Sentences with phrase «as an attorney because»

Thankfully Georgia was one of the few places I could waive in as an attorney because there was no way I was [inaudible 00:27:20] bar exam, by then I had already taken three.

«I chose to give up a solid, steady income as an attorney because there was much more upside in growing a business,» she explains.

Not exact matches

Because at the end of the day, your attorney will only ever be as good as the insight and information you supply him with.

Some experts, such as Marcus Lemon, an attorney at Polsinelli and former chief counsel to Federal Highway Administration from 2007 to 2009, say this proposal could actually help state and local budgets, because it provides more clarity about federal contributions, thereby forcing them to adapt accordingly.

«They're not thrilled that he's already jumping ship to run for higher office because that's exactly what he campaigned against and what he promised he wouldn't do, be a ladder - climbing career politician,» Petersen said, noting a JTD strategies poll that found half of Missouri voters think Hawley could be using his attorney general career as a stepping stone to higher office.

He would testify on Trump's behalf, a decision he said he had to make because he wouldn't have been able to afford his own attorney for as long a period of time as the litigation would carry on for.

Langone was forced to leave GE's board during Immelt's time as CEO because of a dust - up with then - New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.

The other lawsuit, which Bloomberg reports was brought by some of the same attorneys as the General Mills suits, argued that because testing of Quaker Oats Quick 1 - Minute reportedly found traces of glyphosate, the company could not use the «100 % natural» label.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) boss Thomas Homan made «false» statements about a North California raid on immigrants, according to James Schwab, who resigned as an ICE spokesperson because he did «not want to perpetuate misleading facts.»

Despite Vogel's involvement in the case that took away 18 years of Avery's life, the attorney does not seem to be experiencing the same level of backlash as Kratz (perhaps because the state's failures in 1985 have been well known to the public for more than a decade at this point).

In a decision dated July 7, 2016, the West Virginia attorney general concluded that: «West Virginia law does not prohibit the offering of or participation in fantasy sports games, as they are defined in Senate Bill 529, because state law prohibits only betting upon games decided predominantly by chance.»

«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.»

Maybe you want to target a niche market — attorneys and law firms — because you've done successful SEO work for some law firms in the past, and have great testimonials and case studies as a result.

In his remarks to a standing room crowd at RJFS» national conference, RJFS Chair Dick Averitt is reported to have embraced the fiduciary standard because, in part, of its mandate to serve society at large, as attorneys and medical doctors are obliged to do.

And he derided the agents who raided Cohen's office as «stormtroopers,» a charge that attracted particular attention because it appeared to evoke Nazi soldiers in the context of the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office, which had approved the raids and which Giuliani had once led.

They usually are self employed as merchants, attorneys, doctors, accountants etc because they would not be hired by American businesses when they immigrated to our country.

Here are some details about that November 2004 ballot proposal: 1) there was already in place a Utah law strictly banning same - sex marriage, which I fully supported; 2) all three candidates for the office of attorney general of Utah (the chief law - enforcement officer in the state) opposed the amendment, including the LDS (Mormon) Republican incumbent, Mark Shurtleff, mostly because they considered it a poorly drafted amendment; 3) I refused to endorse the amendment, but I did not urge people to vote «no»; 4) the leadership of the LDS Church, which has a record for being as strongly opposed to same - sex marriage as the Catholic Church, did not issue a statement urging its members to vote one way or the other; 5) inasmuch as two thirds of Utahans belong to the LDS Church, this means that the leadership of at least 80 percent of Utah churchgoers did not urge a «yes» vote on the amendment.

I never received help (and this is similar for attorneys and clergy) because she could never relate to me or view me as an intelligent woman.

If you didn't have a Successor Trustee, you would likely need to get a Power of Attorney to manage the assets for your benefit, or a Conservator or Guardian; but because you have a Trust in place, all of the assets are owned by the Trust and the Successor Trustee can step in and administer them for your benefit, as if you were able to administer them yourself.

But as Cara Wilking, a consulting attorney to the Berkeley Media Studies Group, notes in her own recent report, the NAD is ill - equipped to adjudicate these cases because it's not a scientific body.

As for attorneys, I will say this: Of course people wouldn't sue if attorneys didn't make it possible, HOWEVER, the only reason there are attorneys willing to bring these suits is because there is a demand for them.

As for South Barrington, the Park District is not about to start paying taxes because of Schwartz, said Karen Lamont, the Park District's attorney.

«It isn't just his personal misconduct, it's the way he conducted himself as attorney general — the cases he brought to extort people... Because of the scandal that surrounded him, people forget the case he brought against (former NYSE head) Dick Grasso was thrown out of court.

One source insisted he'll be announcing a lawsuit to challenge the health care reform law — or «ObamaCare», as the right perfers to call it — because the AG has declined to join the suit filed by other attorneys general.

Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani said he's still getting up to speed on the facts, but the payment to Stormy Daniels did not require him to have a full accounting of the details, saying: «I am focused on the law more than the facts right now... The whole situation of the $ 130,000 doesn't require an analysis of the facts because it wasn't intended as a campaign contribution.»

Cuomo actually does come up in the allegations, very tangentially: At one point in the U.S. attorney's complaint, Smith is quoted as having said to an undercover F.B.I. agent, as part of an explanation for why the Republican county chairmen were unlikely to go back on a bribe - based bargain with him, «I got them already asking me about judgeships, because judgeships now come through here, it comes through the governor.»

But the district attorney's office is different, because it is an elected job rather than an appointed position such as commissioner.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Treinis Gatz said during the arraignment that the government wants to have Griffin removed as Venditto's attorney because the federal investigation is continuing into Nassau County and the Town of Oyster Bay, and Griffin has a conflict of iAttorney Lara Treinis Gatz said during the arraignment that the government wants to have Griffin removed as Venditto's attorney because the federal investigation is continuing into Nassau County and the Town of Oyster Bay, and Griffin has a conflict of iattorney because the federal investigation is continuing into Nassau County and the Town of Oyster Bay, and Griffin has a conflict of interest.

If deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein did this as a favor to Mueller, not because the warrent was warrented, that would arguably be a witch hunt, but if the wall was respected, not a violation of attorney - client privilege.

After the brief hearing, Edward Mangano's attorney, Kevin Keating of Garden City, said, «We reluctantly agreed to the delay, because we are looking forward to a trial as soon as possible» to vindicate his client.

«Kasowitz's initial contribution was returned to avoid the appearance of conflict as DA Vance said [to WNYC], not because there was a conflict,» Joan Vollero, communications direct for the Manhattan District Attorney's office, told IBT over email.

Molo went on to highlight the numerous other firms to which Taub referred patients, as well as the other attorneys at Weitz who he had worked with because «they're a very good firm.»

Silver's attorney suggested that Taub's referrals — which were to a number of firms in addition to Weitz — were done in the most altruistic manner, and noted that he'd fought to retain his tenured position at Columbia despite being removed in the wake of Silver's arrest, because — as he said in his suit against the university that brought a temporary injunction against the school — he believed he had done nothing wrong.

«I want everyone to believe every decision that I make as attorney general is because it's the right one for our citizens, not for my political aspirations to seek higher office.»

We refer to the action by the Hon. Attorney - General as bizarre because this is a Government that claims to be adherents of the Rule of Law.

Kindlon said defense attorneys often refer to federal cases as «sentencing advocacy, because that's really what you're talking about.»

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.

«Because they will look at the substantive record of what I did as attorney general, what I did as governor, what I did as a prosecutor,» said Spitzer.

«We are grateful that Governor (Andrew) Cuomo and Attorney General (Eric) Schneiderman have made clear that they intend to fight this cruel decision in court, and as advocates for ensuring that all New York students are protected and supported, we join Chancellor Rosa and Education Commissioner Elia in their call to «continue to fight for our Dreamers because it is the right thing to do.»»

Elizabeth Butler Sloss was called on to resign almost as soon as she took the job because her brother, Michael Havers, was Margaret Thatcher's attorney general from 1979 to 1987, when many of the allegations were taking place.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has asked that a federal medical examiner do an autopsy on Brown's body as soon as possible because of «extraordinary circumstances involved in this case and at the request of the Brown family.»

The committee which had the Attorney - General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN); and the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, as members were initially billed to submit its report to Buhari on May 8 but could not do so because the President left the country on May 7 for medical follow - up in London.

The rest of the liberal pigs will coddle your disdain... GEP couldn't get things done in Albany the way he wanted to and should have, because of the cesspool that Sheldon Silver has presided over as lifeguard... It's about time your dirty little secrets of cronyism and pandering to line your own pockets is exposed... Leaders with integrity like Gov. Pataki have taken the loudmouthed and ignorant bile your type has been doling out for far too long... I hope Silver does time, as he should, and his assets along with the reputation of W&L Attorneys is forever tarnished....

But the SEC has postponed finalizing the settlement as New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo seeks his own deal with Rattner, according to the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the settlements are not final.

Critics of former Attorney General Eliot Spitzer say he did not pursue Albany's misdeeds as fervently as those of Wall Street because he wanted support of elected officials when he ran for governor.

«The reason why I know that is because I attempted, while as an Assistant District Attorney, to obtain justice for the people of Erie County by having the people who were responsible for the corruption brought to justice,» Sacha said.

Dinolfo said she waited as long as she did to come forward because the Monroe County District Attorney's office hadn't completed it's investigation into the matter.

Clyde Williams, a former political director for the Democratic National Committee, instructed his attorney to make the request a month ago because of what he described as a history of polling - place irregularities in the upper Manhattan district and due to problems during April's presidential primary.

Pruitt was confirmed as the EPA's new head by the Senate in February, 52 - 46, after fierce resistance from Senate Democrats who opposed the former Oklahoma attorney general because of his close ties with the fossil fuel industry, among other things.

Her time serving as a military attorney, she said, paid off because she learned how to stand up and to find solutions.