Sentences with phrase «as older lawyers»

He insists going to a regional centre is «a plausible solution for people who can't get articles in big cities,» adding the problem of supplying legal services in smaller centres is only going to get worse as older lawyers retire.
The program may serve as a model for other rural areas, which face serious access - to - justice challenges as older lawyers retire.
The recent Law Society of BC Report on the Retention of Women in Law Task Force notes as follows: • Women have been entering the legal profession in BC in numbers equal to or greater than men for more than a decade, yet represent only about 34 % of all practicing lawyers in the province and only about 29 % of lawyers in full - time private practice; and • the legal profession in BC is aging and there will be a net reduction in the number of practicing lawyers — a looming shortage — as older lawyers retire... [more]
The recent Law Society of BC Report on the Retention of Women in Law Task Force notes as follows: • Women have been entering the legal profession in BC in numbers equal to or greater than men for more than a decade, yet represent only about 34 % of all practicing lawyers in the province and only about 29 % of lawyers in full - time private practice; and • the legal profession in BC is aging and there will be a net reduction in the number of practicing lawyers — a looming shortage — as older lawyers retire without a corresponding increase in younger lawyers joining the profession.

Not exact matches

During the sentencing phase of Tsarnaev's trial in federal court in Boston, his lawyers have been trying to paint him as a mostly normal American kid who fell under the spell of his now - deceased older brother, ultimately joining him in the 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon.
I recall quiet Saturday mornings, walking with my father block to block, as he pointed out the landmarks no one else knew: the spot where the Third Avenue El of old stopped (he pointed out the supports hidden beneath the black asphalt); the apartment house where another close - knit family lived in cramped quarters, the three boys studying in dim lights under their mother's watchful eye to become a lawyer, a doctor, and a priest (and later a bishop); and the double spires of St. Patrick's Cathedral, the place of my parents» wedding and the baptisms of their three boys.
We accept LGBTQ people as equal, and accept that a significant percentage of people will leave, especially older and more dedicated donors, which will have results in closing seminaries, stopping mission to needy people, spending millions on lawyers, etc., etc..
[14] New England Patriots running back Dave Meggett's reaction, according to his lawyer, after being arrested on charges of sexual assault and robbery of a 33 - year - old Toronto woman, who said Meggett continued to have sex with her after his condom broke and then «took back» some cash he had given her «as a gift.»
For my Mom who was working full time as a lawyer from the time I was 6 weeks old on, breastfeeding me when she got home from work was our special time each day.
My wife is still breast feeding our 2 1/2 year old son mainly out of guilt for working outside the home as she is a corporate lawyer.
As for me, I'm a former lawyer turned stay - at - home mom to a 3 - year - old son and a baby girl.
What do you know now, that you wish you had known you entered parliament as a 29 - year - old lawyer in the election of 1970?
«As a former government lawyer I know the old trick of starting with such a sweeping proposal than any concession makes you look more reasonable.
The man has been identified in media reports as 42 - year - old lawyer Aaron Schlossberg.
The former mayoral candidate sobbed openly in the courtroom as his sentence was delivered, with his lawyers consoling the 53 - year - old.
This, coupled with my training as a lawyer, made me to join forces with my colleagues mostly in our 20s and early 30s to contest and win election as the chairman of the old Ilaje / Ese Odo Local Government Area.
But as the trial has progressed, his defense lawyers have gone to great lengths to portray Mr. Silver and Dr. Taub as just old friends.
Gabay, the 43 - year - old Empire State Development Corp. lawyer, was shot in the head on Sept. 7 after he was caught in the line of fire between two rival gangs as he was walking home with his brother and friends after J'Ouvert celebrations in Brooklyn.
The 50 - year - old lawyer, visibility emotional, characterizes his campaign for State Senate as the story of David and Goliath, fueled by fear of mortality and a desire, while he's still around, to be «fighting for the little guy.»
In addition to those full - time lawyers, the city corporation counsel this month hired Meghan Ryan, the 26 - year - old daughter of Miner's chief of staff, Bill Ryan, to work as a part - time law clerk for $ 8 an hour.
The story involves Hanks as Andrew Beckett, a skillful lawyer in a big, old - line Philadelphia law firm.
The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.
Ginnifer Goodwin leads as Rachel, a single lawyer living in New York with plans to attend her old pal Darcy's wedding.
Inevitably, Nichols can't entirely avoid the public face of this injustice, and later scenes with lawyers and the media feel especially perfunctory (Michael Shannon, helping out his old Take Shelter director, has a cameo as a Life photographer).
We meet Emily (Malin Akerman), an old flame of Ben that has other plans for him; An accountant (Byung - hun Lee) who works at the law firm by day, but moonlights as a hit man, with religious intentions and stage - four Tuberculosis to boot; and Doug (Glen Powell) Ben's best friend and colleague, who is a lawyer by day but a computer hacker at night.
The writer / director stars as Sheldon Mills, a successful 50 - year - old lawyer with lingering mother issues that require plenty of therapy.
The series, from executive producer David E. Kelley, stars Billy Bob Thornton as Billy McBride, a washed - up lawyer whose professional life is turned upside down when a young lawyer who has just been fired from his old firm brings him a wrongful death case that pits him against the head of his former firm.
The 45 - year - old actor stars as real - life defence lawyer Charlie Jaffey - who represented poker game organiser Molly Bloom in court - in the directorial debut of Sorkin and Elba said the filmmaker was «very pragmatic» when it came to letting the cast put their own ideas and lines into the film.
Meanwhile, Matt must balance his duty to his community as a lawyer and come to terms with an old flame, Elektra Natchios.
The L.A. Riot Spectacular looks like it was filmed on a dusty old video camera looted in the actual Rodney King riots (for authenticity), yet it features, in addition to Snoop Dogg: Charles S. Dutton as Mayor Tom Bradley; Emilio Estevez and Christopher McDonald as two of the police officers who beat King; He's My Girl star T.K. Carter as Rodney King; the aforementioned Cox as Gates; Jerry Maguire tot Jonathan Lipniki as hate - mongering youngster Tom Saltine Jr.; Silence Of The Lambs» Ted Levine as Tom Saltine Sr.; Charles Durning — who in a more blessed time scored back - to - back Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominations for To Be Or Not To Be and The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas — as King's Jewish lawyer; George Hamilton as the «King Of Beverly Hills»; veteran character actor William Forsythe as the man who videotaped the beating; and porn star Ron Jeremy as a Ron Jeremy - like porn star.
There were also strong performances from twelve year old Georgia Oldham as the forthright, wise lawyer Jaggers, and class - mate Morgan Wallace as the teasing young Estella.
From bankers to lawyers, plumbers to choreographers, ex-state school everyday heroes are boosting the career opportunities of the current generation at their old state school by acting as inspirational and relatable role models.
The lawyers are asking for a hearing in August and a written plan from the state as to how it intends to meet the basic education mandate outlined in the decades - old landmark lawsuit, known as the Leandro case.
Isa, now a lawyer with a 6 - month - old baby girl, narrates The Lying Game, Ruth Ware's third bestselling thriller, as it moves seamlessly in time from now to then, slowly letting the pieces fall into place, past and present converging in a terrifying denouement.
So far as Derek understood it, the site should have been cleaned up years ago but it had got mired in political horse - trading until, about a decade ago, Charlie Salliaq had dismissed the old legal team and called on the services of Sonia Gutierrez, a prominent human rights lawyer specializing in aboriginal land claims.
As a publishing lawyer, I often hear from authors hoping to terminate old (or unfortunate) publishing contracts and obtain a reversion of rights to their works.
In short, while «effectively let go from the old company and re-hired as new employees at the acquiring company» might be what it appears from the outside, legally it might be something different, and everybody is waiting till the lawyers figure out the details, and does not want to allow rollovers etc until the dust has settled.
150 year old house we live requires maint Lawyers for a custody battle of grandson and bills from our son as he had a bad accident and getting himself established.
Yes there is even role - playing in Arma 3 this is listed as life mods because there is so many of them from Altis life to Arma 3 life you basically live like you would in real life but with guns and the ability to drive a car when you are 12 years old there are cops, emergency services and lawyers its loads of fun just don't get caught doing things against the law some servers have high jail times!
They have alleged that Morris's body of abstract work entitled «Origami», which consists of a series of 38 works are «coloured - in copies of their intricate origami representations of hummingbirds, grasshoppers and other animals, birds and insects, produced using the centuries - old Japanese craft of paper - folding» says, their Their lawyer, Andrew Jacobson, who describes them as «some of the most renowned origami artists in the world today».
Do you lawyers sit around and endlessly argue if it is fair to count blacks as only 3/5 of a vote and whether separate but equal facilities are acceptable??? Why do you ask scientists to reargue current sea level rise based on 13 year old data?
On his blog, he has started a series in which he profiles trial lawyers successful into their 70s — a new generation of old warriors, as he calls them.
And as this article, Associates Punching the Clock (ABA Journal, August 2007), suggests, older and younger lawyers have different views, even on issues such as the appropriate time to start work.
Kate Gosselin's failure to appear in court led lawyer Heller to embark on what Fox described as a «tirade» on the courthouse steps, calling Kate «the old lady who lived in the shoe» and claiming she was running up huge dinner tabs in Manhattan on the same day she appeared on TV complaining that she was broke.
As to younger lawyers wanting a bigger piece of the pie, McEwen argues that today's firms are far better off than those of decades ago, which kept older lawyers on without any detriment to younger partners» earnings.
You can usually find good examples of these keywords at the very top of «most expensive» lists, such as «attorney» and «lawyer» on this older list from WordStream or «top personal injury attorneys» on this recent list from WebpageFX.
Finally, as to the rationale of «passing clients on to younger partners,» MacEwen points out that clients may want to keep older lawyers with whom they've developed a relationship — and they ought to have a say in the matter.
Ohio lawyer Thomas Walkley has been charged with public indecency after allegedly exposing himself to two 19 - year - old men, who, after being arrested for underage drinking, were due to perform community service at a cafe that Walkley founded, which advertises itself as a «Christian outreach center for at - risk teens.»
And even that assumes that there is any kind of consensus on what a «good» lawyer is, which is, as old - fashioned litigators used to (and may still) write, not admitted but denied.
While reading the Simple Justice blog today (it must have been an old post as I know I wrote a fond «Farewell to «Simple Justice» and Scott Greenfield» post back in February 2012 when Simple Justice shut down), I saw two references to young lawyers who tried placing free ads on Craigslist but ultimately rejected this business development tactic as undignified.
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