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 [...]
Category: Military Appeals
Law Offices of Carson J. Tucker Files Pro Bono Appeal for Disabled Veteran Seeking to Protect Disability Benefits from State Court Legal Process
In another pro bono veteran's disability case, I recently filed a brief in the Michigan Court of Appeals seeking a decision on the applicability of federal law to a specific set of disabled veterans. Carpenter v. Carpenter Brief on Appeal Although federal law in some cases allows state courts to use veterans' disability pay to pay child [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Grants in Veterans’ Disability Case
As mentioned in my prior blog post, the U.S. Supreme Court was considering two petitions concerning the issue of disposition of disabled veterans' benefits in marital property settlements consequent to divorce. I have a case pending in the Michigan Supreme Court addressing this very issue, in which I noted the potential for grants in the [...]
Special Appellate Counsel for Emergency Appeals in State and Federal Court of Appeals and Supreme Court
It is the eve of trial. The trial court judge, bent on forcing you into an unsavory settlement with opposing counsel, has granted opposing counsel’s motion in limine to exclude your proposed evidence from the jury’s consideration. This is a key part of your client’s case and without it your client may be facing 100 [...]
Follow-Up to Supreme Court Petitions Regarding Justiciability of Discrimination Complaints Filed by “Dual-Status” Technicians
Hi, it seems that my prior post regarding this subject garnered some attention. For those of you who are following this, the Supreme Court denied both the Zuress and Wetherill petitions. I assisted in the Wetherill case in my capacity as a JAG for the National Guard and I have worked on similar cases here [...]