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The United States Criminal Appeals System
No criminal justice system is perfect. As hard as the United States legal system strives to prevent innocent men and women from being wrongly convicted of crimes, incorrect verdicts can, do, and will happen. The appeals system is one of the many precautionary measures against such mistaken judgments.Though appellate courts have impressive judicial powers, they [...]
Why You May Want to Appeal a Social Security Disability Denial to the US District Court in Virginia
Even if you lose your case for disability before the Social Security Judge and the Appeals Council you can take your case to the US District Court. I have had success in overturning Social Security’s adverse decisions in Federal Court.1. In a 2002 case I managed to obtain a reversal and remand in federal court [...]
Collaborative Divorce or Cooperative Divorce?
Introduction“Collaborative divorce” is the new buzz word in family law practice. Its proponents enthuse about better and less costly settlements, greater client satisfaction, fewer accounts receivable, and less stress in the practice of law, than they can achieve through a conventional approach to family law disputes. How realistic are these claims? What are the down [...]
The Appeals Process
When a person’s civil suit is heard in one of the United States District Courts (part of the federal court system), he or she has access to the appellate courts in the event that the original court case did not go to his or her liking. Just because the jury didn’t side with a plaintiff [...]