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James Tedford
22
Aug

It Could Have Been A Kidnapping Charge

August 22, 2022, ,
There was a young man who with his girlfriend had been off and on through high school. They were the high school prom king and queen. He was the quarterback on the football team. She was a varsity volleyball player. He had ultimately got a scholarship to a major university and played quarterback up there....
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10
Aug

The Rise Of Crime Post Pandemic

August 10, 2022, ,
My thoughts on the rise of crime post pandemic…are that I think all alcohol related type incidents as well as many types of the criminal side, you’re looking at spousal abuse and child abuse that definitely increased in volume during the pandemic. But, I think in addition to the alcohol you also have long periods...
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02
Aug

PTSD and Your Injury

August 2, 2022
It’s often overlooked. When people work with us it’s one of the things that I ask about in our initial consultation is how the accident affected somebody psychologically. Most of the time people don’t even though they can seek treatment for emotional damage and that they are entitled to compensation for those injuries as well...
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20
Jul

What Is Continuity Of Care

July 20, 2022,
Well, the first thing that we do when we see a client is we want to make sure that there’s continuity of treatment. We’re always recommending to clients that if injured that they go immediately to the urgent care or an ER after the accident. A lot of times people will say, but I don’t...
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11
Jul

Social Media and Your Case.

July 11, 2022,
I think social media can be a sword and a shield. When you’re looking at a case, especially a criminal case, where accusations are being made, a lot of times now people will make those accusations out on social media before they even go to law enforcement.  A lot of times you can start mining...
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01
Jul

Assault Accusations Dropped

July 1, 2022
During the pandemic, there was a huge blow up at a local high school on social media of girls coming out and making accusations against other high school students, male high school students saying that they had sexually assaulted them.  In a matter of three weeks, I picked up five cases from that same local...
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20
Jun

What Sets Us Apart From Other Law Firms?

June 20, 2022,
First of all when somebody hires me to handle their criminal case they’re not getting handed off to somebody who’s never practiced before. They’re talking to somebody who has handled hundreds, if not thousands of criminal defense cases over 27 years.  In addition to that, I really take an aggressive approach from the beginning of...
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10
Jun

Why Criminal Law?

June 10, 2022
You know, it’s interesting when I started out and even thinking about going to law school, I really wasn’t sure what type of law I wanted to practice. During law school, I had the opportunity to work with the Attorney General’s office as an intern between my first and second year. I really got to...
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