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Court of Appeals Reverses 2008 Judgment Dispossessing Veteran of Disability Pay – Michigan Court of Appeals Rules State Courts Have No Subject Matter Jurisdiction to Divide Veterans’ Disability Pay Protected by Federal Law

on August 30, 2020August 30, 2020 By Carson J Tucker, JD MSEL

Lex Fori PLLC and Carson J. Tucker Secures Reversal of a 2008 Judgment

Lex Fori PLLC and Carson J Tucker File Pro Bono Supreme Court Application for Disabled Veteran

on March 12, 2020May 12, 2020 By Carson J Tucker, JD MSEL

In March 2020, Attorney Carson J. Tucker of Lex Fori PLLC filed another pro bono Supreme Court application in Michigan seeking to ensure that federally protected veterans' disability benefits are used for the purpose that Congress intended, i.e., to support and provide for disabled veterans whose service to the United States resulted in their injuries. [...]

UPDATE – Howell v. Howell – Supreme Court Rules State Courts Have No Authority to Divest Military Veterans of Retirement and Disability Benefits

on May 16, 2017May 12, 2020 By Carson J Tucker, JD MSEL

As a follow up on our bulletin yesterday we provide the following summary of the Supreme Court unanimous (8-0-1) opinion in Howell v. Howell, agreeing with the "friend of the court" brief written by Carson J. Tucker for Veterans of Foreign Wars and Operation Firing for Effect. On May 15, 2017, the United States Supreme Court [...]