Sentences with phrase «legal consultant from»

A legal consultant from the Electronic Frontier Foundation was successful in helping a civil rights lawyer in Michigan free Watts.

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Legal experts said Berkshire Hathaway's mortgage companies were carrying out the very practices outlawed by the Fair Housing Act, a 50 - year - old law that banned racial discrimination in lending, by locating their branches in white neighborhoods, employing mortgage consultants who - from their websites - appear to be overwhelmingly white and lending mostly to white borrowers.

And contractors can fill a diverse slate of positions, from legal consultants to Web designers to copywriters.

The Committee shall receive appropriate funding from the Company, as determined by the Committee in its capacity as a committee of the Board, for the payment of compensation to its compensation consultants, outside legal counsel and any other advisors.

RELEASE AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: By participating in any Aberdeen Group survey, entrants agree that Aberdeen Group and any other applicable sponsor, and its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, consultants, contractors, legal counsel, advertising, public relations, promotional, fulfillment and marketing, web site providers, web masters, Aberdeen Group and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, and agents (The «Released Entities»), will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by entrants against any liability for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind to persons, including personal injury or death, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of a prize, entry, or participation in any survey contests or in any survey contest related activity, or any claims based on publicity rights, defamation or invasion of privacy, or merchandise delivery.

Speakers at the Masterclass come from a range of both legal and technical expertise, including solicitors from International firms such as Pinsent Masons, CMS Cameron McKenna, barristers from Keating and Atkin chambers, and technical experts from chambers of commerce, Hill International and Cadogans Consultants.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

The Scam «We'll reduce your debts by 70 % through a government mandated debt relief program» «We restructure your debt through a 100 % legal program approved by the court» «We work for you and not your creditors» Have you heard of these catchy slogans from debt consultants who will tell you anything you would like to hear?

Seek advice from legal counsel or a consultant familiar with veterinary practice when problems arise.

The first came from Bruce W. Marcus, a veteran legal marketing consultant who in 1994 went online with his newsletter, The Marcus Letter on Professional Services Marketing.

@legalmosaic: Thought provoking articles from legal industry strategy consultant Mark A Cohen.

Although the industry context for my study of consultants was different from the legal consulting landscape there were some basic questions asked and lessons learned that could be of assistance to those in the legal sphere looking to engage a consultant.

Jaap Bosman is a leading strategy consultant, investor and one of the founding partners of TGO Consulting, a boutique consultancy focusing on the legal sector operating from New York, The Hague and Hong Kong.

The legal marketing consultants from Attorneys Online ™, Inc. will also be in attendance as CEO Cheney Winslow, Vice President Amanda Snowden and Director of Business Development Allison Snowden will be on hand to evaluate current legal marketing strategies as well as offer suggestions and strategies for improvement — no appointment necessary.

This research shows that they are a first port of call for many businesses, but a number of these consultants do not have any professional qualifications and may employ the goal of eliminating all risk from the workplace rather than setting a proportionate approach to dealing with the Health and Safety at Work Act and other legal requirements.

The standard format is a speaker or panel — usually a journalist from a legal or business publication, or a specialist consultant — followed by a discussion and question - and - answer session.

Mr. Ajjour commenced his career in law from his home country, Syria, and then moved to UAE in 1991 to practice his profession as a Lawyer and Legal Consultant.

Written by lawyer and legal - marketing consultant Michael L. Goldblatt, the 22 pamphlets cover business and personal legal issues and range in topics from protecting intellectual property to estate planning with a living trust.

Opinions varied as widely as their vocalizers, from legal technology consultants to criminal defense attorneys, and overran the conversation within the online legal community.

The research from Jim Diamond, an independent legal costs consultant, shows that partners at five of London's top firms (Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Slaughter and May, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters) billed an average of # 450 an hour, down from # 675 a year ago.

Spearheaded by Ross Kodner at Microlaw and Dale Tincher and his staff at Consultwebs, the site came about through the efforts of what sounds to be a small army of volunteers from the ranks of lawyers, legal vendors, consultants and others.

Legal research in the US firms, from what I can gather, is done by law librarians, attorneys in the litigation groups, and by consultants such as Susan; ie.

Our guest writer, legal services consultant Al Keve, provides timely guidance on how to use the year ahead to truly differentiate your firm from the competition.

And these companies need professional legal advice in the respective western countries or in China, India or the USA to name only a from the role of consultants advising on exclusively Western matters.

Any new developments I would encourage are increasing the use of virtual legal teams comprising a variety of skills and experience from different sources and locations (in - house, outside counsel, consultants).

She also argues that a report commissioned by the Law Society from the consultants Oxford Economics «shows the fragility of the profession» and the decreasing spend on criminal legal aid which means she believes that there is no «need for any cut».

Our legal consultants come from a variety of legal and business backgrounds.

We provide acclaimed, neutral forums showcasing thought leaders from all perspectives within the legal industry, including Plaintiff and Defense attorneys, in - house counsel, insurance professionals, consultants, experts, and judges.

«As part of the Advice from Counsel study, I spoke with inside counsel to identify the most important trends that will transform e-discovery in the next decade,» said Ari Kaplan, legal consultant and Principal of Ari Kaplan Advisors.

Our team and community of consultants have broken away from a variety of «traditional» legal services industries, including: Big Law, in - house counsel, legal business development and legal recruitment.

It is run and written by Richard Tromans, founder of Tromans Consulting in London, although Tromans tells me he welcomes ions from other authors — particularly lawyers, CTOs, legal tech companies, academics and consultants working in this area.

Most of the contributors came from legal firms but one of the most interesting was UK - based charity consultant, David Carrington.

Latham & Watkins has received a licence from the Korean Ministry of Justice to open a foreign legal consultant office in Seoul.

According to Michelle Mittermair, litigation services senior product consultant for LexisNexis Canada Inc. (which owns The Lawyers Weekly), «Retention strategies and policies need to come from collaboration between IT, legal and records management executives.»

«The Advice from Counsel study has become a go - to resource for in - house legal departments looking to shape and grow their e-discovery programs amid the ever - changing legal and IT landscape,» said Ari Kaplan, legal consultant and Principal of Ari Kaplan Advisors and co-author of the Advice from Counsel study.

Our consultants worked with the teams to «teach» the tool a core technology or legal concept, and then tease out the tolerances to find documents which were similar (conceptually) within a set percentage from the target item.

Legal consultants Altman Weil have come out with their «2014 Law Firms in Transition Survey» based on receiving survey responses from 304 U.S. law firms, including 42 % of the nation's 350 largest firms (a 38 % response rate out of 803 firms which were polled).

Candice has valuable experience with mentoring in the legal profession not only from her time practicing at a law firm and in - house and in business roles at legal services companies, but also as a consultant to attorneys on professional success and wellness, and continues to contribute to the Tennessee legal community through her speaking, training, and involvement in a number of legal associations.

For over 30 years, Attorney Powers successfully represented clients in the fields of Finance, Economics, White Collar Crimes and other Fraud Investigations, all thanks to her expertise as a (n): 1) Economist (since 1981); 2) Former attorney of the Supreme Court of Greece and European Court of Justice (member of the Athenian Bar Association from 1987 to 2000); 3) Former Foreign Legal Consultant for the State of New York; 4) Certified Fraud Examiner (since 2008); 5) Attorney for the State of California and member of the California State Bar Association.

Lawyers from ARCH legal clinic made the courtroom presentation, supported by other community legal clinics including Injured Workers» Consultants (IWC), Industrial Accident Victims» Group of Ontario (IAVGO) and McQuesten Community Legal Cllegal clinic made the courtroom presentation, supported by other community legal clinics including Injured Workers» Consultants (IWC), Industrial Accident Victims» Group of Ontario (IAVGO) and McQuesten Community Legal Cllegal clinics including Injured Workers» Consultants (IWC), Industrial Accident Victims» Group of Ontario (IAVGO) and McQuesten Community Legal ClLegal Clinic.

The three members of our panel will give their experiences from three different perspectives: the corporate legal department, the law firm and the consultant bridging the gap.

You will be supported by an experienced team during every step of the process, with legal counsel and advisory services from the inception and structuring of projects to contract administration and dispute resolution, including contract drafting for various procurement methods and consultants» agreements, as well as advice pertaining to environmental, land and building control laws.

In the first part of a series of blogs aimed at providing advice to candidates from entry to manager level, our Consultants Lacey Palmer, Georgia Girling and Katie Jones — who specialise in business development & marketing, and HR opportunities — look at working in or moving into the legal sector.

The decision confirms that claims consultants are no different from the tax accountants in the Prudential case and that privilege would only be extended outside the legal profession in exceptional circumstances.

According to Matt Ryan, Legal Files Senior Consultant, «One thing that distinguishes Legal Files Software from the competition is we have real humans answering the phones.»

Aside from Sam, the remainder of the attorney team is comprised of associates and foreign legal consultants with top - level academic credentials (Harvard, Yale, University of Chicago, New York University, University of Pennsylvania, and Peking University) and superior local language skills: all team members speak both Mandarin Chinese and English, supported by acute local cultural sensitivity acquired from being native Chinese, educated here for extended periods, or retaining strong family ties to mainland China or Taiwan.

Michele also serves as a consultant and facilitator to law firms and corporate legal departments to help create culture change, develop new collaboration norms, leverage technology, and bring cross-practice, cross-border initiatives from idea to fruition.

«I would particularly like to thank Gary Jones and Tim Skipper from Totum; they seemed to be a rare breed of recruitment consultant who could see the value in my «off - piste» career and where it could fit and add value in the rapidly changing legal services sector»

As befitted a reception for the undisputed leading lady of legal IT, BLP's client suite was packed with Janet's friends, including numerous IT directors from top City firms and beyond, suppliers, consultants and more — as well as many current and former clients and colleagues.

We've got teams from Pinsent Masons, and LexisNexis (who are also our first local sponsor), as well as sign ups from Vodafone Group, Hook Tangaza, Legal Utopia, Bryan Cave, JG Consultants, City University, Thomson Reuters, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, YADA Events, FromCounsel, Jurit, Mills & Reeve, Fliplet, and Westminster University.