NY LAW

JeffreyCottrill asked:


Hope. It’s what gets us out of the bed in the morning and keeps us putting one foot in front of the other. But for those going through divorce, hope can be elusive.

We’d like to share our personal tips for a successful marriage and hope that they can help you with your relationship. Here they are:

As the owners of Divorce Magazine, we want you to know that hope for a happier future after divorce is possible. One year after my (Dan’s) divorce, I launched Divorce Magazine and www.DivorceMagazine.com to help provide useful information to people going through a divorce and New Jersey divorce law. Then, two years later, I remarried. In 2007, we celebrated our10th wedding anniversary.

We’d like to share our personal tips for a successful marriage and hope that they can help you with your relationship. Here they are:

1. Spend time together. “Work and play together, with each other, and with your kids, no matter how busy you are,” says Dan.

2. Don’t be afraid to also spend time apart. “We all need our space,” says Martha an experienced family lawyer New York. “When Dan and I spend time apart it doesn’t mean we don’t love each other.” Spend time with your girl or guy friends, she suggests. “Don’t hesitate to do activities or sports you love on your own, if your spouse is not into the same thing.”

3. Be supportive of your spouse. “Support each other in whatever it is that interests you,” advises Martha. “Make your spouse a proud mother or father, help them be successful in their career, and support their family and hobbies.” (Martha and Dan, for instance, are activists for the same non profit organization — The Hunger Project.)

4. Begin from a place of trust. “Never question your spouse’s intention,” stresses Dan. “They may do things that ‘appear’ to be wrong or hurtful, but if you start by knowing they have good intentions, the rest will take care of itself.”

5. Communicate. “Tell each other what works, and what doesn’t work,” suggests Martha. “Don’t save it all up and then blow up.” And be sure to tell them regularly that you love them, she urges. “Just tell them!”

6. Appreciate life — and one another. “Don’t take each other for granted,” advises Dan. “And don’t take your relationship for granted, either. Learn the art of appreciation. It will do wonders for your relationship and your life.”

7. Celebrate your accomplishments, individually, and as a couple. “And celebrate your children’s accomplishments, too, together as a family,” says Martha.

Since 1996, Divorce Magazine and DivorceMagazine.com have proudly produced the industry’s only divorce magazine and Google’s top-ranked divorce website. Developed to inform, educate, and support divorcing people with divorce-related articles, news, exclusive interviews, and helpful resources, the website and magazine are regionalized to serve divorcing people in their own areas. The magazine offers six local editions throughout North America, while surfers can choose any U.S. state or Canadian province to learn more about the divorce process and resources available in their area.

Dan Couvrette is the founder and CEO of Divorce Magazine and www.DivorceMagazine.com

Martha Chan is the V.P. Marketing of Divorce Magazine and www.DivorceMagazine.com



Melinda

Vikram kuamr asked:


There are times when a case deals with issues that are pertaining to medicine. No matter the extent of your legal knowledge, you will never be able to win your case if you know very little about medical cases. There are only a handful of lawyers that are capable of reading the medical records of a client or comprehending medical terminologies. This is where Certified Legal Nurse Consultants enter the scene. They are the ones that help lawyers understand the complexity of cases that require the comprehension of medical records. Since most of the knowledge of an attorney is about legal issues, the help of a legal nurse is greatly needed for such cases. If you are a lawyer who is seeking legal nurse consulting, the best place to look for certain services is online. One website that offers CLNC services is Nurse Legals Consulting.

 

Aside from looking into the medical records and reviewing their contents, Certified Legal Nurse Consultants also determine care standards that might be applicable for the case. Another common service that legal nurses offer is the development of case timelines and chronologies. They prepare reports about the level of sickness or injury, as with reports regarding the extent of damage or causation. They are also tasked to research on the different medical issues of the case. Sometimes, a legal nurse may be asked to stand as an expert witness. But most of the times, the legal nurse is responsible for locating witnesses that may be of help to the case.

 

If you want to broaden your nursing career and get into CLNC profession, there are numerous courses that you have to enroll in first. When you graduate from these courses, you will be given certification for the training and education that you have taken up. Being a certified legal nurse means that you will be able to assist a lawyer attend to a case, specifically cases that need in-depth medical comprehension. Your knowledge and training is greatly required to help the case get the fair judgment that it needs. Certified Legal Nurse Consultants earn $125 to $150 for each hour of their service. They are depended on for cases that deal with medical issues like medical malpractice, products liability, personal injury, workers’ salary or compensation, criminal, or toxic tort.

 

Through Nurse Legals Consulting, which is a website that offers CLNC services, attorneys will get the medical research assistance that they need. The legal nurses of the site are capable of providing you with sound decisions that will help you build a stronger case. Nurse Legals Consulting provides a broad selection of services, which are fitted for and your client’s needs. Plus, its Certified Legal Nurse Consultants are experts with legal medical cases. Other than the preparation of facts and evidences for the case, the legal nurses of the website provides careful analysis over all the aspects of the case.

 

As a lawyer, you may not be that informed regarding medical research and terms. If your case deals with such, you require professional CLNC help. Legal nurses have clear and logical explanations or arguments that are in favor or against the case you are working on. Nurse Legals Consulting have been offering its services for plenty of years already. This means that it is capable of providing you with the most suitable services that will help you win your case.



Ann

Phil Davies asked:


Manhattan, New York – February 21, 2008 – The February 6-7th, Winter, Stock & Bond Auction at R. M. Smythe & Company (#277) saw heated bidding that was typified by the sale of a featured stock certificate from Buffalo Bills Wild West Company, which saw a final hammer price of $20,000. The beautifully illustrated certificate featured a portrait of Buffalo Bill at top center. Other noteworthy sales that warmed the winter auction included:

Lot # 1396 (Presale Estimate – $15,000-25,000) Final Bid – $19,000

Accessory Transit (of Nicaragua) (NY) 1856. #12. $5000. Bearer Bond. Auxilliary ocean going steamship. Signed twice by Cornelius Vanderbilt as president, and on the reverse. Not cancelled. John W. Amerman. NY. VF.*

Cornelius “The Commodore” Vanderbilt (1794-1877) was an American financier and founder of his family’s fortune. At the age of 16 he bought a boat and ferried passengers and goods between Staten Island and Manhatten. He later made a fortune in the steamship business, earning himself the nickname “Commodore.” In 1862 he sold his ships and turned to financing railroads, where he amassed a greater fortune estimated at $100,000,000 making him one of the richest men of his time. Accessory Transit was organized by Vanderbilt to move passengers and freight to the West Coast through Nicaragua. Vanderbilt hired C.K. Garrison as his agent through San Francisco, and Charles Morgan as his agent in New York.

Shortly after this bond was issued came the “war of the three commodores,” between Charles Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt and George Law. Accessory Transit competed openly with the Law-Aspinwall mail subsidy line. Morgan and Garrison, on the other hand, manipulated the Transit’s stock in such a way that they profited while Vanderbilt lost heavily. Vanderbilt is said to have stormed at them, “I will not sue you because the law takes too long. I will ruin you.”

Vanderbilt did manage to unseat Morgan and Hoyt from the board of directors, but another headache immediately developed in the form of William Walker, who invaded Nicaragua with the support of Morgan and his Associate! William Walker made himself President of Nicaragua. In order to get the money needed to keep a 1200 man army together, he took sides in the in-fighting within Accessory Transit Company. Foolishly backing those who had double crossed Commodore Vanderbilt, Walker confiscated the company assets and handed them over to the insurgent faction. Vanderbilt retaliated with a blockade, cutting Walker off from reinforcements while inciting the neighbouring states. Vanderbilt sent mercenaries to Costa Rica, where they obtained a small force of native troops to attack Walker. As a result Walker suffered defeat and had to flee in May 1857. Vanderbilt was then back in business with Nicaragua.

The first Accessory Transit Certificate signed by Cornelius Vanderbilt that we have sold in over a decade, a museum quality certificate that may not be obtainable again in a lifetime of collecting.

Lot # 1083 (Presale Estimate – $1000 to $1500) Final Bid – $1800

Black Star Line (DE) 1919. #2153. 5 shs. Green. Eastern Hemisphere globe with the title “Africa The Land of Opportunity” flanked by a field hand and an ocean liner. Signed by Marcus Garvey as president. VF.*

Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) was convinced that African Americans could not prosper in countries where they were the minority race, Garvey urged a “Back to Africa” movement, and conceived of a steamship trading company trading between New York, the West Indies and Africa. Over a half million in subscriptions poured in, but the enterprise never materialized. Garvey was arrested, convicted of mail fraud, and deported to Jamaica.

Lot# 1092 (Presale Estimate – $500 to $1,000) Final Bid – $1400

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal (MD) 1838. #12. 2500 shs. People stroll along the Canal and the Potomac River at left. Signed as corporate president by George C. Washington (1789-1854), grand-nephew of George Washington, congressman and Indian treaty negotiator. Tape stain center, otherwise VF.*

This enterprise was chartered in 1828, in succession to the old Potowmack Company. Half of the six million in capital came from the States of Maryland and Virginia as well as the cities of Washington, Georgetown and Alexandria. Although John Quincy Adams turned the first spade, the undertaking was not a success. A change of plan widening the canal made it impossible to finish the work within the constraints of the capital. By the crash of 1837, all of the $8 million had been spent and the canal was still 50 miles from Cumberland. In the meantime, President Jackson had to repeatedly call out the militia to restore order among the quarrelsome and striking workers.

Finally, in 1850, way over budget, the canal reached Cumberland, whose coal mines at least offered a commercial product that could be carried to Washington. The company ran at a profit from 1860-1880, with the exception of 1877 when a great flood on the Potomac wrecked the works. The company got back on its feet, but the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad steadily drained away its business. It lingered until 1924, when another great flood destroyed the works and made reconstruction financially impossible. The Federal government bought the land as a park in the 1930’s.

Lot# 1116 (Presale Estimate – $600 to $900) Final Bid – $950

Lewis & Clark Centennial & American Pacific Expo & Oriental Fair (OR) 1904. #1656. One share. Green. Large gold embossed corporate seal with an image of a settler and Indian pointing to a map of the Louisiana Purchase. “Where Rolls The Oregon” ships in harbor. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on either side. Nicest we have seen. Extremely Rare. VF+.

This exhibition was held in Portland, Oregon, in 1905, to commemorate the anniversary of the famed Lewis and Clark expedition from St. Louis to the Pacific Coast, which charted a route to the West through the Rocky Mountains.

Lot# 1209 (Presale Estimate – $2,000 – $4,000) Final Bid – $2600

Estate of Alexander Hamilton (NY) Nov. 29, 1804. $200. Printed form. Signed as trustees by Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816) patroon, Morrisana, diplomat and US senator. He was a member of the Continental Congress and one of the three drafters of the Articles of Confederation. Also signed by Rufus King (1755-1827), Revolutionary soldier, Continental Congressman, US senator from NY, twice a US senator, unsuccessful Federalist candidate for President in 1804 (thus at signing). Another signer was Oliver Wolcott, Jr. The other signers were Robert Benson and Thomas Wilkes. Framed behind glass with an engraving of Gouverneur Morris. Not examined out of frame, but appears to be EF.

Issued just four months after Hamilton’s famous duel with Vice President Aaron Burr. Hamilton was brilliant at getting the affairs of the United States in order, but he allowed his own personal finances to fall into complete disorder. The four gentlemen who signed this certificate formed a committee to liquidate Hamilton’s assets in order to try to save something for Mrs. Hamilton and the children.

Prices were generally much improved and autographed items and rare pieces did exceptionally well. None of the prices listed here include the Buyers Premium.

Accredited media interested in scheduling an interview to discuss this release or past or upcoming auctions are encouraged to contact Mary Herzog at 212-943-1880

About R. M. Smythe & Co.

R. M. Smythe and Co., established in 1880, buys, sells, and auctions coins, paper money, stocks and bonds and autographs at their corporate headquarters at 2 Rector Street in the heart of the Financial District in New York City. To order a catalog, to contact any of the firm’s specialists, or to make general inquiries, call 212-943-1880 or 800-622-1880, or visit the firm’s website at: http://www.smytheonline.com.



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