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Introducing Lillie McIntyre
We are excited to announce the addition of our newest associate attorney, Lillie McIntyre. Lillie graduated from the University of Alabama, summa cum laude, before obtaining her law degree from Mississippi College School of
We have phenomenal women!
Jacy Fisher, an attorney with our firm, is a phenomenally strong woman. She is a multi-hyphenated success: recording artist-JAG officer-champion bodybuilder. (She needs to step-up her cornhole game, though.) But for me, more importantly,
Can you profit from PPP loan fraud? Yes, you can.
You need to read this crazy story about the rampant fraud surrounding the Paycheck Protection Program loans. In total, ProPublica found 378 small loans totaling $7 million to fake business entities, all of which
The CDC Eviction Moratorium is back on
Following the status of the eviction moratorium will give you whip lash. As you may know, the CDC declared a moratorium on residential evictions. It was popularly reported to stop all evictions from people’s
What Happens to a Person’s Child Support Obligation if they Go to Jail or Prison?
“Current estimates of the number of children with incarcerated parents vary. One report found that the number of children who have experienced parental incarceration at least once in their childhood may range from 1.7

Alabama Legislature improved (marginally) the Expungement Statute. It might help someone now.
Many know I did not think highly of the Alabama expungement statute. In a blog post entitled, Alabama Expungement Statute is almost useless, I wrote: When the law passed, the current Alabama expungement statute

You are not the Father (even though you are the biological daddy)!
We have all seen these episodes on Maury Povich but biology or DNA tests is often not the most critical element in Alabama paternity court cases. (A name listed as father on the

Does your Title Insurance only protect the bank?
Forbes magazine recently published an article entitled: 12 Important Steps In Buying A Home No One Talks About. These included: Calculate What You Can Afford Access Grant Money Assistance Consider Potentially Hidden Costs Develop
Birmingham pardons for misdemeanor marijuana convictions will have wide impact
Per this report: Alabama’s largest city will issue blanket pardons for more than 15,000 people with misdemeanor marijuana convictions dating back to 1990, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said Tuesday. This will have far reaching impact beyond

New written disclosure rule on evictions during CDC moratorium
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a blog post entitled: “A Landlord CAN still evict during the CDC moratorium.” However today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an interim final rule in
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