Sentences with phrase «also take your case to trial»

Not exact matches

City Court prosecutors must also direct follow - up investigation, conduct legal research, respond to motions, obtain statements from witnesses, locate and secure evidence, conduct pre-trial hearings, and take cases to trial if they can not be resolved by a plea bargain.

If you take the case all the way to trial, legal fees alone could easily be $ 50,000, and if discipline is imposed, you may also have to pay costs to the Bar (in California, those costs can approach $ 20,000).

The court's own schedule (for instance, whether other cases are in trial or whether judges are on vacation) may also impact how long it takes to get a divorce.

The wife had also taken various steps to obtain temporary orders in the Ontario court, relating to custody and access, and had chosen not to start a custody case in Alberta until steps were taken to fix a trial date for the divorce and related matters in Ontario.

A case could also have many issues to resolve and require additional negotiations that could take months and in some cases even years if it goes to trial.

Not only having a lawyer that's experienced and is taking cases to trial, but also one that you have a good relationship with and is compassionate, understands what you're going through, or at least tries to understand the type of situation you're in.

A lawyer can make a recommendation about when to accept a settlement offer and when to take a case to trial, depending upon the nature of the case, your injuries, permanency, etc., and also the jurisdiction where the case is pending.

But Ellie was also a real - deal trial lawyer back when litigators actually tried cases, and she took a huge risk by investing $ 70,000 to start her own law firm back when a laptop cost $ 4,000.

Our lawyers draw upon their knowledge of financial transactions and securities law in defending financial cases and we also take the time to work with you to thoroughly prepare you for trial.

Although we understand the value of being able to negotiate a full and fair settlement, we are also prepared to take every case we handle to trial if necessary.

We also have significant experience taking personal injury cases to trial and winning verdicts for our injured clients.

We are also trial - tested attorneys who will not hesitate to take your case to court if that serves your best interests.

An attorney from our firm can assist you with every aspect of your accident claim, from gathering evidence such as police reports and witness statements to prove that the other party was not only driving drunk but also caused your accident, to negotiating with the insurance company over the value of your claim and even taking your case to court for a full jury trial should this prove necessary.

You want a lawyer who will help you settle your case, but if the other side will not settle, you also want a lawyer who is willing and experienced to take your case to trial.

«Costs rose when the county moved to a contract system [and there was also] a decline in the number of cases taken to jury trial, an increase in guilty pleas at first instance hearings, a decline in the filing of motions to suppress, a decline in requests for expert assistance, and an increase in complaints received by the court from defendants.»

You also want to make sure that your personal injury lawyer is part of a firm that has a good reputation by insurance companies of being willing to take a case to trial if needed and not selling out their client for a quick buck.

They also know that if you decide to take your case to trial, it would be difficult for you to prove what your soft tissue injuries are.

Also, if the case is headed for court, the law firm will need to have significant resources to take the case all the way through trial and perhaps on appeal.

But we are also a firm with the genuine ability to take antitrust cases to trial, and we have done so with frequent success, including a defense jury verdict for our client Micron in a multi-billion dollar case that was perhaps the most significant U.S. antitrust jury trial of the past decade.

While we recognize that most high - stakes commercial cases should be and are resolved by settlement and pride ourselves on the creativity we bring to the settlement process, we firmly believe that the best settlements result not only from creative lawyering throughout pretrial, but also from a demonstrated trial capability and a readiness to take any case to trial.

The use of summary trials and mini-trials also helps considerably to reduce the time it takes to get a case heard and decided.

We also take on complex cases, which often run to trial, where we have an outstanding record of success.

Our proven ability to take high - stakes plaintiffs» cases to trial — and to win them — also presents our adversaries with a threat they must consider from day one.

That proportion is no accident: patent litigants flock to Texas because the court has put in place a host of procedures that make it difficult for defendants to terminate meritless cases early, while also speeding up the time it takes for cases to go to trial.