by David Enevoldsen | Feb 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Many years ago, I went to paralegal school and took a course in family law. My impression of family law at that time was that it was both boring and overly emotional and represented more of an exercise in judicial Jerry-Springer-ing than in real litigating. However,...
by David Enevoldsen | Feb 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Senator Rick Murphy recently proposed an Arizona bill that, if passed, would eliminate the requirement that an attorney go to law school prior to getting barred. There are two proposals. One would add a statute eliminating the law school requirement (SB1415). The...
by David Enevoldsen | Jan 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
Minnesota attorney, Thomas Lowe, was recently suspended from the practice of law for having sex with his client. Despite the generally negative view the public takes of attorneys, attorneys must, and usually do, abide by a fairly strict ethical code. For example, many...
by David Enevoldsen | Jan 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
A married couple with a transgender man has created confusion for Arizona courts and national publicity for the LGBT movement. Tracy Lehuanani Lagondino was born a woman in Hawaii. In 1997, Tracy began consultations with doctors, psychologists, and started...
by David Enevoldsen | Jan 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
A recent study by researchers at the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity revealed that overweight women may be facing discrimination in the courtroom. Subjects in the study were presented with vignettes describing check fraud. One of four different pictures...
by David Enevoldsen | Jan 7, 2013 | Child Support, Paternity
In 2009, William Marotta of Topeka, Kansas responded to an ad he saw online. The ad had been posted by a lesbian couple seeking a sperm donor. Marotta met with Angela Bauer and Jennifer Schreiner. The three signed a document that purportedly relieved Marotta of any...
