Sentences with phrase «appellate counsel on»

He also regularly serves as appellate counsel on trial teams in high - exposure cases.

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Atty. Zelda Soriano, Legal Counsel for the Petitioners discussed the grounds on which the appellate court based their favorable decision, which includes the main argument of the petitioners that the field testing is characterized by «serious scientific uncertainty with regard to its health and environmental effects.»

Senator Mark's counsel, Ken Ikonne and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) lawyer Johnson Usman as well as the People's Democratic Party (PDP) counsel, Chris Alechenu had told the Court that section 285 (5) of the 1999 constitution was clear on the fact the day of declaration of an election result should be included in the days allowed for the filing of a petition before a court, urging the appellate court to dismiss the appeal and award cost against the appellate.

Randall G. Bennett is the Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel of the Tennessee School Boards Association where he provides general legal opinions to local boards of education, superintendents and TSBA staff on school governanace issues, organizes and presents at seminars and training events, prepares and files amicus briefs in appellate cases affecting public schools, monitors current litigation and changes in state and federal law, and supervises the Association's Policy Department, A former school board member and police officer, Mr. Bennett obtained his law degree from Nashville School of Law.

Senior Litigation Counsel 213-634-4453 [email protected] Phillipa's key areas of responsibility include working on trial court litigation and appellate opportunities on behalf of CCSA and the charter school community.

As laid out in the appellate opinion, plaintiff ‟ s counsel and defendants ‟ counsel agreed to multiple extensions of plaintiff ‟ s time to file a motion for attorney fees on appeal, while they were trying to settle the amount owed.

However, a case is often won or lost on the initial presentation to the appellate judge and counsel's focus on providing succinct and poignant answers to the most difficult questions.

Our lawyers provide integrated counsel for plaintiffs and defendants in a broad spectrum of matters, with particular focus on contract and business torts, appellate, intellectual property, and antitrust and securities litigation for clients involved in the energy, technology and finance industries.

The more that I think about this question, the more I conclude that it is appropriate for a federal appellate judge to be more reluctant to feel an obligation to recuse if the recusal would be based solely on the participation of an amicus or counsel for an amicus.

Nicole also counsels clients on appellate matters utilizing her previous experience as lead law clerk to the Honorable Frank J. Williams during his tenure as Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

He was lead counsel in the federal and appellate courts and on the briefs in the United State Supreme Court on behalf of the County of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Flood Control District in Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 133 S. Ct. 710 (2013), a unanimous ruling in favor of his client.

EDWIN STERN, a former New Jersey appellate division judge who earlier this year completed a temporary assignment on the New Jersey Supreme Court, is now counsel at Gibbons in the firm's business and commercial litigation department.

Long will spend her time counseling clients on ethics and appellate matters, as well as corporate governance and governmental integrity investigations.

In the context of lawyering, perhaps you experience flow when you're thinking on your feet in the courtroom, cross-examining a witness or rebutting opposing counsel's arguments, or when you're at your desk writing a trial memo or appellate brief.

Mr. Whitney's representative work includes a series of successful outcomes pursuing false advertising claims against product review websites, a landmark victory clarifying copyright fair use and parody on behalf of several well - known musicians; a defense win dismissing copyright infringement claims brought by a putative class of attorneys against the leading legal research websites; a favorable outcome for a high - end beauty products company in a trademark and trade dress action against a manufacturer of knock - off products; a district and appellate court decision dismissing all claims by a proposed class against an international bank for alleged violations of, among other things, the Federal False Marking Act, RICO and the CAN - SPAM Act; and counseling prominent art museums and galleries on domestic and international copyright issues.

Represented citizens group in election redistricting case in Pennsylvania, by stepping in as appellate counsel obtaining reversal of unfavorable lower court judgment, on appeal to Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court.

These cases have been pre-screened by a staff attorney based on a determination that briefing and argument by counsel would benefit appellate review and assist with the fair and efficient administration of justice.

In private practice since 2010, Markus focuses on internal investigations, complex commercial litigation both at the trial and appellate levels, white collar criminal defense, corporate social responsibility and supply chain compliance, and corporate counseling.

He has been lead counsel on cases in more than 30 Ohio counties, appellate courts and the Supreme Court of Ohio.

Law schools should not be focusing on appellate advocacy but rather on delivering legal services to an increasingly disenfranchised public, and a corporate world increasingly skeptical about the value of outside counsel.

Counseled large utility client on appellate issues in connection with acquisition of a nuclear power plant.

In addition to her active trial and appellate dockets, Courtney Culver Baker has served as counsel to clients in the transactional arena, providing representation of corporate entities, governmental entities and individuals on contract, business, banking and lending, leasing, corporate structuring and other complex real estate matters.

Defendant finally argued the time records were incomplete / unreliable, but the appellate court dispatched this one by noting this factor was used to deny a requested lodestar enhancement by plaintiff's counsel such that the defense did get some traction on this argument, but traction already factored in by the lower court in reducing claimed fees.

Counsel Rebecca Bact focuses her practice on intellectual property litigation as well as appellate and Supreme Court matters.

He represents clients in all phases of state and local tax controversy, including audit assistance, administrative hearings, litigation and appellate review; and regularly provides counsel on state and local income and transactional costs for mergers, acquisitions and corporate reorganizations.

Taken together, our powerful combination of trial and appellate skills enables our appellate attorneys to counsel clients on whether, when, and how to take an appeal.

Chris Asta counsels clients on litigation matters, with a particular focus on government and regulatory issues and appellate and Supreme Court matters.

With more than 19 years of litigation and appellate experience as both a former New York City homicide prosecutor and a criminal defense counsel in the United States Army, Mr. Smith has served as lead counsel on more than one hundred trials on charges to include murder, manslaughter, vehicular homicides, armed robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, drug distribution, rape, child molestation, child pornography, rape and aggravated sexual offenses, grand larceny, embezzlement and fraud on the...

Experienced appellate counsel will generally be invited to intervene on behalf of the CLA but the committee has expressed a renewed interest in maintaining the junior mentoring program for lawyers with 3 to 7 years» experience with a demonstrated interest in appellate advocacy.

Our legal team appears on a regular basis in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Family Court) and as appellate counsel in the Divisional Court and Court of Appeal for Ontario.

Remember once again, the appellate judges will not know this case as well as appellate counsel and the client know it, and that necessarily impacts the chances of success on appeal.

Former Attorney helped Former Client find appellate counsel and worked on the appeal, which resulted in a reversal of the judgment for Phone Utility.

Some of our notable entertainment and media attorneys are: John Quinn, General Counsel of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who has also represented entertainment and media clients in a number of high profile cases; Kathleen Sullivan, the former Dean of Stanford Law School, First Amendment scholar, and nationally renowned appellate advocate, who heads the firm's appellate practice group; Bob Raskopf, an expert in the sports, entertainment and media bars in New York, who is perhaps best known for his work on behalf of professional sports leagues and teams, newspapers and publishers; Claude Stern, who has represented a broad array of leading software developers, videogame manufacturers, online publishers and other media clients in all forms of intellectual property litigation, including copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, and licensing disputes; Bruce Van Dalsem, who has tried and resolved disputes for studios, producers and performing artists in the film, television, music and finance businesses, securing a top five verdict in California based on the misappropriation of a film library; Gary Gans, an expert litigator in motion picture financing, production and distribution disputes, as well as copyright and idea theft cases, who has been named in 2012 by The Hollywood Reporter as one of America's «Top Entertainment Attorneys;» Jeff McFarland, who has litigated entertainment related cases for more than 20 years, including cases involving motion picture and television series profits, video game licenses, idea theft and the «seven year rule;» and Michael Williams, who represents a satellite exhibitor and other media clients in trademark, copyright, patent, antitrust and other commercial litigation.

Maybe you'll decide you need to input the leave to appeal and appeal facta, too, and somehow take into account what was in there in assessing the significance of Clements, Ediger and Benhaim to the decision you need to make to render your opinion bearing in mind you don't actually know what grounds of appeal the SCC thought mattered and, remarkably enough, sometimes the SCC delivers comments on issues that (arguably) weren't dreamt of by appellate counsel;

I know of Kusk only because, for my area of research, I went looking for cases where appellate courts commented on the apparent willingness of trial judges and counsel to either ignore law they were assumed to know or just not know the law at all.

Through the use of strict time limits, appellate courts impose this discipline on counsel.

Its authors, all partners in Smith Law Group LLLP, offer insight and commentary on issues relevant to trial lawyers, in - house counsel, trial and appellate judges, and others interested in appellate matters.

It has almost all of the characteristics of the adversarial litigation system — counsel present on both sides, a process focused mainly on resolving the substantive issues according to the statutory law and appellate decisions, and a third party neutral whose main experience has been in deciding adversarial cases in an imposed process.