Sentences with phrase «justice lawyers made»

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Still, the «Parks and Recreation» actress thought about becoming a lawyer until the OJ Simpson trial made her disillusioned with the justice system.

So Trump's tax return could tell how much income they made, offering fresh information about the financial health of his organization, according to Robert Kovacev, a lawyer at Steptoe & Johnson and former Justice Department Tax Division official who represents taxpayers in high - profile tax disputes with the IRS.

The 67 - year - old lawyer served in the Bush administration from 2001 to 2005, but resigned after he was indicted by a grand jury on five counts for perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false statements to the FBI.

An Argentinian lawyer who made his fame prosecuting generals of Argentina's «Dirty Wars» of 1976 to 1983, he has, more than anyone, given the ICC a public profile of an organization assertively pursuing arch-war criminals and insisting upon justice.

The culture of consumerism and the chase for material symbols of wealth and security have sometimes come to be dominant; the pursuit of spiritual fulfillment in many has slowly begun to degenerate into empty and sterile ritualism; the legitimate thirst for education has often become perverted into an obsessive drive to acquire with the greatest speed the formal diplomas necessary to gain entry to jobs offering the easiest opportunities to make the quickest rupees; political statesmanship in some areas has begun to depreciate into an opportunities race for power and position; the spirit of SEVA (Service) to the nation has intermittently begun to be suffocated in many, by the abuse of discretions, sometimes mediated by a bloated bureaucracy itself enmeshed in a vast network of multiplying paper and self - proliferating regulations; menacingly many good and decent people even in public life, have come to be corroded by a culture of demanding corruption; and some potentially creative lawyers, have begun to take perverted pride in mere «cleverness», rendering themselves vulnerable to the prejudice that they are a parasitic obstruction in the pursuit of substantive justice.

The only «profit» I've seen in Catholicism is being made by lawyers so happy to sue the church on behalf of legitimate and questionable victims and claim they are doing it all in the name of justice... as long as they get to keep their tidy share of the spoils.

It makes me want to become a lawyer just to pursue justice in this area.

He said when his lawyers appeared in court, Justice Torkonoo «surprisingly purported to exercise jurisdiction over the contempt application although that was not the business of the day and gave a ruling vacating the earlier order she made dismissing the said application.»

The pronouncement of Justice Baba Yusuf followed a complaint by Dasuki's lawyer Mr Adeola Adedipe that the legal team for Dasuki had not been allowed to have direct access to him in spite of a court order made on April 6.

Justice Ademola had last Friday issued summon against the AGF following complaints by Dasuki's lawyers, Mr. Joseph Daudu SAN that the order of the court made since November 3 had not been allowed to be implemented by operatives of the Department State Security (DSS).

The former UN special representative for business and human rights John Ruggie wrote to the justice minister to make just this point, while human rights lawyers firm Leigh, Day & Co have been equally critical.

But in a brief filed this week in federal court, lawyers for the Justice Department tell U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe that if he does set a primary for New York, that he make the date earlier than Aug. 18.

Lawyers for the Brooklyn Democrat, who was found guilty last year of obstruction of justice and lying to the feds, made the request in lengthy court docs filed ahead of his May 19 sentencing.

It would be recalled that similar orders had been made by Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High as well as Justice Baba Yusuf of an Abuja High Court for the same purposes due to complaints of denial of access to lawyers by Dasuki even after all of them had granted him bail.

Giving the «particulars» of the said error, the lawyer argued, «The powers given to the first appellant (the IGP) under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) and the Nigeria Police Act, Laws of the Federation 2004, sufficiently make the «Special Joint Investigation Panel» lawful and supportable under the Nigerian criminal justice system.

The DCCC memo also makes reference to the fact that several Justice Department lawyers in the voting rights division had serious concerns about the redrawn map, a revelation first reported in a blockbuster story by the Post's own Dan Eggen.

Shagaya, through her lawyer, Mr. Napoleon Emeaso - Nwachukwu, contended that she was not given a fair hearing before Justice Muslim Hassan made the freezing order.

The report points to future directions that much - needed research should take, and should help key actors in the criminal justice system — law enforcement, lawyers, and judges — make more informed decisions.

The report should also help key actors in the criminal justice system — law enforcement, lawyers, and judges — make more informed decisions.

Stewart Nozette, 54, made the confession yesterday in a District of Columbia federal court after learning that he was facing a sentence of 13 years negotiated by the Justice Department and his lawyers.

As his biographer, Genna Rae McNeil, noted in Groundwork, Houston trained his students to become superb lawyers and «social engineers» who used the Constitution and laws to help African - Americans achieve our rightful place in the nation and to make sure the system guaranteed justice and freedom for everyone.

Mr. Klein said he made a final decision to join News Corporation in the last week, a hire that puts a respected official with Democratic credentials — he was a top antitrust lawyer in President Bill Clinton's Justice Department — in the executive suite at Rupert Murdoch's conservative - leaning news media giant.

Battalions of Justice Department lawyers can't make state education officials good at their jobs.

Prince did not only outshine the two white men representing her husband, she also «made a better argument than any other lawyer at the Vermont Bar,» according to Justice Chase.

Quite a few individual lawyers who work harder and make less money than others, because they want better access to justice and are willing to make sacrifices to advance that goal, are the praiseworthy exceptions.

«I was just so pissed off,» Avvy Yao - Yao Go, a well - known social justice activist and lawyer, wrote in the Toronto Star after Justice Minister Peter MacKay made comments at a recent Ontario Bar Association meeting that women and visible minorities aren't applying for judge jobs and that's why they're under - represented on thejustice activist and lawyer, wrote in the Toronto Star after Justice Minister Peter MacKay made comments at a recent Ontario Bar Association meeting that women and visible minorities aren't applying for judge jobs and that's why they're under - represented on theJustice Minister Peter MacKay made comments at a recent Ontario Bar Association meeting that women and visible minorities aren't applying for judge jobs and that's why they're under - represented on the bench.

Lawyers, youth, families and judges all made repeated reference to the Ontario Court of Justice at 311 Jarvis Street, a highly - regarded youth court in Toronto.

P.P.S. I also believe that a properly designed dispute resolution system would not greatly impact lawyer incomes because significantly reducing the time and therefore the cost of resolving disputes would make that process affordable for those court - clogging hordes of self - represented litigants and many other justice seekers besides.

David Udell, the National Center for Access to Justice's executive director, says that the biggest story in the 2016 Index is the progress courts have made to help individuals who do not have lawyers.

The news will come as a relief to many lawyers, who feared fixed costs for all cases up to # 250,000 — as previously suggested by Jackson LJ — would make many cases commercially unviable, curbing access to justice for many people with valid claims.

Therefore, if all lawyers could make it our second nature to enter Court without developing political debates, making neutral judgments, we will be able to build a strong, resilient justice system in our country.

Lawyers representing the Department of Justice and the state of Washington made their arguments in front of three federal judges entirely by telephone — arguments that were streamed live across the globe.

LLLT proponents often make emotive appeals by maligning lawyers, suggesting, among other things, that lawyers are responsible for the failures of access to justice in society.

Lawyers and judges have made good, solid proposals for improving access to justice, but too often efficiency is mistaken for access.

There are lawyers in the Ministry who sincerely care about making the justice system work better for litigants.

Training, experience, and a passion for justice make Rory the perfect Minnesota criminal lawyer for your legal needs.

The attorneys at Begum Law Group are experienced truck accident lawyers who fight for the justice you deserve and strive to make sure negligent parties are held accountable.

The Florida Bar Foundation strives to provide greater access to justice in Florida by: expanding and improving representation and advocacy on behalf of low - income persons in civil legal matters; improving the fair and effective administration of justice; and promoting public service among lawyers by making it an integral component of the law school experience.

The pleadings filed by criminal defence lawyer Skurka in response to the allegations made by Israeli - Canadian businessman Nathan Jacobson contain unnecessary evidence and argument, concluded Justice Paul Perell.

Nearly a dozen lawyers have become judges in the past week, after Justice Minister Peter MacKay made a series of judicial appointments across Canada.

In his conclusion in paragraph 41 of the Judgment, Justice Burnett further stated: «The procedure set out in the SFO's Handbook for isolating material potentially subject to LPP, for the purpose of making it available to an independent lawyer for review, is lawful.

Irwin Cotler, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced his decision to waive solicitor - client privilege and make public the investigative report of the Hon. Fred Kaufman into the murder conviction of Steven Truscott... The Department of Justice's Criminal Conviction Review Group this week provided lawyers for Mr. Truscott and the Ontario Attorney General with a copy of the Kaufman report, edited for privacy purposes.

The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and the Motor Accident Solicitors Society (MASS) contested a decision made by the Ministry of Justice to significantly reduce the fees recoverable by lawyers for cases managed through the road traffic accident (RTA) Portal, the online system via which low value personal injury claims are proLawyers (APIL) and the Motor Accident Solicitors Society (MASS) contested a decision made by the Ministry of Justice to significantly reduce the fees recoverable by lawyers for cases managed through the road traffic accident (RTA) Portal, the online system via which low value personal injury claims are prolawyers for cases managed through the road traffic accident (RTA) Portal, the online system via which low value personal injury claims are processed.

Law school didn't always teach us to be proactive, but somewhere buried deep in the cases that we read as law students, we saw examples of other lawyers using the law to change lives, to make deals, to effect justice.

With virtually no accountability to anyone, perhaps its time for the justice system to take a page out of the private sector and make the system operate for the clients (litigants) as opposed to the judges, court staff and lawyers who operate in it.

As a starting point to address gaps in both access to justice and access to legal services, for example, lawyers might look to the information provided and questions posed in the excellent Canadian Bar Association Election Engagement Kit recently made available through Envisioning Equal Jjustice and access to legal services, for example, lawyers might look to the information provided and questions posed in the excellent Canadian Bar Association Election Engagement Kit recently made available through Envisioning Equal JusticeJustice.

A senior solicitor said the difference of opinion between Mr Justice Mostyn and Mr Justice Holman is making life hard for lawyers and less senior judges.

In this episode we speak with the co-author of Rebooting Justice, Ben Barton, about how making legal technology and innovation a priority in law schools can help shape a market that benefits both lawyers and their potential clients.

In 2007, Ontario Court Justice Marvin Zuker was officially warned after he admitted altering court transcripts to remove comments he made about Harry Kopyto, a disbarred lawyer whom he refused permission to represent a party in a child protection application.

That these resources, sustained by law societies for lawyer use, have been made available to the public is perhaps the most meaningful and least acknowledged access - to - justice initiative there is.