Part of a good lawyer's job is to help you identify when you should really think about settlement, whether you like it or not.
I'm pretty much of Simon Chester's and Alex's view: that a working knowledge of French should be
a part of all good lawyers» stock of abilities.
In a speech to K&L Gates legal firm (Pro Bono: The Finest Eloquence Is That Which Gets Things Done) on 13 January 2009 the attorney general said that «pro bono work is
part of every good lawyer's DNA».
Not exact matches
Most business executives tend to be
lawyer - dependent, but for the
better part of 50 years,
lawyers have done everything for Trump except have his children.
Although human - rights
lawyers have been justified in criticizing gacaca courts for their low standards
of due process and selectivity in prosecution, others have shown that acknowledgment, repentance, and forgiveness have taken place widely in the hearings, in
good part due to the influence
of churches.
But
lawyers and politicians long ago realized they could make a profit, you know, by captivating
part of the mind in certain people who's minds didn't have
good sense, and made them start believe all kinds
of crazy things.
Ziegler writes: «[F] or the
better part of a decade after the Court's decision, the vast majority
of lawyers, law professors, and grassroots activists in the antiabortion movement opposed efforts to strip the Court
of its authority or to return the abortion question to democratic politics....
Searching is a big
part of legal research, and I may be wrong about how much share google has in it, but the couple
of lawyers I know
well enough to say use tools that I doubt are counted in trends.
Sampson, 47, whose district covers Crown Heights and East Flatbush as
well as
parts of Brownsville and Canarsie, was charged with using his position as a court - appointed
lawyer in foreclosure proceedings to siphon off nearly half a million dollars from real estate escrow accounts that he controlled on four Brooklyn properties, prosecutors allege.
In the normal course
of events politicians rarely go to jail; not necessarily because they have more virtuous characters than the rest
of us, but because they can usually afford
better lawyers and character witnesses (and being
part of the political / legal establishment probably doesn't hurt either).
He submitted that elites like, the
lawyers who formed the
better part of the audience yesterday, «are the repository for knowledge and information,» and therefore must use their knowledge for the common
good of the nation.
«We would like to thank Team Schneiderman for producing an ad with a courtroom setting, which only serves to highlight that D.A. Donovan has spent the
better part of the last 15 years prosecuting cases in actual courtrooms while State Senator Schneiderman was busy voting to raise taxes, proposing legislation to line trial
lawyers» pockets, voting against civil confinement for sex offenders and cutting deals to keep Pedro Espada and Hiram Monserrate in the majority fold in Albany,» Shapiro said.
The New York Daily News reported that by the time Vance had a meeting with Mayor Bill de Blasio's attorney as
part of his probe into the mayor's failed efforts to help Democrats take the State Senate in 2014, the
lawyer's firm, Kramer Levin Naftalis, as
well as its partners, gave Vance $ 70,000 — and Vance kept the contributions from the firm.
Further training as a forensic scientist usually includes specific modules, such as training to testify in court facing a hostile defense
lawyer, as
well as specialist - material courses, such as the in - depth paint chemistry course I took as
part of my training to become a forensic paint expert.
One
of the
best parts is that the app is focused towards elite professionals such as doctors,
lawyers, CEOs, celebrities, models, beauty queens, investors and more giving people the opportunity to date a millionaire.
When Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski)
parted ways with the Florricks in the conclusion
of The
Good Wife, the uber - chic
lawyer appeared poised to extricate herself from the legal game entirely.
The
best part of Galaxy Quest, playing the guy playing the ethnic guy in a «Star Trek» - like cult television series, Shalhoub also stole the show as fast - talking
lawyer Freddy Riedenschneider in his reunion with the Coen Brothers, The Man Who Wasn't There; demonstrated uncommon intelligence and sensitivity in the still - underseen Big Night; and made his feature - film debut behind the camera with wife Brooke Adams in the independent Made - Up, now trickling into video stores.
And Phoenix isnt even that
good of a
lawyer when he starts out, but watching him grow is
part of why we love him.
When he realizes he has been set up to be the scapegoat in a case
of fraud and embezzlement, he goes to the only
lawyer who isn't
part of the
good old boy network in town — Amanda.
Bankruptcy
lawyers are
better at some
parts of the law than they are others.
«If a sports team went out week after week for the
better part of a decade and lost every single game, you would have to question what is going on,» says environmental
lawyer Eric Gillespie.
SOQUIJ, as
well as the Young Bar Association
of Montreal and Norton Rose are sending
good sized teams and folks from all legal spheres will take
part:
lawyers, notaries, paralegals, process servers, etc..
«The idea is that if you can combine all this information about
lawyers, law firms and clients in one place, then the whole will be
better than the sum
of its
parts,» Eric Ryles, vice president, customer solutions, ALM Intelligence, told me during a recent conversation.
The
best brands are the ones that the
lawyers and staff were
part of the branding process because the brand must deliver a consistent experience to clients — from initial contact, through mandate, to ongoing work with
lawyers and interaction with support staff, the brand experience must be consistent and authentic.
Hint:
Good lawyering is only
part of it...»
Part IV explains why tuition and debt have skyrocketed despite the fact that demand for
lawyers has been dropping since
well before the meltdown
of 2008 - 09 — because no one inside law schools had any reason to try to stop it from doing so.
A significant
part of our job is developing a rapport and a foundation
of trust with our clients, and those that do that
well are
better lawyers for it.
In fact, using top judges and
lawyers to mentor young
lawyers is becoming an important
part of training associates at some
of the country «s
best - known firms.
Oral argument is one
of the most exciting
parts of litigation, and only a few
lawyers are really
good at it.
There are countless firms here who spend a small fortune on
lawyer advertising and there are firms from other
parts of the NYC metro area who are marketing in this area as
well.
I've now spent the
better part of 15 years listening to
lawyers talk about themselves, in one form or another: interviewing them, writing about them, listening to their speeches, scanning their websites, reading their newsletters and blogs, and on and on.
4) For the most
part, today in Canada as
well as in the United States
lawyers have a monopoly on the practice
of law.
And so there's a long story behind having an office there, but one
of our
lawyers lives there and we decided that that was a
good place, there was a lot
of litigation down in that
part of the state.
Lawyers who participate in these activities, law firms that participate, who become part of the thought leadership and who are seen by their clients as investing in thought leadership and partnering with law schools like ours to help to better train and educate the next generation of lawyers who are thought to be thinking seriously about the challenges facing not just lawyers of the legal profession but our clients, I think those kinds of lawyers will be rewarded because clients at all levels know that it's an increasingly complex and sophisticated and challenging world and they're looking for lawyers who understand that and can help them with their pr
Lawyers who participate in these activities, law firms that participate, who become
part of the thought leadership and who are seen by their clients as investing in thought leadership and partnering with law schools like ours to help to
better train and educate the next generation
of lawyers who are thought to be thinking seriously about the challenges facing not just lawyers of the legal profession but our clients, I think those kinds of lawyers will be rewarded because clients at all levels know that it's an increasingly complex and sophisticated and challenging world and they're looking for lawyers who understand that and can help them with their pr
lawyers who are thought to be thinking seriously about the challenges facing not just
lawyers of the legal profession but our clients, I think those kinds of lawyers will be rewarded because clients at all levels know that it's an increasingly complex and sophisticated and challenging world and they're looking for lawyers who understand that and can help them with their pr
lawyers of the legal profession but our clients, I think those kinds
of lawyers will be rewarded because clients at all levels know that it's an increasingly complex and sophisticated and challenging world and they're looking for lawyers who understand that and can help them with their pr
lawyers will be rewarded because clients at all levels know that it's an increasingly complex and sophisticated and challenging world and they're looking for
lawyers who understand that and can help them with their pr
lawyers who understand that and can help them with their problems.
«Progress so far,» Goodman writes, «indicates that the current application
of legal AI could
well be
part of an evolution that will be a game changer for legal services, not because it will change the basic premise
of what
lawyers do — or replace them all — but because it will create shifts in the value chain, and therefore change the legal business model in terms
of legal services procurement, billing — and margins.»
Mr. Ellenoff and the rest
of the corporate department distinguish themselves from many other transactional
lawyers on the basis
of their ability to be
part of the establishment
of new securities programs, like PIPEs, SPACs, Registered Directs and Reverse Mergers, where the Firm's professionals have played leadership roles within each
of those industries, assisting in the creation, formation and strategies relating to those financings, as
well as working closely with the regulatory agencies; including the SEC and FINRA; and the listing exchanges - AMEX and NASDAQ.
Although neural net deep - learning AI interactions differ from the Socratic method, the result in large
part should be the same; an accelerated learning
of how to objectively discern the
best legal options, which will provide a stronger foundation for
better lawyering.
This step is rather manipulated, since the leading taking
part lawyers were associated with
well over 5 cases throughout this duration and the least involved
lawyers were associated with couple
of to no cases in the Supreme Court.
Kevin O'Keefe: In essence it helps
lawyers do a type
of work they want to do for the type
of clients they would like to do it for, and the Internet is a powerful tool in order to get that work, because the
best lawyers I've been aware for 35 years practice or 17 and the
best work comes by relationships and word -
of - mouth, it doesn't come from advertising or pushing your message out and the feeling on most
lawyers»
part in most legal marketers»
part is that they are talking about getting attention and that goes back to the days
of Billboards, TV ads, yellow pages that type
of thing, which is okay, which you may not have to resort to that or to fall to that, with the advent
of the Internet.
As
part of its consulting services, Young Mayden offers career counseling both to individuals seeking career advice as
well as to law firms which offer that service to
lawyers being outplaced.
For the most
part, The Lawyer's Guide does a
good job addressing the broad range
of relevant issues that surround coaching
lawyers.
Additionally, while a retail office might seem positively Dickensian if you are middle - aged
lawyer currently occupying Class A office space downtown, it might
well be much more attractive to a more junior
lawyer anxious to get a foot in the door somewhere within the profession, or someone looking for
part - time contract work outside
of standard law firm business hours.
But the role
lawyers have played has been an integral
part of bringing their stories into the open and having those stories treated seriously, as
well as assisting in getting compensation for their suffering.
This is a
good way to describe a large
part of what many
lawyers do for clients.
Another
part of the regional expansion plan is to boost client relationships by encouraging its
lawyers to
better understand what its clients need, through workshops and training.
It's not immediately clear to me why a judge on the New York City Civil Court, Housing
Part, would be a particular expert on e-mail etiquette for
lawyers, but I thought there were a lot
of good points in Judge Lebovits» article — which originally appeared in the New York State Bar Association Journal — particularly the reminders on the absence
of «tone» and on the need for brevity.
These are not risks to which the professional liability insurance policy responds, so
lawyers will want to consider the risks and how
best to protect themselves as
part of their due diligence.
Lawyers can
best gauge whether executive orders are running contrary to the rule
of law in a democratic society if they «read and listen,» advised Anne Egeler, deputy solicitor general
of Washington State, who was
part of a Washington attorney general team that successfully challenged United States President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration.
But you're a far
better lawyer if you conclude that the analysis
of those elements is
part of your job.
My legal dream sailed from Peking University, so every time I go back to give a speech at the Law School
of Peking University, I would feel a lot
of gratitude, warmth and desire to assist or share my understanding
of a career as a
lawyer, and how to become a
good lawyer, especially a non-litigating
lawyer, with the students who want to be a
lawyer in the future, so that I can do my
part to improve the transparency, publicity and fairness
of the Chinese capital market.