+How Personal Injury Lawyers Add Value
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The first episode of "The Legal View" covers how a personal injury lawyer can add value to your case. American law is complex and not always easily understood. This episode of "The Legal View" with Dothan, Alabama personal injury lawyers David Hogg and Aaron Gartlan provide you with an educational program to help you better understand the work they do in the field of personal injury law and tell you more about themselves as well as their legal background. Future episodes will include guest interviews to help you better understand the legal system and get an insider view of the legal system. The Legal View's guest in the next episode is Houston County, Alabama Probate Judge Luke Cooley who has been a Probate Judge for 16 years to tell you about the probate system and what she does in her work as a Probate Judge.
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+Understanding the Probate Court
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The Legal View's guest in this episode is Houston County, Alabama Probate Judge Luke Cooley who has been a Probate Judge for 16 years to tell the viewers about the probate system and what she does in work as a Probate Judge. The department does more than the probate of wills. One of the more fun things they do is adoptions both child and adult. The role of the attorney in probate proceedings is discussed as well as the role of attorneys in keeping estates out of probate entirely. Probate Judges also handle guardianships and conservatorships that are discussed in this episode. Another major function of the Probate Court in Alabama is mental health issues that require court intervention that can include psychiatric hospital placement or outpatient treatment. The last major function of the probate court discussed is the supervision of elections. The next episode will have as a special guest Carla Woodall, Houston County, Circuit Clerk.
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+Alabama's Houston County Clerk
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The Legal View's guest in Episode #3 is Alabama's Houston County Clerk, Carla Woodall who is an elected official. Her office is charged with maintaining all the court files with a staff of 20. They handle all of the money of the court in and out of the court. They also process all the subpoenas issued and jury summons. There are nine divisions in the County Clerk office. The lower Alabama area has a tremendous amount of cases thus Houston County is a busy court system. The divisions of the courts are discussed and which court a case would go to in the system. The importance of jury trials and how jurors are found for the court is discussed. What happens to you while you are at jury duty is explained as well.
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