Miscellaneous

• What is Mediation?

  Jon Lewis | March 06, 2012 5:59 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Mediation is a method by which cases are resolved amicably and without the necessity of trial. Typically, both sides of a dispute agree to a mediator to handle the case (of course, mediation may...

• What Kind of Company is Bank of America?

  Jon Lewis | February 23, 2012 6:30 PM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL

  A ridiculous one. Why do I say that? Well, we are representing several clients who have attempted to have their loans modified pursuant to the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP). In...

• If you really want to OCCUPY WALL STREET

  Jon Lewis | November 21, 2011 2:22 PM | 10 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  So much has been in the news lately about the Occupy Wall Street protestors. What is the point of Occupy Wall Street? Well, their website states that this is what they are...

• Penn State is not Alone - Unfortunately

  Jon Lewis | November 18, 2011 3:13 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Well, it has been a horrible few weeks in college football. Yes, Tulane, my alma mater, has another losing season, but I wasn't really thinking about that. The situation at Penn State...

• Are you on Twitter? Check out #TweetLaw

  Jon Lewis | November 14, 2011 4:44 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  On Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. CST, Jon E. Lewis and Richard S. Jaffe will begin a Twitter chat called #TweetLaw - (See number 505). The goal of the chat is to allow attorneys and...

• More Mortgage Mess

  Jon Lewis | August 08, 2011 12:17 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Well, today, AIG has filed suit against Bank of America for $10 billion. Yes, $10 billion - with a B. What is AIG suing for? A Massive Fraud on mortgage debt. You can read the story here. According...

• All Star Game v. Jury Duty

  Jon Lewis | July 15, 2011 9:16 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Fellas, this is the All-Star Game! It's not jury duty! That was Willie Mays' quote from an article in the Wall Street Journal. This is an indication of what is wrong in society. Willie Mays made...

• Jury Duty - Some Citizens Get it

  Jon Lewis | July 11, 2011 1:27 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Our founding fathers came up with a government composed of three branches: Executive, Legislative and Judicial. Now, I'm sure many of you are reading this (if many read it at all), and you are...

• Fraudclosures, I Mean Foreclosures, in Alabama

  Jon Lewis | July 08, 2011 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  So far in Alabama I don't know of anybody that's been foreclosed on that shouldn't have been, Strange said. That was Luther Strange's comment in the Birmingham News today discussing the proposed...

• Casey Anthony - An Interesting Debate

  Jon Lewis | July 07, 2011 7:37 PM | 4 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Since the verdict came in, I have had several discussions with people on facebook and in person. People's reactions have ranged. Many are outraged at the jury for letting a woman go who appeared to...