Supporting our community is just what good neighbors do. That is why The Firm For Men is pleased to support the Virginia Beach Bar Association’s (VBBA) 20th Annual Richard G. “Dick” Brydges Memorial Courthouse Classic Golf Tournament, to be held Friday, October 19 at Virginia Beach National Golf Club. Tournament Details With an 11:30 am check-in time and a 12:30 ...
August 26, 55 BCE was a clear day along the English Channel when Julius Caesar first invaded Britain. He had no easy time of it. He was a military leader far away from the comforts of home, just four years into his (third) marriage, to Calpurnia. He had with him his tough Roman legionaries, also far from home. Perhaps it ...
Children are a kind of illusionist’s trick. They seem to exist with no visible means of support, much like the magician’s mysteriously floating person. Feeling the need to show the greatness of his trick, the illusionist passes a metal ring up and down the floating assistant’s horizontal body, proving no wires hold her up. And yet, just as with our ...
Walden Pond author Henry David Thoreau helped invent the #2 pencil. According to Mental Floss, the graphite used in 1. This odd historical tidbit is not random, because most people use the #2 pencil to fill out standardized exams, surveys, and questionnaires. In legal circles, a typical questionnaire is the interrogatory, a written series of questions related to a criminal or ...
For anyone struggling to keep home and hearth together, the recent “news” and other sources that poverty affects decision-making is no news at all. Virginians who depend on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) know that getting out of the grind of poverty is hugely challenging. Adding divorce and child support to the mix only makes every move more complicated, ...
Red flags can mean the start of battle, wildfire risk, or dangerous swimming conditions. One of our favorites: the bright red Bravo flag of the International Code of Signals1 means you’re carrying explosives. In divorce, red flags fly up for all sorts of reasons. Here are the biggest red flags that could be fluttering in your future. Your Wife Hasn’t Hired ...
Not a lot of wiggle room for kidding around with today’s topic, folks. Military protective orders (MPOs) combine two mighty sectors of our society, the military and law. Whether you are on the receiving end or need to have an MPO drafted against a spouse, it is a serious matter. Here is what you should know. What is an MPO? ...
Despite some historic and current hiccups, our nation is still a jewel of democracy in a sea of conflict. People from all over the world still clamor to get into the United States, and many of those set their sights on settling in Virginia. Most people enter our country legally, and many of those apply for citizenship. A Virginia divorce ...
Deep inside Goddard Space Flight Center, not too far from the calm waters of Virginia Beach, spacecraft destined for Mars and beyond are assembled for liftoff. Many of the components have bright red tags on them reading, “Remove Before Launch.” For probes journeying outward to the far reaches of our solar system, those flag tags are one-way decisions. A planetary ...