Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Legal Lad, Legal Lad's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. It is not necessary to have an attorney just in case you need advice, but it is a good idea. You cannot always foresee what legal problems you will have, and it can provide peace of mind if you have someone ready to call if you should need help. csy211 legal Much of the fascination of Ethiopia lies in its myriad historical sites, the obelisks and stele of Axum, wow goldAion kinahthe churches and coptic monasteries in the Tigre, in the Lake Tana isles and in the Lalibela: the African Jerusalem with its monolithic churches. http://legallad.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-find-a-lawyer.aspx?commentid=21161#Comments http://legallad.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-find-a-lawyer.aspx?commentid=21161#Comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:30:41 GMT Legal Lad legal Hello. http://legallad.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-find-a-lawyer.aspx?commentid=20133#Comments http://legallad.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-find-a-lawyer.aspx?commentid=20133#Comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:36:16 GMT eileen legal nice http://legallad.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-find-a-lawyer.aspx?commentid=17159#Comments http://legallad.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-find-a-lawyer.aspx?commentid=17159#Comments Tue, 26 May 2009 11:41:25 GMT Carrie legal Hi Legal Lad, My landlord kept my deposit ($4700.00) when I moved out and I received a statement/ accounting of how said funds were supposedly used 22 days later. He listed items such as carpet, plumbing, cleaning, landscaping, etc. but included no receipts. Other than for regular 'wear and tear' to the carpet, we left the house in pristine condition and none of his deductions from my security deposit were reasonable. In addition, he has made no such repairs to the property (which I see on a daily basis since it is located less than half a mile from my present residence). I would like to file a small claims suit against him to try and recover my deposit but I have been unable to serve him. Do I have any other recourse? Since personal service seems to be a requirement for small claims, can he just get away with keeping my money by hiding from me? Basically, he has sold his primary residence and he has had all of his mail forwarded to his income property which he has just listed for sale as well. He does not even have a place of business where he can be served. I believe that he is now living out of state but I haven't been able to find an address for him anywhere. I would like to try and get a judgment prior to the close of escrow on the sale of his property so that I can file a lien against it. (Because he has lost his business and appears to be having financial difficulty, it is my belief that he intends to 'stiff' all of his creditors and liening his property would atleast ensure that I would be paid out of escrow). Please let me know what you think. Thanks, -Carrie G. from California http://legallad.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-find-a-lawyer.aspx?commentid=4415#Comments http://legallad.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-find-a-lawyer.aspx?commentid=4415#Comments Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:06:43 GMT Legal Lad legal Unfortunately, I cannot. Attorneys are bound by strict ethical guidelines, and the disclaimer is necessary to protect both listeners and me. http://legallad.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-find-a-lawyer.aspx?commentid=92#Comments http://legallad.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-find-a-lawyer.aspx?commentid=92#Comments Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:28:10 GMT Legal Lad legal It is intended to be a gavel, and not gunshots. http://legallad.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-find-a-lawyer.aspx?commentid=90#Comments http://legallad.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-find-a-lawyer.aspx?commentid=90#Comments Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:26:14 GMT Doug legal Please lose the disclaimer. http://legallad.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-find-a-lawyer.aspx?commentid=87#Comments http://legallad.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-find-a-lawyer.aspx?commentid=87#Comments Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:15:08 GMT Benjamin legal Not related to this specific podcast--the intro music in the beginning is followed by a crowd noise and 3 loud bangs. Is this sound simulating a court room and a gavel, or did someone just get shot? An official answer to this question would clear up a disagreement I have with a friend. http://legallad.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-find-a-lawyer.aspx?commentid=84#Comments http://legallad.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-find-a-lawyer.aspx?commentid=84#Comments Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:08:25 GMT Paris Granville legal Hello Legal Lad, Thanks for the advice. I've been looking for an estate planner for sometime, but 90% of the lawyers in the yellow pages are ambulance chasers. I did leave a message for 2 different estate lawyers, they didn't return my call. So it seems that market pressures favor criminal law or estate planing. Another unrelated question: Do the airlines have the legal authority to detain you for 11 hours without providing food, toilets, or water? This seems similar to unlawful imprisonment, but I don't know the legal definition. If I'm travelling alone I could manage. But we are planning to take our kids to see their grandmother in Belgium soon. I'm terrified of finding myself in a position of ripping up tee-shirts for diapers and breastfeeding my 5 year-old and my baby under a wool blanket imposed by the filght attendant, just so they won't starve to death. Okay, I admit that this seems like unreasonable post-partum hormones talking. Can you clarify our legal rights on the tarmac? Does state law apply? Is the captain the ultimate arbitrar? To want extent must we accept the unreasonable demands of the flight attendants? Thanks http://legallad.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-find-a-lawyer.aspx?commentid=86#Comments http://legallad.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-find-a-lawyer.aspx?commentid=86#Comments Sun, 18 Mar 2007 02:08:03 GMT Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:30:41 GMT http://legallad.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-find-a-lawyer.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us