Sentences with phrase «zealous advocacy for»

This year's conference was titled «50 Years after Gault: Continuing to Fulfill the Promise of Zealous Advocacy for Juveniles.»

James T. Ratner is committed to zealous advocacy for those who seek to expose financial misconduct against the government.

I had the pleasure of working alongside Michael Clancy and I was always impressed with his strong work ethic and zealous advocacy for his clients.

The job, in his case or any, does not call for neutrality but zealous advocacy for your client.

This issue concerns my duty of zealous advocacy for my clients.

Indeed, providing zealous advocacy for the badly behaved client seems like proper conduct for a lawyer, not improper.

Not exact matches

At about the 3 - minute mark, Parker offers «my sincerest apology for my zealous advocacy» to the extent that it «brought commotion and emotion to this house in ways that may distract or divide us, or divert us from the important work the people of New York sent us here to accomplish.»

And I'm simply saying that when it comes to issues of federal impact, as the mayor of this city, that I have not seen any zealous advocacy done on the issues of infrastructure, on the issues of lead remediation, on the issues of body cameras for police officers and our violence intervention programs.»

The debate on finding the ideal balance between zealous advocacy and maintaining civility in the courtroom continued this week at the Law Society of Upper Canada discipline hearing for Toronto securities lawyer Joe Groia.

Hiring a woman to embody and soften the principle of zealous advocacy was an obvious choice for Ghomeshi.

Those judgments are uniquely available for scrutiny, and should be judged outside of the professional margins of zealous advocacy.

These trends aren't limited to law schools or the profession as deep structural changes are occurring in wider society as well, but it's changing the profession slowly and eliminating what I consider some of its best parts: defence for the downtrodden, zealous advocacy on social justice issues, or the ability to contest (and stop) governmental action.

First as law students and then as lawyers, we repeatedly hear about the need for zealous advocacy.

In an unusual joint op - ed in The Boston Herald, the presidents of the state's two largest bar associations wrote of the need for zealous advocacy of even the most unpopular clients.

The Maura Mellen Administrative Professional Award honors an administrative staff member who has made an outstanding contribution to the delivery of zealous and effective advocacy for CPCS clients.

The struggle between being civil and forcefully and properly representing a client in court is real, Nordheimer wrote, who concluded that when the interests clash, «I would suggest that it is better that zealous advocacy be favoured over the desire for civility.

The Indiana personal injury attorneys at Parr Richey Frandsen Patterson Kruse are dedicated to providing zealous and knowledgeable advocacy for their clients.

Nevertheless, the judge found the appeal panel's test for measuring potential professional misconduct — that counsel must not impugn their opponents unless they make their allegations in good faith and on a reasonable basis — «fails to go far enough to protect the importance of zealous advocacy.»

The firm's lawyers have earned the respect of the Judges and other court officials before whom they practice — including in other states where they appear pro hac vice — as well as the respect of their clients and adversaries, the professional community, the bar associations, the three branches of government, and the media, for their careful preparation, attention to detail, commitment to their clients, zealous and informed advocacy, contributions to the growth and reform of the law, scholarly approach, and integrity.

Indeed, where the interests clash, I would suggest that it is better that zealous advocacy be favoured over the desire for civility.

He has received numerous awards for his legal work, including the American College Award for Courageous Advocacy, and the Joseph Balliro Award of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers «in recognition of a lifelong commitment and dedication to the zealous defense of the accused.»

Stuart has been practicing law for 22 years and has earned a reputation for his zealous advocacy of his clients» rights.

In cases of the nature of R. v. Felderhof, it is not enough for defence counsel to exercise his version of «zealous advocacy,» without limitations, to ensure that the defendant is fairly defended.

The reason we add «zealous» and «resolute» as qualifiers to lawyer advocacy is, I think, as a proxy for the duty of competent representation; we believe that the zealous or resolute lawyer is the lawyer most likely to be competent and effective in representing the client.

Jesus» message of patience and non-violent advocacy was interpreted within this context to specifically advocate for non-violent, pacifist, yet still zealous spread of the early Church, directly in contrast with the Sicarii approach.

A team of divorce lawyers that is well known and highly recognized by NY judges and their colleagues for their unyielding and zealous advocacy on behalf of their clients.

However, a lawyer and a client may determine what zealous advocacy means by spelling out in advance the ground rules for the lawyer's representation of the client.

The difficulty of course is that lawyers are trained to be gladiators for our clients even when our «zealous advocacy» only fuels the irrational behavior.