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Call It Legal Extortion – Part 1
September 6, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Part 1 Sexual Harassment lawsuits have become a simple, cost-effective way ...
/ employment, ethics
Custody is never permanent
September 06, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Barbara and I divorced when our son, Ryan, was four. Barbara ...
/ divorce, family law
Keeping Patients Waiting Hours Is Unacceptable, Fight Back
August 30, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver If you've recently had an appointment with an attorney, you were ...
/ consumer, medicine
Did you read the contract?
August 23, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Judd Lawrence never thought that he would need to become an ...
/ contracts, pest control
One for the road = murder
July 27, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver "During a week's business trip in Southern California, I was reading ...
/ dui - drunk driving
Driving and cell phones — what you need to know
July 01, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver The new cell phone law which went into effect on Tuesday ...
/ technology, traffic law
Law students, lawyers and depression
June 28, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver While lawyers have the potential of earning significant incomes, in one ...
/ depression, drug use, lawyers
Conversation with a con artist
June 14, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver "Want to know the easiest way of separating people from their ...
/ investment, retirement, scam
The business of getting you into law school
June 07, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Getting into a good law school isn't easy. Competition for a ...
/ education, law school
As a tenant, know your rights
May 31, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver If you're considering renting an office, or possibly locating your business ...
/ landlord/tenant
Be careful of annuities
May 24, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver "My parents are both over 60 and close to retirement. Before ...
/ annuity, retirement
Observations on traffic court
May 17, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver In today's column, I want to share with you some of ...
/ traffic court, traffic ticket
Don’t let bank accounts become dormant
May 10, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Patti Davis is a longtime Hanford reader who almost had a ...
/ bank
Not every auto accident case requires a lawyer
April 26, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver This column often receives questions from readers asking about the pros ...
/ auto insurance, traffic accident
How Swede it is
April 19, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver "I am a senior at UCLA and my boyfriend (Hans) is ...
/ family law, marriage, travel
My husband is a wimp
April 12, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver When faced by crooked or irresponsible tenants, some landlords fall for ...
/ landlord/tenant
Would you pay this claim?
April 05, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver It is difficult to fathom why, once in a while, you ...
Before you change jobs
March 29, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver "I can't tell you where I live or which television station ...
/ contracts, employment
The case of the miserly husband
March 22, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver "I have made one of the worst mistakes of my life ...
/ divorce
Before buying a camera online, read this story
March 15, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver If you are looking for a new digital camera, chances are ...
/ consumer, technology
When your son becomes the enemy
March 01, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver There is no instruction manual for being a parent. Done properly ...
/ parenting, trusts
When you must change lawyers
August 08, 2007 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver The last thing a client wants is to change lawyers in ...
/ divorce, lawyers
Too late to start being a parent
August 01, 2007 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Mr. Beaver, we desperately need your advice and have been reading ...
/ consumer credit, ethics, parenting
Protect yourself against unreasonable fees
January 13, 2007 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Part 2 In the first part of this series, we began ...
/ attorney fees
Understanding how lawyers charge
January 13, 2007 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Part 1 I have a question for you about excessive attorney ...
/ attorney fees