Freelance legal consulting. Full service - research, writing, political intervention, complaints to professional governing bodies, social media campaign - whatever it takes to win. Clients, in Canada, US, UK, Australia and most recently, contemplating contract in east Africa. LLB, 2003, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. See my Elance profile, writing samples and excellent feedback. Recent contracts: Memo on the effect of Charter 7 bankruptcy on a Pennsylvania limited partnership for a Philadelphia lawyer; Memo on the prospect of FERS disability retirement for an Illinois federal employee; Winning applications for default judgment and petitioner's brief for Texas pro se divorce litigant; Memo on the prospect of civil action for a convicted sex offender with Asperger's Disorder in Australia; Memo on the effect of condominium legislation on a proposed alteration to a condo unit in Australia; Motion to dismiss action involving a contract of adhesion and guaranty clause, plus formal complaints to relevant authorities regarding the matter, in West Virginia; Memo on remedies available to an Ontario creditor against California debtor. Memo on the Illinois land trust for a Nevada lawyer. Successful student loan appeal for EU student at Cambridge University, including letters to assorted political representatives to obtain intervention. Supplementary argument based on trial decision and counsel's appeal brief regarding a UK VAT tax dispute. Settlement for UK bus traveller for replacement value of laptop and headphones despite waiver that mysteriously disappeared during an unscheduled stop. Development application for a luxury spa in Hawaii on real property not zoned for commercial us