Understanding Your Personal Injury Settlement: Maximizing Your Compensation
In the realm of family law, one of the most frequently raised concerns pertains to spousal support, specifically its modification. Even those familiar with legal matters in other areas, such as a criminal defense attorney, recognize the intricacy and sensitivity that come with spousal support cases. Whether you've been awarded spousal support or are currently ...
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Understanding Your Personal Injury Settlement: Maximizing Your Compensation
When you've been injured due to someone else's negligence, it's natural to wonder how much money you could potentially receive from a personal injury settlement. While every case is unique, understanding the factors that influence settlement amounts can help set realistic expectations. The Severity of Your Injuries The extent and severity of your injuries play a significant ...
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Pennsylvania Defense Attorney Enrique Latoison is On Your Side
If you are looking for the best criminal defense attorneys to represent you, Enrique Latoison is the man to call. He is the founder of Latoison Law Firm in Pennsylvania and he represents a large area of defense. He is one of the top criminal defense attorneys in his field! No matter your need or ...
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Expungements
In Pennsylvania, the record of your arrest stays on your permanent criminal record indefinitely. The only way to remove this from your criminal record is to have it expunged. Pennsylvania allows expungements of criminal records under a limited set of circumstances. If your record is expunged, the court orders complete removal of all records of ...
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License Restoration
Following a license suspension period, your license does not automatically get restored by the PA Department of Transportation. Rather, you must undertake the responsibility of doing so. If you fail to take the necessary steps and drive with a suspended license, you risk being found guilty of a summary offense, and upon conviction and could ...
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State Parole Hearings
61 Pa.C.S. § 6138 addresses violations of the terms of one’s state parole: A state parolee under the jurisdiction of the parole board who is released from a correctional facility and, during the period of parole, commits a crime that is punishable by imprisonment, for which the parolee is convicted or found guilty by a judge ...
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Gagnon I & II Hearings
If you violate one or more of the terms of your probation, either technically (failing to report to your probation officer; failed urine screening) or directly (being charged with a new crime), you have certain rights. Shortly after being detained for your violation, a Gagnon I hearing will be scheduled. Here, a judge will determine ...
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Motion To Suppress
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects its citizens from unlawful searches and seizures from the government. You have a reasonable expectation of privacy in many places and things, and the government cannot search or seize them without either reasonable suspicion and/or probable cause. If the government has obtained evidence against you in an illegal ...
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White Collar Crimes
White collar crimes generally involve some type of theft, fraud, or deception for monetary gain. Depending on the nature of the crime, law enforcement agencies such as the FBI and IRS may be involved in the investigation. A person can be charged in both state and federal court. Some of the most common types of ...
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Drug Offenses
Simple Possession 35 P.S. 780-113(a)(16) defines possession of a controlled substance as: Knowingly or intentionally possessing a controlled or counterfeit substance by a person not registered under this act, or a practitioner not registered or licensed by the appropriate State board, unless the substance was obtained directly from, or pursuant to, a valid prescription order or order ...
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