photo from Grandparents.com Michael K. Goldberg answers this question and a number of others related to grandparent visitation in Illinois. See his post here. Goldberg is one of the experts in this arena. He was counsel for the prevailing party in the Illinois...
Former Chicago police officer, Donald Owsley, now faces up to 15 years in jail after his conviction for financial exploitation of the elderly and forgery. Here is the Chicago Tribune article. Justice moves slowly, but at least it moves. As public awareness of this...
Here is an insightful article out of the March 7, 2011 New Yorker Magazine detailing the history and current status of the impact of unions on American commerce and wealth. Agree or not, the Wisconsin governor's fight against some of the benefits and expectations of...
A Surprising Snapshot A look at the Supreme Court decisions this term reveals that corporations don’t always win, employees don’t always lose, and Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas don’t always agree. This Opinionator NY Times piece was an interesting perspective on...
Regardless of what you may think of the politics in Wisconsin surrounding the recent legislation seeking to curb the power of unions for public sector workers, the people in control of the state legislature are committed to curbing unions, Court Order or not....
photo from Heritage Antiques (Lexington, KY) website [not related to this story] In 2004 I learned about the ugly underbelly of the estate sale and auction industry in Atlanta, Georgia. My client was 92, she needed money to get her teeth worked on, and she decided...
As many of you know, I have represented employees in workplace litigation since 1996. Some would say this practice is tilting at windmills. But tilting is what I do, especially when the injustice is on account of an unbalance of power in the workplace. I try to keep...
Mary Elizabeth Williams wrote the following excerpted story about Mickey Rooney's March 2, 2010 testimony before the United States Senate at Salon.com. See full story here. Rooney's is a sad modern life story. And it shows that even the rich and famous are not...
Last week the New York Times posted an article on a really sad new legal issue facing surviving spouses of homeowners who took out reverse mortgages on the home. Here is the article. The AARP just filed suit against the United States Department of Housing and Urban...
Health care issues are front and center for a lot of us. Especially for those of us with aging parents, or aging selves. And for those of us providing legal counsel for the elderly. How are we going to be able to afford to keep us healthy going forward? How do we...