McKeen Law Firm, LLC cannot help everyone with a legal problem. We are small. McKeen Law Firm only takes a case when we know we have the experience, competence, and resources necessary to make a difference. This means we turn down work. Clients and potential clients call us for help. McKeen Law Firm will never turn you away without trying to help you.
Can lawyers advertise with Yodle? The problem for lawyers is in the details. Yodle sets up a phone number for you and then records your calls. Yodle monitors the calls.
Our practice is about community. McKeen Law Firm, LLC pledges 10% of any fee it earns representing injured runners, cyclists, and pedestrians will go to charity. After a settlement or verdict, Attorney McKeen and the client will meet and mutually decide on a charity. Justice is healing and protecting the community. McKeen Law Firm, LLC relentlessly seeks justice.
In January of 2014, a Connecticut jury awarded a total of 8 million dollars in loss of life and loss of life’s enjoyment for a 45 year old man who died as a result of a defendant violating safety rules designed to protect the man.
I’m thrilled to announce Ruth Deslauries is joining the McKeen Law Firm team. Ruth will be working as a litigation paralegal. Ruth brings 30 years of litigation support experience to the table. In the course of her career, she has worked tirelessly to provide the highest quality assistance to very talented lawyers and firm clients. … Read more
If you have a regularly scheduled appointment (not a real estate closing where times often change out of my control), and you spend more than ten minutes in my lobby – I will buy you an appetizer and a beverage at a Max Restaurant. I will hand you a $25 gift card to the Max Restaurant Group for your inconvenience.
One of the challenges that I faced was printing a single check from QuickBooks. I buy checks, three to a page. Printing that “third” and single check was a problem.
The video below provides you with a no cost (other than a piece of paper that can be reused) solution.
Starting a law firm? Use a bank near your office. Opening a law firm means spending time in the bank. Initially, you will spend hours setting up the right accounts. I have an operating account and two IOLTA accounts. The bank also extends me a line of credit. Lawyers trust accounts are highly regulated and are time consuming to open.
Connecticut follows the modern view is that the gift of the engagement ring is a
conditional gift, the condition being the subsequent marriage of the parties. If the
marriage does not take place, the condition has not been met and the ring should be returned to the donor.
In his inaugural address, Kennedy said “”….civility is not a sign of weakness…” By it’s nature the practice of law can be contentious. Tempers flair from time to time. Understanding that “….civility is not a sign of weakness…” is essential to practicing law.