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Phone: (310) 452-8160

Address: 2640 Lincoln Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405

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Divorce
I came here years ago needing to file for an uncontested divorce. It couldn't have been easier. My ex and I were and still are friends-I'm sure partially because of the ease of this process. I am writing this now, because I am getting married again and this was the first place I thought of to draft a pre-nuptual agreement. Since our lives are full of this legal reality..why not make it as pleasant as possible- AND have a latte!
Child Support
SM " service provides you with low-cost, discrete document and fact-specific advice on matters such as preparing a will, divorce, and spousal and child support when you don't need ongoing assistance about more complex legal problems. You can meet with your attorney over coffee at a local shop to discuss price and strategy and the necessary documents. Or you may choose to meet your attorney at his/her office. Learn More
Child Custody and Visitation
A parent of a child's parents. A grandparent used to have no legal rights relating to a grandchild. But there are cases now, in which a grandparent is given visitation rights and sometimes other legal rights in a divorce situation. As times change, so does the law.
Adoption
Premarital Agreement
Also called premarital or antenuptial agreement: A K that two people may write and agree upon. It details their rights and duties, especially with respect to property and debts. The goal of a prenuptial agreement is to minimize future disputes in case of divorce or when one spouse dies.
Guardianship
Guardian and ward The guardian (appointed by a court) has legal responsibility for the care of a ward (often a child or incompetent adult). The relationship between guardian and ward is called a ìguardianship.' Related terms...
Spousal Support
All the moneys you make, including salaries, tips, profits, interest and dividends, lottery prize winnings, commissions, royalties, alimony received, capital gains, rents, gains from the sale of real estate, and everything else! Itís all the money you make in your business, your work, and your investments.
Legal Separation
A legal term that refers to a court order. If John and Mary cannot agree on terms of a separation, either of them may sue the other in court. If the court orders the terms of separation, the order is a ìlegal separation.î It may also be called ìtemporary orders.î
Annulment
Following an annulment, John and Mary revert to their premarital status. They are single, have never been married.
Child Abuse
A penalty for failing to comply with a discovery order. The sanction may be a fine or imprisonment. Several well-publicized case have incarcerated parents for failing to inform the court of the whereabouts of their children. In these cases, often dealings with suspected child abuse the parents claimed that they feared for the child's safety if his whereabouts were made known.

Criminal Defense
A skilled Los Angeles criminal defense attorney can be the difference between going to jail or walking out of the courtroom.
DUI/DWI
"Legal Grind® was originally founded by attorney Jeff Hughes in 1996 using a "Coffee and Counsel" model - combining a coffee house on Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica with access to attorneys providing informal, face-to-face legal advice available at the tables for a nominal fee. This innovative business model enabled "the rest of us" who had never before had access to expert legal advice a chance to have our disputes and legal problems evaluated and presented in the same expert way that rich folk have had since time immemorial. Major news organizations across the country took notice, and Legal Grind was able to help thousands of people with personal injuries, bankruptcies, divorce and custody matters, contract disputes, DUIs, and many other basic legal services. According to Mary K. Ryan, Chair of the ABA's standing committee on the Delivery of Legal Services, "Legal Grind® demonstrates the type of commitment to innovation that the legal profession needs to pursue."
Wrongful Death
But, contrary to popular belief, not all human beings are persons for all purposes. An illegitimate child is a person under the Fourteenth Amendment and the wrongful-death statutes of all the states, but may not be under all inheritance laws. Thus an illegitimate child may not inherit from his father through intestacy unless he is legitimized. See state law-this is a rapidly changing area of law.
Traffic Violations
And he counsels customers, such as the one who skipped a court appearance for a speeding ticket because of a nervous breakdown. Hughes suggested she show paperwork documenting her health problems to the judge.
Sex Crimes
Because of this 'incompetency,' if a minor enters into a Κ, it may be voidable. If a minor engages in sexual intercourse with someone ìover the age of consent,î the adult can present no evidence that will rebut the lawís presumption that a minor cannot consent to sexual intercourse. Since an important defense for rape is consent, the accused may have no fact to rebut (contradict) the presumption. The rape involved is called ìstatutory rape.î Statutory rape is based on an irrebuttable presumption-that is, a legal conclusion that canít be contradicted by any facts.
Fraud
White Collar Crimes
White-collar crime: Nonviolent crimes committed by corporations, businesses, executives, public officials, and management types - all sorts of people who wear white-collared shirts and suits. These crimes may involve corruption, fraud, bribery, extortion, and other commercial crimes.
Misdemeanors
Below is a summary of the steps that may be used in the felony prosecution of his case. (Misdemeanors are treated differently.)
Drug Crimes
Attorney Jeffrey Hughes can fight a driving under the influence (DUI) charge by gathering evidence of police misconduct or a faulty blood alcohol content test result. Officers in California must follow strict procedures when making a DUI stop or conducting field sobriety tests. Blood test results can be inaccurate due to improper calibration of the Breathalyzer machine or contamination during processing at the lab. Our firm can also defend you against charges of drug offenses, from marijuana possession to trafficking cocaine or heroin. We can protect you from facing a felony conviction for a serious drug crime.
Assault
Mediation may be used often in divorce cases and in relatively minor criminal matters, as when neighbors argue about unruly children or dogs, or in assault and battery situations among family members or schoolmates. People who know each other and need to get along in the future often use it. A court may order the parties to attempt mediation. Mediation is used in business settings, as well as disputes about special education.
Homicide
Varies from state to state, crime to crime. There are no statute of limitations for homicides (murders, manslaughter, et cetera). Thatís why you read of cases prosecuted many, many years after the homicide!
Shoplifting
Restraining Order
3. The main difference between law and equity courts lies in the relief they may order. Law courts may award money damages or punish wrongdoers. Equity courts deal with situations when money damages will not suffice. Sometimes the court may order a, potential wrongdoer to stop doing something by issuing an injunction. (for example, to stop dumping trash; or the court may order a person to do something through a mandatory injunction; or, perhaps, the court may order someone to stop doing an action for a brief period of time, by a TRO, a temporary restraining order-for example, an order to stop going to an ex-spouseís house.) Other equitable principles include unjust enrichment.
Forgery
For example, the defense of condonation exists in fault divorce. This is a conditional pardon. If one spouse commits a marital offense known to the other spouse and they continue to cohabit, it is said that the other spouse has forgiven the offense by condonation. If you receive a monthly bank statement that contains an error (such as a forgery or an error in summarizing your account) and you do nothing, after a while you may be said to have waived your right to correct it. Changes may be made later, but it may be much harder to make them. Also, of course, all lawsuits are versions of this truism. When the plaintiff (Π) begins a lawsuit, he is seeking a remedy from the defendant (∆). So you see, Mother was right again!
Kidnapping
Manslaughter
Extortion
Blackmail: A crime, a form of extortion. Threatening to harm a person or his property, to accuse him of a crime, to expose damaging information about the person (even if true), or to use other similar threats in order to demand (extort) money.

Business and Corporate Law

Business Disputes
Antitrust

Workers Compensation
In 1996 Hughes opened up LegalGrind® Annex, another cafe-legal services outpost, in Tarzana. Then in late 1996 he moved part of his business onto the Web at www.legalgrind.com. There, clients can find links to self-help books and online legal resources, locate an attorney, or receive advice from an attorney with expertise in family law, entertainment law, criminal law, tenant-landlord law, workers compensation, and just about every other area of the law. In June 1998, Hughes added a certified lawyer referral service to the mix, which can point clients in the direction of lawyer with expertise in their potential case.

Real Estate Litigation
The coffeehouse features legal specialties of the day. For example, Wednesday's specials include family law and real-estate law; Saturdays feature estate planning, small-business advising and medical-malpractice advice. Legal specialists in the respective areas provide the consultations on a voluntary basis.
Easement
Landlord-Tenant Disputes
Landlord-tenant law varies from state to state and city to city. So beware! This is also a fast-changing area of the law. Here are some of the terms youíll need to know.

Immigration Law

Citizenship and Naturalization
Green Cards

Personal Injury
Negligence includes car accidents, slip-and-fall cases, malpractice, personal injury, and some product liability cases. The variety of negligence is very wide, and new torts are created all the time. While it is a common word, negligence has legal meaning. What is it? How does negligence become a tort? We start from the idea that negligence is carelessness, not being reasonable, et cetera. Here's how a tort in negligence is analyzed.
Medical Malpractice
In legal terms there are also several levels of fetal development, each with its own consequences. For example, a viable unborn child is a fetus that would have been born but for the negligence of someone. Hence, a viable unborn child is a person under the wrongful-death statutes. If a fetus dies in a car accident or through medical malpractice, his parent may sue the negligent driver or doctor for damages under the wrongful-death statutes.
Auto Accidents

Trusts and Estates

Estate Planning
The Legal Grind. The house blend of jurisprudence and Guatemala distinguishes this coffeehouse. Hoping to humanize the public's view of the legal profession, Jeffery J. Hughes (whose specialty is estate planning) offers "coffee & counsel" to those who can neither afford sky-high attorney fees nor qualify for Legal Aid. Each day, lawyers of varying expertise answer general legal questions for free. In this low-stress, high octane slackers' fueling station, client and attorney can confer over a cafe au lait.
Wills
The document, signed by the testator and witnessed according to law where the testator is domiciled, which explains how he wishes to have property distributed after death, who should care for minor children, et cetera. To be valid a will must be written and executed (signed/ witnessed/completed) according to the law of the testatorís domicile. Also called the last will and testament, if you care to get fancy!
Trusts
His legal services range from a 10-minute session with an attorney for $20 to the drafting of a living trust for $600. Customers also can browse legal self-help books or purchase time online.
Power of Attorney
A document or instrument by which a person appoints someone to perform certain acts for him, such as writing checks, taking funds from bank accounts, or paying bills. The appointer is called the ì principalî; the appointed, the ìagentî or ìattorneyî appointed by the document. The instrument is evidence to all third parties that the attorney is authorized to act for the principal. For example, if you are a bank teller, itís okay to give the attorney money from the principalís account- once you verify the power of attorney. Note: The, term attorney, as used here, does not mean 'lawyer' or 'attorney at law.' It means agent. Of course a 'lawyer' may be appointed to serve this function.
Probate

Bankruptcy
Foreclosure
If all does not go so well, particularly if he fails to make his payments (he defaults), the mortgagee may foreclose the mortgagorís right to redeem legal title to the house. The mortgagor may be forced out and the house may be sold at a foreclosure sale.
Tax Law
The statutes dealing with federal tax law. These include income, estate, gift, excise, and stamp taxes. For the IRC, look in Title 26 of the United States Code (USC). Happy reading! Itís several thousand pages long - of very fine print!

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