Sentences with phrase «solicitor general stated»

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Prominent Perth barrister Peter Quinlan has been appointed as the state's new solicitor general.

Prominent Perth barrister Peter Quinlan has been appointed as the state's new solicitor general, along with several judicial appointments this week.

Barbara Underwood, 73, the state solicitor general and the woman who will temporarily replace Schneiderman as attorney general, is a highly experienced professional lawyer who has argued 20 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

With political leaders and editorial boards recommending that she serve out the remainder of former state AG Eric Schneiderman's term, which ends in December, the acting AG and former state solicitor general, Barbara Underwood, seemed the prohibitive favorite to get the Legislature's approval as interviews got underway yesterday.

She was formerly the state's solicitor general, and was originally appointed in 2007, by Andrew Cuomo, when he was the state's attorney general.

Barbara Underwood was named New York state solicitor general.

She also worked for the U.S. attorney's office for the Eastern District of New York and served as acting - solicitor general and principal deputy solicitor general of the United States.

«I think that Barbara Underwood, the state solicitor general, should serve as the acting AG.

On Tuesday, Barbara Underwood, the state's solicitor general for more than a decade, took over the department in an acting capacity.

Schneiderman resigned as attorney general on Monday in the wake of reporting in The New Yorker that he physically assaulted multiple women and Barbara Underwood, the state's veteran solicitor general, took over the job in an acting capacity.

She is a former federal prosecutor and deputy solicitor general of the United States.

At the moment, the AG's office is being filled on a temporary basis by the state's solicitor general, Barbara Underwood.

Barbara Underwood, the state's solicitor general, will break a gender barrier when she becomes acting attorney general.

Nevertheless, it's true: Underwood spent the last decade serving as the state's solicitor general, and was acting solicitor general of the United States under George W. Bush.

Underwood has served as the state's solicitor general for more than a decade.

The others include Albany - based Appellate Justice Leslie Stein, a former City Court judge; Buffalo - based Appellate Justice Eugene Fahey; Daniel Alter, general counsel for the state Department of Financial Services; attorney Maria Vullo of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in Manhattan; attorney Rowan Wilson of Cravath, Swaine & Moore in Manhattan; and Preeta Bansal, a Manhattan - based former state solicitor general who is a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School and senior legal and policy advisor at the MIT Media Lab.

Underwood, who served as the state's solicitor general for more than a decade, told the New York Daily News she plans to appeal to the state Legislature to stay in her post.

Republicans who lead the State Senate favor Underwood, as does Governor Andrew Cuomo, who appointed Underwood as solicitor general when Cuomo was himself the Attorney General igeneral when Cuomo was himself the Attorney General iGeneral in 2007.

Barbara Underwood, New York's solicitor general, was named acting state attorney general.

No member of the Executive Committee during his or her tenure in office shall simultaneously: (a) hold any state - wide elective public office; or (b) hold any city - wide elective public office in New York City or the Presidency of the Borough of Manhattan; or (c) serve as a judge of any court of record, attorney general or deputy or assistant attorney general or solicitor general, district attorney or assistant district attorney.

The state Legislature is empowered to name a replacement to fill out the remainder of Mr. Schneiderman's term, but a range of editorial pages called for lawmakers to hold off and keep the interim attorney general, Barbara Underwood, who had served for years as state solicitor general, in the job.

Noel J. Francisco, reportedly Trump's nominee to be the next United States solicitor general, has roots in Central New York.

Underwood, the state solicitor general since 2007, was immediately elevated to acting attorney general.

From 1998 to 2001 she was the acting solicitor general and principal deputy solicitor general of the United States.

Ms. Underwood, who had been serving as solicitor general, had been named by Mr. Schneiderman to fill his role in the event of his «absence from office» — per a state law concerning such circumstances.

But as newspaper editorial boards urged lawmakers to keep the interim attorney general, Barbara Underwood, who had served for years as state solicitor general, in the job, Ms. James withdrew her name from consideration to fill out the last seven or so months of Mr. Schneiderman's term.

For now, at least, a woman will lead the office: The state solicitor general, Barbara D. Underwood, will assume Mr. Schneiderman's position until the Legislature chooses a successor.

Caitlin Halligan headed the state attorney general's internet bureau in the late 1990s, before joining the state solicitor general's office in 2001.

Barbara Underwood, the state solicitor general, is serving as state attorney general on an interim basis.

Kent Greenawalt, university professor at the Columbia University School of Law, former deputy solicitor general of the United States, a distinguished constitutional lawyer, and a prolific author, has written a dense treatment of the law on religion and the public schools.

State solicitor general Stephen McAllister repeated often in his argument that more money doesn't necessarily mean better results.

But behind the students stand a Silicon Valley technology magnate [David Welch] who is financing the case and an all - star cast of lawyers that includes Theodore B. Olson, the former solicitor general of the United States [and George W. Bush's former Solicitor General], who recently won the Supreme Court case that effectively overturned the state's ban on same - sex marriage.general of the United States [and George W. Bush's former Solicitor General], who recently won the Supreme Court case that effectively overturned the state's ban on same - sex marriage.General], who recently won the Supreme Court case that effectively overturned the state's ban on same - sex marriage.»

«Money isn't pixie dust,» declared the Texas assistant solicitor general, arguing his state's side of a school funding lawsuit before the Texas Supreme Court.

They're financially backed by David Welch, a Silicon Valley tech magnate, and are represented by a team of high - profile lawyers, including Theodore B. Olson, the former solicitor general of the United States.

Stephen McAllister, the state solicitor general, responded by arguing that there are limits to what taxpayers can provide.

Officials from the Obama administration — including the former U.S. solicitor general and senior attorneys at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency — stated that the case was wrongly decided, echoing the views of banking industry representatives.

Elbert Lin, the solicitor general of West Virginia and the counsel representing the 26 other states challenging the Clean Power Plan, began his argument by saying the rule was really «about constructing a new energy economy.»

Until then, state solicitor Barbara Underwood will be the acting attorney general, the Associated Press reports.

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.

The justices granted review at the behest of business, even when the solicitor general of the United States recommended denying review.

Geyser also was the principal writer of the State's invitation brief in Rhine v. Deaton, a case marking the very first time the U.S. Supreme Court called for a state solicitor general to file a brief expressing the views of a SState's invitation brief in Rhine v. Deaton, a case marking the very first time the U.S. Supreme Court called for a state solicitor general to file a brief expressing the views of a Sstate solicitor general to file a brief expressing the views of a StateState.

The state of Rhode Island wanted former solicitor general Theodore Olson to handle the case, while the town wanted to rely on its attorney, Joseph Larisa, who'd shepherded the case through the lower court.

After resigning as solicitor general of the United States, he joined King & Spalding as a partner.

Like Trump's first nominee, Kevin Newsom, Grant is a former state solicitor general (Grant of Georgia, Newsom of Alabama).

Kirkland, for example, last fall brought aboard Paul D. Clement, a former United States solicitor general, and all 17 colleagues from the boutique appellate firm Bancroft P.L.L.C..

Conferences and Training - The Center hosts two conferences every year: a two - day conference in Washington, D.C. on Supreme Court advocacy; and a two - day conference for state Solicitors General and appellate chiefs.

Former solicitor general Paul Clement, now a partner at Bancroft, argued on behalf of the House Republicans that Congress is entitled to establish uniform rules for federal benefits — even if they differ from state definitions.

We have a solicitor general of the United States.

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«Except for the solicitor general representing the United States, no single entity has more influence on what cases the Supreme Court decides and how it decides them than the National Chamber Litigation Center.»