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Homelessness is a difficult situation no one wants to experience, especially in New York. For all its attractive attributes, life in the city is hard for people who don’t have…

One of the biggest struggles of being a landlord is collecting delinquent rent from non-paying tenants. On the one hand, you need to collect money to keep your business going.…

By its definition, the service of process is simple enough: to “serve” or personally hand over legal documents to the respondent (or the defendant) in a case. It signals the…

In an ideal world, the respondent to a lawsuit would be easy to locate and serve. It won’t take process servers more than a day to serve the individual with…

Serving legal papers at a high-security location or a sensitive situation is more challenging than serving process during normal circumstances. What if the person you need to serve is currently…

As the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues to lead the legal industry into uncharted waters, legal professionals ask the same question: how will the pandemic affect the service of…

Extensive paperwork and documentation form the foundation of a solid case. Legal researchers use these documents to build supporting arguments and find cases that provide critical precedence. But without expert…

Civil and criminal cases are delicate, and litigators in New York build them by filing a subpoena for pieces of evidence and statements. There three kinds of subpoena issued by…

Domestic violence is far too commonplace in the world. In 2018 alone, violent domestic homicides made up over 17 percent of all homicides in New York City. Although law enforcement…

The New York City Housing Court processes hundreds of residential eviction cases every year. And the most common cause for eviction is when tenants can’t or won’t pay their rent.…