By Justin O’Dell Last month, we learned that Dick’s sister called, informing him that Mom is starting to decline in health. As a result, Dick’s sister is going to be “added” to all of Mom’s bank accounts just in case she needs to pay her bills. Sound familiar? What could go wrong? Unless Mom is very, very careful or has…
By Justin O’Dell As introduced last month, Dick and Jane are a young, married couple with three children. Dick and Jane have never been able to find the time to sit down and prepare their Wills. They are now asking friends and family about getting it done. Some of the common myths they are hearing are as follows: 1) “Don’t…
News of the suicide of Mindy McCready on February 17, 2013 left the country music world in a state of shock. It was no secret that as part of her personal struggles, McCready had been involved in an ongoing, contested custody dispute with the father of her 6 year old son, Zander. McCready also had another child, a 10 month…
by Justin O’Dell Most family law cases are decided on State, rather than Federal, law and also rarely involve issues arising under the U.S. Constitution. As a result, it is extraordinarily rare to have the Supreme Court of the United States weigh in on a domestic case. On February 19, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court did just that, issuing an…
With the broadcast of the 55th annual Grammy Awards on February 10, 2013, it seems that the relationship between Chris Brown and Rihanna has come full circle. While the pair attended this award show arm in arm this year, it was the night before this very event in 2009 that Chris Brown was arrested on charges of domestic abuse against…
by Justin O’Dell For our first post, I thought that the best idea would be to introduce Dick and Jane and start things off on a happy note. As I mentioned, this portion of the blog will take Dick and Jane through a variety of life events. It will be impossible to keep the story chronological and linear, so I…
Ethics for Litigators, National Business Institute (Presented Nationally, July 25, 2012) Click the following link to view the PDF: Ethics for Litigators
Election Challenges in Georgia (2011) Click the following link to view the PDF: Election Challenges in Georgia
Facebook Meets Voir Dire The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of Mining the Internet During Litigation (Presented to National Association of Legal Secretaries, May 17, 2011, Cobb County Legal Secretaries Association, October 26, 2012, Cobb County Bar Association, Family Law CLE, December 14, 2012). Click the following link to view the PDF: Facebook meets Voir Dire: The Good, The…
The Court System & You A Primer for Clergy, Non-Profit Organizations and Churches (Presented to Cobb County Area Pastors, February 22, 2011) Click the following link to view the PDF: The Court System & You by O’Dell Hungerford Blanchard & Booth
