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Legal Fees, Tax Issues, Loans To Clients & Ethics
Contingent Legal Fees Explained by Georgia Civil Justice Foundation by FindLaw.com
Client Rights-Attorney Responsibilities & the Rules of Engagement in NYS as of 03-04-02 - By Bertholon-Rowland Corp., the leading Professional Malpractice Liability insurance agent.
Computation of Expenses in Contingent Fee Agreements - Note that lawyers in some states like NY, must deduct expenses from the gross settlement and compute the fee percentage from the net settlement amount.
Is your settlement taxable or tax exempt? What's in your release? Settlements and jury verdict awards for emotional distress may be taxable and for lost income is surely taxable. I have always stated in my client's release that the settlement is for physical personal injuries and non-economic losses only. If your release is silent on these issue, the IRS will make the decisions. Before taking your case to verdict, be aware that the jury will allocate your award.
Tax Issues and Contingent Fee Awards - Were you awarded legal fees?
Loans to Clients and Repayment of Expenses - (NYS Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics) Question: May a lawyer refer a client to a financial institution that will lend the client money for living expenses, where the repayment of the loan is contingent on the successful resolution of the client’s claim for personal injuries? This answer also has a good explanation why a client must repay litigation expenses to his/her lawyer.
Ethics Opinions Regarding Non-Recourse Funding - A list of opinions in most states concerning money provided to plaintiffs in personal injury cases.
Free Legal Forms for Consumers - from LawSmart (forms are not recommended by HURT911®)
Freedom of Information Kit - Instructions and form letters for a FOIA request.
NYS Notary License Application & Info
All You Need To Know About Mediation But...
NAM - National Arbitration & Mediation - NAM is a global dispute resolution provider offering a cost-effective alternative to expensive and time-consuming litigation. The Company has a network of more than 1,500 retired judges and practicing specialists to provide arbitration and mediation services in every major city around the world.
Mediate.com is a meeting place for people dealing with conflict. You will find over 700 Articles and Discussions to increase your knowledge about mediation and conflict resolution.
American Arbitration Association (AAA)
American Arbitration Association (AAA) SUM/UM and No-Fault Arbitration Demand forms for all states.
Subject Guide by Internet Legal Research Compass - brings together a wide variety of legal information in a number of subject areas. For the areas covered, you may find: A research summary (including subject search links to the Villanova online card catalog), quicklinks to top sites, in-depth subject links, fee databases of interest, and new and notable sites in that field.
'Lectric Law Library - lots of legal research with some humor.
NationalLawLibrary - Affordable legal research. You can pay by the search, as little as $2.95.
Statutes of Limitations For All States - scroll down to the bottom of the page for a chart.
Wrongful Death Caps For All States - obtained from the Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Is your state a No-Fault state?
Rupp's Insurance Glossary - Search for legal and insurance definitions. Rupp's Insurance & Risk Management Glossary is the insurance industry's authoritative standard and a must for every insurance, business and legal library.
Free legal research at LexisOne
Research all kinds of stuff at LexisOne
All the Codes & Statutes in one place at LexisOne
Statutes and other Resources for all States - at FindlawLaw
Statutes in all States - Legal Information Institute Cornell Law School
The Virtual Chase ® - A Research Site for Legal Professionals
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - Cornell Law School
Federal Rules of Evidence - Cornell Law School
Code of Federal Regulations - Cornell Law School
Federal Cases & Code/Fed Regulations
Federal Rulemaking - the federal judiciary's web site on the federal rules of practice, procedure, and evidence.
Biographical Data on Federal Judges - Find biographical information on judges of U.S. District Courts, U.S. Circuit Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the Supreme Court, going back to 1789.
University Law Review Project - "virtual law library" - full-text search and retrieval of dozens of leading law journals.
Administrative Codes and Registers - hypertext links, organized by state, to bulletins, journals, registers, and codes.
Shepards citation - to see if a case is still good law (must pay a fee per case or become a subscriber)
Basic Legal Citation - by Peter W. Martin, Cornell Law School.
FindLaw Internet Legal Resources - provides links to legal organizations, consultants and experts, U.S. Federal government Resources, cases and codes, state law resources, news.
The Health Law Resource - for those interested in health care law. Primarily intended as a resource for health care practitioners, professionals or anyone interested in learning more about the dynamic field of health care law, and more specifically, the regulatory and transactional aspects of health care law practice.
ATLAExchange - For ATLA members only. The Exchange provides services critical to trial practice, including:
A network of colleagues ready to share knowledge and experience.
Access to other members' successful complaints, memos, briefs, depositions, and other documents (many of which are often unpublished and unavailable from any other source), giving members a starting point for case acceptance and/or trial preparation.
Timely "hot topic" information and awareness of areas for practice and client development.
DepoConnect - The world's largest on-line deposition bank exclusively for plaintiff lawyers.
The National Crime Victim Bar Association
Medical & Legal Briefs - at the Chemical Injury Information Network
How much is your case worth? Find a Jury Verdict Reporter for your state at NASJVP The National Association of State Jury Verdict Publishers.
Verdict Search.com - National Law Journal
Mobile Scanner & Radar-Detector Laws in the US By Todd L. Sherman/KB4MHH
Federal Guidelines for Drunk Driving, Car Crashes, Train Accidents, Etc.- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s ""Desk Book"" for police officers contains federal guidelines on everything from field sobriety testing, breath machines and traffic stops to highway engineering and railroad grade crossing safety. It could potentially be used as evidence as to whether proper standards were met.
Social Security Disability Law - information on cases including news, regulations, forms and guides to specific disabilities.
Uniform State Laws - www.nccusl.org / www.law.upenn.edu/bll/ulc/ulc.htm - These sites provide information on the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, including the full text of all uniform laws and their current legislative status.
Federal Courts
Supreme Court Cases - Historic
The Federal Court Locator - access information related to the federal judiciary, including slip opinions, provided by the Villanova Internet Legal Research Compass.
Courts.Net - access to trial-level courts.
Law Library Resource Xchange - Federal and State court rules, forms and dockets. A wealth of information.
PACER - electronic access to U.S. District, Bankruptcy, and Appellate court records.
The Law Engine - provides links to Federal Courts, Federal and State Law, Federal Cases, law libraries, newspapers, general libraries, dictionaries, attorney directories, legal associations.
State Courts
The State Court Locator - is a service provided by Villanova University School of Law.
Law Library Resource Xchange - Federal and State court rules, forms and dockets. A wealth of information.
Find a Personal Injury Attorney at HURT911®
NYC Sidewalk & Crosswalk Defects - Since 1982, Big Apple Pothole & Sidewalk Protection Committee has provided New York City with the legally required written notice of sidewalk, curb and crosswalk defects in the five boroughs of New York. Thorough and professional searches save attorneys countless hours in preparing their clients' cases. Attorneys using Big Apple's services are provided (usually within 48 hours) with accurate information, two clear and legible maps and our assistance down the road should you need it. Big Apple is able to support its findings by testifying in court.
NYS Secretary of State Corporation & Business Entity Database
NYS Dept. of Motor Vehicles - Forms
How to Open a NYS DMV Dial In Account - Search DMV records to obtain instantaneous displays from DMV's major files via your PC and modem.
NYS Law Resources - at Findlaw.com
AAA NYS SUM/UM Arbitration Demand form
AAA NYS No-Fault Insurance Arbitration Demand Form
NYS Government Information Locator Service
General Guidance to the Families of the Victims of a Disaster - This document was provided to the families of victims of the crash of TWA Flight 800 in July 1996 by a team of lawyers from the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
Free Newsletters for Lawyers: Insurance Coverage Pointers; Health Law Pointers; & Employment Law Pointers.
Check to see if your lawyer is registered in NYS
New York Decisions of Interest
Tai
Tran v. New Rochelle Hospital Medical Center - Court of Appeals - Ruling
that surveillance films
are discoverable on demand pursuant to CPLR 3101(i).
NYS Courts - Home page.
NYS Courts Future Appearance System - Check for future court appearances for your case or law office. Available free for the public.
NYS State Court Holidays - Click here if you need to know if the court is closed.
New York State Unified Court System - Court Rules
Kings County Clerk - all kinds of information.
New York State Unified Court System OnLine Decision - Text Search
New York State Unified Court System OnLine Decision - Index # Search
NYCourts - six-month archive of decisions from NYS Court of Appeals, four Appellate Divisions and the Supreme Court. Access Court Calendar Official Court and Judges' Rules, Judicial Biographies, Court Jurisdiction & History, and Phone Directories.
Search the New York Slip Opinion Service - recently released State court decisions that have not yet been edited for publication in the Official Reports.
Appellate Division Second Department Forms
NYS Court Information for Non-Lawyers
Medical Malpractice News - Summaries of Recent Medical Research for Medical Malpractice Lawyers and Non Lawyers.
Personal Injury News - Summaries of Recent Medical Research for Personal Injury Lawyers and Non Lawyers.
Brain Injury: Proving a Lifetime Disability
Dr. Witherspoon Chief of Staff - An interesting assortment of articles reviewing medical malpractice cases.
Spanish Medical Translations - Translations of medical and pharmaceutical materials between Spanish and English languages by medical doctors, registered nurses and other professionals.
Practical Medical Malpractice Litigation Information - The 'Lectric Law Library
Find a Personal Injury Attorney at HURT911®
Wrongful Termination of Employment
A good explanation of what is and what is not wrongful termination.
Find a Personal Injury Attorney at HURT911®
Legal
Organizations & Associations
NYSTLA - New York State Trial Lawyers Association. Founded in 1953, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association is the largest statewide Bar Association dedicated to the representation of the consumers and injured of New York and preservation of the Civil Justice system.
Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) is the National Bar Association of attorneys representing the injured
Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia
International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association (ITCTLA)
ABA Attorney Locator - to find an attorney whose name you know. Double click your back button to get back here.
Laws.Com - provides links to: American Bar Association, National Association of Legal Assistants, National Federation of Paralegal Association, American Association of Law Libraries, Federal Bar Associations, State Bar Associations.
All State Trial Lawyer Associations (Personal Injury Bar Associations)
INVESTIGATIVE
LINKS FOR ATTORNEYS & THE PUBLIC
CLICK ON AN INVESTIGATION CATEGORY:
The
Indicates a Link of Special Interest to Personal
Injury Lawyers
pretrieve - Public record search engine.
ixquick
- The World's Most Powerful Meta Search Engine. Accepts complex searches,
integrates results well, eliminate duplicates, and offer additional features
such as intelligent ranking or clustering by subjects within your search
results. Results displayed can come from Yahoo!, LookSmart, AOL, and MSN, among
other major SE's.
metacrawler - Meta-search
engine that searches a number of places and returns results without the features
above. Searches include Google, AltaVista, and LookSmart, in addition to the
other major search engine databases.
Google - A Great Search
Engine.
Search Systems - Find someone who has a license. Over 13,277 Free
Searchable Public Record Databases!
Mail Drop Search Form - Many
scholarship scams use a mail drop as a return address, disguising the box number
as a suite number. A mail drop address alone should not be considered
confirmation of a scam, because legitimate firms sometimes use such mail boxes.
But the fact of a mail drop address, together with other warning signs, can be a
useful indicator of an operation's questionable legitimacy. Use this form
to search a database of more than 40,000 mailing, shipping, and packaging
stores, US Post Offices and other mail drops. You must supply at least the city
and state or the zip code
NetSpy Internet Intelligence Resources - Access thousands of free databases.
Need to serve a corporation? Find a Corporate Agent for service of process in all 50 states.
Registry of Former Federal Investigators - Experts from every federal agency available on any forensic subject.
Police Departments - (click on PD/SO
Master Search on lower left corner of their screen) Search 26,000+
records for police/sheriff's department addresses, telephone numbers.
NYPD Abbreviations - some of these may apply to your police department.
Federal and Industry Standards - Products liability and other lawyers can find information on federal and industry standards at the American National Standards Institute site.
Freedom of Information Kit - Instructions and form letters for a FOIA request.
US & International Military & Intelligence Agency Access
Sabre - Find airline trip information if you know a last name & reservation code
Find a Flight - Track a flight by Airline name and Flight number, or by city & arrival/departure times.
Flight Tracker - Track a flight by airline and flight number. See a graphical picture with flight info.
www.salariesreview.com/freedata
/ www.erieri.com/doltrends
- These two Web sites provide salary information for over 3000 different jobs
in 4800 U.S. cities.
Salary Wizard - Salary.com's compensation
database, contains salary information on thousands of job titles and calculates
salaries based on job title and geographic location. The Basic Report is
free.
IP Address Reverse Search - (ARIN) American Registry for Internet Numbers
Find out the geographical location of an IP Address - Geobytes
American Databank - the premier online provider of public records including criminal, civil, domestic, bankruptcy, and traffic cases.
Political Donation Search - Use the location search on any address to find those who live near that address who have made presidential campaign contributions. You can also search for any person by name.
Time - Cities at a glance, worldwide
Time - Worldwide
Time Zone Converter - Worldwide
Calculate the duration between two dates
Calculate the number of days to or from a given date
US Time - Official current US Time in all US time zones including US possessions.
UM Weather - Hundreds of weather sites, Forecasts, maps and more.
How to Obtain Official Climate Data also: ncdc.order@noaa.gov Help: Tom Ross or Neil Lott 828-271-4499 or 828-271-4996
USGS National Mapping Information
Geographic Nameserver - MIT Find information on a location in the US. Find out what county a city is in.
US Census Bureau - Find information on a location in the US
Find Info on a County - National Association of Counties.
Find out the geographical location of an IP (Internet Protocol) Address - Geobytes
Satellite Photography - terraserver.com
Satellite Photography - GlobeXplorer.com
Product defects:
Aerial
Photographs - a listing of links on Yahoo to Aerial Photographers around the
country for stock or custom photos.
Need to blow up the intersection
in your aerial photograph? Call Atlantic
Blueprint If you have a large exhibit blow up of an aerial photograph
showing a relatively small intersection with a large surrounding area which you
do not need, from your aerial exhibit, they can blow up only the intersection or
area you need.
NYS: see AERIAL-NY below.
Find your state's Motor Vehicle Department
State by State Listing of Department of Public Safety/Motor Vehicles Offices
List of
Diplomatic and US Government License Plate Codes
The
Most Dangerous Intersections in Your State - Should you check for road
design defects at your accident location?
Dangerous
Roads - Find out the number of fatal accidents on local roads in your
county.
Doctor Finder/Information - to find a doctor whose name you know.
Board Certified Physician Search
Medical Group Finder/Information
Hospital Finder/Information - to find a hospital whose name you know.
Hospital Web - to find a hospital's web site.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations - The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits nearly 19,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. An independent, not-for-profit organization, the Joint Commission is the nation’s predominant standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. This is a good source for investigations involving medical malpractice.
License, Background Info & Disciplinary Actions concerning doctors in several states
20,125 Questionable Doctors Disciplined by State & Federal Governments (Publication for sale)
New York State Department of Health Office of Professional Medical Conduct - professional misconduct by licensed physicians, physician assistants, or specialist assistants.
Disciplinary Actions - New York State Department of Education Office of the Professions - All professions: Certified Social Work - Chiropractic - Dentistry - Nursing - Occupational Therapy - Pharmacy - Podiatry - Psychology - Professional Engineering - Respiratory Therapy - Veterinary Medicine
License Verifications - New York State Department of Education Office of the Professions - All professions.
New York State Physician Profile
MedLegal
Research Group - Do you have a case where the value of the injuries
exceed the policy limit? FIND UNKNOWN EXCESS
LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICES! The MedLegal Research Group
specializes in tracing defendant's liability insurance policies. Their
specialized investigative service is provided on a no-find no-fee basis to
plaintiff's attorneys nationwide. This is probably the most important
service for your practice. In fact, once their service becomes widely
known, it could be malpractice not to use it. Call Justin Clapick
at 1-800-253-9022 and tell him you were referred by
HURT911®.
State Departments of Insurance - Find the Department of Insurance for any state.
Insurance Company Claims
Telephone numbers
Links to Insurance Company Web Sites
ALLSTATE TRAINING MANUALS - Verbatim. Scroll to the bottom of the page for an index of manuals.
Minimum Insurance Levels in every state.
See also Links to Insurance Coverages & Companies at HURT911®
People Locators: (Tip: Try all people searches, since names may show up on only one of the many directories)
Free People Locators for Public Access
FOR ATTORNEYS & INSURANCE COMPANIES ONLY (be sure to see our Public Access links also):
Accurint
- Need to find a defendant, witness or even your client? Need to do an
asset search? Instantly find a person, all current and prior addresses, assets,
SS#, telephone numbers, relatives,
in-laws,
associates, neighbors and more! It's amazing and at only $0.25 per search
to locate a person or $4.50 for a comprehensive search, with no minimums and no monthly fees, you
can't afford not to use it. (Available only to attorneys, insurance
companies, collection
agencies, and other authorized users).
Click
here to send an email to Accurint with your name and
telephone number now and get a free trial
SearchAmerica - Another good people finder which is inexpensive to use (for permissive users).
SmartJURY
- To help litigators assess each potential juror's fit with a case, SmartJURY
provides public record background information on potential jurors. Available
through your Accurint account at a cost of $10 per report, for each juror
including: Criminal records, Bankruptcies, Business affiliations, Political party affiliation, Professional licenses, Property ownership, Vehicle, boat, and airplane ownership, Driver's license information, Internet domains, UCC filings, AKAs, & Neighborhood information (including median income, average age and
years of education, and median home value)
Click here to send an email to SmartJury with your name and telephone number
for more info or to sign up.
Corporate
Employee Search -
Eliyon BusinessPeople Search will
identify former employees of a corporation.
May be useful to find witnesses who worked for a corporation.
NameBase - Citations to names of individuals and groups involving: assassinations, organized crime, scandals, Wall Street, transnational corporations, foreign policy, media establishments, political elites from the Right and Left, Cold War history and intelligence.
Search Systems - Find someone who has a license. Over 13,277 Free
Searchable Public Record Databases!
Vincent's
Toolbox - Assorted links for
finding people.
InfoBel - A list of of directories of over 400 white and yellow page directories online from nearly 200 countries worldwide.
WorldPages.com - Find a person anywhere in the US
Find an email address - Switchboard.com
Find an email address - Mesa Your Meta Email Search Agent
Find an email address & Reverse Search - Internet @ddress.finder
Last Known Email - Veripost - change of email address register.
Search for a Person - 411.com includes reverse telephone lookup
PhoneNumbers.net - Search international telephone directories.
WhoWhere - Search international telephone directories.
Teldir.com - International telephone directories on the web.
Telephone Prefix Locator - Have a phone number? Find out where it's located.
Reverse Directory by Telephone Number or Address - Provides several locators. Be sure to try all, since a name may show in only one of the locators.
Area Code Listing, by State/Country
Area Codes in a State - Scroll down for a list of states with it's area codes.
Area Code Reverse Directory & Cross Reference
Address Verification - Given a valid U.S. postal address, this server attempts to rewrite the address in the proper format along with the ZIP+4 code. If it is successful, you can retrieve a Postscript or a GIF file of the address for printing, with a barcode. How can I decipher a barcode?
Zip Code Look Up & Address Information
Zip Code Cross Reference Directory
Post Office Locator showing address, tel # & fax # of a post office for a particular address.
Classmates.com - Find any of more than 25 million who are listed here with 80,000-100,000 added each day.
pretrieve - Public record search engine.
Social
Security Death Index - at Ancestry.com
Social
Security Death Index - at RootsWeb.com
Cemetery Records - Free
search for more than 2 million records from over 4,000 cemeteries worldwide.
Searchable by surname or by specific cemeteries.
Military Records - usually requires a fee.
Selective Service Numbers -
The Selective Service System is able to provide information from records kept on
men currently registered with Selective Service, as well as on men who were
registrants as far back as World War I. Selective Service System offers online search for
registrations of men born on or after January 1, 1960.usually
US Patent Database
- Type a name in the Search Term box & click on Submit Query to find someone who has a patent.
US
Trademark Search - Type a name in the Search Term box & click on Submit
Query to find someone who has a trademark.
ABA Attorney Locator - to
find an attorney whose name you know. Double click your back button to get
back here.
Doctor
Finder/Information - to
find a doctor whose name you know.
Directory
& Search Engine of the World's Embassies & Consulates
NY Investigator's Home Page
- A resource for attorneys and investigators. Just click on "NY
Investigators Hot List" for a lot of good links for your investigation. This
site is hosted by CURRY & ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., tel.: 516-674-6181.
FRANCKEL & ASSOCIATES has chosen CURRY & ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
for all it's investigative services.
NYS
Secretary of State Corporation & Business Entity Database
Nassau County
PD & Aux. PD Radio Codes - I wouldn't have posted it for security
reasons, but it's already out there.
NYS
Government Information Locator Service
NYS Prison Inmate Population
Search
TrustMyDoctor
- Definitions of Professional Misconduct & State Disciplinary Actions
New
York State Department of Health Office of Professional Medical Conduct -
professional misconduct by licensed physicians, physician assistants, or
specialist assistants.
License
Verifications - New
York State Department of Education Office of the Professions - All
professions. New
York State Department of Education Office of the Professions - Disciplinary
Actions - Certified Social Work - Chiropractic - Dentistry - Nursing -
Occupational Therapy - Pharmacy - Podiatry - Psychology - Professional
Engineering - Respiratory Therapy - Veterinary Medicine Search
All NYS Non-Professional Licensees NYC
Residential Building Violations - Access information about residential
buildings in the City of New York including violations of the City's Housing
Maintenance Code and the State's Multiple Dwelling Law as well as contact
information based on the last valid building registration form.
INSURANCE-NY
NYS Insurance Company Web
Site Locator
Directory of Insurance Companies
Regulated in NYS
DMV Insurance
Codes and Company Contacts
NYS Dept. of Motor
Vehicles - Forms How
to Open a NYS DMV Dial In Account - Search DMV
records to obtain instantaneous displays from DMV's major files via your PC and
modem (for attorneys and other authorized users).
Aerial Photography
-
The Pilot Shop.
Aero-Graphics (Aerial Photography) 631-589-6045 Tom Rohan
Need to blow up the intersection
in your aerial photograph? Call Atlantic
Blueprint
NYC, Nassau & Suffolk. If you have a large exhibit blow up of an
aerial photograph showing a relatively small intersection with a large
surrounding area which you do not need, from your aerial exhibit, they can blow
up only the intersection or area you need.
NYPD
(NYC) Police Precinct
Locator
Nassau County Fire Departments
e-LAW.com - Find out what law suits exist in
the NYC metropolitan area for a person or entity.
NYC Sidewalk & Crosswalk
Defects
- Since 1982, Big Apple Pothole & Sidewalk Protection Committee
has provided New York City with the legally required written notice of sidewalk,
curb and crosswalk defects in the five boroughs of New York. Thorough
and professional searches save attorneys countless hours in preparing their
clients' cases. Attorneys using Big Apple's services are provided (usually
within 48 hours) with accurate information, two clear and legible maps and
our assistance down the road should you need it. Big Apple is able
to support its findings by testifying in court.
The Federal Web Locator - Links to every area of the Federal Government!
FedWorld - More searchable government databases.
National Conference of State Legislatures - Links to the legislature's web sites.
National Association of State Information Resource Executives - Index to state materials ranging from state government home pages to information on tourism.
habornet.com - Links to: State Constitutions, U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Bill of Rights.
State Resources for Your State
Legislative Resources - Many links to track legislative news.
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