How to Know if Your Lawyer is Working Your Legal Case

Eric Lanigan is an attorney in Winter Park Florida, with Lanigan and Lanigan. He’s been practicing law for 36 years does a great deal of real estate litigation which involves foreclosure litigation which is something in the news a great deal these days. “Avery disturbing course of events occurred over the last few days,” said Eric Lanigan who is litigating foreclosure cases. “I had three different people come to me all who had been represented by the same attorney and they all sort of told me the same story independently of each other didn’t even know each other. In terms of nothing was getting done,they didn’t know what was going on and now they were told they had to move into a whole new plan. “I went and pulled up the docket for each of those cases and found out that out of the three cases the attorney had only filed one pleading one document in one out of the three cases. Now of course they had all “run their course” and it was time to move onto “Plan B” because of course nothing had been done. “So I wanted to give a minute about how do you follow up to see what’s going on in your case how do you follow up or even so much as how do you first determine who to hire in this situation? “First of all I’ll give you the basics on who to hire: You want to look them up on the Internet. You want to check with The Florida Bar. You can go to the Florida Bar web page. You can...

Defense of Deportation in Florida Courts

 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...

Employment-Based and Investor-Based Visas for Business

 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...

Protect Yourself From Questions by Professional Licensing Agents

Winter Park Florida business and civil litigation lawyer Eric Lanigan has practiced Florida law since 1976. In working with small, medium and large Florida businesses he has helped to protect and resolve, litigate, negotiate and provide legal advice to clients who have challenges that threaten their businesses.  In all legal business decisions where an attorney’s advice is needed, Eric suggests that you don’t make a move before speaking with an attorney if your answer can decide the fate or success of your company.  It’s worth taking time to speak with an experienced business lawyer who is familiar with the laws, can interpret and resolve or litigate and negotiate with you and for you. He recently posted a new YouTube video about protecting yourself by not speaking to professional licensing agents without an attorney. No matter how innocent you are, no matter how much you feel you should cooperate: don’t talk to any investigator without an attorney present. Eric talks about defending your professional license. And he’s not talking about a malpractice claim or a negligence claim. He’s talking about where someone has filed a complaint with the entity that regulates your professional license. Those can be governmental and those can be what we call SRO, or self-regulatory organizations.  Professional Licensing Types: SRO–Self-Regulatory Organizations Examples of those are the Florida Bar, FINRA for stock brokers. CFP for certified financial planners, those are self-regulating organizations and they police their own members. And then there are the government-regulated and you can go to your state statute if you go in Florida if you go to the Florida Department of business and professional...

Immigration Reform and Laws Are Coming

 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 to you in a new YouTube video for a moment about an exciting topic in immigration law: immigration reform and it’s being debated right now in Washington and most likely will come into effect this year. It (immigration reform) most likely will affect you if you’re in this country and are a foreign national. Go ahead call me make an appointment so we can discuss how these interesting changes in the law may affect you and your status in this country. President Obama has said that comprehensive immigration reform will be a top priority for his second term. Roddy Lanigan, practices primarily in the areas of corporate law, litigation, bankruptcy, asset protection, corporate reorganization, white collar criminal, and immigration. If you’re a foreign national, it’s important to know now what the laws are and to have a working knowledge of the ever changing laws regarding your status and how it relates to the immigration reform laws being changed now.  Immigration Reform Proposal One of the proposals which was first reported by USA Today, would create a new visa program for an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants living in the United States and create a path for them to become legal permanent residents within eight years. Don’t wait to find out information that will affect your future, your business and your family, consult with Roddy Lanigan to discuss your...

Orlando Criminal Defense Attorney Roddy Lanigan

The best time to contact a criminal defense attorneyis immediately after an arrest or upon being asked to come in for questioning by a police officer or a detective. If you are taken into custody for questioning, don’t answer any questions. You should not subject yourself to scrutiny or a situation where you are being asked questions about a crime without having first spoken to an attorney. C0ntact Orlando Florida criminal defense attorney Roddy Lanigan.  Don’t Answer Any Questions Without An Attorney What you may consider as being honest by speaking with police or a detective, may not be the best choice. An experienced attorney will be able to tell you if you should be answering questions by the police. You don’t know what the officers or detectives motives are. You don’t know the proper way to answer a question without inadvertently incriminating yourself. You don’t know if you should respond with yes or no answers or give complex responses. You may be nervous and unsure of how to answer. You may not understand the questions that will be asked of you. All of these are reasons you should ask the police officers or the detectives asking you questions for a moment to call an attorney. Consult with Roddy Lanigan, a criminal defense attorney who has practiced criminal defense since 2007 at the Winter Park, Florida, firm of Lanigan and Lanigan. If you have been arrested, don’t talk to anyone, don’t ask questions except to ask for your one phone call to a criminal defense attorney. Calling an attorney does not indicate guilt. It demonstrates that you want to...