Legal Lessons
This section contains segments from Joe Lyles’ book, How You Can Avoid Legal Land Mines. Copies of this book are available by contacting us at: info@joelyles.com or upon appointment request.
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- Lesson 1: Know When You Need A Lawyer
- Lesson 2: Time Limits
- Lesson 3: Save that Paper!
- Lesson 4: Don’t Ignore Traffic Tickets
- Lesson 5: Pros and Cons of Cash Transactions
- Lesson 6: Talk to Your Lawyer
- Lesson 7: Be Careful with Whom you Live
- Lesson 8: The Games People Play
- Lesson 9: Don’t Cry Wolf, but Always Report a Crime that Affects You
- Lesson 10: Why Have a Power of Attorney
- Lesson 11: Health Insurance
- Lesson 12: Consumer and Business Contracts Differ
- Lesson 13: Buyer Beware! Understand the Basics of Warranties
- Lesson 14: Don’t Represent Yourself in Court
- Lesson 15: Remember that Laws Vary with Locality
- Lesson 16: Know the Difference Between Being Right and Proving You are Right in Court
- Lesson 17: Do Not Give Statements
- Lesson 18: The Different Standards of Proof in Civil and Criminal Court
- Lesson 19: Who Makes the Decision?
- Lesson 20: Judges are Powerful, But…
- Lesson 21: Alternatives to your Day in Court: Mediation and Arbitration
- Lesson 22: Beware of Legal Myths About Employment Law
- Lesson 23: Understand the Limitations of Bankruptcy
- Lesson 24: If you Need a Doctor, Go to a Doctor, Not a Lawyer
- Lesson 25: Tell your Doctor All of your Medical Complaints
- Lesson 26: Workers’ Compensation
- Lesson 27: Haste Makes Waste, So Don’t Rush to Settle a Personal Injury Claim
- Lesson 28: Don’t Give Up Your Accident Claim Just Because You Don’t Know Who Hit You
- Lesson 29: Are You in Bad Hands?
- Lesson 30: Don’t Let Any Uninsured Person Drive Your Car
- Lesson 31: Are You Fully Covered?
- Lesson 32: If You Buy It, Insure It
- Lesson 33: Insurance Commissions
- Lesson 34: Don’t Give Up On Social Security Disability
- Lesson 35: What is a Closing?
- Lesson 36: Ever Heard of Zoning?
- Lesson 37: Sold! But Put it in Writing.
- Lesson 38: Don’t Leave Real Estate In Fee to Someone Who Needs it In Trust
- Lesson 39: Killer Termites?
- Lesson 40: This Stinks! Pollution Problems with Real Estate
- Lesson 41: What is an Easement?
- Lesson 42: Mechanic’s Lien
- Lesson 43: Learn What a Last Will and Testament Provides
- Lesson 44: Are you an Executor of an Estate?
- Lesson 45: “Render Therefore Unto Caesar the Things Which are Caesar’s…”
- Lesson 46: “No Assets” Means No Hassles
- Lesson 47: Thy Will be Done
- Lesson 48: The Family Court System
- Lesson 49: Don’t Forget the House Payment
- Lesson 51: In Divorce, Knowledge is Power!
- Lesson 52: Protect Your Money
- Lesson 53: Possession is 9/10ths of the Law
- Lesson 54: Beware of Bad Business Partners
- Lesson 55: Beware of Bad Customers
- Lesson 56: Leaving is Not Always Easy
- Lesson 57: Make Contacts, but Also Make Contracts
- Lesson 58: Talk is Cheap – Try to Get Promises in Writing
- Lesson 59: A Good Deal? Get It in Writing
- Lesson 60: Friends are Forever, But Don’t Go into Business with Them
- Lesson 61: Watch Out for the Small Print
- Appendix A: Choosing A Lawyer
- Appendix B: Understanding Attorneys’ Fees
- Appendix C: Will I Win My Case?
- Appendix D: How Never to Lose Again
- Appendix E: Legal Dictionary
- Appendix F: References to Organizations
- Appendix G: References to Websites and Publications