Minnesota General Practice Legal Questions

A US citizen who marries a foreign national who entered the US with permission can sponsor her spouse for a green card. This is even if the spouse is out of status. That is the general rule but there are a few exceptions. Discuss the facts of your case in a free private phone call with an immigration attorney.        ... Read Answer

Your friend would need to get a visitor visa. If she intends to visit she would have to establish that she has enough motivation to return to Russia after her visit is complete. This would include a letter from her employer, tax returns showing stable employment paystub's showing three or four months of past work history, and bank deposits showing payroll receipts into her bank account. Additionally if she owed property, she could provide the consulate with a deed and an appraisal report showing how much equity she has in the property. Upon entering the United States with the intention to visit, but later on she changes her mind and decides to get married then that would be permissible. But you have to tell the truth. ... Read Answer

OK so anytime a foreign national wants to qualify for a tourist visa, they have to independently establish that they have enough contacts with their home country that would motivate them to return. For example they have a steady job and a steady income, and they have real estate or equity in a home that would motivate them to return after their visit is complete. Generally speaking, when someone applies for a tourist visa, the US host Who they plan to visit, can do very little if nothing to assist that person in qualifying for a tourist visa.       ... Read Answer

Theoretically, the vehicle owner could be liable to you if they are found to have been negligent by leqving the doors of the vehicle open, and this negligence is found to have caused your damage.  Your recovery could also be reduced if it is found that you were contributorily negligent by failing yourself to ensure that the doors were locked.... Read Answer

One methodology might be to estimate the hours you spent putting together the proprietary information you lost and multiply that by your customary hourly rate of compensation.  If you're looking for a more sophisticated model, and one which will yield a higher number, there are experts available who can come up with a methodology to value the proprietary information you lost, and testify about it.  However that doesn't necessarily mean that you will be able to recover that amount.  A court may consider the valuation to be too speculative to be used as evidence.  I wonder, did you ever value the laptop for insurance or any other purposes?  If, in applying for homeowner's insurance for example, you valued the laptop at $500, for example, you may be bound by that valuation now (assuming that the laptop contained all the information you lost at the time you valued it.)... Read Answer

If your co-worker lied with the intent of getting you fired, he/she could be deemed to have tortiously interfered with your employment contract, and be liable to you for the damages you've suffered, and possibly for punitive damages.  However, there are numerous obstacles to your potential success on your claim in court.... Read Answer

The system is not as simple as you would have it.  The court does not hand out restraining orders without cause and the person against whom they are sought has the right to challenge it.  I am sure you do not believe this, but trust me, I had a client who was physcially and mentally abused by her boyfriend and the court removed the temporary order after a hearing based on the violence being remote in time.  Any violence is outside of the way that normal couples live.  If your boyfriend ever touched you in anger, he should be barred from being near you.  There is no excuse for a man ever doing that to a woman.  You may see it in your life in others, and for that I am sorry, as that is not how people behave, especialy if they are romantically involved.  If a man is angry, he leaves the room. ... Read Answer