that they are attending…

Ricardo Falcon left Fort Lupton to attend a meeting in El Paso, Texas on Aug 30, 1972 in which is well known as Labor Day weekend. On their trip, the two-car caravan that Ricardo and his fellow associate was in separated near Alamogordo, New Mexico. During this time he stopped to attempt cool down his car in Orogrande, New Mexico, with water at a gas station being quickly denied the water by the gas station owner Perry Brunson because water was considered too expensive and that it would be a…