Sentences with phrase «was the lawyer representing»

Good news is on the way because I am a lawyer representing a deposed overseas ruler and I need help transferring his hundreds of millions of dollars to a secure bank account.

I «m a lawyer representing the press.

This Sunday magazine piece from The Chicago Tribune, The Guantanamo Labyrinth, by Tom Hundley, is the best description I've read of what it is like to be a lawyer representing a Guantanamo detainee.

But what's also noteworthy about Morse are the lawyers representing both sides: The ACLU has been representing the student, while Ken Starr and a team of lawyers at Kirkland Ellis are also representing the school pro bono.

Will you be the lawyer representing my disability claim?

Was the lawyer representing your interests, or his own family's?

Imagine you are a lawyer representing one of your firm's most important clients — a client that provides a huge chunk of your firm's revenues and that allows you and your law partners to afford your mortgages.

In this routine, a custody evaluator — a mental health professional such as a psychologist, or a guardian ad litem, who is a lawyer representing the children — makes recommendations to the court about the best interests of the children.

«My plea is for is lawyers representing fathers in situations like this to do a thorough analysis of the factual situation on the ground, and characterize your case as a preservation of status quo,» Colman adds.

Not exact matches

«We think it's a very strong judgment, and a cautionary tale for people who make or use sound - alikes around the world,» said Adam Simpson, a Sydney - based lawyer who represented Eminem publisher Eight Mile Style.

«These three engineers are seeking to ensure that Uber pays women and people of color equally for the hard work they've done — and will continue to do — to help make Uber successful,» said lawyer Jahan Sagafi of Outten & Golden which is representing the plaintiffs.

Then last September, Mt. Gox trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi, a top restructuring lawyer also representing Takata in the airbag - maker's bankruptcy, broke the news: Under Japanese bankruptcy law, the value of creditors» claims were capped at what they were worth back in 2014: $ 483 per Bitcoin.

A key presumption of the system is that we are most likely to arrive at a just outcome if all parties to the dispute are represented by lawyers who vigourously pursue their clients» interest.

A lawyer representing Schrems, James Doherty, told the court that a referral to the European Court was «unnecessary or at least premature» as the Irish regulator had not fully investigated the complaint and had not used all tools in its power to restrict data flows where consumers» rights were threatened.

Elliott Broidy, a top Republican fundraiser for Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, and his wife, engaged in contract negotiations to represent Jho Low, according to emails that his lawyer said were stolen when Broidy's accounts were hacked.

«It's blatantly unlawful,» said Debra Katz, a Washington employment lawyer who represents victims of discrimination.

A lawyer representing Jha said he is remorseful and «accepts full responsibility for his actions.»

Lawyers representing more than 300 former and current players are seeking to have a class - action suit certified in courts in Calgary next month and in Toronto in March.

«It would be a lot harder for Trump to have a lawyer representing him from a big firm, because most big firms, most large firms are not going to want to potentially alienate their client base by representing someone as controversial as Trump,» the former colleague of Hendon's said.

Though Trump said Cohen's legal work for him was minimal, he said the lawyer «represents me on some things,» mentioning «this crazy Stormy Daniels deal.»

Earlier this month, three lawyers representing Abd al - Rahim al - Nashiri quit the case because they believed the US government was monitoring their communications with their client, a decision that Baker had supported.

«There are lawyers across the country representing various interests who are recording that interview,» former federal prosecutor Matt Orwig tells Reuters.

The men are being represented by Chevron lawyers.

The lenders want the stake to be sold for top dollar but fear it will be sold for less than that to McClendon's wife, Kathleen, because she is family, said a lawyer representing a syndicate of banks led by Wilmington Trust that loaned $ 465 million to a company McClendon founded in 2013, American Energy Partners LP (AEP).

The corporation is required to be represented by a lawyer, whereas sole proprietors or partners can represent themselves.

Mr. Kojima had every intention of being with us tonight, but unfortunately he was informed by a lawyer representing Konami (KNM) just recently that he would not be allowed to travel to tonight's awards ceremony to accept any awards.

The letter came from a lawyer claiming to represent New York - based hair - replacement company Ivari International, which was the subject of the Gawker story featuring allegations from unnamed sources claiming that the presumptive GOP presidential nominee paid Ivari $ 60,000 — along with regular fees for upkeep — to maintain his oft - maligned hairdo.

Andrew Ekonomou, 69, is one of a handful of lawyers assisting Jay Sekulow, the main attorney representing Trump in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

Cobb has been the lead lawyer representing Trump in an investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, and possible collusion with Russians by Trump campaign officials.»

As a trade lawyer who is currently representing a group of importers of electronic devices, I have firsthand knowledge that CBSA is not doing what Government spokespersons are claiming.

It was also reported that the Trump reelection campaign paid $ 50,000 to the law office of Alan Futerfas, the lawyer representing Trump Jr. in the ongoing Russia probes, weeks before news of the meeting became public.

But family lawyers and women's rights workers believe the legislation represents a turning point in the freedoms of Russian women, a dark signal from the very top of government that their lives are losing value.

For Washington, the film is a «very natural fit,» says Jeffrey Wright, the actor Washington asked to play Charles Ogletree, the Harvard lawyer who represented Hill.

Matthew Leib, a former New Yorker intern, and Lauren Ballinger, who worked at W Magazine, are represented by the same lawyers in both the Black Swan suit against Fox Entertainment and former interns at Hearst's Harpers» Bazaar and Cosmopolitan.

Still another is the lawyer who represented Shari Redstone in her divorce.

Dauman and George Abrams, another trustee who was removed last week, filed a complaint in state court in Canton, Massachusetts, on Monday challenging changes made to the trust by a lawyer claiming to represent Redstone.

And equally, it's like a good lawyer representing his or her client.

Sara Blackwell, the lawyer who represented the Disney workers, said, «I wanted to see if there was any legal avenue we could use to protect our American citizens, but it seems we can't.»

Audience The symposium is for lawyers with a background in payments law who represent financial institutions, payments networks, payments solution providers and major users of payments systems, including both business users and consumers.

McDougal's lawyer, Keith Davidson, who would go on to represent Stormy Daniels when she made her own hush money deal with Cohen, got in touch via email and phone with Cohen to tell him the deal had been completed.

Josh Levy, a lawyer representing Fusion GPS, said questions about who funded Mr. Steele's work should be secondary to its credibility.

Asked who was representing investors outside the negotiating group, an in - house lawyer for Bank of New York Mellon said he did not know.

«The bankruptcy proceeding doesn't affect our claim,» said Katie Mesner - Hage, one of the lawyers representing the plaintiffs, nine families who had a relative killed and a teacher who was shot and survived.

Lawyers representing the National Association for Fixed Annuities told a U.S. District judge Thursday that individual insurance agents would be forced to become registered investment advisors under the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule and that the current distribution system for fixed indexed annuities would have to be reworked.

Ms. Pao is being represented by Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & Lowe in San Francisco; Alan B. Exelrod, a lawyer there, also declined a request for comment.

Cobb will be replaced by Emmet Flood, a lawyer who previously represented President Clinton during his impeachment.

«It was Kafkaesque, and it lasted for years,» explained Peter Kirby, a Montreal trade lawyer who represented Frito - Lay in the case.

His dream came true when Eugene Morris, who had represented his father, introduced Donald to Morris» first cousin, the infamous Sen. Joe McCarthy's lawyer, Roy Cohn, who had stood trial multiple times for bribery, perjury and extortion but had never been convicted.

The past 24 hours of news in President Donald Trump's various legal imbroglios — the replacement of outgoing lawyer Ty Cobb with Emmet T. Flood, who represented Bill Clinton during his impeachment as president, and the admission of Rudy Giuliani to Sean Hannity (subsequently confirmed by Trump on Twitter) that Trump did in fact reimburse Michael Cohen for a $ 130,000 payment made to porn actress Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 election — are powerful reminders of something that can't be said often enough: Trump and his White House lie all the time, without apparent compunction.

Daniels has not responded to attempts to reach her, nor has a lawyer said to be representing her.