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Video Transcript: Hi, my name is Mervyn Braude. I am a lawyer at Jaburg & Wilk. I have practiced in the area of family law for many years and have been certified by the State Bar of Arizona as a Certified Specialist for the past seven or so years. What is Legal Decision Making? In the past, custody was the term we used to determine who it is that makes legal d...

Many people use the terms "mediation" and "arbitration" interchangeably, mistakenly believing they are two different words that mean the same thing.  While the English language is curiously replete with examples of different words with the same meaning (i.e. "car" and "automobile"), the words "mediation" and "arbitration" are not such a pair.   The confu...

Video Transcript: Hi, my name is Kraig Marton. I’m the head of the employment law section at our firm. As such, I represent both employees and small to mid-size employers in all kinds of employment matters. What is wrongful termination in Arizona? There are a lot of kinds of wrongful termination, the one most common, that most people have heard about is the ille...

Not sure what I mean by this? I will explain. I mean set goals, both short term and long term. And once you set the “goal,” which you should do in writing, write the action steps to get there. If you have no roadmap how can you expect to ever find that goal, let alone reach it. One roadmap you can follow is turning your goals into SMART goals: S...

Transcript of Arbitration Vs. Trial Hi, my name is Mitchell Reichman.  I’m a board certified specialist in Family Law and chair of the Family Law Department at Jaburg Wilk. Arbitration is different than trial in important ways. First, arbitration occurs in private offices and so the process is confidential. Another way it’s different is if arbitrators are...

This is so important. In fact, I will venture to say its everything in business and in life. There are three possible outcomes with expectations: (1) exceed expectations; (2) meet expectations; or (3) miss expectations. Two out of three possible outcomes help you maintain clients, customers and business, while the last one likely will lose business or dam...

Video Transcript: Hi, I’m Kraig Marton and I do the employment law here in the firm. What is “at will” employment in Arizona? At will employment means that an employer can fire an employee any time the employer wants as long as the firing is not for an illegal, improper, bad reason. In turn, the employee can leave anytime they want. It’s a ...

We all know that person, the one you meet in a business or personal setting who cannot stop themselves from dominating a conversation or room. They don’t let anyone else say much. When the conversation or meeting is over, you know too much about them assuming they spoke about themselves, which most people like that do, or too much of their personal opinions, ...

If an employee or former employee sues, they may be entitled to many different types of damages, which could amount to a substantial amount. However, that is not always the case. The different kinds of damages an employee can win against an Arizona employer depend on the type of claim, and there are many different kinds of claims. An employee may assert they have n...

Video Transcript: Hi, I’m Kraig Marton and I do employment law here in the firm. What is a Whistleblower? A whistleblower is a person who goes to either the media or to a person in the company who can do something about it, and complains about a violation of law or an unethical practice in an effort to make it stop. The whistleblower then gets a claim if the whi...