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bird with big dick posted:Wait a minute, are you a lawyer? If you're a lawyer you have to say yes, it's the law
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Dec 18, 2019 23:12
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What if you’re not a lawyer though do you have to say no What if you’re both a cop and a lawyer
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Dec 18, 2019 23:16
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It a crime in many states to practice law unauthorized the elements of which can contain falsely representing to people That you are a lawyer when you are not.
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Dec 18, 2019 23:17
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bird with big dick posted:What if you’re both a cop and a lawyer then you run for president and drop out after being called pig non-stop.
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Dec 18, 2019 23:17
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What if you're a lawyer who can't afford a lawyer
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Dec 18, 2019 23:20
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Okay, this should be an easy one. I'm in Indiana. My grandmother died in May of last year, in a car accident. My grandfather got ahold of a lawyer and was pursuing a wrongful death suit against the other person. This lawyer submitted paperwork naming my mother the executor of her mother (my grandmother, the one that died). My grandfather died in September. In their will, it names my mother as executor for both. She has paperwork showing that she accepted being executor. I sold their other car to a friend for $750. The title lists my grandmother and my grandfather as the owners. I gave my friend copies of the death certificates, and a copy of the letter showing that my mother was the executor. The BMV came back saying they need a letter that's signed by a judge naming my mother executor, what I've come to find out is called a letter of testamentary. Because of the aforementioned wrongful death suit, my mother is able to get this letter for my grandmother but not (yet, I hope) for my grandfather. I called the probate court and they weren't even aware he had died. There was another lawyer handling their estate, but after they died he washed his hands of everything. The lawyer pursing the wrongful death case admits he's not a probate lawyer and referred me to one, who hasn't yet called me back. I'm just hoping somebody here can let me know what the proper process here is, and what I need to do (or what my mother needs to do, since she's the named executor). I am assuming she's going to need this paperwork to sell the house as well, when it comes to that. Long story short, grandparents died and named my mom executor, what legal steps in Indiana do we need to follow to get the paperwork so that we can sell things titled in their name?
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Dec 18, 2019 23:21
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What’s usually the best way to give a person that is absolutely not yet my lawyer some documents? Should I just print everything out? Include a list of links where they came from? Put pdfs and whatnot on a flash drive? Email it all? Are lawyers suspicious of flash drives from clients? What if I put a virus on there? Or pornography? It’s mostly HOA stuff that he could access himself but some of it will be emails from the HOA and he probably doesn’t have access to my gmail also I put together a power point to illustrate what I think our best possible legal strategies are and also some relevant case law I found on Nextdoor.com
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Dec 18, 2019 23:25
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Def put what you think your best legal strategies are in writing and share with us With respect to your prospective lawyer just ask them and go with what they say as lawyers are idiosyncratic about everything.
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Dec 18, 2019 23:26
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bird with big dick posted:also I put together a power point to illustrate what I think our best possible legal strategies are and also some relevant case law I found on Nextdoor.com ...........okay, honestly? You got me, I can't tell if you're serious or not.
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Dec 18, 2019 23:27
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bird with big dick posted:What’s usually the best way to give a person that is absolutely not yet my lawyer some documents? Should I just print everything out? Include a list of links where they came from? Put pdfs and whatnot on a flash drive? Email it all? Are lawyers suspicious of flash drives from clients? What if I put a virus on there? Or pornography? Ok this is a pretty good troll, gotta give it to you
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Dec 18, 2019 23:32
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bird with big dick posted:What’s usually the best way to give a person that is absolutely not yet my lawyer some documents? Should I just print everything out? Include a list of links where they came from? Put pdfs and whatnot on a flash drive? Email it all? Are lawyers suspicious of flash drives from clients? What if I put a virus on there? Or pornography? You should ask for a discount because all the lawyer has to do is proofread your work and sign off on it.
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Dec 18, 2019 23:32
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bird with big dick posted:What’s usually the best way to give a person that is absolutely not yet my lawyer some documents? Should I just print everything out? Include a list of links where they came from? Put pdfs and whatnot on a flash drive? Email it all? Are lawyers suspicious of flash drives from clients? What if I put a virus on there? Or pornography? Print everything out, then scan it back in slightly crooked. Make sure you scan it as an image, and then paste each image into a word document, zip each document separately, and then email them to the lawyer one at a time. At least this is how clients usually share stuff with us.
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Dec 18, 2019 23:33
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Ashcans posted:Print everything out, then scan it back in slightly crooked. Make sure you scan it as an image, and then paste each image into a word document, zip each document separately, and then email them to the lawyer one at a time. Lol that’s pretty good
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Dec 19, 2019 00:34
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You should paint one side of your house garish pink so that's all your neighbor can see when looking in your direction.
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Dec 19, 2019 00:51
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CornHolio posted:Okay, this should be an easy one. I can’t say for Indiana for sure, but it sounds like probate has not been initiated for your grandfather’s estate and it needs to be.
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Dec 19, 2019 01:06
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bird with big dick posted:A lot of people itt are kind of unpleasant for some reason
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Dec 19, 2019 01:20
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Ashcans posted:Print everything out, then scan it back in slightly crooked. Make sure you scan it as an image, and then paste each image into a word document, zip each document separately, and then email them to the lawyer one at a time.
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Dec 19, 2019 01:22
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Faxing is fine. It saves a step
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Dec 19, 2019 01:25
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Thanatosian posted:This coming from the person who wants to use their HOA to force their neighbor to remove a bunch of trees because of their precious, precious view? Yes.
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Dec 19, 2019 04:24
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bird with big dick posted:a power point to illustrate what I think our best possible legal strategies are and also some relevant case law I found on Nextdoor.com Yes
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Dec 19, 2019 04:27
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Thanatosian posted:That doesn't make any sense at all; instead of emailing the documents, they should just fax them. Only if they fax them one at a time, and want to call and confirm each page was received before sending the next one.
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Dec 19, 2019 05:17
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Faxes are still a thing? I thought they'd gone the way of cassette tapes and car phones.
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Dec 19, 2019 06:32
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Faxes are still a thing. Less common, for most businesses, these days - email is a lot faster, after all - but they're still a thing.
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Dec 19, 2019 07:51
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Outrail posted:Faxes are still a thing? I thought they'd gone the way of cassette tapes and car phones. What's wrong with cassette tapes and car phones? I love mine!
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Dec 19, 2019 08:15
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Outrail posted:Faxes are still a thing? I thought they'd gone the way of cassette tapes and car phones. Not really, except for medical applications and some lawyer things. Most of it is done via scan-to-fax and email to fax. The recipient usually gets the fax as an email attachment. The purpose of the extra step is to CTHULU T FNARGH
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Dec 19, 2019 13:49
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FrozenVent posted:Not really, except for medical applications and some lawyer things. If I ask my court clerk to email me an [x] page document, I'll get an email with [x] separate one page .tif documents, so I just ask for the fax.
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Dec 19, 2019 15:54
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bird with big dick posted:What’s usually the best way to give a person that is absolutely not yet my lawyer some documents? As a forums attachment, then buy them a forums upgrade to establish the attorney-client relationship.
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Dec 19, 2019 16:42
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Another dumb 'I saw it on tv' question. Do you need to give a lawyer money before they're your lawyer? Is the 'give me a dollar so I can't testify against you' a thing? If so does it have to be local currency? Can I pay you with a chicken or a half eaten Big mac or a high five and now you're my lawyer?
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Dec 19, 2019 16:51
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E: will you accept a double post?
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Dec 19, 2019 16:54
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Outrail posted:Do you need to give a lawyer money before they're your lawyer? No.
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Dec 19, 2019 16:57
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Outrail posted:Another dumb 'I saw it on tv' question. Do you need to give a lawyer money before they're your lawyer? Is the 'give me a dollar so I can't testify against you' a thing? If so does it have to be local currency? Can I pay you with a chicken or a half eaten Big mac or a high five and now you're my lawyer? No is the right answer to the first question but it may be slightly more complex in practice. You can have a Solicitor-client relationship in a limited capacity - for example, for an intake interview - and have that relationship be protected by privilege without any exchange of money. But that doesn't mean the lawyer will necessarily be your lawyer without money, that usually depends on the field of practice. Criminal lawyers will almost never act for someone without money up front.
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Dec 19, 2019 17:12
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Outrail posted:Do you need to give a lawyer money before they're your lawyer? Only if they're Rudy Giuliani and you're giving him money through a front.
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Dec 19, 2019 17:14
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Outrail posted:Another dumb 'I saw it on tv' question. Do you need to give a lawyer money before they're your lawyer? Is the 'give me a dollar so I can't testify against you' a thing? If so does it have to be local currency? Can I pay you with a chicken or a half eaten Big mac or a high five and now you're my lawyer? It's not required. On the other hand, touching an attorney with a thing of value is not a binding spell, either. The real answer depends on what aspect of the attorney client relationship you're taking about. E.g., what = hired and what = attorney client confidentiality can be very different. joat mon fucked around with this message at 17:26 on Dec 19, 2019 |
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Dec 19, 2019 17:15
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In addition to what everyone else said, the whole concept of pro bono practice is based upon an attorney-client relationship where no money is needed. These are usually charities representing low income people. Also you don't pay a public defender.
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Dec 19, 2019 17:33
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You're paying them in warm fuzzies though, it's still a transaction.
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Dec 19, 2019 17:52
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Modus Pwnens posted:As a forums attachment, then buy them a forums upgrade to establish the attorney-client relationship. Username "Bird with a big dick's lawyer" If they post you have an attorney-client relationship.
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Dec 19, 2019 17:59
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incogneato posted:
We're talking about lawyers here.
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Dec 19, 2019 18:20
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Outrail posted:Another dumb 'I saw it on tv' question. Do you need to give a lawyer money before they're your lawyer? Is the 'give me a dollar so I can't testify against you' a thing? If so does it have to be local currency? Can I pay you with a chicken or a half eaten Big mac or a high five and now you're my lawyer? No. No. No. Yes.
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Dec 19, 2019 19:47
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CornHolio posted:Okay, this should be an easy one. This is what we in lawyer land call a "tell". The answer is always "go talk to a probate lawyer in your area."
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Can I get a little help with oil and natural gas type law? State is West Virginia. My parents have been contacted by a gas company, not for outright drilling rights, but because they're going to begin drilling in a location that will tap into a well we may be on top of. The actual sites and planned pipelines are pretty far away. The company's offering a flat fee of a few thousand with royalties that won't add up to much since there's barely any acreage for a 5-year lease (4K upfront, probably average out to $50-$70 a month in royalties, the company's agent is quoting a $150 but that's...optimistic). It's just a normal rear end home in a development. Apparently they've been hitting up the rest of our neighborhood and nearby neighborhoods, and after checking they're not bullshitting about that part at least. They contacted the HoA and the guy in charge basically shrugged, said that neighborhood lawyers seemed happy and there wasn't anything we could do anyway. The contract is just for the gas. It has no surface rights or any other issues. They're not drilling on our land (and aren't allowed to) and they don't have the right to transport across it with a pipeline, or supposedly even walk on it. Just got the contract itself in hand today and we'll have a few weeks to review it. The big issue is that this stuff is apparently already set up. The contract was already negotiated by people more involved with it, they already have an approved pad and pipelines, we have no way to block it, they're taking the gas anyway starting in a couple of months. The contract did at least have provisions about not pumping outright wastewater back in, royalties coming from the gross and not net, etc. It sounds like the deal itself wasn't terrible, and they've already been fracking in the general area for a little bit, just not under our land, so things won't change much hopefully. Other than a sudden feeling that the house probably needs a real water filter. But since we're not stupid, I assume we're trading away something for the free money, since otherwise they wouldn't be trying to get us to sign. Guessing that it's reduced rights to sue if they blow up someone's house or poison our groundwater. But if they did that, I can't imagine we'd be able to get much anyway. The biggest issue is that there's not that much money in it to make it worth a lawyer's time to review, especially since it's not like we're negotiating it, it's just a yes or no. Are there some big things to keep an eye out for? How bad does this sound? Is the answer just a joint scream to get a consult from a local? It's a sucky time to try and get one done, but I probably know of a place or two.
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