Two recent lawsuits have been filed by courageous survivors who are represented by a team of attorneys, including Leander James and Craig Vernon of James, Vernon and Weeks, P.A. “By having the courage to come forward to seek justice, these brave survivors are speaking to other survivors … telling them that they are not alone and that it is
For the past two decades, the internet has become an all-encompassing resource in just about every society in the world. We use it to do everything, from education to industry to entertainment. Nowadays, it’s common practice to use the web to perform research before undertaking any sort of venture, purchase, or transaction, whether it’s buying
“She worked at a hospital, why didn’t anyone report the abuse?” I heard that question all day on March 9, 2017, the day Kelly Pease, a nursing student and victim of domestic violence, was found murdered in the Kootenai Medical Center parking lot. The unspoken belief seemed to be that if only someone had reported
Often when I meet with a new client to prepare an estate plan the client walks in the door believing that she needs a trust. When asked why she would like a trust, the response is often to avoid probate because she has heard that probate is very expensive. However, when the pros and cons
As a family law practitioner, my legal practice is centered in crisis. Your crisis. Professionally, I meet people during one of the worst times of their lives: their divorce. Amicable or acrimonious, divorce is ranked among life’s most traumatic experiences. Divorce is almost always an unhappy event, and at the very least it’s marked by disappointment and
JVW continues to seek justice on behalf of adult survivors of child sexual abuse during the Indian Placement Program. Read more on this subject here.
As reported in the New York Daily news, JVW represents a brave survivor who was sexually abused as a young girl by a cult leader masquerading as Jesus Christ incarnate. JVW attorney Leander James, as quoted in this article: “We intend to uncover any ongoing cult activities in Spokane, Bellingham and the Northwest that is
In social settings when the inevitable question arises “What do you do for a living?” and I respond “I am an attorney,” the conversation then usually goes one of two ways: Sometimes, although not very often, there is an awkward reaction and the conversation topic is abruptly changed, perhaps to something the other person feels
Our co-counsel in Hawaii, Randall Rosenberg, whom we have teamed with to successfully obtain justice for many survivors of sexual abuse, sent us this article linked below. Pope Francis has named Bishop Michael Jude Byrnes as the new leader of the Guam archdiocese. Byrnes succeeds the former Archbishop, Anthony Apuron, who currently faces a canonical trial
Per this article, pedophile Gillen, in approximately 1999, was caught doing disgusting things to children when he was manager of a skating rink in Colorado. Then, he was convicted in 2002 of a different sexual assault on another child. He was sentenced to eight years in prison. After being released from prison, pedophile Gillen ended