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Women of the Supreme Court: Sandra Day O'Connor

October is domestic violence awareness month. St. Mary’s County is host to the Patuxent River Naval Air Station which is a large economic driver for Southern Maryland. Unfortunately, the military is not immune to domestic violence. Domestic abuse in military and veteran households often escalates gradually, making early recognition and action critical. Warning signs may include controlling behavior over finances, deployments, or benefits; isolation disguised as “security”; ve

Female lawyer addressing the court. Every year, thousands of law school graduates sit for the bar exam, often experiencing it as the most intense, anxiety-inducing rite of passage into the legal profession. (This past July, a person taking the New York Bar Exam had a heart attack during the exam.) It’s an exhausting test of endurance, memorization, and time management.  However, the truth is that the bar exam has little to no bearing on the kind of attorney you’ll become. The

Imagine being stopped by a police officer and not having your driver’s license to show the officer. They have the legal authority to demand your license when pulled over.  If your license is valid as well as not compromised by any restrictions placed on it by the MVA or another state’s motor vehicle authority, you are likely to be charged with only the payable (meaning no jail time involved) misdemeanor of failing to display a license on demand. [If you have an iPhone, consid

Woman driver looking at traffic ticket. It’s happened to you.  You’re frustrated and worried.  In short, it sucks….  But don’t feel too...

Leonardtown is home to both courthouses in St. Mary’s County, where more than 110,000 live. Sometimes, the fact that there are two...