April 30, 2015 0 Decato Law Office Welcomes Morgan Jones Decato Law Office welcomes Morgan Jones! Morgan earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Old Dominion [...]
April 28, 2015 0 Decato Law Office – Who are we? I have been reading up on why people dislike lawyers so much. You would think I would know, however I still [...]
April 22, 2015 0 Does it Matter Who Goes First? Consider a situation where a person files for divorce. The non-filing spouse then files a counterclaim for [...]
April 21, 2015 0 Truck Driver’s who Text while Driving There is an agency called the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration – FMCSA for short. This [...]
April 15, 2015 0 Trusting Yourself I’ve been practicing law for 41 years. I’ve enjoyed a measure of success during that time period. I’ve [...]
April 15, 2015 0 Deposing a Corporation You have a suit against a corporation. The corporation has a lot of information you would like your hands on. [...]
April 13, 2015 0 Trial Notebooks for Any Case (DUI, Family Court, Custody Cases) I like structure. As a result – I like the idea of a trial notebook. In my notebook, I break the [...]
April 13, 2015 0 The Trial Attorney – Painting Pictures I can barely draw a straight line – let alone paint a picture. Notwithstanding, I’m in the picture [...]
April 13, 2015 0 Trying a Case from Front to Back – Trial Attorney A number of years ago, I began to look at jury trials from the rear to the front. By this I mean, I would [...]
April 10, 2015 0 Cross Examination Ask any trial attorney and they will tell you that the most taxing task for an attorney is to cross examine a [...]
April 8, 2015 0 Litigation Themes Every attorney who has ever been serious about trying cases in court will understand the need to develop a [...]
April 8, 2015 0 Handling Accident Cases Accident cases for attorneys are often regarded as bread and butter cases. So what are they all about and how [...]
April 6, 2015 0 Motions to Reconsider You’ve probably heard of motions to reconsider. If you haven’t, think of a motion to reconsider as the [...]
April 4, 2015 0 Negligent Hiring I would suspect that few employers know that they can get sued for negligently hiring someone to do work on [...]
April 3, 2015 0 Hope You Dance Yesterday a man was sentenced in the Grafton County Superior Court. What differentiates this sentencing from [...]
April 2, 2015 0 Employer Liability Let me start with some legal speak – at common law, a master was responsible for the torts of his [...]