Paralegal

Skip traces, asset searches, witness location, debtor location, legal research. Full access to WestlawNext, Lexis, and federal, state, and local law enforcement databases, and tools legally permissible for such use.

GENERAL ISSUE RESEARCH:
You provide us with the general topic or fact pattern you would like researched, and the jurisdictions you would like to focus on. We will provide cites to statutes, regulations, and cases, old, current, just issued, and as close to on point as available.

CLIENT DEFINED RESEARCH:
You define the subjects or issues you want researched, and the jurisdictions from which you need authority. You may choose to have that information delivered to you by simply delivering the authority to you–briefly summarized, or be provided a detailed report of the research, be it statutes, regulations, cases, asset searches, skip tracing, witness location, social security numbers, new utility connections, telephone numbers, business relations, neighbors, and known associates.

SHEPARDIZING AND KEYCITING OF: CASES, LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND NEGATIVE TREATMENT OF SAME, AS WELL AS PENDING LEGISLATION DEALING WITH PARTICULAR STATUTES:

Need to know the standing, Shepardizing or KeyCiting of a case, statute, regulation or pending legislation, but don’t have the time or staff to devote to exhaustive research of the issue? We can provide all of the above, and then some, utilizing the power of technology, ground-breaking legal-research databases, and, other powerful search tools.

QUICK, SUCCESSFUL RESULTS:

Such as one in August of 2013, wherein an elderly person seeking emergency representation to avoid being held in contempt for which a jail sentence could be imposed, as well as fines and seizures of bank accounts in the hundreds-of-thousands of dollars; fraudulent transfers of real estate and violations of court orders, and facing a contempt hearing date less than 6 days away, resulted in a successful outcome for the new client. The client here, was an Executrix of an Estate (now known as a Personal Representative under the new Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code:”MUPC”), in which there had been ongoing litigation for the past twenty-years, involving the Estate’s Decedent and litigation in the Probate Court, the Land Court and the Massachusetts Court of Appeals. With the work of our principal, the client was able to retain counsel.  New counsel was faced with a case of twenty-years of litigation, and learning the history of same. Through the work of our principal, the records were assembled from the client, which involved 20 plus years of files, in a disordered array, investigation in the Probate Court, Land Court, as well as the Appeals Court. Among the work-product produced: complete docket sheets from three different courts of the Commonwealth, legal research on WestLawNext, obtaining and organizing pleadings, motions, orders, appeals, docket sheets, bank records, subpoenas and other important documentary evidence to be used in the contempt hearing scheduled days away.

The outcome of this case resulting in the successful closing of this case, the proper parties involved being separated from the client’s obligations, and the client’s savings of thousands of dollars in fines, costs and penalties, as well as avoiding a jail sentence for contempt.

SUBPOENA, NOTARY, APOSTILLES, CERTIFICATES OF APPOINTMENT, AND OTHER SPECIALIZED SERVICES:

Our office, in conjunction with the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth is also adept in obtaining Apostilles Certificates and Certificates of Appointment for foreign countries and jurisdictions; as well as in obtaining certification of transcripts or diplomas needed to be sent to foreign countries or jurisdictions.  We offer a mobile notary service for needs where an individual or entity is unable to travel to a notary. As appointed and sworn Notaries Public in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, we are able to offer Acknowledgment, Jurat, Signature Witnessing, and Copy Certification services as needed.

Also, as appointed and sworn Notaries Public in the Commonwealth, we are able to offer to the Public issuance of  any needed Witness Subpoena(s), Subpoena Duces Tecum(s), Trial Subpoena(s), Keeper of the Records Subpoena(s), and Deposition Subpoena(s), in addition to being able to make service upon and tender to the witness the appropriate witness fees.