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Attorney Suzyn Card is a respected member of the Contra Costa County legal community. During more than a decade in practice, she has served notably as a court-appointed representative of parents and children in cases involving allegations of child abuse or neglect, a juvenile defense attorney for young adults accused of crimes, and a family law advocate for individuals mired in the conflict of separation or divorce. Her practice serves clients throughout California. She stands prepared to take on cases involving family law, divorce, custody and support modifications.
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At the Card Law Firm, you get direct access to an family law and divorce attorney who personally responds to your questions and crafts solutions to your legal concerns. Direct access to your family law lawyer gives you peace of mind that comes with knowing that the lawyer you hire is the one who will handle the details of your case. This direct-to-lawyer approach is the strength and hallmark of the firm’s legal practice.
Communication and compromise form the basis for our settlement-oriented approach, which involves solving problems rather than allowing them to escalate into full-blown litigation. In the cases where peaceful resolution is simply impossible, we stand ready to represent you in court. Here, our approach involves hard-hitting advocacy that brooks no compromise. You should know, however, that once you head into the courtroom, costs inevitably rise and the burden falls on your lawyer to convince a judge to rule in your favor.
Escalating costs of litigation can often be traced back to a family’s failure to take a rational and even-handed approach to settlement negotiations. Our attorney makes it a priority to keep the emotions out of a highly-charged legal situation whether it is in regards to divorce or child custody to keep the costs reasonable.
1255 Treat Blvd. Suite 300 Walnut Creek CA 94597
Biography
Alicia Dixon, Esq. is a partner at Dixon & Odom Attorney at Law with a concentration in Family and Immigration law. Attorney Dixon was raised in Palm Beach county. As the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, she understands the personal needs of immigrants and their families in a unique manner. Attorney Dixon is a graduate of Florida State University where she received her Bachelor and Law degree. In law school, Attorney Dixon worked in Rwanda alongside human rights attorneys and country leaders to improve the quality of life of genocide victims and their children. She fought aggressively for their legal rights in the areas of land rights, medical treatments, schooling and employment. She co-authored a legal rights handbook as a reference for grassroots human rights organizations.?
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Dixon & Odom Attorneys at Law provides a full range of legal services to clients throughout the state of Florida. The attorneys at Dixon & Odom are focused on providing clients with high-quality representation in the areas of family law, immigration law, criminal defense, and personal injury. Our representation goes beyond business hours and is tailored to fit your specific needs.
Whether you’ve been arrested, going through a divorce or custody battle, concerned about your immigration status, or injured in a car accident, Dixon & Odom will fight for you!
2500 Quantum Lakes Drive Suite 203 Boynton Beach FL 33426
Biography
Heritage M. Filer represents clients in all aspects of family law, from divorces and child custody disputes to domestic violence allegations. She works at finding creative solutions to complex family law issues.
Attorney Heritage has also volunteered her time with Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), King County Neighborhood Legal Clinics, and Access to Justice (a community justice center that provides legal education and free advice to under-privileged communities). She received the Pro Bono Publico Service Commendation in 2010, 2011 and 2013.
Rich and Heritage will partner with you to help you through the strain of your family law matter; you will work as a team. Their priority is to resolve their clients’ cases quickly and at a reasonable cost, so their clients can get on with their lives. However, when an agreement/settlement is not an option, then Rich and Heritage are not afraid to take the case to court to get a favorable resolution for their clients
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The Law Offices of CASSADY ∙ FILER, L.L.P. is a small, boutique law firm based in the Pioneer Square neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. CASSADY ∙ FILER, L.L.P. limits its practice to only family law issues; our recognized success is contributed, in part, to the experience gained from completely committing our time and focus to this area of law. In an effort to meet the needs of our community, we offer our legal services on a sliding fee scale.
811 First Avenue Ste 100 Seattle WA 98104
James W. Friauf
Employment & Labor Attorney at Law – Workplace Discrimination Lawyer Attorney Law Office of James W. Friauf, PLLCBiography
James’s hobbies include rattling off obscure movie quotes and tormenting the office staff with various electronic gadgets. If you haven’t seen Star Wars, don’t tell him. A self-proclaimed nerd, James used to be a robot himself. After graduating from Middle Tennessee State University and the University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law, James began his legal career representing large corporations and insurance companies at prominent law firms in East and West Tennessee before serving as Labor Counsel to the United States Army. Fortunately, James has re-claimed his humanity and now devotes both his practice and his life to a cause he holds near and dear to his heart: “Helping Everyday People and Those Who Serve Everyday People.” With a passion for employment law and civil rights litigation, James is more than a voice for the voiceless; he recognizes the power of letting people speak for themselves. Simply put, James is definitely someone you want in your corner. You will be hard-pressed to find another person more dedicated to your cause. To put it in his own words, “Since I’ve opened this firm, I’ve never had to ‘work’ a day in my life.”
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The mission of James W Friauf, Attorney at Law is “Helping Everyday People and Those Who Serve Everday People.” Specifically, we assist Everyday People in the areas of the law that are most relevant to them on a daily basis: employment matters, on-the-job injuries, car and truck accidents, divorce and child custody, and wills and trusts. We also provide a wide range of legal services to charities and nonprofit organizations at rates lower than those of larger firms. We do so because we recognize it is important that these organizations receive quality legal representation while minimizing the expenditure of precious resources used to care for those in our communities.
9724 Kingston Pike Suite 104 Knoxville TN 37922
David Michael Good
Criminal Defense Lawyer – DUI & DWI Attorney David Michael Good, P.C. Attorney at LawBiography
Experienced in State and Federal Courts in Virginia
I’ve spent my legal career fighting to protect others’ rights in state and federal courts in Virginia, and I’ve represented clients from many areas of Virginia as well as clients from throughout the United States and numerous foreign nationals in the state and federal courts in Virginia. I have practiced criminal and traffic law since 1999.
I also represent clients in Virginia expungement matters (petitioning a circuit court to expunge criminal charges that were nolle prosequi (or formally dropped), the client was acquitted, or the charge was otherwise dismissed).
Throughout my entire legal career my law offices have been in Virginia Beach or Norfolk, Virginia. I have practiced in all of the courts in the Virginia Beach/Norfolk area, as well as many courts outside of the area. While I occasionally represent clients outside of the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, my primary geographical areas of representation are Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Hampton, Newport News, and Northampton.
Unique Background
Before attending law school (1996 – 1999) I served as a U.S. Army Ranger (3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment), a city police officer (Lynchburg, Virginia), and as a Virginia state trooper. While I have been in private practice since graduating from law school and becoming a licensed attorney subsequent to the Virginia bar exam in 1999, I worked as an intern in the Virginia Beach Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney and the Chesapeake Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney during law school.
I prosecuted numerous trials during my internship with the Virginia Beach Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney (during my third year of law school, while in the presence of a licensed attorney (prosecutor).
I believe that my combination of legal, law enforcement, and military experience provides me with a unique skill set to assist clients in their criminal and traffic law matters. I have litigated scores of cases since being admitted to the Virginia State Bar in 1999, including high profile cases.
Strong Litigation Skills
I believe that I am an experienced, skilled litigator (trial attorney) with more than 20 years of courtroom experience in state and federal courts in Virginia. I have represented clients in jury trials in federal and state courts in Virginia. I represented a Somali national accused of piracy under the law of nations, among other charges in a federal jury trial, which was a case with national media coverage. I have represented clients in other federal jury trials accused of RICO, murder, robbery, conspiracy, firearms charges, etc.
I have represented foreign nationals in federal court from Belarus, Argentina, Mexico, Senegal, and another Somali national in a high profile piracy matter involving Americans on a yacht (S/V Quest). I have represented clients in numerous state jury trials accused of violent felonies as well as non-violent felonies.
While every case is unique and the results depend on a variety of factors, I have had jury verdicts that acquitted my clients of the charged crimes in a federal jury trial and state jury trials. I have represented hundreds of clients in trials before judges, which are known as bench trials. I have represented clients on appellate matters and argued before the Court of Appeals of Virginia and the Supreme Court of Virginia, and I have had cases in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Please remember that these case results do not in any way guarantee or predict a similar result in any future case undertaken by me.
Strong Negotiation Skills
Many serious criminal law cases do not go to trial – they are settled or agreed upon by plea agreement. While negotiations and trial work require different skill sets, I am well-experienced in both.
While I pride myself in being a litigator, or trial attorney, not every case does, or should, go to trial. Many cases can be resolved without the necessity — or expense — of trial. Part of being a skilled and experienced attorney is knowing when to recommend to a client that a case should be taken to trial.
The decision is ultimately the client’s to make, and it is not always an easy decision. I believe it is important that opposing counsel (the prosecutor) knows that his or her counterpart has extensive trial experience.
Principles
One of my fundamental principles is that I am honest. I always tell my clients the truth, whether it is what the client prefers to hear or otherwise. While the practice of law ultimately is a business, it is a profession, and it requires proper education, experience, legal skill, and the ability to talk to clients in clear, understandable, and candid terms.
It is essential that clients are aware of the potential perils that they may face by taking or not taking some course of action. Clients will receive an honest assessment of their legal matters from me at the initial consultation, and throughout my representation.
780 Lynnhaven Parkway Suite 400 Virginia Beach Virginia 23452-7332