by design | Aug 15, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan Before I became a lawyer I had the naïve impression that because lawyers wore suits and ties each day that they all worked hard and knew what they were doing. I thought that if they went to the trouble of wearing such fancy clothes, they must be...
by design | Aug 1, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan When parents have children together and they are not married to each other, who controls where the children should be? As part of a custody or divorce case, the courts will enter a Parenting Plan that lays out when the children will spend time...
by design | Jul 25, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan When you are injured in a car wreck, and that car wreck was caused by someone else, it is very possible that you have a claim for damages against the at-fault driver. If you are hurt much at all, it is very likely that your medical expenses will...
by design | Jul 5, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan Here’s a situation that comes up often in the legal world. An individual will be contemplating legal action, whether it is divorce or something else, and the other side will tell them, “Well, I already talked to an attorney and they told me that...
by design | Jun 27, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan When someone is charged with the crime of theft, that theft usually results from the theft of goods from a store. That theft charge is what we normally think of as shoplifting. The Tennessee laws that discuss theft and shoplifting are Tennessee...
by design | Jun 20, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan One part of virtually every case is what lawyers call “discovery.” What do lawyers mean when they use this term? That is a fairly large and vague term. It could mean anything. Discovery is the part of a case where you discover what evidence and...