There are several ways that you can enjoy the income that is earned by a successful attorney. First, there is the obvious route of completing law school and passing the bar exam. Or, you could follow your mother's advice and "marry a doctor or a lawyer." Unfortunately, there is a third method that is increasingly becoming the attempted avenue for those who want to share in the profit of a law firm ... embezzlement. While...
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America's economy seems to being taking a continuing freefall, including new home foreclosures and layoffs that are reported by the media every day. With this unfriendly economic environment, there should be no surprise in learning that Chapter 7 bankruptcy, Chapter 13 bankruptcy, and Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings are also increasing throughout the country, particularly in Austin, San Antonio and Houston. People are finding themselves stuck with homes on which they owe more than the structure...
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Issues surrounding immigration policy in our country have been the source of countless debates and political fights over the past several years. Just look at the strong reaction to the bipartisan immigration reform proposed by Congress and supported by President Bush in 2007. Undoubtedly, President-elect Obama will face the immigration issue once again soon after taking his seat in the Oval Office. With Texas being on the front lines of all issues related to immigrants,...
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We will be inaugurating a new president a week from tomorrow. And without a doubt, President-elect Obama will have plenty of issues that require his attention from the first moment he steps into the Oval Office. There is the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, the decision on troop levels in Iraq and Afghanistan and, most pressing on the domestic front, the rising unemployment rates and poor economy suffered across the country. The U.S. jobless...
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