by design | Jun 6, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Jedidiah McKeehan When people call me seeking a divorce often they will say something like, “I want to get divorced as quickly as possible, how long does it take?” This question triggers one of the spiels I go into during my conversations about divorce and I will...
by design | Jun 1, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jed McKeehan When a lawsuit is filed against someone the defendant is “served” with a copy of it. This is done by giving the defendant a document called a summons by a process server. However, after that initial service upon the defendant, when either the...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | May 23, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Jedidiah McKeehan If you ever have to sue someone, and the matter proceeds to trial, and you win, you will be awarded a judgment against the person who you sued. For example, if a credit card company sues someone for not paying their bill, they may obtain a...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | May 17, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan One area of law that most people have heard of, even if they do not totally understand it, is worker’s compensation law, which is often shortened to worker’s comp. Worker’s comp cases are those involving an employee who was injured while...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | May 9, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Jedidiah McKeehan On one of my very first days working in the legal world I remember seeing a paralegal prepare a new lawsuit to be filed at the Court. Out of curiosity I picked it up and started flipping through it and I asked her, “why do you have three copies?”...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | May 2, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Jedidiah McKeehan One term that you may have heard an attorney use is the term, “pleading.” What in the world is a pleading? Is a pleading a good thing? Is it a bad thing? Is it public record? Is it some secret document? If I take off my lawyer hat and think about...
