by design | Jan 9, 2023 | Columnist, McKeehan
The Four Corners of a Contract By Jedidiah McKeehan “If it falls outside the four corners of the contract, it is generally irrelevant and inadmissible evidence.” That phrase, or something along those lines, is something every first-year law student will be familiar...
by design | Dec 5, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
A Furlough From Jail? By Jedidiah McKeehan I remember the first time as an attorney I heard an individual in the jail ask me whether I could obtain a furlough for them, and I thought, “Is this person crazy? A furlough from jail? Surely this is not a real thing.” It is...
by design | Nov 28, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
May I Have a Moment? By Jedidiah McKeehan When you watch legal tv shows and movies the lawyers are almost always depicted as having incredible ability in the courtroom. They hammer away at the witnesses without a moment’s hesitation. No word is ever mispronounced. If...
by design | Nov 21, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
Do You Want to Be a County Historian? By Jedidiah McKeehan How would you like to be the resident historian for your county? There might be an opening! Tennessee Code Annotated section 5-18-101 states, “The legislative body of each county shall appoint some person of...
by design | Nov 14, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan There are many movies and TV shows, perhaps the most famous being, “The Hangover,” when someone wakes up in Las Vegas and finds out they got married the night before while in the midst of a drunken stupor. Yikes! Fortunately, there is a law in...
by design | Nov 7, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
Suing Someone Because They Forced You to Marry By Jedidiah McKeehan In the US we normally think of arranged marriages as a thing of the past. Likewise, we have all seen enough romantic movies and TV shows that we generally think that people marry each other because...
