“The advantage of growing up with siblings is that you become very good at fractions.” R. Brault THE FAMILY RECIPE Family businesses are the backbone of the United States economy – comprising 80 to 90 percent of all business enterprises, 64% of gross domestic product, 62% of employment, and 78% of new job creation. By […]Continue reading

United States immigration law is one of the most complicated and difficult fields in the legal profession to navigate. In relation to the challenges immigration law brings, one federal judge in the Southern District of New York noted the following: “The statutory scheme defining and delimiting the rights of aliens is exceedingly complex. Courts and […]Continue reading

Luis first entered the United States without inspection when he was just twelve years old. Ever since his arrival in 2005, Luis has been hopeful that Congress would pass comprehensive immigration reform allowing individuals like himself a pathway to United States citizenship.  Unfortunately for Luis and millions of others like him, Congress has failed to […]Continue reading

“Cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.”   ~Franklin D. Roosevelt In 2005, the Tennessee Supreme Court declared the non-competition agreement between internist Dr. David Udom and his former employer Murfreesboro Medical Clinic (“MMC”) invalid. In ending a two and a half year legal battle, the court ruled that a […]Continue reading

MISSISSIPPI BECOMES DOMESTIC ASSET PROTECTION TRUST JURISDICTION (And Beats Louisiana In The Trust Business Game) BY THEUS LAW OFFICES "MOST PEOPLE WANT SECURITY IN THIS WORLD, NOT LIBERTY." H.L. Mencken OLD RIVALS Mississippi and Louisiana are close competitors on many fronts, such as football, education and diabetes.  However, Mississippi has surged ahead of Louisiana  with the recent [...]Continue reading

EVERY WORD COUNTS (IRS Busts Discretionary Support Trust for Child) BY THEUS LAW OFFICES (Duckett v. Enomoto, D. Ariz. 2016) "BE SURE WHEN YOU STEP, STEP WITH GREAT CARE AND GREAT TACT.  AND REMEMBER THAT LIFE'S A GREAT BALANCING ACT." ~Dr. Seuss Dr. Dennis Enomoto was a gifted and dedicated physician, but a terrible business person.  [...]Continue reading

THE CASE FOR THE TRUST PROTECTOR BY THEUS LAW OFFICES "TRY TO BE LIKE A TURTLE -- AT EASE IN YOUR OWN SHELL" Bill Copeland THE BLACK AND WHITE TELEVISION GENERATION Ozzie Nelson was an actor and a band leader.  Harriet Nelson was a stay at home mom who mostly wore aprons and never left the [...]Continue reading

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