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In 2006, Nolo began publishing a directory of attorneys, which is asserted to operate on the principle that both participating lawyers and consumers are better served by a relatively short list of qualified attorneys under each category (business law, real estate, etc.), with much information for side-by-side comparisons.
This is a list of abbreviations used in law and legal documents. It is common practice in legal documents to cite other publications by using standard abbreviations for the title of each source. Abbreviations may also be found for common words or legal phrases.
A nolo contendere plea has the same immediate effects as a plea of guilty, but may have different residual effects or consequences in future actions. For instance, a conviction arising from a nolo contendere plea is subject to any and all penalties, fines, and forfeitures of a conviction from a guilty plea in the same case, and can be considered as an aggravating factor in future criminal actions.
Lawyers.com and martindale.com began offering free, online legal assistance to the public in June 1998, and has more than one million lawyers and law firms worldwide in its database. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] The site contains a database of lawyers in the United States and allows users to search for lawyers using factors like geography, specialty ...
Nolo may refer to: Nolo, Milan, a district in the northeast of Milan; Nolo (publisher), formerly known as Nolo Press, a publisher of legal self-help material; Nolo, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community in Indiana County, in Pennsylvania, USA; Nolo contendere, a plea that can be entered in some courts; Non-alcoholic or low-alcoholic beverages
(a) In accepting a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, the court should make such inquiry as may be necessary to satisfy itself that there is a factual basis for the plea. As part of its inquiry, the defendant may be asked to state on the record whether he or she agrees with, or in the case of a nolo contendere plea, does not contest, the ...
LegalZoom was a nominee for the American Bar Association's 2005 Louis M. Brown Award. [18] In 2011, Business Insider ranked LegalZoom 27th on its list of the world's most valuable startups, [19] and in 2012, Fast Company ranked LegalZoom 26th on its list of the most innovative companies.
Estimates of the pro se rate of family law overall averaged 67% in California, 73% in Florida's large counties, and 70% in some Wisconsin counties. [1] In San Diego, for example, the number of divorce filings involving at least one pro se litigant rose from 46% in 1992 to 77% in 2000, in Florida from 66% in 1999 to 73% in 2001. [ 1 ]