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Hiring an attorney is generally a good idea. That is if you can afford one. With the rising costs associated with the legal practice, and of legal education, the high cost of a lawyer may not be merited if you have a small issue.

Sometimes all you need is the right information. That, of course, is the key: the right information. Finding good legal information that you can rely on as a non-lawyer can be stressful. You may not even know where to turn.

One place is your local library. Most public lib...

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Comments | Posted in General Sanket Mistry 2014-Mar By Sanket Mistry

The concept of downloadable forms is not complicated. You get the basic gist of it. You buy a form online (we’ve got ‘em!), you download it, open it, and complete it. Sounds simple, right?

Absolutely, yes! You got it. (What? Were you expecting no? Come on, it’s not that complicated an idea and we don’t pretend to make it one.)

The functionality of a downloadable form is usually pretty simple and straightforward. How long you have access to a form you have purchased depends on the place you buy it ...

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Comments | Posted in General Sanket Mistry 2014-Feb By Sanket Mistry

Lawyers are a crafty bunch. They can make clever arguments and most are competent to speak in public. It does take quite a bit of education to become a lawyer and with that some level of intelligence.

Yet, many lawyers are not comfortable with technology. This is especially true when lawyers want to create a website for their own law practice. Most lawyers would rather outsource the project. They see it as a simple business expense. After all, a basic bare-bones website will cost very little.

Outs...

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Comments | Posted in General 2014-Jan Sanket Mistry By Sanket Mistry

Defining the Law

1/24/2014 7:18 PM

Defining words and phrases can be difficult. When we created the Peerless Legal dictionary, we aimed for understanding of legal words and phrases by non-lawyers. That didn’t mean we “dumbed down” definitions. Rather, we added clarity by removing legal jargon. We kept thing simple and straightforward.

When we reached to the word “law” it became clear that this was going to require more than an entry in our dictionary. The reason the law is so difficult to define is because it is more an idea that ...

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Comments | Posted in General 2014-Jan Sanket Mistry By Sanket Mistry

Lawyers are professional writers. From writing legal memos, to appellate briefs, to motions, a lawyer’s trade is dealing in words. Lawyers know how to structure arguments and, most of us, enjoy the benefits of opposing viewpoints.

So, this begs the question: why wouldn’t a lawyer want to add a blog to their professional website? Isn’t it just another form of writing?

There are many, reasonable, reasons why lawyers may want to leave a blog out of their professional website.

One of the primary reason...

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Comments | Posted in General 2014-Jan Sanket Mistry By Sanket Mistry

We are after good content as well as good comments. Who isn’t, right? This post is primarily for readers of blog posts who want to write a great comment. Most blogs (including this one) welcome comments and the comments can add as much value, if not more, as the blog posting itself. So what makes a good comment? Here’s my list of the top seven tips that I think can help you write a good comment on a blog post. They are listed in order of priority (kind of).

1) Stay On Topic

It goes without saying ...

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Comments | Posted in General 2014-Jan Sanket Mistry By Sanket Mistry

Welcome to the Peerless Legal Blog!

This blog focuses on legal issues and questions that are commonly faced by non-lawyers. As with any other blog, the posts are geared toward opinion pieces. There will be mixed in legal facts, information, and maybe, at times, maybe some humor. The blog, also, supplements what Peerless Legal has to offer.

Even though the blog is part of Peerless Legal, the posts are entirely the opinions of the author or authors who drafted the posts. No blog post should be relie...

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Comments | Posted in General 2014-Jan Sanket Mistry By Sanket Mistry

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