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- General Practice / Primary Care
- Real Estate Transactions and Litigation
- Taxation
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Huntington, Indiana 46750
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Attorney / Mediator Joins BBGW
Bowers, Brewer, Garrett & Wiley, LLP is pleased to announce that Davin G. Smith became an Associate with the law firm on January 3, 2012. Mr. Smith earned his bachelor’s degree from Indiana University Kelley School of Business and his … Continue reading
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BBGW Attorney Attends Solo and Small Firm Conference
Matthew Grantham, an attorney at Bowers, Brewer, Garrett & Wiley, LLP, attended the 2011 Solo and Small Firm Conference in French Lick, Indiana. The conference was sponsored in part by the Indiana State Bar Association. The conference offered opportunities for the attendees … Continue reading
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BBGW Awards Scholarships
Bowers, Brewer, Garrett & Wiley, LLP awarded three scholarships to graduating high school seniors. The Firm awarded its 2011 James W. Bowers Scholarship, in honor of the late Huntington Attorney James W. bowers, to Taylor Mortorff. Mortorff is the son of Kirk and DeAnn … Continue reading
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Myth or Fact: If I hire a (more expensive) lawyer, I will have a better chance of winning my case.
RESULT: Myth, with a caveat. If the system is working correctly, it is an attorney’s job to present the law and the facts of the case in a favorable light for the client, but an attorney should not in a truly … Continue reading
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Myth or Fact– You don’t have to “file on” all of your debts in bankruptcy, just the ones you don’t plan on repaying.
RESULT: Myth. The Bankruptcy Code specifically requires people under oath to list every single debt they owe, no matter how small, no matter to whom it is owed, and no matter whether the debtor intends to repay it. It is … Continue reading
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BBGW Attorney Awarded for Client Service
Bowers, Brewer, Garrett & Wiley, LLP, congratulates Matthew G. Grantham, one of its attorneys, on receiving a 2010 Pro Bono Award for Appreciation for Excellence in Client Service. The award, presented by the Volunteer Lawyer Program of Northeast Indiana, recognizes … Continue reading
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Understanding The Most Common Types of Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is in a relatively short list of “enumerated powers” under Article I of the U.S. Constitution. This means that it is one of the few things our Framers specifically wanted the Federal Government to control. From time to time, … Continue reading
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When To Hire A Lawyer
This post is a paraphrase of an article one of our attorneys wrote a few month ago. We hope it will be helpful to those of our readers who are trying to decide whether they have a legal issue that … Continue reading
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Welcome
Welcome to our BBGW newsletter. We hope to use this resource to keep our readers informed of interesting legal developments in Indiana and throughout the country. We also may post news and information that we find might be helpful to our … Continue reading
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Barnes v. State
This recent case from the Indiana Supreme Court garnered quite a bit of national attention. It even appeared on the Drudge Report. The word on the street is that the highest court in our State– and the highest court period … Continue reading →