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Welcome to our site.

We are dedicated to informing our clients so that they can make the best decision by providing legal or support services. We put you in control.  If your case is right, you may choose to use e-lawyer services.  Through e-lawyertx our support staff will help you create professional documents so that you can do your case yourself.  Not every case is right for e-lawyertx. If you need to hire an attorney, we offer legal services to protect your rights and raise your claims all the way through appeal if necessary.   

 

Services 

  We pride ourselves on our ability to provide personal and professional service to meet your legal needs in these rapidly changing economic times, by offering a variety of products and services so that clients and customers can choose.

 Do-it-Youself

We offer a variety of do-it yourself products for state of Texas, along with support for you to handle your case yourself, including professional forms and pleadings.  No attorney-client relationship is established, or no legal advice is given, only general information.  

Legal Representation 

For legal representation services we serve primarily Harris County, Fort Bend County, Waller County, and Austin County.  We may accept cases in other counties have served in Liberty, Montgomery, Calhoun, Dallas, and other counties.  We represent our client's interest through litigation, mediation, and through appeal if needed.  All legal representation requires a contract to establish an attorney client relationship.  No legal advise is given without representation and a contract. 

Family Law:

Services include divorce, custody, adoption, visitation, spousal maintenance, property division, retirement plan division (QDRO), prenuptial agreements, wage withholding orders, enforcement, contempt, and modification. We can also help you update your will.  We will work up and file deeds to transfer property.  We participate in both the litigation and collaborative law models in family law cases, depending on case needs. 

Landlord Tenant 

We provide services in landlord-tenant matters, for both landlords and tenants, including notices to quit, for eviction, for repairs,  and evictions (both filing and defending), wrongful eviction suits, and writs.   

Small Business 

We provide a variety of services for small business clients, from set up of business entities, assisting with annual meetings, record keeping, notices, compliance, mediation and litigation.  

Mediation 

We offer full service mediation for all our areas of practice.   To help keep costs under control, we recently added mediation service to parties, who have not retained counsel, before or after suit is filed, to help mediate a mutually agreeable outcome.  No legal advise is given during the mediation process.  We also offer marriage mediation.  Marriage mediation assist couples in negotiating and communicating needs in the marraige to improve the relationship.   We have participated in hundreds of mediations.  Approximately 95% of the mediations we have been involved in have been successful, resolving most, if not all issues. 

Have a question?  

We offer general information.  Nothing on this website is intended to be legal advice.  No attorney-client relationship is established unless specifically contracted by both parties.  We will only offer legal advice after execution of a written contract for representation.  

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Saturday, June 5, 2010

Hurricane Season - Time to Prepare

     Not only is hurricane season time to stock up on canned goods, water, and boards to cover windows, it is time to prepare other areas.  Do you have a will?  Divorce decree?  Custody papers?  Passport?  Insurance papers?  All important papers should be in a safe, transportable, dry location so that bad weather or evacuations do not cause even more problems.  It is also a good time to check that everything is up to date and current, from wills to insurance.  

    I have hundreds of family photographs and momentos.  I have a few choice items, like my son's baby book, that I keep where I can get it quick if needed.  I also added my pet's papers to my legal papers for quick removal.  

     My general attitude is to prepare for the worst and hope for the best.  The outcome us usually a lot closer to best than worst, but with preparation, I usually minimize the damage no matter what the outcome. 
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Friday, January 22, 2010

I got a notice to appear at court, now what?

Whether you were served with a lawsuit, filed a suit, or got a witness subpoena, appearing in court can be very intimidating.  Here are some ground rules to make it easier.

1.  Dress appropriately.  No shorts (some courts do not allow capri pants either), no short skirts, no flip flops, and wear shirts with sleeves and a collar.  Dress like you are going for a job interview. 

2.  No gum or tobacco. 

3.  Always be respectful to the judge, even if you think the judge is rude or unfair.  The judge has the authority.  Many judges have a long memory.  Even if they make a mistake and give a wrong ruling, you will have to deal with it.  Respect goes a long way.  Fake it if you have to. 

4.  Do not disrespect the other party or the attorneys where anyone in the court can see or hear you.  See number 3. 

5.  If you have an attorney, listen to them.

6.  Keep emotions in check.  You will be better able to respond to the process and will have mor credability.  People lie.  The judge is very aware of that.  If the other side is doing it, stay calm and wait until your turn to address it.  Don't make faces, yell, disrupt....stay calm, with conviction.

7.  If you have to testify, ALWAYS ANSWER HONESTLY.  If you are caught in a lie, your credability will be shot, but worse, you could be charged with perjury (look at Martha Stewart).  If you don't know, say so, don't make up answers.  Answer short answers and don't give a lot of extra information.  It will frustrate the judge and give the opposing party or attorney more information to use against you later in ways you may not have anticipated. 


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