Dana Whitlock
First call free
Notes
Plain notes on common trouble.
Short pieces on the letters, deadlines and documents people ring about most. General information, not advice on your matter.
You have had a letter from a lawyer. Do these three things first
Do not reply the same day, do not ring the number on it, and find the date. A short guide to the first forty-eight hours.
What a severance agreement is really asking you to give up
The money is on page one. What you trade for it is on page four. How to read the pages in between.
Twenty days: the deposit rule many landlords miss
In Rhode Island a landlord has twenty days to return a deposit or explain in writing why not. What happens on day twenty-one.
Dying without a will: who decides, and who gets what
When there is no will the law has one written for you. It may not say what the family expects.
Tell me what happened.
I will say where you stand.
The first call is free and takes about twenty minutes. Monday to Friday, 8.30 am to 6 pm. If there is a deadline on a letter, say so first.