Sentences with phrase «as private law firms»

Hanlon wanted to try it, and he wanted to combine it with tracking public defenders» time — as private law firms do — to generate reliable data on what they actually do.

FAP works cooperatively with the Montana Attorney General, nonprofit housing counseling and foreclosure mitigation partners, as well as private law firms.

In a 16 - page dissent, Justice Vogel (who brought her own experience as a private law firm litigator to bear on her assessment of fees) wrote:

«As a private law firm, Minami Tamaki LLP defends some of the most vulnerable in the community by fighting against wage theft, sexual harassment, and discrimination.

As a private law firm library, I wonder if we can co-operate, given the competitive nature of the industry.

Not exact matches

CHICAGO, Feb 16 - U.S. agricultural merchants are scrambling to register themselves as cooperatives after a blunder in the country's new tax law gave farmers a tax break for selling grains to co-ops rather than private firms.

The same would go for a Navy reservist who joins a private law firm that happens to have a sovereign wealth fund as a client — even if the reservist doesn't work on that account.

Some of the best firms that sell cyber security services to private clients also perform work as government contractors and employ law enforcement veterans for their expertise.

The rule of law is one, according to studies from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the law firm Hogan Lovells; in countries with strong rule of law, government officials as well as individuals and private entities are predictable, reliable, and held to account.

Ahead of Mr. Zuckerberg's trip to Washington, Facebook has hired a team from the law firm WilmerHale as well as outside consultants to coach him on questions lawmakers may ask, and on how to pace his answers and react if interrupted, according to people close to the preparations, who would speak only anonymously because the sessions were private.

Public knowledge facilitators, such as governments and business associations, along with private knowledge facilitators, such as consulting firms, law firms, and banks, play crucial but different roles in supporting Canadian investments in China.

When he took over the top post last year as Senate majority leader, John Flanagan announced he was leaving his private - practice law firm.

As an associate at a private Manhattan law firm, Zellnor remained committed to public service.

According to Pettit, the first task to avoid private domination is «to firm up the infrastructure of nondomination, providing as far as possible for a resilient economy, a reliable rule of law, an inclusive knowledge system, a sound health system, and a sustainable environment».

Partly as a result of those letters, the main factions of legislature have hired private attorneys from prominent law firms.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver used his office to mask millions of dollars in «bribes and kickbacks» as legitimate outside income from two private law firms over more than a decade, according to a bombshell 35 - page criminal complaint filed by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara today.

Silver, a Democrat who represents Lower Manhattan, hired Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman to support several private law firms — including Weitz & Luxenberg, where he is of counsel — that employ legislators as they resisted the Moreland Commission's subpoenas.

The government claims Silver steered public money to Taub in exchange for referrals of cancer patients who Silver presented to the private law firm «Weitz and Luxenberg,» where Silver served as «of counsel.»

The Nassau County - based Skelos, who works for Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, a major Long Island law firm that represents dozens of powerful businesses before state agencies, voluntarily revealed last year that he was paid as much as $ 250,000 in private legal fees in 2009, when he was Senate minority leader.

During testimony, he explained how he and Silver came to work out an arrangement whereby Taub referred patients with cancer to Sheldon Silver who, in addition to serving as Assembly speaker, also worked as «Of Counsel» at a private law firm.

Flanagan announced on Monday after he was elected to succeed Skelos as majority leader that he had stepped away from his private - practice law firm where he was of counsel.

The commissioners did not subpoena the legislative leaders; they were granted status as «intervenors» in the challenges brought by the private law firms.

Silver, who represents a district that includes Manhattan's Lower East Side, filed the proper documents, which included his income as a private lawyer representing individual clients at the law firm Weitz & Luxenberg, the complaint says.

Partly as a result of those letters, all of the main factions of legislature have hired private attorneys from prominent law firms.

His lawyers said his position as Assemblyman was separate from his work as a private lawyer who refers cases to his law firm.

Unlike his GOP colleague, IDC Leader Jeff Klein is all for a full ban on outside income — as he demonstrated by announcing this week he'll divest entirely from his private practice law firm.

As former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani rails against Black Lives Matter, his law firm reaps tens of thousands of dollars lobbying Congress for the biggest operator of private prisons in America.

Lawyers for State Senate co-presidents Jeff Klein and Dean Skelos along with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver have pushed to be «intervenor» plaintiffs, effectively joining a half - dozen private law firms that employ lawmakers as those firms challenge the commission's subpoenas for client lists and invoices.

The complaint labels the actions as a «secret and corrupt scheme» saying the speaker told the public that he worked at a law firm where private citizens hired him to represent them in personal injury lawsuits, and that none of his clients had any business before the state.

An anti-corruption commission appointed by the governor, known as the Moreland Act Commission, subpoenaed state lawmakers who earn more than $ 20,000 a year from private law firms, asking to see their private client lists.

While giving students experience working for such employers as law firms and advertising agencies, the arrangement also puts a private school education within the reach of many families in the predominantly Hispanic, low - income Pilsen neighborhood...

The Lafayette Parish School Board wants to bring on a private law firm as its legal counsel Wednesday, but Superintendent Pat Cooper wants the board to address several concerns he has about how they handled the matter.

Previously, she worked at the law firm of Goodwin Procter LLP from 2005 - 2012, as a member of the Private Equity group, primarily focusing on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, corporate governance matters and the representation of early - and later - stage growth comPrivate Equity group, primarily focusing on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, corporate governance matters and the representation of early - and later - stage growth comprivate equity transactions, corporate governance matters and the representation of early - and later - stage growth companies.

Non-Qualifying Employment Graduates employed in private practice either by a law firm or a corporation, self - employed, or as a judicial law clerk at the federal or state level are not eligible to apply.

Offshore law firm Carey Olsen Bermuda has appointed Cheri Minors as a senior associate in its trusts and private wealth practice, reporting into partner Keith Robinson.»

He has completed numerous commissions for private collectors and organizations as diverse as New York University School of Law, Westin Hotels, and the architectural firm Gensler.

And yet, outside the large and medium law firms, these same private lawyers apparently can not themselves afford to offer as many articling positions as we have willing law grads.

Lawyers in France use a virtual private network of lawyers, with secured links, providing equal access for individual lawyers as well as the big law firms.

She writes news and features about a number of leading UK and US law firms, as well as covering the Middle East and private equity.

John is adept in all manner of civil litigation and helps to support the firm's business clients in that area of practice, as well as taking on numerous family law cases for both private individuals and existing business owner clients of the firm.

I work with private practice attorneys, as well as small law firms.

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, continues its strong growth streak with the announcement today that Daniel Stellenberg, a leading executive compensation lawyer focused on private equity, capital markets, and M&A transactions, has joined the firm as a partner in the Employment Law practice, based in Palo Allaw firm, continues its strong growth streak with the announcement today that Daniel Stellenberg, a leading executive compensation lawyer focused on private equity, capital markets, and M&A transactions, has joined the firm as a partner in the Employment Law practice, based in Palo AlLaw practice, based in Palo Alto.

Ms. Riksheim began her legal career at a private law firm in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she represented sureties and contractors in state and federal courts, as well as in arbitrations, mediations, and administrative hearings.

In 2007, Fred spearheaded a powerful innovation in post-graduate legal education known as the «legal incubator» movement by launching the first - ever incubator program, a unique public / private partnership providing a network of support and resources for recent CUNY law graduates committed to increasing access to justice through their solo and small firm practices.

In some private law firms, workload standards may be set for measuring the more routine work that is performed for non-business client matters, such as real estate closings, bankruptcies, personal injury matters and preparation of simple estate plans.

He joined The Cates Law Firm in 2012, and the firm became Cates Mahoney, LLC in January 2013 after founding partner Judy Cates left private practice and was sworn in as an appellate judge for the Fifth District Appellate Court of IllinFirm in 2012, and the firm became Cates Mahoney, LLC in January 2013 after founding partner Judy Cates left private practice and was sworn in as an appellate judge for the Fifth District Appellate Court of Illinfirm became Cates Mahoney, LLC in January 2013 after founding partner Judy Cates left private practice and was sworn in as an appellate judge for the Fifth District Appellate Court of Illinois.

David Gallo started his career in private practice at a large law firm, and then served as corporate counsel at American Electric Power.

Before becoming a barrister, Stephen had extensive experience as a solicitor at major City firms in public and private mergers and acquisitions (both domestic and cross-border), corporate law, acquisition financing and infrastructure

Allen & Overy, the UK's fourth - biggest law firm by revenue, will cut as many as 150 lawyers, sever ties with its private...

David qualified as a corporate lawyer in 1990 and then the late 90s turned a law firm management until 2004 when he left the law to raise and manage a private equity fund.