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Podcasts, The Law
Click to Listen. Right Click Audio as it’s playing to download to your device. Choosing the best attorney possible to represent you in a legal situation is a complicated process. The decision process varies, but at the end of the day, everyone wants an attorney who will be able to deliver the legal defense to achieve the desired actions or results. It’s not possible to guarantee the outcome of any legal scenario nor is it legal or allowed to be claimed by any attorney. To get to know more about Eric Lanigan and Roddy Lanigan, please visit the Lanigan&Lanigan YouTube channel. The introductory video is called, “Eric Lanigan and Roddy Lanigan Winter Park Florida Attorneys.” When looking for the top Florida attorney, rankings, ratings, stories and websites will be carefully reviewed to see if what the lawyer shares and discusses online is clear. Many people get referrals from friends, relatives or take the time to research online. No matter what is on a legal website representing the attorney, it’s imperative that you meet with attorneys before hiring them to ask questions and see if there’s a fit between the case, the lawyer’s practice area and experience. Get to know the attorney because when it gets right down to how much the case or legal service will cost at the end of the research and referrals, the decision to hire a Florida lawyer is very personal. Coming to a final decision is not easy. Winter Park real estate, business and civil, securities and investment losses lawyer Eric Lanigan has practiced Florida law since 1976. As a partner at Lanigan and...
Bankruptcy, Podcasts
Click to Listen. Right Click Audio as it’s playing to download to your device. Winter Park Attorney Never Recommends DIY Law Winter Park lawyer Eric Lanigan said do not attempt do-it-yourself bankruptcy because Chapter 7, 11, or 13 bankruptcy requires extensive knowledge. Handling any of the paperwork, filings or planning is absolutely not recommended. Bankruptcy courts and judges have zero tolerance for inexperience and ill-prepared cases. “Bankruptcy is handled in a Federal courtroom,” Eric Lanigan said. “The judge has no leniency nor will there be any time spent waiting, explaining or telling a lay person the legal intricacies involved in bankruptcy. When you walk in there without an attorney you are wasting the court’s time because you don’t know the law.” If you decide to file bankruptcy you’ve weighed the options about your financial future before deciding to file. The next step is to find a skilled bankruptcy lawyer you trust, who is experienced and who knows the ins and outs of bankruptcy law. “There is no way that you can possibly prepare or provide information to a Federal bankruptcy court judge,” Lanigan said. “You could lose everything without the complete direction and legal support of a very qualified Florida bankruptcy attorney. No lawyer will ever tell you that this is a procedure that you can handle on your own.” Eric Lanigan recommends that you hire an attorney who regularly practices bankruptcy. The attorney should have filed many, many bankruptcies and you need to ask about his or her experience. “Just because they’re an attorney, doesn’t mean that they know bankruptcy law or that their knowledge in another area of law extends into bankruptcy,” Lanigan...
Podcasts, The Law
Click to Listen. Right Click Audio as it’s playing to download to your device. Roddy Lanigan of Lanigan and Lanigan in Winter Park, Florida talks about the adversarial process in probate. Probate is the process by which a deceased person’s property, known as the estate, is passed to his or her heirs and people named in the will. Visit the Lanigan&Lanigan YouTube channel to view a video about “Florida’s Adversarial Probate Process.” Challenging a Will The death of a loved one’s a trying time and often it’s made even more trying time when it becomes as an interested party of an estate to defend or dispute the validity of a will. Wills are contested in the probate in what we call the adversarial process. The adversarial process is essentially a lawsuit in the probate proceeding. Adversary actions are generally brought when an interested family member or contestant challenges the validity of a will based on undue influence exerted over the person making the will. Lack of testamentary capacity or the soundness of mind of the person making the will, or fraud. An adversarial action can also be brought by a creditor against the estate for inappropriate actions of the personal representative like hiding assets or misappropriating them. If you need to contest a will or defend against a creditor of the estate, then you will need a knowledgeable lawyer who practices in the field of probate litigation. Probate litigation is a complex field which requires a thorough understanding of the Florida probate code and the ability to litigate. If you have a question, feel free to call me anytime at...
Podcasts, The Law
Click to Listen. Right Click Audio as it’s playing to download to your device. Roddy Lanigan with Lanigan and Lanigan in Winter Park, Florida, talks for a minute about defense of deportation and immigration court in Miami and Orlando Florida courts. If you find yourself as a defendant in immigration court facing removal proceedings in Florida, contact Roddy Lanigan. Finding yourself in need of any emergency legal service is a frightening prospect. What’s worse is to have to tackle a defense of deportation case in Florida without having a good, experienced immigration attorney. Watch the video “Defense of Deportation,” on the Lanigan&Lanigan YouTube channel. What is Defense of Deportation Defense of deportation exclusion is a method of exclusion used to keep people from legally entering the U.S. A person at any air or sea or land border can be excluded from the U.S. in a process called expedited removal. Expedited removal means a person can be physically removed from the U.S. without a hearing before an immigration judge. No matter where you are in the world, it can be a scary situation. But for U.S. purposes, deportation is simply the removal of a non-U.S. citizen from the country of a non-citizen who is in the U.S. and has not followed U.S. immigration laws. Breaking the law is one way that you can be immediately ejected. But what if you didn’t break a law and were wrongfully accused? What attorney will you reach out to? You need an experienced immigration attorney who knows what it takes to prevent the deportation. Defenses From Deportation Waivers – aka, forgiveness: is an...
Podcasts, The Law
Click to Listen. Right Click Audio as it’s playing to download to your device. One of the first things that Roddy Lanigan will discuss with new businesses hiring and employing vast numbers of employees who have come from around the world is employment-based and investor-based visas. This is becoming more and more common with the technological capabilities and exceedingly competitive markets that U.S. businesses have had to compete within. Roddy is a business and civil litigator and has been a partner of Lanigan and Lanigan in Winter Park, Florida since 2007. Roddy practices and works with companies and businesses dealing with employment-based and investor-based visas issues. Roddy has wide array of experience in corporate structuring and immigration. Feel free to contact him to setup an appointment at his 831 W. Morse Blvd., Winter Park office. Roddy practices primarily in the areas of corporate law, litigation, bankruptcy, foreclosure, mortgage workouts, asset protection, corporate reorganization, white collar criminal and immigration. “I have a wide array of experience in corporate structuring and immigration. I practice primarily in the areas of corporate law, litigation, bankruptcy, asset protection, corporate reorganization, white collar criminal and immigration. Feel free to contact me to setup an appointment at my office.” Call the Winter Park, Florida, office at...
Bankruptcy, Podcasts
Click to Listen. Right Click Audio as it’s playing to download to your device. You can be sued by a bankruptcy court trustee for your assets in what’s called an adversary action. As if things weren’t challenging enough for debtors filing a Chapter 7, Chapter 11 or a Chapter 13 bankruptcy if you’re not working with an experienced attorney, you can have assets taken from you in a lawsuit. An adversary action is filed by a Florida bankruptcy trustee who believes that there is an opening, a hole, an issue, any problem with your bankruptcy paperwork that leaves you open and unprotected from a lawsuit by the court trustee. Poor financial decisions, or horrible circumstances do not matter in the bankruptcy court if you have lied, falsified, made errors or produced faulty or questionable paperwork. Your weak economic situations aren’t important. Medical bills, divorce, foreclosure, job loss often lead to bankruptcy but if you file and have holes, incompletions, incorrect information that leaves you open to a counter lawsuit, the bankruptcy will come after you. Your attorney is the one who should be able to protect you and if you select an attorney not familiar with the complexities of bankruptcy, or they file carelessly and don’t review your answers relying on you to provide adequate responses, you can be in trouble if the trustee finds a hole and away to your remaining assets which they will sue you to obtain. Consult with bankruptcy attorney Roddy Lanigan of Lanigan and Lanigan in Winter Park Florida who provides a video about this issue on the LaniganPL YouTube channel. “I want...
