By Meredith Hobbs | July 6, 2017
David Marple and Melissa Davis Strickland have each left established family law firms to start their own shops. Both lawyers—midway through their careers with four children apiece—said it was time to try going solo.
By Timothy M. Tippins | July 6, 2017
Matrimonial Practice columnist Timothy M. Tippins writes: Although sometimes called a standard, "best interests of the child" is not. It is in no way an operationally defined specification. It is at best a legal construct representing an aspiration, one laden with personal, social, cultural and moral value judgments.
By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | July 6, 2017
Same-Sex Couples Not Married or Entered in a Civil Union Not Entitled to Surviving Spouse Marital Deduction for Estate Tax
By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | July 6, 2017
State Court Judges Not Proper Parties to §1983 Suits Where Judges Acted as Neutral Arbiters
By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | July 6, 2017
Best Interest Standard Applied to Consideration of Petition to Change Transgender Minor Child's Name to Match Identified Gender
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | July 5, 2017
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has appointed Melody Glover, supervising attorney for Queens Law Associates; Elenor C. Reid, who has spent 16 years as an appellate court attorney and a principal law clerk for the state Unified Court System; and Christopher Robles, a family, civil and appellate litigator in private practice, to serve in the city's Family Court.
By Marcia Coyle | July 5, 2017
The Trump administration may not view grandparents, aunts, uncles and others as having close enough family relationships in the United States to be excluded from the government's travel ban, but the U.S. Supreme Court on at least two occasions, in different contexts, has recognized the importance of those family bonds.
By Gabrielle Orum Hernández | July 5, 2017
The “Veterans Legal Checkup” aims to help veterans diagnose potential legal issues, particularly in employment, family law and housing.
By Andrew Denney | July 3, 2017
For most people, divorce is an experience they would pay to forget. For actor Ben Vereen, who did just that, it cost him at least $10,000 in attorney fees.
By Anna Zhang | July 2, 2017
The Chicago-based firm has lost a three-partner, six-lawyer corporate team led by former DLA Piper Asia corporate head Mabel Lui to the private client specialist firm.
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