The Fonteneau Firm is a general practice law firm with an emphasis on landlord tenant law, criminal law, personal injury, and employment law.
It is a simple fact of life that not all disputes are matters of black and white, right and wrong. When you need someone who understands that, look to the Fonteneau Firm for [...]
Category Archives: The Practice of Law
Welcome to The Fonteneau Firm
Turning Your Alabama Lemon into Lemonade
If you’ve ever bought a new car, you know what a rush it is. There’s the new car smell, the feeling of power as you hit the accelerator, and the peace of mind knowing that you’ll have a reliable ride for a long, long time.
But what happens when that new car isn’t so reliable? [...]
Bill Nolan Elder Law Attorney In Birmingham, Alabama
Sometimes as lawyers we run accross a problem we do not know quite how to solve for our clients. When that happens, the best thing to do is consult an attorney who specializes in that area. Yesterday, I had just that type of problem. How do you shield a client from losing benefits like SSI [...]
Gee’s Bend Case Resolved
For the past year I have been proud to be among the lawyers representing Loretta Pettway and Annie Mae Young. Pettway and Young, renowned folk quilters from Gee’s Bend, Alabama sued to protect their intellectual property rights from unauthorized use by the defendants. It has been a pleasure representing Loretta Pettway and Annie Mae Young [...]
Welcome to The Fonteneau Firm
This is the first post of my new blawg. This blawg will focus on substantive legal issues of interest to my clients as well as issues of diversity, current affairs and leadership. So you may find posts on issues of criminal law, landlord tenant law, divorce and civil litigation. I hope that [...]
Dear New Lawyer
My good friend Susan Cartier Liebel is hosting blawg review this Monday and she sent out a request that several bloggers post their advice to those who are new to the profession. So here is my take on the things every new lawyer needs to know.
Dear New Lawyer,
Welcome to the practice of law. [...]
Confessions of A “Big” Firm Dropout: Why Women of Color are Dissatisfied in the Firm Environment
I ran across this Law.com article this morning that reports a study of job satisfaction among mid-level associates. The article explained that a study of mid-level associates at law firms indicated that minority women were less satisfied with their firms than white men and men of color and were less likely to see a future [...]
Reflections on the Genarlow Wilson Case
While I was on vacation, I saw that Genarlow Wilson, a young athlete from the Atlanta area in prison for having oral sex with a younger girl was released from prison by the Georgia Supreme Court. The Wilson case drew national attention because it arose in the aftermath of the Marcus Dixon Case. Dixon, like [...]
The Black Attorney and “Hair” – Perception and Power
A lot has been said about black women’s hair recently, due in large part to the Don Imus controversy. What many in main stream society may not have noticed is that a debate has been raging for years in the black community over what black women can and should do with our hair. Throughout [...]
