Matthew W. Lucas

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• Resist any pressures to hurry when reading a document.
• Asks questions until you fully understand what you are signing.

• Oral statements can be used to create or to modify contracts.
• Be careful what you promise.

• The ability to produce the proper document may be the very key to preventing a lawsuit.
• Dispose of old unneeded records in a secure manner..
• Clutter is the greatest enemy of organization and quick retrieval.

• Lock it up, don't discuss it in front of people who do not have a need to know.

• Most problems become more difficult to solve with age.
• The old adage, " Ignore it and it will go away." is not usually applicable to legal issues; rather, delay often results in greater loss.

• When venturing into unknown territory, the individual is responsible for his own lack of knowledge.
• Read - be informed! Resist the temptation to threaten an opponent with law suits or retaliation. Half the free legal advice is wrong.