The Legal Point

There is a saying in law that “a will speaks at death.” If that is true, some wills say quite a lot about how a person felt about his or her spouse. The meaning behind [Read More…]

Creating a good estate plan is an essential task for everyone to undertake. A plan should be formed that covers the contingencies which may occur in life — within reason. After all, it only makes sense to [Read More…]

Like most legal questions, this question can be answered with “it depends.” At first blush, it seems horribly unfair that an injured person who receives money from a personal injury settlement would be required to [Read More…]

When a person can no longer care for oneself and needs help paying for services, people often wonder if payment is available through the Medicaid Long Term Care program. Also, a well known subject — notorious, even — is [Read More…]

With the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban in August, tens of thousands of refugees have traveled to the United States in the hopes of avoiding persecution at the hands of the new regime. As [Read More…]

As attorneys who deal daily with issues of estate planning, it strikes us how common it is that people do not realize they have an estate. The idea floating around out there seems to be [Read More…]

As a trial lawyer, I relish standing in front of juries and judges. For me, the thrill of a trial far surpasses many of the other highs that life has to offer. The client, however, [Read More…]

In the wake of sprawling civil rights protests throughout the country last year, legislatures across the United States began taking a closer look at their respective criminal codes. Virginia was no exception. Lawmakers passed sweeping [Read More…]

A new car is much pricier in 2021 than it was in 1975. A trip to the emergency room also costs much more than it did in 1975. 1975 — that is the year in which Virginia’s [Read More…]

The national student loan debt increases each year. Members of our community are forgoing financing a home, saving for retirement or having children because they cannot afford these steps while managing their student loans. Currently, [Read More…]

As an attorney, I am often asked to review statements that are about to be made, or have been made, and give an opinion on whether the statement is defamatory. The law of defamation is [Read More…]

“Ours is a government of laws, and not of men,” John Adams once famously said. And when it comes to those laws, the question has been asked, “Who decides?” True, our laws are passed by [Read More…]