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How To Argue With Judges

24 Sep

Arguing with judges is like arguing with baseball umpires.

You better know the rules AND HOW TO USE THEM!

Here are a few rules from the Official MLB Rulebook:Win with Jurisdictionary!

  • A player is not permitted to step or go into a dugout to make a catch.
  • A player is permitted to reach into a dugout to make a catch.
  • If a player makes a catch outside the dugout and his momentum carries him into the dugout, the catch is allowed as long as the player does not fall in the dugout.

Simple enough?

But!

What if the players and the coaches on one team don’t know the rules?

What happens then?

Will it do that team any good to argue with the umpire?

Probably not!

And all the %#$@&* will only get you thrown out of the park and possibly grounded for the season!

To argue successfully with a baseball umpire or a judge on his bench in the courtroom, you must know the Rules of Court … and how how to use them to your advantage!Learn from Jurisdictionary step-by-step

It’s the bottom of the ninth. Two down. Batter at the plate. The count is three and two. The batter pops a high foul. You push back your catcher’s mask and dash toward the dugout to make the catch. The ball hits your glove and you trip on the rim of the dugout and fall in. Scrambling to your feet, you climb back out of the dugout, ball in your upraised hand, triumphant grin on your face.

Teammates cheer.

Fans roar fanatic approval from the stands.

But, the scornful look on the umpire’s face and his raspy voice erase your victorious joy.

“Foul Ball!”

“But, I caught the ball, ump!”

The player strides purposely toward the umpire, waving a fist, yelling obscenities, and spitting (of course).

Fast behind is the coach, marching menacingly toward the umpire, cap shoved back, fists in the air, also shouting nasties and accusing the umpire of needing a new pair of glasses.

The umpire stands firmly behind the plate, hands planted on his hips, and waits for the verbal onslaught.

“I caught the foul ball. It’s an out!”

“It’s a foul ball. Period!” the umpire insists.

“You must be blind, Ump! It’s an out! Game’s over. We win! You saw me catch the ball? Jeeter couldn’t do any better!”

“Maybe not,” the umpire insists, “but Jeeter knows the ground rules! You fell in the dugout. Catch doesn’t count. Get back behind the plate where you belong!”

“But. But. But.”

If you studied my affordable 24-hour Jurisdictionary lawsuit self-help course, you know that all the “buts” in the world won’t do you a bit of good in court!

Claiming you’re pro se and should be allowed to play by different rules won’t help, either!

You either learn the rules – and how to use them to your advantage – OR YOU LOSE!

Sending emails to friends after you lose or posting hateful comments on the internet complaining “All our courts are corrupt” just marks you as a loser.

Learn the official rules and how to use them … or lose!

You can show up in court with all kinds of documents and things that you think are “admissible evidence”. You can know the law is on your side.

But!

If you don’t know the rules of evidence and rules of procedure – and how to use them to your advantage – you lose!

There will be times when you’ll need to argue with the judge about this or that, but do yourself a favor and discover what I learned practicing law in state and federal courts since 1986: unless you know the rules and how to argue the rules effectively, you have no more chance of changing a judge’s ruling than the catcher who snags a foul ball in mid-air while falling into the dugout!

The Rules RULE!

End of story!

Losers believe internet fables. Losers get their legal education at the barbershop or on websites or expensive weekend seminars run by people who never practiced law, never went to law school, and don’t know mud from sand about the rules of court or how to use them to advantage.

Too many good folks believe mythological silver-bullet easy solutions to their legal problems. As a predictable result, they are losing … when they could be winning!

A host of wannabe legal gurus infest the internet and barbershops with half-baked schemes that sound too good to be true … and, like the old adage says, “If it sounds to good to be true, it probably isn’t.”

You may have heard people claiming you can win by challenging a judge’s oath of office, insisting a UCC lien can be used to create collateral for borrowers, insisting banks don’t loan “real money”, or that you can deny your citizenship and claim to be a “sovereign human being” above the law.

It might work in small claims or traffic court … but it will not carry the day for you in any kind of serious lawsuit or criminal case.

Hope in one hand and spit in the other. See which hand gets wet.

Learn how to use the rules!

It’s not expensive, and people who have my course tell us an 8th grader can learn it all in a single weekend.

If you have a lawyer, you’ll save thousands in legal fees by knowing what the lawyer should be doing … and you’ll maximize your chances for success by making certainthe lawyer does what should be done, instead of taking you for a ride to the poorhouse – as happens to so many good people these days.

If you don’t have a lawyer, you’ll know how to stop the opponent’s crooked tricks and get the judge on your side!

The key is knowing the rules and how to use them!

To learn more, go to: www.Jurisdictionary.com

 

Getting Evidence – Part Two

06 Sep

Here are some tips on how to use “Requests for Admissions” to get evidence into the court’s record so you can win.

There’s a lot more to it than I can tell in a single Tips & Tactics, of course, so order my  amazingly popular, case-winning, 4-CD, affordable, step-by-step, 24-hour official      Jurisdictionary course everyone is talking about and start winning today!

Requests for Admissions are POWERFUL!

If you know how to use them properly, that is.

Both plaintiffs and defendants can use them to force their opponent to ADMIT the truth of facts stated in the request or the genuineness of documents attached to the request.

If your opponent fails to respond to your requests for admissions before the deadline, you can move the court for an order deeming everything admitted for all purposes!

Warning: If you receive a request for admissions, do not fail to respond before the deadline!

Requests for admissions are like leading questions!

You can force opponents to admit they don’t have the original signed promissory note or mortgage, for example, and they have a certain period of time to respond or face the prospect of having the court enter an order deeming such facts admitted for all purposes.

You can force opponents to admit they lack first-hand knowledge of facts alleged in their pleadings.

You can even force opponents to admit the document attached to your request as Exhibit A, for example, is an essentially accurate copy of some document that might be difficult to get into evidence without their admission.

My official Jurisdictionary course explains all this in an easy-to-learn format people tell us an average 8th grader can understand and use. That’s why my course is so very amazingly popular! Chances are someone told you about the course and encouraged you to visit my website.

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Be clever. Think through the elements of your position (plaintiff or defendant) and sort out the essential facts you need to prove from those you don’t need to prove.

Save requests for admissions for essential facts that take advantage of the unique power of this discovery tool.

In most jurisdictions, you are limited to a certain number of requests for admissions, so use them sparingly!

The details are explained in my course, of course.

In most courts, objections to requests for admissions are not allowed. Your opponent must either admit or deny, and that’s good for you!

They cannot merely respond, “Objection, overbroad, burdensome, not calculated to lead to admissible evidence, seeks to inquire into attorney-client privilege,” etc., etc., etc. They must admit or deny before the deadline!

If they fail to respond before the deadline, or if they file some objection, immediately file a “Motion for an Order Deeming Admissions Admitted” and set your motion for hearing!

You are entitled to evidence disclosure! In fact, Rule 26 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires such disclosure, as do the state courts. So, don’t be hoodwinked by your own lack of knowledge about rules and what they require of opponents. Get my official Jurisdictionary course now, if you don’t already have its case-winning power.

And, don’t be fooled by the all-too-common objection, “The facts sought are not admissible at trial.”

They don’t have to be admissible at trial!

Rules of evidence discovery are different from rules that control at trial.

Rule 26(b) Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides, “Parties may obtain discovery regarding any nonprivileged matter that is relevant to any party’s claim or defense — including the existence, description, nature, custody, condition, and location of any documents or other tangible things and the identity and location of persons who know of any discoverable matter. For good cause, the court may order discovery of any matter relevant to the subject matter involved in the action. Relevant information need not be admissible at the trial if the discovery appears reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.”

State rules generally follow the federal rule.

What you seek with all five (5) of your discovery tools (explained fully in my affordable Jurisdictionary course) is evidence in support of the “ultimate facts” that tend to prove the allegations of your position and disprove those of your opponent … nothing more, please!

Don’t let lawyers trick you!

You have an unquestioned right to find evidence that tends to prove the facts you alleged in your pleadings and disprove the facts alleged in your opponent’s pleadings.

Everything else is a waste of time!

Evidence + Legal Authority = Victory in Court!

If you don’t know how to find evidence, you lose!

If you don’t understand the “elements” of lawsuits, you cannot hope to win!

Learning how is easy with my affordable, case-winning, official Jurisdictionary step-by-step, 24-hour course. If you don’t already have my course, NOW is the time to order and start learning how to avoid legal trickery so you can win your case and overcome your opponent using the official rules … instead of internet legal mythology!

You cannot win if you don’t know how to find evidence and get it into the record using your five discovery tools.

Clever argument is not enough.

Those who haven’t yet learned how to find evidence go to court with the idea they “already have all the evidence they need”. I hear this over and over again. People think because they have a copy of a document or photograph or audio recording that they’re sure to win. Then, when they get to trial (when it’s too late to do any more discovery) they “discover” all the stuff they thought was “evidence” is inadmissible at trial!

Why lose when it’s so easy to learn how to win?

Everyone is talking about Jurisdictionary. People tell their friends. People promote it on their websites and in their emails.

Why?

Because my popular Jurisdictionary course works!

That’s why!

Don’t be left holding an empty evidence bag!

Your decision to win is your decision to learn how!

Winning lawyers know how to find evidence!

My 25 years of experience as a case-winning lawyer licensed in state and federal courts has shown me this.

Evidence wins lawsuits – not Constitutional arguments.

My Jurisdictionary course will show you much more about how to effectively use interrogatories and all your five discovery tools to get case-winning evidence into the record and force your opponent to cooperate!

Order Now! before the price increase and before your opponent takes advantage of your not knowing how to find evidence and get it in the court’s record!

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Losing is for losers!

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Winning is easy if you do what I teach in my course!

I know what it takes to win. I practiced law nearly 25 years. I can help you, if you’re willing to learn from me!

Pro se people often do not get justice.

Why?

Let’s examine a few facts:

Most pro se people don’t know the rules.
Most pro se people don’t know how to prevent the lawyer on the other side from playing tricks with the rules.
Most pro se people make assumptions about what is “admissible evidence” and stuff that isn’t.
Most pro se people don’t know how to draft their pleadings or motions properly.
Most pro se people don’t know why it’s important to write proposed orders for the judge to sign.
Most pro se people don’t know why, when, or how to make effective objections in court.
Most pro se people don’t understand what facts are critical to winning a case and what facts are of no consequence but only muddy the waters with court-confusing insignificance.
Most pro se people don’t know why it’s so vitally important to cite controlling appellate cases in support of their pre-trial and trial motions.
Most pro se people don’t know how to arrange for a written transcript to be made of all proceedings before the court, so they can control the judge.
Most pro se people waste valuable court time with non-essentials, fail to appreciate the needs of others who have their own problems to bring before the court and, as a consequence, tend to make judges dread pro se cases.
Pro se people who know what I explain so simply in the official Jurisdictionary step-by-step 24-hour course are winning and even getting compliments from judges and even opposing lawyers … because they do it right!

 

Not all judges are “against” pro se people “just because they are pro se”. Most of the judges I knew in my 25 years were good people who cared about other people and did their best to guarantee justice according to the rules.

But! You must know how to protect yourself!

Pro se parties who know the rules and how to use them to protect themselves from courtroom corruption the way my Jurisdictionary step-by-step 24-hour course makes so easy-to-understand don’t let crooked lawyers get away with their smoke-and-mirrors tricks!

It does no good to complain after losing.

The difference between winners and losers is the fact that winners learn how to win!

If you want to make it complicated and muddy the pond with all kinds of nutty arguments, you can do so, make the judge angry, and lose when your “evidence” isn’t admitted because it isn’t “admissible evidence”, etcetera.

You can demand your Constitutional Rights, instead of learning about causes of action and their elements that win lawsuits, and you will lose.

You can refuse to learn the rules of evidence, the rules of procedure, and the tactics and strategies my course is so popular for making easy to learn, and you will lose!

But!

If you want to win, get my affordable Jurisdictionary step-by-step 24-hour course now and master the case-winning strategies and tactics I used for 25 years as a case-winning lawyer in state and federal courts.

There is only ONE “Official Jurisdictionary” course!

If you’re paying a lawyer, know what your lawyer should be doing to earn his fee and win your case.

If you don’t have a lawyer, know what you must do to force the judge do what’s right and prevent the lawyer on the other side from cheating.

It’s that simple.

My affordable, popular, official Jurisdictionary 24-hour step-by-step lawsuit course will show you how to prepare orders, write powerful pleadings, draft and argue motions, object in court, get admissible evidence into the record, prevent the other side from getting lies into the record, do legal research, compose your legal arguments, and much, much more.

You’ll learn how to avoid filing an answer by moving the court to dismiss or strike the complaint or require a confusing or poorly-worded complaint to be re-written.

You’ll learn how to use effective discovery tools to force the other side to produce facts that may lead to admissible evidence.

You’ll discover how to move the court and demand that the judge enforce your legal rights.

In short, you’ll learn how to save money, maximize your winning power, and resolve conflicts peacefully and profitably … according to the rules!

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Once you master the simple concepts I teach, you’ll be more powerful than most lawyers I met in 25 years as a licensed lawyer in state and federal courts as a licensed bar attorney!

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Of course you cannot learn all you need to know about what it takes to win by waiting for my Tips & Tactics each week. You need to learn the case-winning tactics in my affordable Jurisdictionary course that will show you what it takes to win, step-by-step in just 24-hours.

Whether plaintiff or defendant, you cannot hope to win if you don’t know what my course teaches.

These tips should convince you to order my complete course … whether you’re a plaintiff or defendant.

If you don’t know what opportunities you have in court, you don’t have much of a chance of winning!

Let me urge you to order my course today (if you don’t already have it) so you won’t make the common mistake of assuming you already know everything you need to win!

Remember: Winners are people who know how the game is played to win — whether plaintiff or defendant.

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You may not believe me, but most lawyers (and nearly all law school professors) don’t have a clue what it takes to win. Many law schools don’t teach “causes of action” or the elements necessary to prevail. It’s true!

Many law schools don’t teach how to use your five (5) discovery tools or why you must be courageous and fight the judge and demand your right to get evidence in the record using your discovery tools.

Many lawyers are afraid to upset judges, so they let things slide. They don’t object. They don’t “instruct” the judge on the law. They just lay back, take their hourly fee, and let their clients lose … and those who pay lawyers yet don’t know what Jurisdictionary teaches about winning are led to the slaughter by their own lawyer.

Sad, but true!

I know what it takes to win. I did this 25 years!

My Jurisdictionary will show you how in just 24-hours, step-by-step!

The Jurisdictionary Method wins lawsuits!

See what’s important, what’s not, and how to focus all your energy where it belongs: getting court orders!

Most lawyers never learn what Jurisdictionary makes so easy-to-learn. People have been telling me since I started Jurisdictionary in 1997 that, “Your course should be required in first year law school.” But, of course, that’s not likely to happen, because what Jurisdictionary shows you isn’t politically correct! I teach you how to control judges, instead of bowing to them, I I teach you how to overcome crooked lawyers and their all-too-common sneaky tricks!

Political correctness prevents justice too often!

Winning lawsuits is a brutal axe fight!

Jurisdictionary is your axe!

 

Thousands of people just like you are winning with my easy-to-learn 24-hour step-by-step course. Ask anyone who has my course. Everyone loves it!

If you don’t know what my course teaches, you lose!

End of story!

Winners do what Jurisdictionary makes easy-to-learn and don’t wait until trial to get justice!

Those who learn my affordable 24-hour step-by-step Jurisdictionary self-help course win … no matter how high the odds are stacked against them!

 

Winners know how to fight to win!

Losers believe internet fables. Losers get their legal education at the barbershop or on websites or expensive weekend seminars run by people who never practiced law, never went to law school, and don’t know mud from sand about rules or how to use them to control judges.

Too many good folks believe mythological silver-bullet easy solutions to their legal problems and, as a result, are losing when they would be winning if they knew what I make so easy-to-learn in my Jurisdictionary course!

The internet is infested with hare-brained schemes that sound too good to be true … and, like the old adage says, “If it sounds to good to be true, it probably isn’t.”

Remember: The most dangerous falsehoods are ones we most want to believe!

Why not learn from a real lawyer with nearly 25 years of case-winning experience?

My course is not expensive!

People who finish my course say an average 8th grader can learn it all in a single weekend.

 

If you have a lawyer, you will save thousands in legal fees by knowing what your lawyer should be doing, and at the same time you will maximize your chances for success by making certain your lawyer does what should be done, instead of taking you for a ride to the poorhouse – as happens to too many good people these days.

If you don’t have a lawyer, you’ll know how to stop the opponent’s crooked tricks and control the judge!

To learn more, go to: www.Jurisdictionary.com

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Force judges to enforce the rules, instead of allowing the lawyer on the other side twist the law against you!

You cannot win if you don’t know how to control the judge and all the lawyers (including your own lawyer, if you can afford to pay one to go to court for you)!

You’ve heard the horror stories from others.

Don’t let it happen to you!

Order my course now, if you don’t already have it.

Know the rules and how to force everyone to obey!

Know how to draft proper pleadings, how to get your own evidence in the court’s record, how to keep the other side from getting their evidence in, how to move the court to enter orders favorable to your cause, and how to use your Jurisdictionary legal know-how and case-winning strategies to control the judge and win your case!

My self-help course is presented in such an easy format people tell us an 8th grader can learn it in just 24 hours!

Know what you must know to win!

Stop courtroom corruption!

I’ll show you how in just 24-hours … step-by-step!

Control judges and lawyers – or lose!

My “Tips & Tactics” newsletters are only introductions to the complete course you need to win. If you don’t already have my 24-hour step-by-step self-help course, go to my website and order now!

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As Woody Guthrie used to sing, “This Land is our Land,” and that includes every courtroom and every courthouse from San Diego to Bangor, Maine. Why let lawyers control our lives with trickery? Why let judges destroy our lives by letting lawyers get away with their trickery?

YOU CAN WIN!

Forward this newsletter to ALL YOUR FRIENDS!

If you aren’t involved in a lawsuit or threatened with one today, learn what my course teaches and help others who will be destroyed by all-too-common courtroom corruption if YOU don’t help them learn what it takes to win!

There are more than 150 lawsuits filed every minute in the United States – nearly 100 million each year. Try to imagine how many thousands of good, honest people will be destroyed in the next 7 days just because they have no idea how to protect themselves and have nobody they can trust (or afford) to help them win!

Urge everyone to get my affordable 24-hour course!

Do it for your nation … and for your children!

Dr. Frederick David Graves, JD

Jurisdictionary

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What Were/Are We Fighting For ?

30 May

 

What are we asked to remember on Memorial Day?

I have a T-shirt that says, “Freedom is not Free!”

It’s true!Falling House!

But!

Can blood alone purchase liberty for us?

Does war promote peace by war alone?

Surely those who gave their lives (or arms and legs and eyes and more) in the struggle of violence to overcome all enemies of individual rights should be remembered today!

Had those we honor today not valiantly opposed others hell-bent on ruling the world with “another vision”, we’d be living in an entirely different world … probably without any of the liberties you and I enjoy today.

But!

What were/are we fighting for if it is not for a system of law-and-order that protects the innocent and honors the rights of us “individuals”versus a so-called “public policy” that twists Justice to favor the demands of money and corrupt political influence?

Surely we are not so naive as to believe we can enjoy the blessings of liberty without a system of law-and-order that protects us all … right down to “the least of these”, as Jesus said it long ago!

The “least of these” was His way of asking us to care for those who have no money or political influence.

I mention “the least of these” not in a “religious sense”, but as a mind-jolter for us to remember why those killed and wounded fought and why some continue to fight!

It was not to preserve our flag, but for what our flag is supposed to stand for!

It was not to overcome an armed foe, but to protect us from a system of government rule that would ignore “due process and the Rule of Law”.

It was not to defeat tyranny, but to protect a nation of ideas and legal principles where The People come first!

Oh, my dear friends. You’ve been so faithful to us these past 14 years since we launched Jurisdictionary. My words can never tell how much we appreciate your encouraging calls and emails when the small effort we’ve made for you has turned to your advantage in your warfare of lawsuits and other courtroom battles where Liberty ultimately must be preserved by LAW.

Pray the Great Architect of this Universe protect those in harm’s way for our sakes … but pray, too, for that way of life in which each of you have great power to demand Justice in our courts, to overcome money and political influence by a method given to you by those who suffered and died for you, to perpetuate a wonderful way of life for your children and future generations threatened by their own lack of knowledge about their power in courthouses that must be made to work hand-in-hand with the power of our military might!

My wife Kathryn and I and our entire family wish you and yours the very most pleasant Memorial Day this year and ask only that youremember what we are fighting for and that blood alone cannot preserve our Liberties.

I call on each of you to teach as many as you can that INK wisely used must honor the spilled BLOOD!

Please, dear friends. Consider what I say to you today!

Without the wise use of words, ideas, rules of justice, and law that protects the innocent, vast oceans of blood can never secure for us a world of peace, prosperity, and personal liberty.

I call on YOU to urge everyone to learn what the ones we honor today freely gave their sacrifice to protect!

Learn how to use your own ink to truly honor the blood they spilled for you and me!

Learn the principles and practices of Justice!

Demand that your leaders honor the maxims of our traditional principles of common law!

Demand that your judges and lawyers obey the law that makes your Liberty possible!

And, please don’t imagine for a moment that sending out thousands of emails or parading in the streets will save the system of law that must in the long run protect us all.

YOU MUST LEARN THE RULES OF JUSTICE IF THEY ARE TO BE PROTECTED FROM THE RICH AND POWERFUL WHO WISH TO TWIST THOSE RULES FOR THEIR OWN GAIN !

Only by getting involved in the honorable fight with words can we hope to protect the peace and secure Liberty and Justice for ALL !

Politics has its place … but it is not enough!

Military force has its place … but it is not enough!

YOU HAVE POWER TO COMMAND GOVERNMENT BY USE OF OUR COURT SYSTEM!

Learn how to use YOUR power in the fight for truth!

You have power to control your neighbors, big business, even the ever-increasing annoyance of splinter groups who whine and complain about non-essentials at the expense of the rest of us rank-and-file Americans!

Remember and honor those who gave so much so you could enjoy this day in peace and liberty.

But! Do not forget what they fought for and continue to fight for on foreign soil and here at home!

Ink and Blood.

Blood and Ink.

Our peace cannot endure without them both.

If you are not called this day to the field of honor, to be in harm’s way for the sake of others, then do your part by learning how to USE YOUR INK TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE!

Together, with wisdom and mercy on our side, we can keep the Lamp burning as long as the earth stands!

And, who knows? Perhaps future generations will look back to what YOU did to make the world safer for them!

… Dr. Frederick D. Graves, JD

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You will lose your case if you don’t cite “legal authority!”

The only opinions that count in court are the written opinions of appellate court justices who stand in judgment of trial level judges and have power to reverse them if they disagree with appellate decisions in any way!

Your opinions (no matter how clever or persuasive) count for nothing in court.

You must clearly show the judge on the record by citing official legal authorities from appellate decisions, exactly what will happen if the judge rules against you!

This is how smart lawyers win in court.

Stupid lawyers are afraid of judges, afraid to threaten appeal, so they lose … routinely!

Clever argument is not enough.

Knowing the law is not enough.

Even having all the evidence is not enough!

Controlling judges is what wins lawsuits!

You control judges by making clear on the record what higher level appellate courts have ruled in the past, what opinions those higher courts have passed down, and why the higher courts will reverse the trial judge’s orders if he rules contrary to what the appellate courts require.

Read the testimonials ⇒

You must provide citations to official legal authority in motions, memoranda, objections, and verbal arguments at hearings and at trial (if you don’t win before trial using the easy-to-learn methods we teach in my affordable step-by-step official Jurisdictionary course).

You must tell the judge why you should win – by citing official legal authorities the judge is required to obey:

  • court rules,
  • constitutional provisions,
  • statutes,
  • codes, and
  • most importantly the opinions of higher courts that clarify what those rules, constitutional provisions, statutes, and codes really mean!

What you think they mean doesn’t count!

Trust me! I’ve been at this for 25 years!

How you choose to read and interpret the law doesn’t count a bit … not even a tiny bit!

The only thing that counts is how the appellate courts read and interpret the law, and what they say the law means in regard to the facts of your case.

The other side will cite legal authorities for their case.

You must do the same … if you want to win.

If you’ve wandered through a law library in search of legal authority, you were probably amazed to find crowded shelves stuffed with volumes of similar-looking books, differing only by the mysterious numbers printed on their spines. Books that give no hint which one might hide the key to unlock the judge’s favor in your case. In a well-stocked law library there are thousands of books.

You cannot possibly read them all to find what you seek, and even the indexes, appendices, and annotations are a complex nightmare that requires years of experience to master.

On the other hand, on-line legal research is easy.

We show you how to do it in our official course.

Learn how to use on-line legal research and how to cite case-winning legal authority in my affordable step-by-step 24-hour official Jurisdictionary self-help course!

Know how to control the judge – or you will lose!

These “Tips & Tactics” newsletters are only the very tip of the iceberg of lawsuit knowledge you need to win. If you don’t already have my 24-hour step-by-step self-help course, go to my website and order now!

Learn how to research and cite … so you can WIN!

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Dr. Frederick David Graves, JD

Jurisdictionary


 

Types of Lawsuit Complaints

28 May
Know the 6 types of lawsuit complaints.Types of Complaint - Jurisdictionary

Every lawsuit begins with a complaint filed by one or more plaintiffs.

Click on the small image to access full-size PDF chart!(You’ll need Adobe Reader. If you don’t already have it, you can get it FREE at www.Adobe.com.)

See how easily this is explained?

Making lawsuits “ridiculously easy-to-understand” is why Jurisdictionary is popular with litigants in every state of the U.S. and in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, India, and Puerto Rico … people with and people without a lawyer!

If you have a lawyer, my course will save you thousands in legal fees, because you’ll know what your lawyer should be doing to earn his or her fees!

If you don’t have a lawyer, my course will show you the proper method to win your case … step-by-step!

This diagram in printable form is included in my official, affordable, step-by-step, 24-hour Jurisdictionary course that includes many other diagrams, charts, sample forms, and simplified explanations that demonstrate how to use the rules of court with practical tactics that give you the power to win … with or without a lawyer!

If you don’t already have my course, order now.

A picture is worth a thousand words, and this diagram could be worththousands of dollars to YOU if you learn what it teaches and apply it in your court case!

1. The plaintiff in this simple chart sues Defendant A and Defendant B.

2. Defendant B counter-claims against Plaintiff.

3. Defendant A cross-claims against Defendant B.

4. Defendant B counter-cross-claims against Defendant A.

5. Defendant A also files a third-party complaint against Third Party Defendant.

6. Third-Party Defendant counter-claims against Defendant A.

There are variations on each of these that you’ll learn about in my simplified step-by-step course, but each of the variations is really just a type of one of these shown in the diagram.

See how simple lawsuits really are?

In some cases the complaint is called a “petition” and the person filing it is called the “petitioner”, but the types are the same. Most cases involve plaintiffs and defendants, but in actions that sound principally in “equity” (explained in my course) the plaintiff is called a petitioner, and the responding party is called a respondent. Otherwise, case structure is the same.Learn from Jurisdictionary step-by-step

Knowledge overcomes fear.

Knowledge brings confidence.

Confidence yields courage and determination.

Couple these together the way I teach in my course, and you have the winning formula for success in court!

If you must fear something, fear not knowing how to use the rules of court to win!

The rules are on YOUR side. Once you learn what I teach about using them tactically and strategically to control courtroom corruption, the rules give power to overcome your opponent and corrupt judges.

Cursing the darkness does no good at all.

There will be darkness.

There will be corruption.

There will be dirty tricks and crooked maneuvers by the other side.

There will be judges who are biased against you.

BUT!

The knowledge you need is mostly common sense.

It is nothing like differential calculus or quantum theory.

It’s all straight-forward, step-by-step procedure that is regulated by rules any average 8th grader can learn.

REMEMBER: The hardest part of winning in court is having a clear idea what’s happening and why!

Learn how the Justice System works … step-by-step!

Know how each simple step in the process fits together and how increasing your knowledge of the details of each simple step in the process will bring you closer to the victory and justice you deserve!

Everyone knows there are only 9 innings in a baseball game (unless the teams are tied at the bottom of the 9th). Everyone knows the visiting team gets to be first to bat. Everyone knows a batter has to go back to the dugout after 3 strikes. It’s simple. It’s baseball. It’s America!

But, how many of you or your friends know how simple a lawsuit is?

How many parts does a lawsuit have?

How do the separate parts fit together?

Not many people know how simple lawsuits really are!

Because you were never taught – and my profession has kept this valuable knowledge from you on purpose – most of you are at the mercy of lawyers!

It shouldn’t be that way here in America!

So, I created my step-by-step Jurisdictionary course.

Now everyone can know how to win in court!

Learn how to state your position clearly in writing using properly-drafted pleadings, motions, and memoranda.

Learn why, how, and when to object in court properly with solid grounds for objections the court cannot ignore.

Learn how to examine your own witnesses, using direct examination when you cannot use leading questions.

Learn how to cross-examine your opponent’s witnesses in a way that gets answers you need, instead of alienating witnesses with leading questions that pry unnecessarily.

Gain judges’ RESPECT by demonstrating you know how to follow the official rules and won’t be wasting valuable court time or trying judges’ patience with a bizarre legal theory you learned about in an email!

Only the rules rule.

Nothing else works!

Knowing the rules of litigation (the rules of evidence and the rules of procedure) and how to use them properly is how you win favor with judges!

Winning favor with judges is a good thing!

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Using complex legal language you barely understand will get you nowhere.

Trying to trick the other side will get you nowhere.

Knowing how to use the rules will get you victory!

You will impress judges and gain favor with the court by using the easy-to-learn tactics and procedures I explain in my 24-hour step-by-step Jurisdictionary course.

I make it so easy an average 8th grader can understand it all and apply the principles effectively to win in court.

If you don’t know the rules and how to use them, if you waste the court’s valuable time with arguments that don’t hold “legal water”, if you object but don’t know the grounds for your objections, and continue to irritate the judge and waste the court’s time by not knowing how things are done in court, you cannot expect the judge to be favorable to your cause.Learn from Jurisdictionary step-by-step

When I first started learning 25 years ago what I make easy for you to learn with my affordableofficial Jurisdictionary self-help course, the business of law was often confusing and overwhelming at times. Getting my feet wet as a fledgling lawyer, I often had to go up against lawyers who had as much experience as I have now, and they cut me no slack. The advantage I had over younger lawyers (I didn’t start my practice until age 42) was common sense and life experience. I learned quickly how to avoid traps and tricks of my opponents.

In the past quarter-century I learned what it takes to win.

Now you can know what I learned in those 25 years of fighting in the courthouse trenches!

It’s not all about the law, you see!

It’s about knowing how to use the rules!

You can know the “law” about the facts of your case. You can cite and recite it backward and forward. You can convince your friends and family members that you have the law “on your side”.

But!

If you don’t yet know what I explain in my affordable and increasingly popular 24-hour step-by-step Jurisdictionary course, you will still lose!

I WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO WIN!

Far too many good people lose in court because they don’t know how to control the lawyer on the other side or the black-robed judge on the bench. They may, indeed, have the “law on their side”, but if they don’t know how to control a deposition (for just one small example) or when to proceed to deposition or how to draft a proper motion or why it’s important to make courtroom objections (for just a few additional examples) they lose … needlessly!

Would you pay $249 to win your case?

My 3-years at law school cost tens of thousands. And, there’s no price you can put on my 25 years of experience defeating crooked lawyers, controlling corrupt judges, and winning critical battles in-the-trenches for my clients!

My education and experience can be yours!

It’s all in my affordable and increasingly popular 24-hour step-by-stepofficial Jurisdictionary course.

If you don’t already have my course, get it now!

If you have it and haven’t yet studied all 4 CDs, get to work learning, before some crooked lawyer or corrupt judge throws you under the proverbial bus!

You must make an effort … if you want to win!

Spend just 24-hours with Jurisdictionary to discover the secrets my profession doesn’t want you to know!

Master procedural law and the methods that win!

Just having “the law on your side” is not enough!

If you don’t know “how to play the game”, you’ll lose!


Once you know what Jurisdictionaryteaches, you’ll never again fall into the trap of thinking that knowing “substantive law” is enough.

Why be tricked by other members of my profession?

Learn how to win favor with judges.

Learn procedural law: The Rules of Evidence and the Rules of Procedure.

And, learn how to use the rules effectively to win!

Take advantage of my 25 years of experience!

Beware the law firm of Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe!

I go into every case expecting the lawyer on the other side to be a liar and a crook. I anticipate the judge will be biased against me, so I win over the judge by showing that I know the law and how to use the rules correctly!

Go to www.WordWar.com to learn more.

Don’t be tricked by your lack of legal knowledge!

Smart litigants know what Jurisdictionary teaches!

Smart litigants win!

Do YOU want to win?

You really can’t expect to win if you only know what you learn from your in-box, from amateur lawyer wannabe legal gurus, or weekend seminars run by folks who have no law degree or extended courtroom experience.

I’ve been a member of the bar for 25 years!

I know what it takes to win and will show YOU how!

Control the court with Jurisdictionary!

Ask anyone who has my course.

It’s easy to learn … and it works!

www.Jurisdictionary.com

DEMAND YOUR AMERICAN RIGHTS IN THE COURTS!

Learn how and teach EVERYONE ELSE to learn how also!

Dr. Frederick D. Graves

Jurisdictionary

 

 

Trusting Lawyers Loses Lawsuits !

25 May

 

Win with Jurisdictionary!If you’re like most people, you don’t trust lawyers … I don’t either! 

You’re smart!

If you’re really smart, you won’t trust judges, either!

Many judges are excellent people who try their best to give everyone the benefit of law and follow the rules of court.

A few are horrible tyrants or downright crooks.

YOU DARE NOT TRUST JUDGES OR LAWYERS!

You MUST go into every lawsuit doubting the honesty of the judge.

You must be on guard against the shady ethics of the lawyer on the other side.

And (if you’re lucky enough to be able to afford one) it’s a good idea to keep a close watch on your own lawyer!

The multitude of lawyer jokes ought to give you a clue!

Q: What’s 5,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?

A: A good start!

Is there another profession with anywhere near as many criticallynegative jokes about its members? Of course not!

There must be a reason, and YOU must beware!

Court battles are an axe-fight! Don’t forget it!

The other side’s lawyer is going to play every dirty trick the judge allows.

Count on it.

Plan ahead for it.

Be prepared to combat it and PROTECT YOURSELF!

Then there’s your own lawyer (if you’re rich enough to pay $300/hour or more to have one on your side). Dare you trust your own lawyer without first learning what it takes to win in court? 

Will your lawyer do what must be done to win?

If you cannot pay your lawyer for all the hours needed to get evidence, prepare for hearings, research the law, draft effective motions, etcetera, who is going to get the job done?

Will your lawyer even tell you what could have been done, what shouldhave been done … once you lose?

What if your lawyer gets up on the wrong side of bed?

What if your lawyer is afraid to stand up to the judge and threaten appeal by objecting to the judge’s rulings?

You’d be amazed how many are afraid of judges!

Where does this leave YOU?

Legal malpractice and courtroom corruption are on the rise these days, yet most people have no idea how to fight back and protect themselves. Most people have no idea what it takes to win in court …or how easy it is once you learn how!

When a judge lets a lawyer on the other side get away with smoke-and-mirrors games, YOU LOSE!

When a judge won’t let you make objections to preserve your record for appeal, YOU LOSE!

When your own lawyer (if you have one) bails at the last minute when crunch time comes or wimps out when it’s necessary to hold the judge accountable to the rules, if YOU don’t know what to do, YOU LOSE!

Most disturbing of all, if you lose for these reasons YOU CANNOT APPEAL YOUR LOSS!

The only way to protect yourself is to learn!

Know what it takes to win in court!

Use the official Jurisdictionary self-help course!

Jurisdictionary shows you what needs to be done. You’ll know how pleadings and motions should be drafted. You’ll know what must be done to force the other side to produce evidence. You’ll know the objections that must be made when the opposition tries to trick you with legalese or smoke-and-mirrors tactics. You’ll know how to keep the judge in line!

Without the easy-to-learn official Jurisdictionary self-help course, you’re at the mercy of the lawyer on the other side, at the mercy of the judge and, if you have a lawyer. you’re at the mercy of your very own lawyer!

If you don’t have Jurisdictionary, you lose!

Don’t be another sad lawsuit story!

Let Jurisdictionary show you how easy it is to win!

Then, if you must hire a lawyer you’ll know what should be done. You won’t pay for incompetence or laziness.

And, if you can’t afford a lawyer, you’ll know how to force the court to protect your rights and the rights of those you love.

It’s easy with our affordable 24-hour course.

Learn how to control the court — step-by-step.

Visit the Jurisdictionary to learn more!

Forward this to your friends. They’ll thank you for it.

Winners know how to control the court!

That’s how you win!

You have a remedy at law … if you know how to use it.

If you don’t yet know what we teach, you cannot imagine how much fun it is to force people to do what’s right by using the Jurisdictionary methods for winnning lawsuits.

You have POWER TO CONTROL THE COURT once you know the methods we explain so easily an 8th grader can learn and understand in just 24 hours!

All 4 CDs plus instant internet access as soon as you order, still only $249 (plus 7.50 for Priority Mail delivery).

What do you have to lose?

Losers believe in fables and get their legal education at the barbershop or expensive weekend seminars or websites run by people who never practiced law, never went to law school, and don’t know mud from sand about the Rules of Court or how to use those rules to control the court.

Yet, that IS what it takes to win!

Jurisdictionary was created by a lawyer with more than 23 years of real-time experience winning lawsuits!

Protect yourself!

If you have a lawyer, you’ll save thousands in legal fees just by knowing what your lawyer should be doing to win.

If you don’t have a lawyer, you’ll maximize the odds by knowing how to stop the opponent’s crooked tactics and how to get and keep the judge on your side!

To learn more, go to: www.Jurisdictionary.com

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Let Jurisdictionary show you how to stop the games!

Let Jurisdictionary give you power to enforce your rights!

Let Jurisdictionary enlighten you to the tools and weapons every one of you possess to force our courts to impose the rules on your opponents!

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People have been using Jurisdictionary for years to win in court. They learn the fundamentals and how to apply them wisely and effectively,and you can, too!

Click HERE or on the flowchart image below to see the Lawsuit Process at-a-glance.Win-Lose Flowchart

Yes!

It really IS this simple!

What good are “rights”, if you don’t know how to use the rules correctly to enforceyour rights?

Why remain in legal darkness?

It really IS this simple!

There’s a lot to learn, but you can learn it in 24 hours, and none of it is too difficult for the average 8th grader.

The Rules are fair.

The judge may not be fair.

The lawyer on the other side probably won’t be fair!

But, the Rules are fair!

YOU can learn how to use the rules to win!

It is NOT DIFFICULT!

Click HERE or click on the flowchart above to see the fundamentals at-a-glance.

It’s sad that so many today fear and hate the very system of Law & Order that is the only power that is able to protect them from villainy at the hands of their fellow man and the tyranny of despotic political power.

This chart shows how fundamentally easy it is!

Please be careful who you trust to teach you about the law and how our courts work! There are all kinds of folks who hold themselves out as “legal gurus” you. There is a “movement” in our nation that’s lost faith in America. The leaders of this “movement” see only evil and none of the good. You can detect them by their anger and the “nifty tricks” they say you can use to win in court to get around the rules.

The fact is, learning the Rules is very, very easy!

THE RULES ARE FAIR TO THOSE WHO KNOW THEM!

The Rules of Court are what guarantee your rights! If you cannotenforce your rights, you might as well not have any … because a “right” you cannot enforce is not worth much!

Even the Constitution itself is a set of “rules”.

The Rules of Court go hand-in-hand and are your power to secure Justice and enforce your rights!

Nothing else works!

Try writing letters to the governor. Doesn’t work.

Write letters to the Bar. Doesn’t work.

Write letters to your congressman. Doesn’t work.

Carry signs in the street. Doesn’t work.

Send emails to all your friends. Doesn’t work.

Learn how to use the Rules of Evidence and Rules of Procedure in Court … THEY WORK FAIRLY FOR YOU IF YOU KNOW HOW TO WORK THEM!

Most of you have taken a sacred oath before Almighty God to uphold the Constitution of the United States.

Yet, very, very few of you have any idea how to enforce the rights our Constitution promises or any of the rights promised to you by your state constitutions, statutes, or common law?

Why?

Because my profession doesn’t want you to know!

Make you angry?

I hope so!

Let’s tell everyone: Now is the time to learn!

Are you facing one of these battles?

  • Foreclosure
  • Custody
  • Child Support
  • Taxation Issues
  • Property Rights
  • Criminal Charges
  • Contract Disputes
  • Slander
  • Landlord-Tenant Problems
  • Etcetera …….

Short of grabbing your squirrel gun and a box of ammo, the only way you can get your “redress of grievances” is through using our court system wisely.

But! Notice the word, “wisely”.

You must understand what this week’s FREE flowchart explains clearly.

So, click HERE and study the flowchart now.

And, be certain to visit Jurisdictionary to learn more about theofficial 24-hour, step-by-step lawsuit self-help course that everyone is talking about these days!

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Forward this email and this link to the
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so your friends can see how easy it is to win.

I faithfully attended 3 years of classes in law school and read every page of a stack of lawbooks 20-feet high, but in all those years the very simple common-sense secrets of the simple process that lets any person of average intelligence Win in Court was never explained.

Jurisdictionary reveals the secrets lawyers don’t want you to know!

The process is simple, and YOU can do it!

If you have a lawyer, he may be unwilling to do it. He may be afraid to do it.

But, if you want to win, someone must do it!

I realize these Tips & Tactics newsletters urge you to order the self-help course. If you already have the official Jurisdictionary course, perhaps these newsletters will encourage you to learn more.

The things you don’t yet know are the very things your opponent will use to destroy your case!

Lawsuits are an axe fight.

Jurisdictionary is your axe!


 

 

Why You MUST do Legal Research …

23 May

 

You cannot win without controlling judges! 

And, you cannot control judges unless you research and cite controlling “legal authority” for every legal argument you seek to make on the court’s record!

The judge is not the legal authority!

Don’t let any judge scare you into believing otherwise!Control Judges with Jurisdictionary!

The law is the law, not the judge!

You must make it crystal clear on the court’s record that the judge will be reversed on appeal if he rules against you … because your legal research found appellate court opinions that control his jurisdictionand his decisions!

Read the testimonials ⇒

If you don’t do what the official Jurisdictionary course teaches, the judge will be free to ignore everything you say and rule any way he pleases in spite of what the law and facts prove to the contrary …because he knows he cannot be reversed on appeal.

The appeal process will not give you another bite at the proverbial apple. Either you make your points with the trial judge by citing “legal authority” that controls him, or run the risk of losing your case and being stuck with the decision forever!

Don’t believe me?

Go tell a judge what your personal opinions are about the law and how you think he should rule in your case, and see how far it gets you!

How you choose to read and interpret the law doesn’t count a bit … not even a tiny bit!

The only thing that counts is how the appellate courts read and interpret the law, and what they say the law means in regard to the facts of your case.

The other side will cite legal authorities for their case.

You must do the same … if you want to win.

If you’ve wandered through a law library in search of legal authority, you were probably amazed to find crowded shelves stuffed with volumes of similar-looking books, differing only by the mysterious numbers printed on their spines. Books that give no hint which one might hide the key to unlock the judge’s favor in your case. In a well-stocked law library there are thousands of books.

You cannot possibly read them all to find what you seek, and even the indexes, appendices, and annotations are a complex nightmare that requires years of experience to master.

On the other hand, on-line legal research is easy.

We show you how to do it in our official course.

Learn how to use on-line legal research and how to cite case-winning legal authority in my affordable step-by-step 24-hour official Jurisdictionary self-help course!

Know how to control the judge – or you will lose!

These “Tips & Tactics” newsletters are only the very tip of the iceberg of lawsuit knowledge you need to win. If you don’t already have my 24-hour step-by-step self-help course, go to my website and order now!

Learn how to research and cite … so you can WIN!

www.Jurisdictionary.com

Dr. Frederick David Graves, JD

 

 

What Lawyers Can Learn From LegalZoom

30 Sep

Unless you’ve been asleep for the last five years, you have probably heard of LegalZoom, the California-based, non-lawyer legal document preparation company that claims it has delivered over 1,000,000 wills to consumers, and that it is the largest incorporation company in the country.

LegalZoom is only one of hundreds of Internet-based legal form web sites that have emerged during the last 10 years and which are eating away at the market share of solos and small law firms. LegalZoom has been challenged by some state bars with the unauthorized practice of law, but hasn’t lost a case yet. They are serving thousands of customers who ordinarily would be served by solos and small law firms. They must be doing something that is in demand because they continue to grow at the expense of solos and small law firms.

LegalZoom, and non-lawyer legal form web sites like it, have a business model that consists of the following elements:

  • A legal service delivered purely over the Internet;
  • No physical offices, and thus no extensive rental costs to pass on to customers;
  • Limited services offered at a fixed price that can be easily compared with other providers including law firms;
  • The use of web-enabled document automation technology to reduce costs and increase productivity;
  • A secure customer portal where clients can execute legal tasks in their own personalized web space;
  • Access on their web site to thousands of pages of free legal information on hundreds of subjects;
  • Money-back guarantees to comfort consumers; and
  • Reliance on informed consumers to do part of the work, often called co-production, such as filing their own documents or executing their documents on their own based on provided instructions to keep costs down.

Consumers don’t seem to care that they are not dealing with a law firm. As lawyers, we know the service they are selling is risky for consumers, but for consumers it delivers a “good enough” result. LegalZoom would not be growing at this fast a rate if they weren’t offering something that consumers want and value.

How to Compete Against Legal Zoom and Other Non-Lawyer Providers

In the new, competitive environment that solos and small law firms face in the current economy, the keys to law firm survival are to expand the strategic options available by opening new client markets, reducing the cost of services, and delivering legal services in a way that distinguishes your firm from other firms in the pack. These strategic options should be mixed with more traditional approaches to differentiation such as specialization within a niche practice area.

It is time for solos and small law firms that offer personal legal services to the broad middle class to rethink their law firm business models. There are many opportunities for incorporating some of the elements of the LegalZoom business model into a more traditional law practice.

To name a few:

  • Consider offering "unbundled" limited legal services at a fixed price, both on-line and off-line;
  • Leverage a reputation in your local community and a physical office into an on-line brand that is both local to your community and extends throughout your state;
  • Add virtual law office functionality to your web site so that your clients can have the option of interacting with you on-line;
  • Figure out ways of using Internet-based technologies, such as web-enabled document automation to strip out costs from your overhead structure increasing profitability;
  • Figure out how to segment the market offering lower priced services for more routine matters in order to build trust so that when a client has amore complex problems they will turn to you for assistance;
  • Emphasize all of the advantages of using an attorney over a non-lawyer forms provider in your marketing materials and your elevator speech. Click here to see one such comparison.
  • Use web-based technologies to respond to both prospects and clients within hours rather than days.
  • Reduce the perceived risk that consumers have in retaining a lawyer by increasing transparency and structuring forms of performance guarantees.
  • Adopt project management technologies to better estimate costs and fees on more complex projects, translating that data into communications that clients understand.

The current depressed economy and its affect on the broad middle class is not going to change tomorrow. It is likely that solos and small law firms, will have to adjust to new pricing and market realities in the future as competition from non-lawyer providers of legal solutions continues to increase. Large law firms serving large corporations may be immune from these developments, at least for a few years any way, but the fact that Big Law is changing relatively slowly should not mask the rapid changes happening to solos and small law firm practitioners that serve consumers and small business.

I heard a report the other day that the volume of wills and estates practice in one state declined by 50% during the past year. I predict that this trend will continue and not reverse itself, despite any improvements in the economy.

Some commentators think that the monopoly will hold. History and the experience of other countries in deregulating the legal profession suggests otherwise.

Welcome to the "new normal."