Sentences with phrase «as a lawyer because»

Jess Jackson bolted from a successful career as a lawyer because he was bored.That's when Kendall - Jackson, his billion - dollar wine empire, took root.

«I selected Charles Gueli as my lawyer because I felt that he was very dependable.

I decided to pursue a career as a lawyer because I find it very fulfilling.

We should survive as lawyers because we have the knowledge and experience to bring value in legal affairs that others can not, and not because we regulate so that competitors are not allowed in the arena.

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It's the first day in Tokyo that finally feels like spring, cherry blossoms in bloom, but he has holed up here in the café because it's roughly equidistant from the offices of his various lawyers, as well as the bankruptcy trustee, whom he meets with regularly out of a sense of «duty» to his former customers.

«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.

The reason so many companies were able to get away with violating the law (because it really was so clear that Connecticut employment lawyer, Daniel Schwartz, described the ruling as «far from shocking,» on Twitter) was because interns didn't want to complain because they were afraid they wouldn't get any internships, which then lowers their chance of getting a real job upon graduation.

Indeed, the Google decision seems harsh to American lawyers in part because, unlike U.S. antitrust law, European competition policy focuses on harm to companies as well as to consumers.

That powerful lobby group also claims that earlier Buy American rules tied to President Obama's 2009 stimulus package, delayed «shovel - ready» projects as municipalities conferred with lawyers and manufacturers refrained from bidding on projects because they found it difficult to avoid sourcing their materials from abroad.

«It is apparent from the comments of your CEO» that he chose the name «because of the pronunciation «Thrinder,»» lawyers for Tinder said in a December letter that attached The Post's story as evidence.

«The last time we had a hearing, Google and Twitter and Facebook sent their lawyers, which undoubtedly were expensive because they did a damn fine job of dodging and bobbing and weaving and they didn't say a damn thing — which is what they were paid to do, or not to do, as the case may be,» Republican Senator John Kennedy told Politico.

But many lawyers in the industry have been warning entrepreneurs that just because a coin is intended to serve as a payment method does not mean that it can not also be categorized as a security.

A.M.I. told The Times last month that it decided not to print Ms. McDougal's story because it could not verify important details, though it acknowledged discussing her allegations with Mr. Cohen, the president's lawyer, saying it did so as part of its reporting process.

GDPR is likely to hurt profit at Facebook because it could reduce the value of ads if the company can not use personal information as freely and the added expense of hiring lawyers to ensure compliance with the new law.

It's important because it draws attention to the fact that, unlike doctors and lawyers, many financial advisors are not legally obligated to act in their clients» best interests (this concept known as the fiduciary standard).

Mr Buffett doesn't pay as much in taxes because he has accountants and lawyers who make Mr Buffett's income pleasant to politicians.

«Michael never represented me in any matter, I never retained him in the traditional sense as retaining a lawyer, I never received an invoice from Michael, I never paid legal fees to Michael,» Hannity said, before adding, «We definitely had attorney client privilege because I asked him for that but, you know, he never sent me a bill or an invoice or did I actually officially retain him.»

And because credit - card rewards aren't seen as currency in the eyes of the law, they're often glanced over by judges and lawyers during divorce negotiations.

Earlier this week, Uber's lawyers filed a motion that appeared to buttress that request, noting that back in the fall Waymo had sought arbitration with Levandowski because he had used confidential company salary information as leverage to poach employees.

My father was a lawyer and used his own life as an argument in court against his idea that it was utopian and that we couldn't build a compassionate world or business structure because he did it.

St Thomas More embodies and personifies truth serving freedom precisely because his ability to excel as a lawyer and statesman was based upon his fidelity as a husband and father.

The day that Islam advocates all freedom for all women I will have no problem with more Mosques, in the meantime, because this belief / Creed / Religion as it is now (and has been over thousands of years under the world's noses) women are still not allowed to vote, women are not doctors, they do not study to become lawyers, owners of companies, presidents of countries.

Mainly, because in all the verbiage about freedoms of beliefs there is something so important, so blatantly acute yet everyone do not even mention it, except - oh genial me: Why would anyone in the whole world support any type of creed / belief / religion where a whole lot of humans — as in millions of human women — are not allowed to go to school, to even just read and write - less become a teacher, doctor, lawyer, president of their own companies, their own countries, mutilated by the millions when they reach puberty, WHY is this allowed?

Think of my ideas, Chad, as a defendant that a lawyer reserves the right to recall later — because rest assured, Chad — once you start to try to defend the validity of the god of israel that man made in his own image, I will be recalling these ideas.

They and their allies and supporters (such as the 300 + self - identified LGBT and allied scholars, lawyers, journalists, and activists who published the manifesto «Beyond Same - Sex Marriage» — a group that includes respected mainstream figures such as Gloria Steinem, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Kenji Yoshino) would, I have no doubt, sharply react against the claim that polyamory «is attractive because monogamy is hard.»

«Often, you need to tell these women to bank as much money as they can because it's going to be a very short payday,» says Schwartz, the California paternity lawyer.

Football as we know it is done, because the lawyers are here.

Well, that's because the Supreme Court doesn't much like it, determining more than 100 years ago that polygamy was «an offence against society» (Reynolds v. U.S.) and compared it to «murders sanctified by religious belief, such as human sacrifice or the burning of women on their husbands» funeral pyres,» or so writes lawyer and social critic Wendy Kaminer.

Castro has been compared to Donald Trump for his populist rhetoric, the way he has used social media, especially Facebook, which is widely used among Costa Ricans, and also because he has been a constant presence on national television as high - profile lawyer.

Speaking at the event, paramount chief of the area, Oblempong Nii Kojo Ababio, said the reason for honouring Nana Akufo - Addo with the stool was because of his sterling career as a human rights lawyer who stood for the rule of law and advocated for the rights of the ordinary Ghanaian.

And to the lawyer, because of money you want you all he did as right, you too will face the wrath of God when time comes.

Assistant US Attorney Douglas Bloom, in an Oct. 20 letter to Karas, said the government opposes Misir's request because it believes there's another lawyer at Misir's firm who can take over as lead counsel.

About, for instance, the $ 16 million Cayman Islands hedge fund that he's been operating as a sideline to his congressional duties (which Grayson insists is a «family investment partnership» registered in the offshore tax haven only because «the securities lawyers told us we had to do it that way»).

Goldberg, who has known Silver for 65 years, said he had previously paid referral fees to lawyers who sent business his way, but asked Silver if it was legal in this case because of the pol's status as speaker.

Because of an «unfit for purpose» system, their claims take years to resolve, wasting untold amounts of taxpayers» money as other bureaucrats and Johnson's hired gun lawyers fight them to the bitter end despite the mountain of evidence that Iraq is a death zone for gays.

Three candidates couldn't make through the National Assembly hearing process under the current president for the last four years because of (1) his speculative investment in real estate using secret information, (2) earning too much money when working as a lawyer, and (3) his historical viewpoint that lawmakers and general public don't endorse or agree to.

Lawyers for former Senate Majority Leader John Sampson say the ex-state senator deserves a sentencing break — because he's not as bad as former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

I took the decision because taking full cognisance of the several cases in court as a lawyer and without delving into any analysis here for obvious reasons, I am convinced Sheriff will soon be vindicated by the court as National Chairman.

If the Mayor is calling hisself a «supervisor» because some jack - leg lawyer has instructed him to do so, and to top it off, the paper prints that as a «fact» how is the public being served?

A lawyer for former state Senate power broker Dean Skelos argued in a sentencing memorandum filed Wednesday that he should get no prison time because infertility contracted as a teen left scars that made him too devoted to his adopted son Adam to resist helping him years later.

Also a lawyer with some training in physics, Saunders admits he is «not a fan» of such theories — not so much because they yield bad science as because they lead to bad theology.

But most of the real evidence may never come to light, Davis argues, because scientists have been strong - armed into silence by companies who fund their work, and because, as a condition of any settlement, lawyers have kept the human evidence sealed.

I've learned that you can be married to someone for 18 years, look at them sitting across the table from you in a lawyer's office, and realize that they're just as much a stranger to you as the lady who led you to the conference room and gave you a bottle of water because your mouth was dry.

I chose Richard as his first name because my mother said I was going to marry a lawyer named Richard someday.

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Brad Furman's movie is shamelessly entertaining and the best thing in it is McConaughey's Mickey Haller, known as «the Lincoln lawyer» because his office is his Town Car.

The son of a lawyer (Brett Rice, channelling Ned Beatty) and a harridan (Clara Jones), Bobby, because he was sickly, irritatingly fey, and dangerously over-protected as a child, becomes a great golfer, and, taking a moment to marry Nurse Grimace (Claire Forlani) while at Georgia Tech, continues onwards in his quest to become the first man in history to win the PGA's four major tournaments in one calendar year «Grand Slam.»

Doctors, accountants, and lawyers often discount their wages in the public sector as a training regimen or because they find the work more enjoyable.

One of the lawyers for the Sheff decision recently lauded the «choice» programs available to Hartford students, as well as the Magnet and charter school successes, because Hartford students in these three programs perform better than Hartford students left in Htfd public schools.