Sentences with phrase «because being a lawyer»

Good news is on the way because I am a lawyer representing a deposed overseas ruler and I need help transferring his hundreds of millions of dollars to a secure bank account.

They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.»

The chief issue I have with Speaker Silver is that the current ethics rules allow him greater leeway with outside employment simply because he's a lawyer.

They never look right on me (which sucks because I am a lawyer and often need to wear suits).

-- I skip the career posts because I am a lawyer and already in my professional career but it seems like other readers love them.

Because being a lawyer from a 3rd tier regional school is still better than nothing, right?

Not because I'm a lawyer (I'm not) or I'm a total expert (I'm not)-- but because I want to share what I've learned.

They were published, they made it into stores, which was very cool... I remember going into stores in my lunch hour, because I was a lawyer at the time, and seeing the books on the shelves, but it was disappointing because they were on the wrong shelves, so they were too low or too high.

You can not implore James to think on the physics, not because he's a lawyer or a even scientist.

I just said that because I'm a lawyer.»

The power dynamic of a lawyer - client relationship is distinguishable from classic sexual harassment cases between employer / employee because it is the lawyer who works for the client.

Because you're a lawyer.

Clients come to us because we are lawyers that will give you free advice and / or a recommendation of an independent attorney that we feel can best handle your case.

They produce «top - shelf» websites and they don't overcharge just because I am a lawyer like other companies do.»

Or will Speaker garner less sympathy because he is a lawyer, and his conduct — which Bainbridge accurately describes as «selfish, narcissistic, and wholly lacking in regard for others» — is regarded as typical for lawyers?

He's the fitness lawyer because he is the lawyer of the fitness tribe.

Should Speaker have assessed the risks any differently from a plumber or a doctor or a teacher because he was a lawyer (and presumably aware of potential liability)?

Obviously, our phone rings here at Stem because we are a lawyer SEO company.

Well, of course you do, because you are a lawyer.

I thought maybe they were pulling my leg because I'm a lawyer (we do get ripped off a lot in the web arena), so I asked around with other folks in the same business.

Because being a lawyer doesn't make you special.

Yuen argued further that he was employed by a law firm and that the firm should be held to a higher standard of conduct because they are all lawyers, and that lawyers «have an ethical duty to uphold the law and are leaders in society.»

I was nervous because these were lawyers and I was just a law student.

Most lawyers have massive egos, not because they are lawyers but because people with massive egos tend to become lawyers.

It is time to refuse to accept stress, anxiety, and depression just because you are a lawyer.

And they always ended the same way — cordially (because we're lawyers) but unsatisfactorily on both sides.

Because they are lawyers, duty counsel may be able to explain your situation to the judge in a manner that protects your rights.

Do not just choose someone because he is a lawyer to represent you in a court case.

Another reason mentors are so valuable is that because they are lawyers in the same law firm, they know about the firm's decision - making processes and political dynamics.

Because we are ALL lawyers.

We're now guardians of many interests that converge in the business — employees, shareholders, consumers, the environment, taxpayers, and others and because we're lawyers, we're held to a higher standard.

As to the judges» example, you'd have to claim that judges (who are lawyers) shouldn't be allowed to judge any case where some of the parties are lawyers and some aren't, because there'd be a valid concern that the judge would be biased in favour of the lawyers merely because they're lawyers and the judges are, too.

Street Legal's producers turned to Miller because he was a lawyer they knew — through his work in the movie distribution business.

Often we are leaders in our communities, and the doors for these opportunities frequently open simply because we are lawyers.

And because you're a lawyer, you (hopefully) know better than to just start using whatever you find online from a Google search.

Because I am a lawyer, I am aware of the ethics considerations involved and strive to present material that is accurate, concise and gives the client the information they seek while keeping the lawyer's name out there.

«People at the flying club would poke fun at me because I was a lawyer who couldn't afford to buy a car because I was taking flying lessons,» she says.

Because they are all lawyers....

I have personal experience doing battle with some of these unelected agencies which would have had me believe that I was powerless to resist their dictates because, as I was warned by their relevant lawyers, «It's the law; you have no choice; you must do what I say, because I am a lawyer, and I say that the law means this or that.

Rich and Dave are extremely knowledgeable, experienced, and personable, and the guidance that they are able to provide because they are lawyers as well as buyers brokers was simply invaluable to us.

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The anonymous client had told Cohen not to disclose his name, his lawyers said, partly because it would likely «be embarrassing or detrimental» to him.

It's the first day in Tokyo that finally feels like spring, cherry blossoms in bloom, but he has holed up here in the café because it's roughly equidistant from the offices of his various lawyers, as well as the bankruptcy trustee, whom he meets with regularly out of a sense of «duty» to his former customers.

Lombardo's briefing comes three days after a lawyer for the police department asked a Nevada state court judge to keep search warrant documents sealed because charges are still being investigated.

Justice Department lawyers said in the brief that they had refrained from pursuing the iOS source code and signing key because they thought «such a request would be less palatable to Apple.

Jess Jackson bolted from a successful career as a lawyer because he was bored.That's when Kendall - Jackson, his billion - dollar wine empire, took root.

«The airport should be renamed Bob Deluce Airport, because that's the extent of control and influence,» says the pilots» lawyer, Julian Falconer.

«It would be a lot harder for Trump to have a lawyer representing him from a big firm, because most big firms, most large firms are not going to want to potentially alienate their client base by representing someone as controversial as Trump,» the former colleague of Hendon's said.

«You don't want to read too much into this short - term data,» says Craig Hoskins, a Calgary lawyer with Norton Rose Fulbright, noting 2012 was exceptional because of China National Offshore Oil Co.'s $ 15 - billion takeover of Nexen, and Petronas's $ 6 - billion acquisition of Progress Energy.

His lawyer argues his websites were not misleading because the terms and conditions — the recurring charges, the additional products — were clearly disclosed.

«First of all, the billionaires lobbying the congressmen for this ought to be ashamed of themselves because we're asking doctors and lawyers and other Americans in blue states to take tax increases so we can fund this kind of nonsense,» Druckenmiller told CNBC's Kelly Evans in the interview airing on «Closing Bell.»