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Understanding How Property and Assets are Divided in a Divorce Divorce is already a stressful process, and is often further complicated by the division of assets and property in a marriage. When pursuing a divorce settlement, you should clearly identify marital assets, and consider any other components that may affect or contribute to property division. […]

How a plea bargain / plea deal / plea agreement works. The terms – plea bargain/deal/agreement are interchangeable.  The best way to explain how it works is just to look at the nature of the word “bargain,” “deal” and “agreement.”  The terms in the business world mean that each side, the seller and the buyer, […]

What Will Happen If I Stopped Paying Alimony? If you are ordered by a judge to pay alimony after divorcing your spouse, you are legally responsible to complete this financial duty. There are both financial and legal consequences if you fail to make payments. If you are curious to learn what could happen if payments […]

Competent Legal Counsel Rockville, MD I understand the challenges my clients face in criminal defense, business law, family law matters, and more. In any area, it’s important to seek competent legal counsel sooner rather than later. Check out this chart that shows my areas of expertise!

Business Law Lawyer Rockville, MD Business law issues and concerns can be very complicated, invoking numerous aspects of your firm’s overall business strategy and potentially involving numerous state and federal laws. We can use these five steps to negotiate any business disputes: Stop yelling, start talking Get to the root of the problem Re-evaluate goals/plans Use […]

How Body Language Affects NegotiationBody language is the unspoken and non-verbal mode of communication. We communicate through smiles, frowns, grimaces, eye contact, poise, and gestures. The value of body language is just as important in business negotiations. We can connect to people by establishing a sense of rapport by matching body language patterns. By mimicking […]

Family Law Lawyer Rockville, MD  Family law matters such as divorce and child custody change the lives of the people involved forever. At the Law Office of Daniel J. Wright, we can help clients come up with workable legal solutions that don’t damage the fabric of their families. More than anything, we are here to provide […]

Criminal Defense Attorney Rockville, MD The most challenging and pervasive task of the criminal defense attorney will always be to change the minds of other people. And there are three realities of any juror’s mind that blocks persuasion and make them predictably irrational: The most challenging and pervasive task of the criminal defense attorney will always […]

Prepare Your Client for their DepositionThere are a lot of things to remember when preparing for a deposition. First, it is important to review the case with your client, along with the questions you anticipate will be asked. Practice asking questions to your client, especially the hard ones and follow this advice: Answer only the […]

Court Updates For the past 3 days we have been at the Federal Court in Greenbelt battling for our client, and we successfully reached a “not guilty” verdict! Our client was a federal government employee who was charged with disclosing personal information about employees of the IRS. By arguing that he had no intention or […]