Director of Md. Legal Aid strives to meet the demand for free legal help

Wilhelm Joseph, 64, is the executive director of Maryland Legal Aid Bureau. He recently sat down at his organization’s main office, in Baltimore, to talk about his work and the challenges and accomplishments that led to it. More  Read More →

Advice for the credit-wise consumer

Recession blues got you down? And, wouldn’t you know it, just in time for the holidays. But short of boycotting the malls, there’s a lot you can do—both in your personal life and in dealing with consumer issues—that can take the sting out of the year’s busiest shopping season. More  Read More →

Md. motel standoff suspects ask for jury trial

A couple charged in a standoff with police at a Hancock motel will be tried by a jury. More  Read More →

Strategy credited with Baltimore homicide drop

Baltimore is on pace for its largest single-year decrease in both the percentage and actual number of homicides since at least 1970. The homicide total for the year is 172, compared to 238 at this time last year. That’s a 28 percent decrease. More  Read More →

Milwaukee man faces jail time for shooting lawnmower

A Milwaukee man is facing more than six years in jail after he attacked his lawnmower with a sawed-off shotgun. Keith Walendowski, 57, said he became “pissed” when his 21-inch Lawn-Boy wouldn’t start and believes he did nothing wrong.  “I can do that.  It’s my lawnmower and my yard, so I can shoot it if I want,” he said. But police charged him with felony weapons possession and a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct while armed. Dick Wagner, a local lawnmower... More

Woman threatens lawsuit over dog obituary

A Florida woman is threatening to bring a discrimination lawsuit against a local newspaper because it refuses to run an obituary for her dog. When Kimberly DeWolf’s 12-year-old pup Bailey passed away, she took a week of bereavement leave and submitted an obituary to the West Orange Times.  But the paper refused to run the announcement based on a policy that death notices are limited to human beings. But DeWolf insists that Bailey is “not a dog: he’s my child.  They’re discriminating... More

Paris Hilton sued for not generating enough publicity

Paris Hilton is being taken to court for not getting enough attention.  The ubiquitous hotel heiress was paid $1 million for her role in the movie “National Lampoon’s Pledge This!” in which she appeared as a sorority president at South Beach University.  In addition to her display of acting talent, Hilton was credited as executive producer and agreed to provide “reasonable promotion and publicity” for the film. But Hilton “failed to attend any talk shows”... More

Trick or Treat! Do you have a lawyer?

What is the color of albumin? If your house has ever been egged on Halloween (or its evil twin, Mischief Night), you would know. It’s a slimy shade of egg white that inevitably becomes mixed with yellow streaks of egg yolk and a mosaic of eggshell shards. And it’s often impossible to remove. Get out the power washer, hire a painter, get really angry; but think twice about taking the brats who did it to court. The Halloween season of pranks and misdemeanors is upon us, and Baltimore attorney T.... More

Flawed evidence puts legal process on trial

Roland Walker has been practicing law since 1952. You’d think he’d seen it all, but he said his faith in the system was rattled to an unusual degree recently. More  Read More →

Think hard before buying a gun for your home

If you’re a homeowner, should you get a handgun to protect yourself? You may be asking this question in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent decision overturning the D.C. law restricting handguns has led to an upsurge of interest in guns for protection. The instance of a Baltimore resident defending his house against a burglar also captured a lot... More

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