by Dennis Beaver | employment, ethics
September 17, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Part 2 At one time, going to a job interview meant doing such silly things beforehand as taking a shower, dressing in an appropriate manner, showing up for the interview at the scheduled time and honestly...
by Dennis Beaver | employment, ethics
September 6, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Part 1 Sexual Harassment lawsuits have become a simple, cost-effective way for some lawyers to legally commit blackmail and extortion. Why do I say legally? It’s because an attorney can get away with...
by Dennis Beaver | divorce, family law
September 06, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Barbara and I divorced when our son, Ryan, was four. Barbara was given physical custody. I remained in our small San Joaquin Valley farming town, have always provided support and have a close relationship...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, medicine
August 30, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver If you’ve recently had an appointment with an attorney, you were probably seen at or very near your scheduled time. The same can probably not be said for your last doctor’s visit, with good reason...
by Dennis Beaver | contracts
August 23, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Judd Lawrence never thought that he would need to become an expert in glue removal when he phoned San Joaquin Pest Control for help in getting rid of termites which had set up housekeeping in his garage....
by Dennis Beaver | dui - drunk driving
July 27, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “During a week’s business trip in Southern California, I was reading the local newspaper. There was an article about a woman — driving drunk — who killed a pedestrian only two months after she...
by Dennis Beaver | technology
July 01, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver The new cell phone law which went into effect on Tuesday led to an unbelievable number of e-mails and calls from worried parents as well as their teenage children, all asking the same basic question: How can we...
by Dennis Beaver | drug use, lawyers
June 28, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver While lawyers have the potential of earning significant incomes, in one respect law is a high risk profession. Attorneys suffer from depression and substance abuse more often than any other occupation in the...
by Dennis Beaver | investment, retirement, scam
June 14, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “Want to know the easiest way of separating people from their money? Join a Church!” That was the way “Greg” began one of the more interesting discussions I have had in recent months with...
by Dennis Beaver | education
June 07, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Getting into a good law school isn’t easy. Competition for a limited number of places, in our current bad economy, means that at the top schools it’s harder than ever to be admitted. This increased...
