I have 3 Legal Research Papers, please review the attached directions for each one and let me know if you are able to complete
Penn Foster Legal Research and Writing : Legal Writing Graded Project, Part 1 Lesson 2 Overview This graded project provides practical experience in the type of legal writing you may be asked to do as a paralegal. If you do well on this project, save the exercises as writing samples to use in the future. 2.1 Prepare a letter, a deed, and a memorandum using the skills acquired from the course Legal Writing Project 1 READING ASSIGNMENT Your project must be submitted as a Word document (.docx, .doc). Your project will be individually graded by your instructor and therefore may take up to five to seven days to grade. Be sure that each of your files contains the following information: Your name Your student ID number The exam number Your email address To submit your graded project, follow these steps: Log in to your student portal. Click on Take Exam next to the lesson you’re working on. Find the exam number for your project at the top of the Project Upload page. Follow the instructions provided to complete your exam. Be sure to keep a backup copy of any files you submit to the school! Procedure This project involves three exercises. For the first exercise, you’ll prepare a letter to a client advising her of the date and time of her tax assessment appeal hearing. For the second exercise, you’ll prepare a deed for a client who is selling her property. In the first and second exercises, you’ll also be asked to review your supervising attorney’s memo and then prepare the required document. A form letter and deed are provided to you to help in completing the assignment. For the final exercise, you’ll prepare an internal memorandum to your supervising attorney addressing a particular issue of law. Statutory and court authority needed to complete this assignment are provided. Goal When you’ve completed this project, you’ll have experience preparing several types of legal documents you may be asked to write as a paralegal in a law firm. You’ll also have practice in following very specific formats and forms in completing these projects, and in using clear, precise language and good grammar, spelling, and punctuation when you write. Exercises Exercise 1: Preparing a Letter to a Client Below you’ll find a memo from your supervising attorney asking you to prepare a letter to your client, Jane Smith. In the memo, your supervising attorney is telling you she received a Tax Assessors’ Office Hearing Notice and wants you to send a letter to Ms. Smith advising her of the hearing. The information that should be included in your letter to the client is in both the memo from your supervising attorney and the appeal hearing notice also shown. When preparing the letter, make sure you use the letter writing recommendations included in the Legal Writing lesson. The letter should go out under your signature, not your supervising attorney’s signature. The letter to Ms. Smith should go to the property address listed in the Tax Notice. Sample letterhead for your law firm is also shown. Use the client’s address that’s listed in the hearing notice. Memo From: Supervising Attorney, ES To: Paralegal Date: [Today] Legal Research and Writing (v1) : Lesson 2 : Page 1© 2021 Penn Foster Inc. Re: Jane Smith, Tax Appeal Our File No. Smith-3-04 Please send a letter to Ms. Smith advising her of her tax appeal hearing per the attached notice. Please make sure she remembers she is to meet me in the lobby ten minutes before the hearing is scheduled to begin and that she should bring pictures of all comparable houses in her area as per our earlier meeting. ES TAX ASSESSORS’ OFFICE HEARING NOTICE Office of the Tax Assessors of Lackawanna County County Office Building 211 Ace Road—5th Floor Clark, Pennsylvania 18111 Taxpayer: Jane P. Smith Property Location: 123 Rock Road, Clark, Pennsylvania 18118 Tax Map No.: 19-19-050-019-8 Date of Hearing: March 6, 2019 Time of Hearing: 10:35 a.m. Law Offices of Eliza Smith and Associates 5678 Barrister Row Clark, Pennsylvania 18112 (771) 333-4444 Fax (771) 333-4445 (Date) (Client Name) (Client Address) RE: Dear: Very truly yours, _______________________________ cc: Exercise 2: Preparing a Deed Next, you’ll find another memo from your supervising attorney asking you to prepare a new deed for your client, Jane Smith, who is selling her home. In the memo, your supervising attorney gives you some of the terms of the sale. Memo To: Paralegal From: Supervising Attorney Date: [Today] Re: Jane Smith, Sale of residence Our File No.: Smith-2-04 Please prepare a new Deed in connection with our client’s sale of her residence. Legal Research and Writing (v1) : Lesson 2 : Page 2© 2021 Penn Foster Inc. I have attached her old Deed for you to obtain the legal description. The buyers are Adam and Sally Jones, also of Clark, PA, and the purchase price is $150,000.00. The information that needs to be included in the new deed you’re preparing is in the memo from your supervising attorney and in the previous deed in which your client took title and became the owner of the property included in the Example Deeds document (lessons.pennfoster.com/pdf/Legal_W riting_Project_Exercise_2_Example_Deeds.pdf) . Also included in the attached document is a blank deed form for you to use in preparing the new deed from your client, Jane Smith, to the buyer (grantee). Download and review both of these deed documents to complete this assignment. A deed must be signed by the grantors, witnessed, and notarized for it to be complete. You can use your own name for the notary and any other name you choose for the name of the witness. Exercise 3: Writing an Internal Memo For this exercise, you’ll write an internal office memorandum to your supervising attorney that advises her of the results of your research on a given topic and applies the law to the facts in your case. Remember, for an internal office memo, your purpose is to inform your supervising attorney as to what your research has found, not to persuade the reader one way or another. Fact Scenario John Brown sued his dentist, Dr. Thomas Furlow, claiming he was injured because of Dr. Furlow’s failure to extract an infected tooth on August 3, when he was examined by Dr. Furlow. After his appointment with Dr. Furlow, ignoring Dr. Furlow’s recommendation to return because his tooth was infected, Brown left to go on vacation. While he camped in the desert, his tooth became more severely infected. The infection spread, causing him severe pain and fever and endangering his life. Brown passed out in the desert and was found by a passerby, who rushed him to the hospital. His life was saved, but he incurred significant medical expense, loss of income, and pain and suffering. Furlow was served with a complaint on March 1. The summons stated that he had 20 days to file an answer or that judgment could be entered against him. Furlow took the complaint home with him and put it in the safe in his study. Later, he phoned his attorney, who asked him when he had been served and made an appointment for March 19. On Thursday, March 18, Furlow’s house was robbed and the contents of the safe, along with money and jewelry, were taken. Fearing for the safety of his wife and children, Furlow took his family and went to his mother-in-law’s residence, approximately four hours away. He forgot the appointment with his attorney that morning and spent the weekend with his family at his mother-in-law’s residence. Upon his return on Monday, March 22, Dr. Furlow rescheduled his appointment with his attorney for March 23. Meanwhile, on March 23, a default judgment was entered against Furlow. Furlow’s attorney phoned the court clerk the afternoon of March 23 and was told that a default judgment had been entered. He immediately filed a motion to set aside the default judgment. You’re Dr. Furlow’s attorney’s paralegal and are instructed to review the two cases she believes are on point in this case and the applicable statutes. After reading the material, prepare a memorandum explaining whether they’re applicable, favorable or unfavorable, and how they relate to the facts in this case. Cases Case #1 AUBREY H. PERRY, JR. and CHRISTINE PERRY, f/k/a Christine P. Robey, APPELLANTS v. CENTRAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY, APPELLEE No. 90-CA-603-MR Court of Appeals of Kentucky 812 S.W.2d 166 March 29, 1991, Rendered PRIOR HISTORY: Appeal from Fayette Circuit Court; Honorable Rebecca Overstreet, Judge; Action No. 89-CI-2021. Legal Research and Writing (v1) : Lesson 2 : Page 3© 2021 Penn Foster Inc. http://lessons.pennfoster.com/pdf/Legal_Writing_Project_Exercise_2_Example_Deeds.pdf DISPOSITION: AFFIRMING. COUNSEL: ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANTS: Winifred L. Bryant, Lexington, Kentucky. ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE: Joni D. Tackett, Earl S. Wilson, Jr., Lexington, Kentucky. JUDGES: Emberton, Howerton, and Miller, Judges. All concur. OPINION BY: HOWERTON OPINION: HOWERTON, JUDGE. Aubrey Perry (Perry) and Christine P. Robey (Christine) appeal from a default judgment entered in favor of Central Bank & Trust Company (Central Bank). Perry contends that the trial court erred (1) in finding that it had personal jurisdiction over him, (2) in granting the default judgment, and (3) in denying the post-judgment motions. Christine concedes the issue of jurisdiction as to her, but relies on the latter two issues on appeal. We affirm. This action began when Padgett Construction Company filed suit to enforce a mechanics’ and materialmen’s lien in the amount of $5,416.73 for improvements to the residence of Christine and Frederick Robey (Robey). That complaint was filed on June 22, 1989, against Robey, his wife Christine, Citizens Fidelity Bank & Trust Company of Lexington (Citizens), and Central Bank. Citizens held the first mortgage on the property in the principal amount of 500,000. That mortgage note was executed on June 29, 1987, and provided that Robey and Christine were jointly and severally liable on the note. In addition, the note was secured by a deed of trust to some property in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The note was payable in equal monthly installments of $5,311.75, with a balloon payment of the balance due on or before June 29, 1988. Although no mention is made in the note as to the purpose of the loan, it was used to acquire an interest in Bristol’s Restaurant in Lexington, Kentucky. On June 8, 1987, Christine’s father, Aubrey Perry, signed a guaranty agreement in which he agreed to be liable up to 65,000, due and payable in full on or before April 4, 1988. This note was secured