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Thank you for visiting. I am Carson J. Tucker, an appellate and insurance law attorney.  I use this blog to communicate and engage with clients and colleagues about important court opinions, legal issues and policy.  More about my practice can be found on my LinkedIn page, Law Offices of Carson J. Tucker on LinkedIn. I began Amicus [...]

Brief Submitted in Foster v Foster (After Remand) – Supreme Court of Michigan to Consider Effect of Federal Statutory Preemption on State Subject Matter Jurisdiction and Collateral Attack of Judgments Preempted and Void Under Federal Law

I have submitted the Appellee's Brief in Foster v. Foster. The Michigan Supreme Court is once again considering the impact of its April 2020 unanimous decision in Foster v. Foster, ruling that federal law preempted state law in the area of the division of military disability pay as property, and that 38 USC 5301 prohibited [...]

LEX FORI PLLC Asks United States Supreme Court to Force Georgia to Reconsider Its Refusal to Recognize Military Servicemember’s Home of Record in Suit to Vindicate Constitutional Rights

Supreme Court Attorney Carson J. Tucker of Lex Fori PLLC filed a petition in the United States Supreme Court seeking to overturn Georgia's dismissal of a military servicemember's suit in the county of his official "home of record", even though the servicemember was never domiciled or living anywhere else. Upon a change of duty station [...]

Lex Fori PLLC and Trinity Advocates file Pro Bono Petition in United States Supreme Court to Pursue Civil Rights Claims on Behalf of Disabled Veterans

Lex Fori PLLC filed another Petition in the United States Supreme Court asserting veterans' rights to file civil rights actions against the state for the unlawful taking of their disability pay. This case arises out of a split of authority among the Circuit Courts over whether a viable cause of action exists under the Civil [...]