In Legal Terms

Guest: Pshon Barrett, a former assistant US Attorney, now a private attorney with The ADA Group . Pshon was honored with the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award by Mississippi Women Lawyers’ Association and is an ambassador with The ABLE National Resource Center Discussed: ABLE Center the definition of having a disability with respect to the ADA the American's with Disabilities Act Websites mentioned:...

What’s up with income taxes for 2020? We’ll talk about how to get them done, what’s new, and what do you think is fair. Federal and Mississippi Income Taxes due date and file date is now May 17th, 2021. Where can you find someone to help you do your taxes? https://southernpartners.org/vita/ Southern Bank Corp banks: Curbside service is available Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9AM – 4PM. Call your local...

What do you do when some dies? What does an executor do? That’s today’s topic with guest Rick Courtney from Courtney Elder Law Associates. https://elderlawms.com/ You can find his podcasts on the following dates: October 27th 2020 , July 2nd 2019 , and May 14th 2019 If you find someone has died - call the police or sheriff, or their doctor. Thank you to Elder Law Associates for this checklist. CHE...

It’s been 12 months, but did you watch Tiger King on Netflix? We’re going to talk about Animal Rights and Captive Animal Law Enforcement with Brittany Peet, PETA Foundation’s Deputy General Counsel for Captive Animal Law Enforcement from PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-peet-84763b1b/ https://www.peta.org/ Calls: book suggestion: A...

We’re pleased to have representatives from Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project on the show today. They’ll tell us about expungements and foreclosure prevention their work with family law matters and how they have shifted to virtual clinics in light of the pandemic.   https://mvlp.org/ https://mvlp.org/clinics October 29 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Stabilizing the Economy: Expungement Clinic...

Mississippians overwhelmingly passed Initiative 65 to enable medical marijuana. What’s next? Why is the legislature working on legislation about it now? We'll learn from guest Mark Garriga, an attorney with Butler Snow. https://www.butlersnow.com/attorney/mark-garriga/ Our discussion touched on why the legislautre is involved in the issue, why the MS Supreme Court is involved, how the medical...

Have you filed your taxes yet? We’re going to give you tips on filing your 2020 income taxes or give you a jump start your 2021 return. Our guest Gray Edmondson from Edmondson Sage Allen will talk about the tax laws surrounding working from home and take your questions. We’ll also give some IRS tweet tips.  https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/get-my-payment https://www.irs.gov/filing/free-file-do...

You may have seen her on @Issue or heard her reporting, but today you get a chance to ask MPB News legislative reporter Desare Frazier about what’s going on up at the capitol. We’re going to discuss the bills that are and aren’t going to be passed by your lawmakers.  https://www.mpbonline.org/news/meet-the-team/desare-frazier/ Calls: where do bill come from HB 1439 income tax / sales tax grow...

What do you know about drones? Are you involved in piloting one? Have you ever had one fly over your house while you were in the backyard? Our guests Michelle Hanlon, Co-Director of the Center for Air and Space Law and an instructor of aviation and space law, and law student Nestor Delgado will be here to answer your questions. Our experts want to work with you to find out what concerns you a...

Guest: attorney Kelly Kyle from Kyle Wynn & Associates http://www.kyle-wynn.com/ Calls: trust and probate life insurance power of attorney and advanced health care directives life tennant dementia what can go into a trust heirs at law estate planning - special needs trust Past podcasts with Kelly Kyle 3/27/2018 titled Avoiding Probate  and 3/5/2019 Wills and Probate also 11/26/2019 Revoca...

Guest: André de Gruy, State Defender Additional information: Mississippi Bail Fund Collective https://www.peoplesadvocacyinstitute.com/mbfc 2019 Mississippi Code Title 99 - Criminal Procedure Chapter 5 - Bail https://law.justia.com/codes/mississippi/2019/title-99/chapter-5/ American Bar Association: How Courts Work : Steps in a Trial : bail https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/resou...

Guest: Associate Dean Stacey Lantagne from the University of Mississippi School of Law author of “ Famous on the Internet: The Spectrum of Internet Memes and the Legal Challenge of Evolving Methods of Communication.”  How to protect your intellectual Property? Listen and find out. {an idea is NOT able to be copywriten} Calls: Merger doctrine - recipes Fair use of images Art gets a copywr...

Guest: Baskin Jones from Jones Law Firm https://injuredinmississippi.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/baskinjonesattorney Suggestion: READ THE DECLAIRATIONS PAGE OF YOUR INSURANCE FOR UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE Our show discussed: how cyclists ARE treated what to do if injured MS state laws safe passing dooring laws DUI vehicle Insurance issues Calls concerned: biker's rights car...

Guest: Professor Patrick Longan, Chair in Ethics and Professionalism from Mercer University School of Law https://law.mercer.edu/academics/centers/clep/ Discussed: Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism Challenges for Lawyers law students classes training Current Events Confidentiality Wills The Ideal Lawyer: Is competent Shows fidelity to client Shows fidelity to the law Is public spirited H...

Guests: Amelia McGowan and Max Meyers from the Mississippi Center for Justice to discuss Immigration and answer questions. To contact the MS Center for Justice: For the Jackson office call: (601) 352-2269. For the Biloxi office call: (228) 435-7284. To reach the Indianola office call:(662) 887-6570. Their website mscenterforjustice.org/contact/ also has a form to fill out to reach them.  DACA...

A repeat broadcast from 08/04/2020 Guest: University Press of Mississippi’s Courtney McCreary, Publicity and Promotions Manager discussing their law and true crime books  https://www.upress.state.ms.us/ Books discussed: Crooked Snake https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/C/Crooked-Snake2 A Legal History of Mississippi https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/A/A-Legal-History-of-Mississippi Missis...

Can I deduct home office expenses while I'm working from home? It depends. The short answer is, probably not. If you work full-time for someone else, you're out of luck. "Employees who receive a paycheck or a W-2 exclusively from an employer are not eligible for the deduction, even if they are currently working from home," the IRS noted last month. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/19/success/wfh-home-o...

Our topic is housing at the end of the 2020 pandemic year with Will Bedwell and John Jopling from the MS Center for Justice. https://mscenterforjustice.org/about/ On April 21st of 2020, In Legal Terms discussed Housing at the beginning of the pandemic with Will Bedwell and MS Center for Justice CEO Vangela Wade. http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-housing-with-ms-center-for-j...

Our guest, attorney Francis Springer from the Springer Law Firm, discusses Administrative or Regulatory Law. https://www.springerlawoffice.com/ Discussion: Email concerning name change Department of Enviromental Quality requirements Agencies presumed to be correct Courts list four conditions for agency rulings to be reversed: Ruling not supported by substantial evidence Ruling was capricious or ar...

Guest: attorney Marc Chamberlain from the Butler Snow law firm https://www.butlersnow.com/attorney/marc-chamberlain/ We discuss strategic lawsuits against public participation. Learn more here: https://www.iadclaw.org/assets/1/17/Business_Litigation_March_2020.pdf What are they? Who brings these lawsuits? What's Mississippi's stance on SLAPPs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

Guest: Attorney Reed Martz from Freeland Martz https://freelandmartz.com/reed-martz/ To find state laws about gun rights: https://midsouthgunlawyer.com/welcome-to-the-website-for-the-midsouth-gun-lawyer/ or https://www.handgunlaw.us/ Calls concerned: 2nd amendment and marijuana shootings at protests restrictions on buying guns carrying a gun in a car buying guns in MS calaber of amunition Alabama...

Guest: Terry Little from Harper Little https://www.harperlittlelaw.com/ Real Estate Closings were discussed before the calls came in. Calls concerned: title theft property disclosure hurricane damage multipe owners of home encroachment leaving property by will or deed property in IRA heirs property Email about gain in property value Listen to Money Talks discuss real estate investment: http://mone...

We begin the show discussing weird state laws https://www.usatoday.com/list/news/nation-now/weirdest-laws-every-state/53ad0541-3518-4432-adc4-0fec193d389e/ killing raccoons on Sunday what is Bigfoot bear wrestling legal homicide Statutes, Court ruleings, administrative regulations Mississippi Teacher Strike Statute https://law.justia.com/codes/mississippi/2013/title-37/chapter-9/in-general/section...

Election Day! MS Elections Answerline: 1-800-829-6786 MS Elections Fraud Hotline: 1-800-829-6786 https://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/Contact-Us.aspx To see a sample ballot for your street address, go to yallvote.ms . This will take you to the MS Sec of State’s website. Scroll down to Poling place locator. Type in your address. Your address should pop up, along with your poling place, and...

Guest: Richard Courtney from Courtney Elder Law Associates https://elderlawms.com/ When planning for your own or someone else's disability: P P P P P: People - who needs to be in control "after" P: Place - where do you desire the person to live P: Paper - documents - trusts, medical directives, etc P: Professional guidence - this isn't a DIY project See Mr. Courtney's website for free information...