The Norman Law Firm

05/31/2022

The Norman Law Firm is closing its doors effective May 31, 2022. One of the partners from that firm, Steven R. Guy is establishing a new firm—Steven R. Guy & Associates PLLC. He will be welcoming existing and new clients as of June 1, 2022.

The new office will be at 215 E. Commerce St., 2nd FL, Jacksonville, Texas, the same address previously home to The Norman Law Firm.

Also, joining the new practice is Melisa Adams, who has been Steve’s Legal Assistant for 33 years.

If you’d like to learn more about the new firm call or email at 903-586-2595 or [email protected].

You can also learn more on their website:

When you need the help of an experienced personal injury, estate planning, or family law attorney in Jacksonville, TX, call The Guy Law Firm at 903-586-2595.

03/16/2020

COVID-19 has caused questions about kids who are subject to a Texas Family Law visitation or possession order. Specifically, with schools now "extending" Spring Break when for purposes of court schedules is the "end" of Spring Break Visitation" and when should the children be returned to the other parent. Hopefully, parents will cooperate and work these issues out between themselves. For guidance, I can report that judges have clearly stated the initially published school calendar shall be followed. For purposes of your court-ordered schedule, Spring Break will not be considered extended.

10/09/2014

Historian Victor Davis Hanson: "At the end of the 18th century, there were two great Western revolutions -- the American and the French. Americans opted for the freedom of the individual, and divinely endowed absolute rights and values. A quite different French version sought equality of result. French firebrands saw laws less as absolute, but instead as useful to the degree that they contributed to supposed social justice and coerced redistribution. They ended up not with a Bill of Rights and separation of powers, but instead with mass executions and Napoleonic tyranny.

09/29/2014

"Excellence demands competition. Without a race there can be no champion, no records broken, no excellence -- in education or in any other walk of life." -- Ronald Reagan

09/17/2014

Today, Sept. 17, 2014, marks the 227th anniversary of the signing of our Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787. You can honor the day by reading it.

09/11/2014

"There is a rank due to the United States, among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war." --George Washington, Fifth Annual Message, 1793

08/20/2014

"The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded." French lawyer C. L. De Montesquieu (1689-1755):

07/23/2014

"It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man, who knows what the law is to-day, can guess what it will be to-morrow." --James Madison, Federal No. 62, 1788

07/17/2014

Those gentlemen, who will be elected senators, will fix themselves in the federal town, and become citizens of that town more than of your state." --George Mason, speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 1788

07/09/2014

Should Business Try to Capitalize on the Ma*****na Industry?
At least 20 states and the District of Columbia have legalized the growing, processing, transportation, sale, and use of ma*****na for medical purposes. Two states, Colorado and Washington, have even legalized pot for recreational and personal use. The Department of Justice is contemplating an end to prosecution of certain ma*****na crimes. So, should enterprising business people jump on the bandwagon and try to make a buck? I mean you could be a Landlord, a Lender, a Lawyer, an Accountant, an Expert on farming and / or distribution systems and make a buck legally, right?

Well , there is at least one problem --- It’s still illegal.
Ma*****na is a Schedule 1 drug, and possession, sale, and distribution are all still federal crimes. Because possession, sale and distribution are still illegal, conspiring with or aiding and abetting someone who possesses, sells or distributes ma*****na is a crime under federal law. So, if you are a business professional wanting to assist growers and retail sellers, by being their Accountant, Lawyer, Lender, Tenant , Landlords, or being one of those that would invent and manufacture technology associated with pot production, distribution or usage then you should be very aware.

Some eager and aggressive prosecutor may charge you with conspiring, aiding, or abetting your customers in possessing, distributing or selling ma*****na. Why you might even be charged with committing a federal crime of conspiracy.

Until the US Congress decriminalizes ma*****na use or distribution under federal law, lawyers, CPA's, other professionals and Business people considering assisting clients that are or want to be involved in the growing ma*****na industry need to look carefully at both local and federal laws plus their licensing requirements and exactly what they are being asked to do.

07/08/2014

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. Lin Yutang

05/11/2014

A big thank you to all the Moms out there! Happy Mother's Day!!!!