A personal representative is the person who is appointed to administer a deceased person's estate. Sometimes a personal representative is nominated in the deceased person's will. Other times, if there is no will or if the person nominated in the will is unable or unwilling to serve as personal representative, the court may select someone to serve as personal representative.

Clients often want to terminate their alimony obligation because their ex is in a new relationship. Is that possible?

As a small business owner, you have likely seen advertisements or mailers regarding the upcoming Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Report requirement. Here is the good news: on December 3, 2024, a Texas federal court ruled the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) unconstitutional.

The increase in golf carts has inevitably led to accidents with regular vehicles, as they share the road. Because of the size difference between a car or SUV and a golf cart, these accidents usually result in serious injuries to the golf cart driver or passengers. In fact, Mackey Law Group has one such case now where a truck hit our client’s golf cart while she was sitting at an intersection and severely broke our client’s hand.

When facing the daunting task of not only getting divorced; but, having to hire a lawyer, most people don’t know the “lay of the land”. Perhaps this will even be the first time the person has hired a lawyer. Unfortunately, in this geographic area (Manatee County) we know of lawyers who require family law/divorce clients to provide a “non-refundable retainer”.

For over 30 years, Mackey Law Group has been winning for its clients, who are the people of Manatee and Sarasota Counties, including businesses and even other law firms. In early 1991, Catherine Mackey went out on her own and started Mackey Law Group.