Sentences with phrase «as plaintiff attorneys»

Structured settlements have drawn strong support from the federal government as well as plaintiff attorneys, state attorneys general, legislators, judges, disability advocates, and many others that have seen their power to protect injury victims from quickly dissipating or otherwise outliving their income, after which time they would most certainly turn to various forms of government or public assistance.

Data was analyzed by grouping all of the prosecuting attorneys and plaintiffs» attorneys together as one group (referred to as plaintiff attorneys hereafter) and all of the criminal defense attorneys and civil defense attorneys as another group (referred to as defense attorneys hereafter).

As plaintiffs attorney Elizabeth N. Mulvey, a well - known and highly regarded Massachusetts trial lawyer, questioned pediatrician Robert P. Lindeman in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston regarding the death of a 12 - year - old patient, she «startled him» with the question, Was he Flea?

Not exact matches

The Atlantic Wire reported Thursday that two former interns at magazine publisher Condé Nast have hired the same attorneys as the «Black Swan» plaintiffs and have filed suit for back pay.

Employment attorney Shannon Liss - Riordan is representing the plaintiffs in both cases, as well as in others against startups also using contractors to deliver customer orders.

In what could be described as deliberate attempts to frustrate the Chief Justice's effort at cleaning the judiciary of miscreants; plaintiffs, complainants and attorneys are fuming over what they see as clever moves by court clerks and registrars to extort monies from them.

The report comes as government reform groups and some media organizations are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign a bill that would bolster the ability of plaintiffs in FOIL cases to be awarded attorneys» fees when they are successful in suing over access to government records.

Even so, the attorney said the phrase «make this go away» could just as likely be interpreted as direction to make amends with Cater, rather than conspiracy to deprive someone's rights, as the plaintiff alleges.

the legal firm of Lithur Brew and Company now representing the Plaintiff [Dominic Ayine] are also the lawyers for former President, John Dramani Mahama: the immediate past Attorney General, Marrita Opong Brew - Appiah was and is a member of the law firm as well as Tony Lithur who was also appointed by the former President as Chairman of the lucrative Ghana Airport Company Limited during his tenure of office and also holds himself out as the personal lawyer of the former President,» Martin Amidu noted.

An attorney representing Republican interests on the state Board of Elections, Todd Valentine, argued that none of the plaintiffs had standing to bring the suit or were actually injured — as all state politicians compete under the same rules and can take the vast LLC donations.

The bold particulars — $ 4 million in personal gain, a shakedown to turn cancer patients into fee - generating plaintiffs — unfurled over a three week trial as prosecutors led by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara painted Silver as a dry, inscrutable, greedy embodiment of Albany's problems.

The plaintiff wants the suit, which also cites the Attorney General, to declare the action being initiated against the EC boss by the Judicial Council as unconstitutional, void and of no effect.

Additionally, the judge ordered Spark Networks to pay $ 9,000 to each of the plaintiffs who brought the suit, as well as covering the full $ 450,000 in attorneys fees incurred by the two men.

he Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research was established in 1988 to serve as a living tribute to the attorneys, community organizers and plaintiffs in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision of May 17, 1954, Brown v. the Board of Education.

The state education commissioner acknowledges the achievement gap, as does the attorney general and even Gov. Dannel Malloy, who went from plaintiff in the CCJEF lawsuit when he was mayor of Stamford to defendant in the case when he became governor in 2011.

The plaintiff class seeks actual damages, compensatory damages, exemplary damages, punitive damages, restitution, attorneys» fees and costs, and such other relief as the Court may deem proper.

«Fortunately for the publishers, they had a co-conspirator as terrified as they were over Amazon's popularity and pricing structure, and that was Apple,» Steve Berman, an attorney for the firm representing the plaintiffs, said in a statement.

Whereas, Plaintiff, the United States of America filed its Complaint on April 11, 2012, alleging that Defendants conspired to raise retail prices of E-books in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. 1, and Plaintiff and Settling Defendants, by their respective attorneys, have consented to the entry of this Final Judgment without trial or adjudication of any issue of fact or law;

This allows the plaintiff's attorney to defer their income as well.

In many cases, however, a real estate agent can be a buyer's agent or a seller's agent — just as an attorney can represent a plaintiff or defendant in a lawsuit.

The plaintiffs seek more than $ 20 million for fraud, breach of the franchise agreement, and negligence as well as punitive damages and attorney's fees.

As we saw in the March 21 courtroom tutorial hearing, the judge was not impressed with one of the main bits of accusatory evidence about the «conspiracy,» and the one Chevron attorney speaking at the hearing, Theodore Boutrous, had never seen the plaintiffs» «conspiracy evidence» before — which could actually undermine other lawsuits against energy companies.

The Town and its insurance company have agreed to pay the plaintiffs $ 7,500 each (an amount which only partially covers their out of pocket expenses) as well as $ 20,000 to their attorneys in order to save the town further litigation costs.

Dave Anderson, one of the authors, said that the report might «provide fodder» to those such as state attorneys general or private plaintiffs taking legal steps to force the industry to more fully describe the risks of climate change to shareholders, or even to compensate for damages that ensued from emissions.

The judge rejects the GCC presentation in the case as evidence that there was a «conspiratorial document within the defendants about how they knew good and well that global warming was right around the corner,» and the plaintiff's attorney offers nothing to dispute it.

The jurors» second most repeated suggestion for both plaintiff attorneys and defense attorneys will not come as a surprise to many litigators.

For example, defense attorneys» scores for Courtroom Demeanor, Sincerity, and Competence dropped twice as much as those of plaintiff attorneys when the juries returned unfavorable verdicts.

However, even in the categories where jurors come close to rating both sides equally, the plaintiff attorneys are still not rated as low as the defense attorneys when the verdict is not returned in their favor and they are rated significantly higher than the defense attorneys when the verdict is returned in their favor.

If the jurors rated similarly situated attorneys equally, as one might expect, the lines on the graphs would appear as a perfect «X.» One would expect the defense attorneys to be rated significantly higher than the plaintiff attorneys when the juries return a verdict in favor of the defendant on all counts and the plaintiff attorneys to be rated significantly higher than the defense attorneys when the juries return a verdict in favor of the plaintiff on all counts.

He took $ 244,000 from the plaintiffs plus $ 27,642 in «attorney fees» by forging court papers to make it look as though they owed fines to the city and county governments with regard to the mold in their property.

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.

David Himelfarb's background as a leading attorney for both the defense and plaintiffs gives him a unique perspective into how cases are handled.

Our Charleston attorneys only work for plaintiffs who have been injured as a result of someone else's negligence.

Multi-million-dollar jury awards are downplayed as «learning experiences» by the 32 - year - old plaintiff's attorney, who emphasizes that many of these wins came as Satin sat second chair to the legendary Andrew C. Meyer Jr..

As one of a distinguished group of attorneys who have been listed in Best Lawyers in America for 20 years, Andy has been selected by his peers for inclusion in eight categories: Appellate Practice, Bet - the - Company Litigation, Labor & Employment Litigation, White - Collar Criminal Defense, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, Civil Rights Law, and Real Estate Litigation.

According to PointofLaw.com, plaintiffs» attorneys are seeking a $ 1.6 billion federal tax break for contingent - fee lawyers that would allow them deduct expenses as made, rather than in the year of settling a suit.

Angela McGraw has spent all 16 years of her legal career as a plaintiff's personal injury attorney.

Improbably, Plaintiff's attorney appealed, arguing that the damages award was inadequate as a matter of law and the trial court should have awarded damages (additur) or awarded a new trial.

A long history of involvement with mediation, both as attorneys representing plaintiffs or defendants and as the mediator.

Having a dedicated and experienced attorney by your side can help you obtain the fairest and fullest award, and can hopefully avoid a lengthy appeals process, as the plaintiff above was forced to endure.

Because the plaintiff undisputedly had the right of way under these circumstances, his attorney argued that the defendant was entirely at fault as a matter of law.

You may only resolve disputes with us or Participating Attorneys on an individual basis, and may not bring a claim as a plaintiff or a class member in a class, consolidated, or representative action.

As a result, the Court issued harsh sanctions against both the Plaintiff and his attorney.

Carreon ducked service for a while, giving the plaintiff the right to recover costs for personal service, plus attorney fees incurred as a result of his refusal to pay those costs.

In the libel field, he is perhaps best known as the plaintiff who in 1990 won the then - largest libel verdict ever, $ 34 million, against The Philadelphia Inquirer, over a story that criticized his work as an assistant district attorney.

As the NLJ article describes, Seattle - based law firm Davis Wright Tremaine filed a petition to recover nearly $ 1.8 million in attorneys fees for representing the plaintiffs in PICs v. Seattle School District.

The client and the tortfeasor both expected, reasonably the Court thought, that the defendant attorney would satisfy the plaintiff's legal bill Furthermore, the defendant attorney, through several letters and verbal communications, had expressed an intention to pay the legal bill, as well as an understanding that he was obligated to do so.

The attorneys at our firm come from professional backgrounds that make them more effective in their current roles as plaintiff's personal injury lawyers today.

A personal injury attorney is a type of civil litigator who provides legal representation to plaintiffs alleging a physical or psychological injury as a result of the negligent or careless acts of another person, entity or organization.

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