Another Frequently Asked Question on board this little Faering that is my law firm:
“Does my translation have to be certified?”
By frequently, I mean at least once a week for several years. Most
A real world illustration has become fairly frequent of late… but it needs a bit of personal background.
Some years ago,
A huge chunk of my practice arises from inquiries lawyers send through this blog– and it stands to reason. Look over to the right and you’ll see our contact information (scroll all the way to the bottom if you’re on a phone or tablet). In a perfect world, we’ll get a chance to talk on
An interesting quandary pops up fairly regularly, and I find myself explaining the issue so frequently that it warrants a post. [TL;DR… in the U.S., corporations and other entities created pursuant to statute have registered agents. Elsewhere– and I mean just about everywhere else– the same types of entities only have registered addresses. You
Two or three times a week, I’ll get an email or phone call from a civilian (ie: somebody wise enough to have avoided taking a bar exam) seeking help with a cross-border issue. The majority are pro se spouses
The single, most important piece of information in serving a defendant is his/her/its location. Without the “where,” nothing else matters. Domestic defendants, foreign defendants, U.S. citizens living abroad… everything boils down to location. Now, in most places, just saying “I need to serve a
Billy Joel released The Stranger album in 1977, just as I was starting the first grade. It wasn’t until I was in high school that this album truly became one of my favorites, and
Seriously. It doesn’t exist.
At least, not in the common law world. Sure, in civil law jurisdictions it might, depending on your definition of informality, but in those places, “informal” is a term of art, and it relies entirely on the defendant’s willingness to play
[Details have been changed to protect the innocent. Some variant of this story happens routinely— at least every couple of months.]
A few weeks ago, I received a Hague Certificate following a request that I’d sent on a client’s behalf to a foreign Central
“The defendant works at…”
Hmm. Do you happen to have a home address?
“No, just his office.”
Let’s hope he’s there. And that we can get in the door…
That exchange happens between lawyers and process servers daily. And it’s a challenge, because defendants can’t be served
