March 29, 2015 0 Working with a Guardian Ad Litem Let me set the scene. You are in Family Court. The judge has just appointed a Guardian Ad Litem – the [...]
March 29, 2015 0 The Fox, then Bear and the Art of Persuasion We know about the fox. The fox is cunning and shrewd. The fox is also a survivor – one of the best [...]
March 26, 2015 0 Pain and Suffering Pain and suffering. These two words are so often linked that we forget that each word – pain and [...]
March 25, 2015 0 A Tribute to my Father I’ve been writing about the law for a number of months now. But today – March 25 – I am [...]
March 22, 2015 0 Invasions of Privacy Years ago – more than a decade – I recall reading an article. The article predicted there would [...]
March 22, 2015 0 Malicious Defense of a Civil Action I like it when the law is even-handed. Imagine what life would be like if it wasn’t. Everything would be [...]
March 22, 2015 0 Abuse of Process Abuse of process is the cousin of malicious prosecution. Abuse of process is to civil actions what malicious [...]
March 19, 2015 0 The Law of Defamation On one occasion, I was researching the law of defamation. In doing so, I stumbled upon words written by [...]
March 16, 2015 0 Profiling Yesterday’s edition of the Valley News had an article on profiling. Profiling occurs when law enforcement [...]
March 15, 2015 0 Why You Should Have Your Record of Arrest, Conviction and Sentence Annulled I was recently asked: “Why should I have my record of arrest, conviction and sentence annulled.” I was [...]
March 14, 2015 0 Statutory Rape in New Hampshire Statistics show that 16% of adolescents under the age of 15 have had sex. About one third of all high school [...]
March 13, 2015 0 Using Experts to Testify Lay witnesses testify about what they saw, they heard or they smelled. Lay witnesses are restricted in giving [...]
March 12, 2015 0 Discrimination Sucks You’ve likely seen the bumper sticker that says “Mean People Suck!” Well, I’m going to carry the [...]
March 11, 2015 0 The Legal Crystal Ball I began to notice it about ten years ago. That’s when I first began to see judges, mediators and lawyers [...]
March 10, 2015 0 The Language of The Law I’m in the business of explaining the law to my clients. There are times when I do a poor job of it. [...]
March 10, 2015 0 Daniel Webster and Me Daniel Webster interests me. We even have some similarities. Part of my interest stems from the fact that [...]
March 10, 2015 0 The Injuction It’s 1982. My father, mother and I are at a Lebanon City Council meeting. The meeting is packed with [...]
March 4, 2015 0 Don’t You Just Hate Bullies? I’ve never liked bullies and I can’t imagine who does. My dislike for bullies started in childhood and [...]
March 3, 2015 0 The Guilty, Nolo and Alford Pleas At an arraignment or at a plea and sentencing hearing, a defendant enters a plea. One of the plea options is [...]
March 2, 2015 0 You are Pulled over and You Did What> You’ve gone out to a fine restaurant. The waiter has handed you a wine list. You make a selection. When the [...]
March 1, 2015 0 Felonies are Mortal Sins – Misdemeanors are Venial Sins My office building was a former convent. For that reason, forgive me if I draw upon precepts of Christianity [...]