Sentences with phrase «defense counsel argued»

Defense counsel argued that the plaintiffs lawyer, who I will refer to only as «Mr. P» since the statute of limitation for sloppiness has probably expired, was not entitled to his requested fee of $ 300 / hour «in light of the quality of his written work,» and U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacob P. Hart agreed.

Defense counsel argued that he was an illegal immigrant whose immigration status was relevant because, as an illegal, he had a motive to cooperate with the police to influence them to not report him to what was then the Immigration and Naturalization Service, where he could face possible removal from the country.

Not exact matches

President Donald Trump's legal defense team is arguing that he can not be charged with collusion or obstruction of justice, the central threads of the special counsel's Russia investigation.

Silver's defense team previously argued the testimony of Lisa Reid, executive director and counsel to the state Legislative Ethics Commission, regarding Silver's financial disclosure forms was irrelevant, as the Manhattan Democrat wasn't on trial for failing to appropriately file state forms.

At the same time, the defense argued that Silver's actions were never criminal — sometimes with clear success, as when the government turned to Lisa Reid, the executive director and counsel to the state's bipartisan Legislative Ethics Commission, to shed light on Silver's annual financial disclosure filings.

Shellow also argued that the decryption order was improper because the previous proceedings were held before a magistrate judge with only prosecutors — not defense counsel — permitted to attend.

Greenberg was one of the lawyers, along with Thurgood Marshall, who argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court in 1954, when he was assistant counsel to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (and Marshall was its chief counsel).

«The keys to successfully litigating these issues for policyholder counsel are: (i) focus on the policy language; (ii) think about what happens if the policyholder wins the liability case; (iii) considering the overwhelmingly common practice of carriers» funding the defense, argue that the burden of dispelling the expectation of coverage is on the carrier to negate defense coverage; and (iv) recognize that while the incurrence of defense costs can be a catastrophic exposure to the policyholder it can also be so for the carrier, meaning that the policyholder must sensitively respond to the equitable force of the insurer's arguments and not simply rely on «punish the drafter» arguments or what the Nabisco court characterized as» «mom and pop» grocery store argument [s]» (unless one has to).

Defense counsel has two opportunities to use the same set of facts in a breach of warranty claim that he would use in arguing for a contributory negligence instruction.

As a result, the Lipson Neilson defense counsel spontaneously argued that the legal malpractice claim was also barred under the the doctrine of in pari delicto — the wrongful conduct rule — because Plaintiff's criminal conduct in committing perjury at his plea hearing was the central cause of his incarceration and consequential damages.

For example, he has regularly conducted the Whitman Walker estate planning clinic for HIV - positive citizens of D.C., and he has argued two appeals, including one as defense counsel in a double homicide.

He has been lead counsel in the successful prosecution of class action ERISA claims and in the defense of a class - action wage claim that has industry - wide application and was argued to the Supreme Judicial Court.

Defendant finally argued the time records were incomplete / unreliable, but the appellate court dispatched this one by noting this factor was used to deny a requested lodestar enhancement by plaintiff's counsel such that the defense did get some traction on this argument, but traction already factored in by the lower court in reducing claimed fees.

Opposing counsel argued otherwise, but the trial judge struck her defense, noting her answers were explicit that my client's non-compliance could not excuse her non-compliance.

He has served as first - chair lead defense counsel and argued motions to dismiss... Read More