by Dennis Beaver | employment, family law, financial, fraud, marriage, tax resolution, tax scam
June 10, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver “I stumbled across evidence that my husband, ‘Chris’ is again stealing from his employer. “He works at a golf course and pockets cash from golfers. He doesn’t record their tee times so there isn’t a record of them playing or names on a...
by Dennis Beaver | business, family
May 5, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver Some of the largest, oldest, most successful companies in our country were founded by families. The Snickers and Milky Way bars we pick up at the convenience store are produced by the Mars family — the second-wealthiest in America. Other...
by Dennis Beaver | animal control, pets
June 22, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver “An animal control officer just handed me a barking dog citation and made it clear that if we do not resolve the situation, we will be hit with large fines and neighbors could file a lawsuit to have our three dogs taken away. “Mr....
by Dennis Beaver | lawyers
October 01, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver What do you think is the most common mistake that virtually all lawyers have made at one time or another which proved to be embarrassing to the attorney and costly to the client? Here’s a hint: It had...
by Dennis Beaver | alcohol abuse, drug use, lawyers
June 18, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, our small trucking company is involved in litigation because of an accident. “The lawyer assigned to represent us by our insurance company was great – at first – but recently, we can’t reach him, he fails to return phone...
by Dennis Beaver | complaint, consumer, donation
September 23, 2006 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Let’s say you’ve been a regular contributor to a charitable organization, possibly a church or some recognized non-profit as you believe in their objectives. Then, suddenly, that organization...
by Dennis Beaver | communication, consumer, fraud
June 21, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver If you have owned a house or commercial property for several years, chances are that someone has recently either phoned or sent what appears to be an offer to buy it. In March of 2023, an article in The Star News of Medford, Wisconsin,...
by Dennis Beaver | advertising, lawyers, settlement
January 17, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver “You have a reader on the phone who has a deposition scheduled for next week and cannot reach his lawyer. Apparently, they have never met in person.” With that announcement from my paralegal, I immediately took the call, and spoke...
by Dennis Beaver | auto insurance, consumer, safety, technology
May 31, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver With homage to Ralph Nader, author of Unsafe at Any Speed, a landmark in consumer advocacy and journalism, today’s story looks at just how little the major auto manufacturers care about safety by forcing us to take our eyes off the road...
by Dennis Beaver | lawyers
July 16, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “Your articles on what law school can do to married couples were sent to me by my parents who live in the Central San Joaquin Valley. I am at university in Boston dating a third-year Harvard law student,...
