Justice of The Peace Court Archives | Girling Law Firm, PLLC

TENANT REQUESTED A JURY TRIAL – VICTORY FOR LANDLORD YESHUA C.

After Yeshua’s first attorney’s attempt to evict a pair of problem tenants fell apart, Yeshua’s new eviction jury trials.  The firm’s attorneys are both experienced and well trained in handling eviction jury trial, executed on a well-designed trial strategy, successfully educated the jury, absolutely punished one of the witnesses on the stand, and obtained for Yeshua a [...]

2016-12-18T19:42:37+00:00

Eviction by Jury Trial – Information for Texas Landlords

Evictions are a hassle.  They’re expensive and time-consuming.  But when your tenant requests a jury trial a whole different level of pain-in-my-neck (yes – I cleaned that up…). Let’s get right to it: your best and least expensive option in this situation is to pursue settlement aggressively.  Where settlement is not an option, you should [...]

2022-05-11T11:48:06+00:00

MCKINNEY EVICTION ATTORNEY SUCCESS STORY: Dickson A.

Dickson A. sought a McKinney eviction attorney after he realized he had virtually no chance of negotiating settlement. Dickson's tenant was angry because he became convinced he had a right to buy the property. Complicating matters further, Dickson lost his original, signed copy of his lease agreement. Also, he delivered the notice to vacate improperly. [...]

2016-08-20T23:05:36+00:00

ARLINGTON TX EVICTION SUCCESS STORY: K.I.

The landlord in this case used a high-risk notice to vacate delivery method. The tenant appealed her Arlington TX eviction trial to a County Court at Law in Fort Worth, TX. Because the landlord is a corporation, the landlord was required to hire an attorney for representation before the County Court at Law in Fort [...]

2020-12-28T07:37:33+00:00

Fort Worth Eviction Success Story: Bradley C.

Eviction Case Background: Bradley is a real estate investor who owns several properties in the Dallas Fort Worth area.  He hired us after his relatively new tenants broke several promises to pay their second rent payments.  Eventually they stopped returning his calls.  In addition to not paying rent, Bradley’s tenants moved into the property with [...]

2020-12-28T07:34:42+00:00

An Eviction Appeal Case Study from Our Landlord Attorneys: Landlord Rights & Landlord Tenant Law

EVICTION CASE BACKGROUND: Kathy K. needed to better understand landlord rights under landlord tenant law in Texas after her tenant appealed an eviction judgment.  Kathy sought out Dallas landlord attorneys, the County Court had already scheduled a trial.  This meant Girling Law did not have enough time to subpoena the tenant's two sureties.  Also, the tenant filed [...]

2020-12-28T07:35:46+00:00

Is Your Eviction Attorney a Familiar Face to Your Judge?

I have mentioned in some of my earlier posts that Justices of the Peace are rarely attorneys. In fact, some will run for Justice of the Peace because they feel as though they were mistreated or poorly represented by an attorney. Others are active or former real estate professionals (non-attorneys) and they can get a [...]

2023-05-23T01:14:55+00:00

Never Hand Deliver a Notice to Vacate

Starting Off on the Wrong Foot with Your Eviction Attorney I love it when a landlord calls me and tells me they have a written lease agreement with tenant who stopped paying rent. For me, these are typically very easy cases. This means my odds of having a very happy client will be high. [...]

2021-11-22T06:13:38+00:00
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