Sentences with phrase «as prosecutors»

These fines will apply to all lawyers including publicly employed attorneys, such as prosecutors and public defenders.

Canadians released in Egypt, denied flight hoome as prosecutors «weigh charges», The National Post

When I began my term as president I set out my goals to increase the professional relationship between the Bench and the Criminal Defence Bar in this state, as well as the prosecutors in both the state and federal systems.

For while defenders as much as prosecutors have made their bread by helping to manage the processing of citizens into prisoners, the present / future offers lots of opportunities for those lawyers who can figure out how to reverse the process.

«There is a reasonable apprehension of bias arising from the fact that partners and associates at Mr. Wardle's firm, Wardle Daley Bernstein LLP, regularly represent the Ontario Securities Commission as prosecutors and are closely involved in proceedings at the OSC and that Wardle LLP also regularly represents the Law Society of Upper Canada as prosecutors in discipline proceedings,» wrote Groia's counsel, Earl Cherniak, in a June 5 notice of motion.

Many criminal lawyers start their careers as prosecutors or public defenders.

The defense team at Marshall, Bonus, Proetta & Oliver possesses over 100 years of combined experience, including years serving as prosecutors in area.

We have even served as prosecutors in this region in approximately 25 different towns.

Law students alternate between acting as prosecutors and defense attorneys in mock hearings.

Some of these bodies also act as prosecutors, for example the Serious Fraud Office and the Financial Conduct Authority.

Groia is seeking to have Wardle recused from that panel because as Canadian Lawyer reports, ««There is a reasonable apprehension of bias arising from the fact that partners and associates at Mr. Wardle's firm, Wardle Daley Bernstein LLP, regularly represent the Ontario Securities Commission as prosecutors and are closely involved in proceedings at the OSC and that Wardle LLP also regularly represents the Law Society of Upper Canada as prosecutors in discipline proceedings,» wrote Groia's counsel, Earl Cherniak, in a June 5 notice of motion.....

Many attorneys begin working in different fields as prosecutors, corporate lawyers, and personal injury lawyers, and then transition to criminal defense later in their careers.

This article followed a press release from the South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers responding to a shocking disclosure that Chief Justice Jean Toal has «met with an «informal working group» of several solicitors and two lawmakers who once worked as prosecutors, Rep. Tommy Pope of Union and Sen. Greg Hembree of North Myrtle Beach, to come up with a new plan» for managing General Sessions Court dockets.

Program is intended to encourage qualified attorneys to commit to careers as prosecutors and public defenders.

That was indeed prudent, as prosecutors had been wiretapping the cellphones of both men.

«As prosecutors, it is time to acknowledge that the public has lost confidence in part of our criminal justice system.»

We rely upon our full - time staff of attorneys, forensic accountants, research analysts, field investigators and computer forensics experts to staff these assignments, and we work collaboratively with our business clients to develop an investigative plan that is appropriate to the suspected misconduct... Since most of our investigative professionals have had experience in federal, state and local law enforcement — as prosecutors, auditors and agents — our investigative strategies are developed with an understanding of the evidence that may be needed to support an eventual criminal prosecution.»

All three men enjoyed high profiles during their tenures in the office, due in part to their visible roles as prosecutors of the powerful, whether government officials, Wall Street firms, or even the President.

At one point on Thursday, Mr. McDonald and Mr. Kry debated what the government had to show to establish that Mr. Silver had taken official actions in return for certain benefits, a quid pro quo, as prosecutors have charged.

An official who spoke to The Daily Caller said an investigation by Bharara's office «would be seen by agents as a positive development as prosecutors there are generally thought to be more aggressive than the career lawyers within the DOJ.»

City Councilman Larry Seabrook's former mistress appeared to be suffering from selective amnesia yesterday as prosecutors forced her to testify at the Bronx Democrat's corruption trial.

A perjury charge against an acting district attorney «taints the very essence of who we are as prosecutors and goes against all that we strive to do to ensure the public's trust in the criminal justice system,» said DAASNY president and Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara.

Testifying last week in the federal corruption trial of state Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre), Walker confirmed that the U.S. attorney office for New York's Eastern District is probing his role in «county contracts given to some of your political campaign contributors,» as prosecutors phrased it in court.

NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- New York's former assembly speaker returns to federal court Monday to listen as prosecutors accuse him for a second time of collecting $ 4 million in illegal kickbacks from a cancer researcher and real estate developers.

William Dreyer, at one point during his opening statement to jurors, said Bruno did not have the power to simply sign off on funding, as prosecutors alleged.

Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office says the group will include members of the New York State police working with the state's Division of Human Rights as well as prosecutors and local school and law enforcement officials as needed.

The staff member, Victor E. Franco, in his second day of testimony at the trial in Manhattan, elaborated on the budgetary process, as prosecutors sought to illustrate that Mr. Silver controlled it all with little transparency or accountability, particularly on the Health Department grants that are the focus of the case.

NEW YORK — The trial of former - Andrew Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco continued on Wednesday, as prosecutors alleged that one of the companies involved, Competitive Power Ventures, bribed Joseph Percoco through a $ 300,000 scheme where they educated his wife, Lisa Percoco, for what prosecutors say was very little work.

Workers armed with shovels and a snowblower still were clearing away mountains of snow from the plaza outside the Alphonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse in Central Islip Thursday as prosecutors, lawyers and defendants returned from a snow day to resume proceedings in the trial of Edward and Linda Mangano and John Venditto.

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 situation is similar to previous work stoppages on SUNY Poly projects this year in which the state failed to process payments to SUNY Poly contractors as prosecutors closed in on former SUNY Poly president and founder Alain Kaloyeros.

Their backgrounds were short on experience in the courtroom, especially as prosecutors, and long on academic work and social justice causes.

As prosecutors have warned in corruption cases including the Skelos scandal, this steady drip, drip, drip of corruption cases affect more than just the pocketbooks of New Yorkers.

More than 100 prospective jurors filled out questionnaires yesterday, as prosecutors and defense lawyers sought to identify potential bias or conflicts that might disqualify people from serving next week in the corruption trial of ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

The result of Rockefeller Drug Law reform has been «not as good as the defense had hoped and not as terrible as the prosecutors had feared,» said attorney William Gibney of the Legal Aid Society in New York.

As prosecutors and lawyers for the the defendants addressed the jury, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara sat in the back of the courtroom staring ahead, with his hand resting over his mouth.

The pregnant widow of the former Gov. Cuomo aide who was killed in a Brooklyn gang shootout wept as prosecutors described his violent death in the opening of his alleged killers» trial Monday.

Both pleas became public in January as prosecutors turned over records to the defense ahead of the trial.

In addition, prosecutors and defense attorneys occasionally would confer with each other, as the prosecutors and the defense hammered down the specifics of a jury charge — the instructions Azrack will give jurors before they begin deliberations.

A lawyer for a longtime confidante and top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told jurors Wednesday that his client accepted no bribes, or «ziti,» as prosecutors like to call it.

The Democrat from Jamaica, laughed and shook his head as prosecutors finished up opening remarks in Queens Supreme Court accusing him of siphoning campaign money and grants to fund department - store shopping sprees and pay for other person al expenses.

A lawyer for a longtime confidante and top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo says his client accepted no bribes - or «ziti,» as prosecutors like to call it.

As prosecutors move to seek a re-trial in that case, Silver has asked for a review by the Supreme Court.

As prosecutors make their closing arguments, TRD takes a look back at the events leading up to the criminal trial

Kelly's lawyer, Michael Critchley, has sought to portray her as a lower - level figure who was not, as prosecutors say, responsible for engineering the Bridgegate coverup.

Silver returns to federal court Monday April 30, 2018, to listen as prosecutors accuse him for a second

Silver returns to federal court Monday April 30, 2018, to listen as prosecutors accuse him for a second time of collecting $ 4 million in illegal kickbacks from a cancer researcher and real estate developers.

«I am mindful of our dual responsibilities as prosecutors to protect the innocent from wrongful conviction, as much as the victims who have been wronged.»

NEW YORK (AP)-- New York's former assembly speaker returns to federal court Monday to listen as prosecutors accuse him for a second time of collecting $ 4 million in illegal kickbacks from a cancer researcher and real estate developers.

The Brooklyn district attorney's office was set to ask a judge today to vacate the conviction of a man found guilty 20 years ago of committing a murder, as the prosecutors in the case withheld exculpatory evidence.