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So Many Attorneys So Little Time… (Part 1 of 2)
If you have been looking for an attorney in Charlotte or North Carolina, you may have noticed there are a ton of newly minted attorneys. Most recently, I heard about the rise in the number of attorneys in Charlotte and the numbers are surprising. As of recent, there are four thousand attorneys who are licensed...
Auto Insurance Gets Less Attention
You would have to be purposefully avoiding the news to not know what has come out of Washington in the past few weeks. If you missed it, it includes the debt ceiling, health insurance enrollment, and the difficulties that surround implementing the largest overhaul of health care that has occurred to date in this country....
Court Ordered Mediation and My North Carolina Car Wreck
If you’ve been involved in an auto accident in North Carolina, you may be familiar with the process, including court ordered mediation. This is a pre-trial attempt to settle the case prior to a full-blown trial that comes only after your case is not resolved in negotiations. This can be very advantageous to people who...
Should I Always Report an Auto Accident?
The short and sweet answer—yes. Never base your possible injuries on the severity of an auto accident. There are several instances where people are in minor accidents and both parties agree that they shouldn’t contact the police. Down the road, the bodily injury becomes more obvious. In the time immediately following an impact, your body...
Bad Choices and Devastating Consequences
On several earlier occasions I used DeMayo Law Offices blog as a platform to spread my concern for drivers as they interact with dangers on the road. A particular frustration of mine is how often people disregard the safety of other motorists by driving while under the influence. This is particularly frustrating because the risks...
Property Damage Settlement: Coincidence in Timing? Doubtful
If you have ever been in an auto accident in North Carolina, or anywhere for that matter, you most likely were given the chance to resolve the property damage part of your insurance claim before the bodily injury portion. This is fairly common given that your car doesn’t require ongoing care, additional diagnoses, and time...
A Rock (You) A Hard Place
As a North Carolina Social Security Disability attorney, I hear from several people across the State who are between ‘a rock and a hard place.’ If you or a loved one have ever needed SSD benefits, than you know all too well the hard place I am referring to. One of the crucial components of...
A Huge Mistake That So Many Would-be North Carolina Social Security Disability Beneficiaries Make When Speaking with Their Doctors…
Whether you suffered a horrible, disfiguring injury at work or got extremely sick out of the blue, you need North Carolina Social Security Disability benefits to make ends meet and to reduce uncertainty in your future. Unfortunately, the path to success is often crooked and counterintuitive. For instance, many ‘would-be beneficiaries’ do not know how...
New Challenges for the Social Security Administration
After the recent Supreme Court ruling that struck down the definition of “marriage” in the Defense of Marriage Act, there is a new group of the public who may need a disability attorney in NC. While the holding does not directly affect same sex couples here in North Carolina, it does affect same sex couples...
