By Lori Williams on June 10, 2014
Several legal issues involving adoption have come before the Michigan Court within the last year. Attorney Dion Roddy provides an update on this area of law, while sharing some of his personal story underlying his passion for adoption law.
Posted in Blog, Legal | Tagged adoption, adoption law, adoptive parent, parental rights, putative father, revocation, same sex marriage, step parent, supervisory period, termination |
By Lori Williams on October 29, 2013
New Court rules require all Michigan courts to provide foreign language interpreters to people with Limited English Proficiency. This applies to all areas of law and all languages spoken in Michigan. There will be a uniform standard(s) applied throughout all courts in the state. Anyone who needs an interpreter will receive one. Those who can’t afford an interpreter will be provided with one at no cost.
Posted in Blog, Legal | Tagged Court, interpreter, non-English speaking, translator |
By Lori Williams on October 23, 2013
I’ve noticed amongst the legal community that solo and small law firms struggle with starting or continuing to blog regularly. Perhaps it’s because they don’t have a marketing department and are too busy handling their caseload along with all the other functions at the firm. Do other professionals and small business owners face the same […]
Posted in Blog, Legal, Marketing, Small Business | Tagged blogging, Marketing, small business |
By Lori Williams on September 24, 2013
Our last blog featuring Attorney Lisa Schmidt, the Legal Linguist, asked whether you should be blogging?This blog features some additional blogging tips from the Legal Linguist for those professionals who wish to forge ahead and create their own blog for their business.
Posted in Blog, Legal, Marketing, Small Business | Tagged attorneys, blogging tips, expert, Marketing, professionals |
By Lori Williams on September 19, 2013
An ‘Ask the Lawyer’ event was held on September 15th at the Community House in Birmingham, from Noon-5pm. 34 lawyers in 30 practice areas answered at least 165 legal questions of the guests who attended the event.
Posted in Blog, Legal | Tagged Ask the Lawyer, Bankruptcy, business law, civil litigation., consultation, criminal, divorce, estate planning, event, free, Immigration, intellectual property, legal advice, Personal injury, real estate, tax disputes, traffic |