by | Jan 7, 2025 | legal matters
Raleigh appellate attorney Troy Shelton can imagine himself ridin’ his horse into town, six-guns a blazin’. “I tell clients I’m a hired gun. I’m a mercenary.” Shelton has spent most of his career practicing appellate law. He is an NC Bar board-certified appellate...
by | Jan 7, 2025 | legal matters
A Microsoft executive and father of four was gunned down in 2022. It was a murder-for-hire hit orchestrated by his ex-wife with whom he was in a bitter custody battle. Raleigh divorce attorney Kathleen Murphy talked about the case on Nancy Grace’s podcast, “Crime...
by | Jan 7, 2025 | legal matters
Plaintiff and defense attorneys sometimes wait too long to bring a life care planner or a forensic vocational expert into litigation because they are unsure if or when to retain the services of this kind of an expert or what it may cost. Attorneys should contact a...
by | Jan 7, 2025 | legal matters
As I presented my quarterly Capital Markets Review last year, I noticed that projections of future Federal budget deficits all had an endnote—they could change depending on the expiration of President Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) at the end of 2025. In other...
by | Jan 7, 2025 | legal matters
When an attorney hires a forensic economist for a personal injury or wrongful death case, it’s usually because the case involves lost earnings. A plaintiff’s attorney needs an economist to do a projection of the client’s lost wages, while a defense attorney needs a...
by | Jan 7, 2025 | Law.com, legal matters
“The job is hard and the learning curb is steep. You won’t get things 100% right the first time you do them. But, as long as you take the time to understand why, you will get better. Avoid getting stuck in a moment. Run the post-mortem, take the lesson,...
