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How Are Stocks Divided During a Divorce in Yuma, Arizona?

If you are getting divorced in Yuma, Arizona, you and your partner will need to make decisions about how you’ll divide your assets and debts. It can be difficult enough to decide how to split the value of a shared home, split bank accounts, and make decisions about how marital debt will be split. But […]

Arizona Loan and Lease Workouts in the Time of COVID-19 and Beyond

A successful workout can avoid the need for a bankruptcy filing and all of its attendant time, expense, delay, disruption, and uncertainty. Why engage in workout negotiations if you are on the receiving end of contractual payments? Take, for example, a landlord whose otherwise reliable tenant advises that it must suspend further rents as the […]

“I am getting sued for breaking my contract. What can I do?”

The following is a discussion of some of the existing concepts that arise in contract matters that may provide a defense to a lawsuit alleging that a party has breached their contract. Force Majeure. Force majeure is a topic that lawyers learned about in their contracts class in law school, but never had to deal with […]

COVID-19: Important Information for Arizona Employers

The COVID-19 or coronavirus pandemic has affected virtually every Arizona employer and employee, albeit in different ways. From furloughs or layoffs to executive orders and other government actions that have forced many businesses to shut down, or at least significantly reduce available services, employers and employees have significant concerns about how this affects them. Every […]

Welcome, new attorney James Golden

James Golden joined Schneider & Onofry as an attorney upon his admission to the State Bar of Arizona in March 2020. James is a 2019 graduate of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.  During law school, James had a variety of professional experiences, including criminal defense and appeals, immigration and […]

The CARES Act: Unprecedented Relief for Small Business

Applicants will be asked to make a good-faith certification that the uncertainty of current economic conditions makes the loan request necessary to support ongoing operations and that the loan proceeds will be used to retain workers and maintain payroll or make mortgage, lease, or utility payments. How much can be borrowed? Eligible businesses may borrow […]

“Super Lawyers” selections for 2020

Yuma, Arizona Social Media Divorce By Schneider & Onofry, P.C. • 13 Aug, 2020 • Increasingly, more people are noting that the cause of their divorce is due to social media use. Social media leads to weekly arguments in one in four couples, and social media use can cause increased feelings of jealousy, insecurity, and […]

Will Divorce Rates Increase After COVID-19 Quarantine?

With life having been put on pause for weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic, many divorce lawyers are anticipating a surge of divorce filings and cases as states move to re-open and relax COVID-19 restrictions. Is the increase in divorce cases due to the fact that people couldn’t file when they wanted to, or is […]