Sentences with phrase «as lawyers before»

(A posssible explanation for that is that, currently, all judges put in most of their qualifying time as lawyers before 2007 and the «caused or contributed» phrase is as ingrained as the ``.1» or ``.2».)

Nicky Morgan worked as a lawyer before entering parliament as Conservative MP for Loughborough in 2010.

He has acted as a lawyer before all Divisions of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada as well as before the Federal Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal.

Not exact matches

Generally speaking, lawyers say you should try fighting back now, or at least find a way to delay settling until the summer, when a favorable court decision, as well as pending legislation before Congress that would make trolls responsible for court costs, could work in your favor.

I was a lawyer before joining ING Direct, as Tangerine was called then, and when I started my new job at the bank, I was trying to be something I thought I was supposed to be.

If you find yourself in this unfortunate situation, before (or in addition to) consulting a bankruptcy lawyer, speak with as many other entrepreneurs who have gone through a business closing.

Crawford's death was confirmed by the Toronto legal firm Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt where Crawford began as a corporate lawyer in the 1950s before leaving to pursue a career with Imasco Ltd., a company that, at the time, owned Imperial Tobacco, Canada Trust and Shoppers Drug Mart.

The patent fight billed as the «Ali - Frazier Fight of Biotech,» and a «clash of titans,» and the «last great priority dispute of the «first - to - invent» era of US patent law» (um, okay, that final image is perhaps less evocative) had its first and only hearing before judges yesterday — and the line to get a glimpse of the brief proceedings wound its way around the lobby Christmas tree in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office building in Alexandria, Virginia (a view of which can be found here, in lawyer Jacob Sherkow's enthusiastic Twitter feed).

During negotiations with Thinx's representatives before the complaint was filed, the company's lawyers cited Leibow's social - media presence — «pictures where you could see my cleavage» — as a sign she shouldn't have been bothered by Agrawal's alleged behavior.

Before starting her own employment law practice, Ms. Kow practiced employment law and litigation at leading California and national law firms, and served as the sole employment lawyer and Senior Counsel at a Silicon Valley based company with 75 locations worldwide.

Before coming to the Times in 2014, he was a reporter at the Wall Street Journal where he wrote about housing, public pensions and a corporate bankruptcy lawyer who moonlighted as an energy healer.

With undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard University, Blankfein worked briefly as a tax lawyer before joining J. Aron & Co. as a currency salesman in 1982.

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, is potentially facing years in prison as federal agents look into payoffs to a pair of women who claim they had affairs with Trump before he won the White House.

In the same article we reported that while the Citizens United case was pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, Virginia Thomas, the wife of the Justice, created a nonprofit Tea Party advocacy group, Liberty Central, Inc., with a former lawyer for the Charles G. Koch Foundation, Sarah Field, acting as her General Counsel and a former Koch lobbyist, Matt Schlapp, serving on her board at inception.

The S&P 500 has merely regained yesterday's late - day selloff; it traded to a high of 2653.75 before dropping more than 1 % in the last hour as news broke that the FBI raided the office of President Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen.

«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.»

Consult a lawyer as well as an investment advisor before participating in any ICOS.

A woman used forged documents to pose as an estate lawyer for a decade and made partner at her small firm before her fraud was discovered, according to charges announced yesterday.

She moved to a family office as lead lawyer in 2002 before joining Withers where she became a partner in its wealth planning department three years later.

What Clinton was trying to avoid during his first term as president, says Marcus, was discovery, the process by which lawyers seek information from the opposing parties before trial to build their case.

Again, it is recorded that on one occasion a group of lawyers brought before him a woman detected in adultery, with the hope that he would take the responsibility of pronouncing the ferocious sentence laid down in the Law of Moses (not enforced at that period), or alternatively, would by refusing to do so expose himself as one who condoned immorality.

On March 26, a group of New York — based lawyers headed by Edward D. Fagan, who spearheaded successful suits on behalf of Holocaust survivors against European firms that collaborated with the Nazis in using concentration camp inmates as laborers, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn against FleetBoston Financial, the insurance giant Aetna, and railroad conglomerate CSX Corporation, on the grounds that these corporations are the successors of companies that profited from slavery before the Civil War.

Who like lawyers as they themselves were lawyers before being politically appointed as judges.

The first reference to the name in the New Testament is in Acts 24:5, where Tertullus the lawyer, during the time of Paul's trial before the Governor Felix, accused Paul as a ring leader of the Nazarene sect.

(Tangent: I spent most of college and law school working on progressive, feminist, anti-racist issues and worked as a human rights lawyer before moving into the world of food.)

As someone else said we all know a couple hundred thousand lawyers reviewed this before release.

I invented Rachel's Remedy to make moist - heat / cooling relief hands free and easy for breastfeeding moms, but before I could leave my job as a lawyer and dedicate my life to this company, I had to do my research.

The district made a good - faith offer to the owners before the Prospect Heights Park District sued and was committed to keeping the land as a public golf course, said Kathleen Field Orr, a Chicago lawyer who specializes in municipal law.

Indeed, I am not only worried but I'm also very concerned over the setback to our electoral system, and speaking generally in the best tradition of our legal profession, not being specific on matters before any court, the implication of some of the tribunals outcome intended to shoot down the use of the card reader as some of my fellow lawyers involved in petition matters are determined to achieve is worrisome.

Barbara Underwood, 73, the state solicitor general and the woman who will temporarily replace Schneiderman as attorney general, is a highly experienced professional lawyer who has argued 20 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mr. Maroko practiced labor and employment law in New Jersey and New York before coming to the Hotel Trades Council in 2002 as the Council's in - house lawyer, where he created and manages the legal department.

The son of Pakistani immigrants, Khan trained in the law and made his name as a human - rights lawyer before becoming chairman of Liberty.

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«In truth and in fact, Silver has obtained millions of dollars in outside income as a direct result of his corrupt use of his official position to obtain attorney referral fees for himself, including from clients with substantial business before the State, and not as a result of legitimate outside income Silver earned as a private lawyer,» the complaint reads.

On Thursday, the US District Court ordered lawyers for the Assembly Majority to advise the Court by next Tuesday, May 15, 2012, about the status of the DOJ preclearance process as it relates to the Assembly Redistricting Plan and the status of the Section 5 litigation before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Murray, who worked as a lawyer in the state attorney general's office before winning her first elected office, had said her leadership of a 759,000 - resident town — where she has been supervisor since 2003 — trumped a lack of criminal law experience.

Silver, 71, avoided injury after losing his balance outside Manhattan federal court on Centre Street as a TV newsman and one of the Manhattan assemblyman's lawyers, Joel Cohen, grabbed him by his arms to catch him before he could fall.

Schreibman, 40, of Stone Ridge, worked as a lawyer for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and as a senior district attorney in Ulster County before launching his bid for Congress.

This is just as Justice Abdulkadir Abdul - Kafarati ordered the respondents to the suit to appear before the court on Friday to give an insight into why the prayers sought by Saraki should not be granted, even as he was expected to grant the ex parte application filed and moved by the Senate President's lawyer, Mr. Ajibola Oluyede, on Monday (November 16).

Lawyers for retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn told Trump's transition team before the inauguration that Flynn might need to register with the government as a foreign agent, but the president was not aware of the possible move, the White House said Friday.

Michael Cohen, a lawyer for the president, reportedly arranged a $ 130,000 payment to a former adult - film star a month before the 2016 election as part of an agreement that precluded her from publicly discussing an alleged sexual encounter with Trump.

Nora Anderson is a lawyer in private practice who demonstrated a keen knowledge of the challenges before the court, as well as her creative vision.

Schechter's decision comes as lawyers representing Trump face another suit - this one filed in early March in Los Angeles Superior Court by porn star Stormy Daniels, who said Trump sought to silence her shortly before the 2016 election.

This came as the cleric prepares to appear before the Department of State Services today with not less than 30 lawyers for reportedly asking members of his church to defend themselves against attacks by Fulani herdsmen.

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.

He worked for American companies in South Korea before returning home several years ago, settling with his family on Grand Island and going to work as a lawyer for Delaware North Cos..

Things got a little testy at an unofficial meeting (no quorum) of the city's Heritage Commission, as dueling lawyers shouted over each other before a gathering of about 40 interested parties at City Hall.

It is a gift just as Buhari's lawyer gave 500k to justice Ademola when Buhari's forgery case was sitting before him.

But the statement exposes Ayine's lack of good lawyering skills and raises the question of whether he studied under any eminent and seasoned senior before his appointment as Deputy Minister for Justice.

Ayine then runs to the only place he is competent in showing how knowledgeable he is as a lawyer rather than before the Supreme Court — the print and electronic media — and he charges me with being a liar.