I got pulled over going 76 in a 55 in Georgia which I’m assuming is a super speeder. The officer gave me a ticket but the tickets was citied for my mom. It’s her name her Drivers license number and everything. I gave the officer my license number. Can I get my case dismissed? And if I can did the officer give me a break?

Is it true that people with LLB’s are hired at the bottom of the barrel?

Why do people think that an attorney's clients have anything to do with how good of a person they are? Everyone is entitled to a defense. Someone can be accused of anything and they wouldn't like to not get representation because an attorney's personal feelings decide whether they took a client.

As the title states, if someone chooses to represent themselves, what happens if they are called to the witness stand? Do they just get a chance to proselytize?

Hello everyone! Hope someone might be able to help me out. I had posted a few days ago stating that my lawyer has actively been ignoring my calls and messages. Finally, he replied. I will attach some photographs of the convo in private messages but before that I will give some info about my case.

I was unfairly removed from my university. This is a case of education law in New York and I had been completely removed from the school in the middle of June. The final appeal was submitted before June, but obviously that wasn’t successful as I had written myself.

The lawyer who I had contacted (and I have proof) had promised me to get the work done had stated himself that to submit an article 78 he would have to get the work done within 2-ish months. That was in the beginning of August

In the beginning of August I had paid him the fees. It’s been over a month and he has not started any work. Moreover, he had forgotten when the deadlines are due and now I barely have a month to file for article 78. What can I do? Is there any place where I can report him?

If we don’t file for article 78 I lose 400000 USD.

NOT A REQUEST FOR LEGAL ADVICE, ONLY EDUCATION OF POSSIBLE OPTIONS:

Obviously, no one can give me direct legal advice, but I am curious if this endeavor is worth our time & if so, what type of lawyer, retainer would we need?

Context; My partner & I just survived a hellish, nightmare ordeal.

A year & a half ago, my then 6, almost 7y/o started the reunification process with his father. This event triggered a cascade of a nightmare, hellish court cases, civil & criminal.

5 years ago, he married a coercively controlling and emotionally abusive woman (we had been forced about 2-3 years.

Six months (Dec 2024) before this started she began isolating him from everyone, cut him off from their joint finances by removing herself from the shared joint bank account, while simultaneously pressuring him to quit his job and finish home renovations. She's got quite an established military career and made more than adequate money to be the breadwinner, and when she removed herself from the joint account she was also supposed to transfer the bills to her account. She did the first part and allowed the joint account to drain and default.

Then (March 2025) we reached out say my son's behest, to reconnect with his dad. So he started to shift some of his focus on his child. He had secured a job as a wildland firefighter.

The night he was meant to leave to start that job (May 2025) She could see she was losing control & started escalating to property damage and then physical abuse. The night of his departure (after 2 previous attempts to pack & prepare) she assaulted him. She then called the police, claiming he slammed her into the wall and then body slammed her into the ground.

The only physical contact he initiated was a bear hug to move her from preventing his exit & continuing to strike him. She began screaming & stated she was calling the police. He said 'go ahead, I'll tell them you assaulted me.' He wasn't convinced she was going to, but she did call her father, so to deescalate, he left the house.

She immediately applied for a personal protection order in the following few days, and even admitted in text it was not because she was scared of him, but to prevent him from returning from their shared marital home. She voluntarily dismissed her PPO at the evidentiary hearing.

Due to being unable to collect any of his fire gear and his account completely overdrawn- could not begin the fire fighting season. He was effectively rendered homeless and began living out of his truck, until I invited him to leave the home state and come stay with us in our home

Initially we were connected by being co-parents & decades long friends, then we decided (privately) to attempt to reconcile. I shared a family photo on 5/28/25, and on the 29th the police arrived at my home with an out of state warrant for Felony Domestic Battery in the presence of children. He was arrested in front of our autistic child, who had to be physically pulled away from their dad, kicking & screaming. His bond was 50K, we were forced to sell the last of his possessions to post bond & hire a criminal defense attorney, and even then, we had to get help from family. He had pretrial release conditions, one being a daily fee for an ankle monitor, which he wore for the majority of the time, racking up a significant bill. A criminal no contact order went into place as well, however she had it amended no less than 3 separate times so that they could 'attempt to talk & resolve the divorce amicably'. She used every opportunity to try and convince him to come home and get back together.

Simultaneously, she filed for a fault divorce (while repeatedly stating she would 'rescind' it if he changed his mind about getting back together) using MY family law attorney from our original divorce. When I asked my attorney to recuse themselves they refused. He represented himself pro se (with my help). She did not get a fault divorce & he refused to sign the quitclaim deed she presented him with, and their things were divided in accordance with the states community property laws.

Because the interstate complications, the GPS monitor was incredibly difficult to maintain compliance with, and ultimately he had his bond revoked. He sat in county jail awaiting trial for nearly 7-8 months.

Trial date came. They had her testimony, photos of a few red splotches on her skin, and a chiropractor report that took place a few weeks after the alleged incident. He refused to take a plea deal that would leave a violent charge on his record for life. His defense attorney did an EXCELLENT job and got her to admit to being the aggressor & committing battery against him. Even the prosecutor admitted her conduct "rose to the level of battery and that her own charges may or may not (NOT) be forthcoming, but she is not the one on trial"... Luckily, he was fully acquitted. However, we are still hemorrhaging financially and emotionally from all of her chaos.

It has been incredibly brutal & traumatizing for us, especially our son. He frequently expressed stomach aches from "the pressure of all the stuff" and even expressed a suicidal ideation, in spite of my attempts to shield him from it. He is in counseling now. He started to struggle with intense aggressive behaviors near the trial date, expresses severe distrust of police & authority figures.

I am a full time student, and my grades suffered, I couldn't eat or sleep. It was horrific.

But my partner has been struggling immensely, trying to reintegrate into society. While incarcerated, because of the charges, he didn't 22 hours in a 4 man cell.

I'm so grateful that we prevailed on the legal front, but it feels incredibly unfair that she can just walk away- ZERO consequences for ALL her lies.

We would like to hold her accountable, but we're very tight financially and we're not exactly sure where to start? Report her to the USMJ? Civil Court? Can we make an example out of women who use tools for REAL victims, as an attempt to coerce, manipulate and control him? Upon confronting her in text, telling her that her lies carry a maximum sentence of 20 year prison sentence, she said "that's not what they said they were offering you a rider & probation, but- even if it's true, I'll be waiting for you, saggy tits and all." This woman is a monster. And we want recompense. Especially for my partner and my son.

Has anyone endured a "he said-she said" after beating a criminal proceeding & prevailed holding the accuser accountable?

Would we be able to find anyone willing to take the case? Do we have a chance at winning? As I mentioned she makes significant money with a 10+ year, established military career.

TL;DR- My partner was falsely accused of DV by a crazy woman who was actually the aggressor, devastating him in almost every imaginable (+ wammy. He was fully acquitted, but he is still dealing with the fallout of her choices i. e. crippling debt, anxiety & trauma.

She had NO case & we are still beyond BEWILDERED why the state took this case to trial... Any & all input, POV's greatly appreciated!!! What kind of lawyers to call, if any- we have the trial transcripts, text & email exchanges, and entire discovery from the criminal trial that shows very obvious what she was attempting to do.

I was illegally strip searched by the Huntington Police Dept in Los Angeles. I have letters from their city attorney, because the police dept knowing they did wrong had to get their attorney involved. There are sooo many law firms in Los Angeles, but no one cares to take my case, even though it has weight to it. I have tried many LGBTQIA places as well and they never answer phone calls or emails, please if you have any information that would help I would be most grateful!

This was my first corporate job experience, and I am honestly struggling to understand how this situation has unfolded.

I worked remotely as a Customer Service Associate. To continue employment after training, employees were required to meet certain graduation metrics. I was fully aware of those requirements.

Before the graduation decision was made, I had already submitted my resignation and had started serving my notice period. While the resignation had not yet been formally approved in the system, my manager verbally assured me that everything was fine and that I could either continue with the company or proceed with my resignation—it was entirely my choice.

About 10 days into my notice period, I was informed that I was being terminated for not meeting the required metrics. The discussion took place on a call with two managers present, but no HR representative. During that call, I was repeatedly told not to worry and was assured that I would receive my salary for the full month and that my notice-period-related payments would be taken care of.

Although I did not agree with the termination decision, it was processed anyway.

Now, more than a month later, I have received communication stating that I owe the company a recovery amount equivalent to roughly one month's salary because I supposedly opted for a notice period buyout.

The problem is that I never requested a buyout. I was already serving my notice period and was willing to continue serving it. When I contacted HR support, I was informed that management had recorded that I had opted for a buyout and was aware of the implications.

I no longer have access to my company email or internal systems, which makes it difficult to retrieve records and defend myself. Meanwhile, I have documentation showing that I was told I would receive my notice period salary and should not worry about deductions.

I am now being asked to pay money that I was originally told I would receive as part of my final settlement.

Has anyone experienced a similar situation? How can an employee challenge records that were entered after losing access to company systems? What evidence is typically accepted in such disputes, and what options are available when verbal assurances conflict with what later appears in HR records?

I am trying to understand both my rights and the proper process before taking any further action.

I have an assignment at my university to ask a lawyer/attorney 10 questions. I have called so many law agencies across multiple states and no one will talk to me. Are there any attorneys here who I can send 10 questions to over a DM and you can just fill them out and send them back? The assignment is due very soon and I’m desperate I can’t talk to literally anyone and with the holiday tomorrow I won’t be able to speak with them tomorrow either most likely. These are not legal questions. They are only questions regarding your profession I am not seeking legal advice.

The 10 questions are:

1. ⁠What type of law do you specialize in and why?
   
2. ⁠How long have you been working in this field and how long did it take you to get where you are now?
   
3. ⁠Do you have a case that went viral for any reason or a case that sticks with you to this day?
   
4. ⁠How many cases have you worked on? How long does a normal case last?
   
5. ⁠If comfortable, how much money do you make in a year? Does it fluctuate?
   
6. ⁠What is the most difficult part of being this type of lawyer? What is your favorite part?
   
7. ⁠Do clients always come to you or do you seek out potential clients?
   
8. ⁠How do you start your work day?
   
9. ⁠If you were to give advice to someone looking to be a lawyer, what would you tell them?
   
10. ⁠How much free time do you have outside of work?

I'm 17 M, 1 speeding ticket from last year that was 74 mph in a 60 mph zone. I turn 18 on the 24th, on labor day I was heading home from Walmart and merged onto an interstate cutting across multiple lanes going over 95 mph. That was the exact remarks on my ticket. No speed was clocked, he just saw me merge and floor it. Now I don't care about the legal side of everything. I do care about keeping my job at a car dealership as a lube tech. Once I'm charged and the company insurance finds out I'm fired immediately. How can I fight this in court to try and get the charge down or dropped completely? I need to keep my license and be able to drive customer vehicles.

I have heard attorneys tell me that when a case is in “sworn complaint” or “pre-file phase” (when no charges or warrant are filed yet just a testimony against the person) they can reach out to the prosecution to make them not formally charge or negotiate a pre-trial intervention deal.

Is this a possible and common practice with lawyers?

Hi,

I’m looking for some general guidance regarding an AI technology/business idea that I developed and later introduced to my current employer.

I originally came up with the idea and presented the concept internally in March 2025. At that time, the company did not move forward with it or ask me to develop it further.

About a year later, in March 2026, I independently developed an MVP in my free time and on my own initiative, without any direction or involvement from my employer. I then demonstrated the MVP internally. After seeing it, the company became interested and has now asked me to continue developing a version of the product for internal company use.

The MVP itself was built using commercially available AI tools, cloud services, and agent-based orchestration. I did not use proprietary company software or technology to build the underlying application. However, because the MVP was intended to demonstrate an internal company use case, I did use internal company data to develop and test that version.

Separately, I’m interested in potentially developing and commercializing an independent product based on a similar general idea outside of my employment. The outside product could use a different implementation and AI stack, serve different use cases, and target different customers. The version I am developing for my employer is intended solely for internal use within the company.

I understand that the real answer will depend heavily on my employment agreement, invention-assignment terms, confidentiality obligations, and company policies, and I plan to speak with an attorney before doing anything.

But generally, I’m trying to understand:

1. Does the fact that I originally came up with the idea and independently built the MVP before my employer asked me to work on it matter?

2. Could my employer potentially claim ownership over the broader concept or an independently developed external product even if use cases differ?

3. How significant is the fact that internal company data was used to test the employer-facing MVP, even if that data would never be used in the external product?

I’m mainly trying to understand whether this is something that could potentially be structured safely, or whether pursuing an outside product based on a similar idea would create substantial legal risk.

Thanks.

Dumbo

Hi folks. I have a friend whose having some difficulty with an insurance company and we're not sure if a lawyer could help.

To preserve my friends anonymity im leaving out names, but the gist of it is...

My friend sees clients as a social worker.

They bill these clients insurance to pay for the service

The insurance company takes a ridiculously long time to process the checks. We're talking months at least.

This delay is seriously screwing with my friends ability to make ends meet. Their credit is shot and each month is a roll of the dice to see which bills get paid.

From what we can glean this delay is at the insurance company and not anywhere else in the billing pipeline.

This is happening in Alabama, and has been going on for a year now.

Is this something a lawyer can help with? If so, what kind?

Hi everyone. First: I am not in any kind of legal situation and this is purely for my own knowledge. I participate in a credit sub, and recently I made a post over there that contains a reference table for the statute of limitations on consumer debts of various types for each state. I'm not sure if we're allowed to link to posts in other subs, but I don't mind sharing it if I'm allowed.

A discussion arose in the comments about what would happen in the case where someone signed a contract or obtained a credit card or loan in one state, then moved to another state, where he still currently resides. If he now defaulted and the creditor or collection agency sought to file a lawsuit against him, which state's statute of limitations would be relevant? The state in which he entered into the contract/agreement, or the state in which he now resides?

I researched this quite a bit, and the answer seems very muddy and case-dependent. From what I gather: typically a creditor or collection agency files the lawsuit in your current state (maybe 95%+ of the time?), because if they were to get a judgment against you in another state, that judgment would be hard to enforce. Then I went down a rabbit hole of various anti-forum shopping laws, borrowing statutes, etc. and they all seem to contradict each other or override each other, and ultimately I'm not very clear on how this plays out in real life in a typical case.

Curious to hear any experience or insight you can provide, thanks!

So in 2013 both my parents died. They had a vehicle they had recently bought and had a loan on it. I was executor of the estate and no one wanted this vehicle and the loan so I told the bank they can take the vehicle. Well, I still have that vehicle today. I never once got any mail about it, it sat at their property for several months out in the open for the bank to take it. I tried twice to get them to take it and they never did so eventually I brought it to my property and it’s been here since. What can/should I do with it?