Sentences with phrase «as solicitor general»

As solicitor general under Bush, Olson defended the McCain - Feingold Act as constitutional.

As solicitor general, Garnier was instrumental in the introduction of the American — style deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) for those companies held to account under the Bribery Act 2010 and for several other financial crimes.

After resigning as solicitor general of the United States, he joined King & Spalding as a partner.

By all accounts, she is likely to do the same as solicitor general.

Her nomination garners praise not only because of her credentials, but also because she would be the first woman to serve as solicitor general.

Garre's term as solicitor general was relatively brief.

Garre, who has been teaching as a visiting professor at George Washington University Law School since his term as solicitor general ended in January, called joining Latham & Watkins a «remarkable» opportunity.

It also referred to Halligan as having worked as solicitor general under former governor George Pataki.

She was twice nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, only to see her first nomination filibustered and her second sunk by charges of judicial activism by Senate Republicans over gun industry litigation during her time as solicitor general.

Underwood was appointed to the position after Eric Schneiderman resigned following accusations that he was physically violent to 4 women, Underwood had been serving as the solicitor general for the last 11 years, she was appointed by then Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

«I appointed her when I was attorney general as solicitor general.

Ms. Underwood, who had been serving as solicitor general, had been named by Mr. Schneiderman to fill his role in the event of his «absence from office» — per a state law concerning such circumstances.

«I think that Barbara Underwood certainly as the solicitor general, everyone talked about how she would be the best candidate, many of the candidates themselves, and that would be a good continuation through the end of the year,» said Sen. Betty Little, a Republican from Queensbury.

Republicans who lead the State Senate favor Underwood, as does Governor Andrew Cuomo, who appointed Underwood as solicitor general when Cuomo was himself the Attorney General in 2007.

«The work of this office is critically important,» said Underwood, who'd worked as solicitor general for more than a decade.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who initially appointed Underwood as the solicitor general when he was the attorney general, also supports having her run the office until 2019.

«I think that Barbara Underwood certainly as the solicitor general, everyone talked about how she would be the best candidate, many of the candidates themselves, and that would be a good continuation through the end of the year,» said Sen. Betty Little (R - Queensbury).

Cuomo, who appointed Underwood as solicitor general in 2007, expressed confidence on Tuesday in her ability to run the department.

Underwood, who has served as solicitor general since 2007, in a statement said she would continue the work of the office without interruption.

Not exact matches

Prominent Perth barrister Peter Quinlan has been appointed as the state's new solicitor general.

Prominent Perth barrister Peter Quinlan has been appointed as the state's new solicitor general, along with several judicial appointments this week.

Ted Olson, who served as President George W. Bush's solicitor general, explained his reasoning for declining Trump's offer during an interview Monday on MSNBC.

YAC's solicitors told the Supreme Court of Western Australia on the 21 January that it would not continue with its intention to hold a General Meeting of Electors on 1 February following a challenge by WMYAC as to the validity of the meeting.

And since now in our enlightened age when people find all anthropomorphic and anthropathic conceptions of God improper, yet do not find it improper to think of God as a judge in likeness of an ordinary civil judge or solicitor general who can not get at the rights of such a prolix affair — they conclude then that it will be exactly so in eternity.

Labour MP Fiona Mactaggart and former Tory solicitor general Edward Garnier were also serving as commissioners.

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.

With political leaders and editorial boards recommending that she serve out the remainder of former state AG Eric Schneiderman's term, which ends in December, the acting AG and former state solicitor general, Barbara Underwood, seemed the prohibitive favorite to get the Legislature's approval as interviews got underway yesterday.

She also worked for the U.S. attorney's office for the Eastern District of New York and served as acting - solicitor general and principal deputy solicitor general of the United States.

«I think that Barbara Underwood, the state solicitor general, should serve as the acting AG.

«The only good news here is the solicitor general is a top - quality person who is not running for office, so she will not be playing politics,» Cuomo said as he toured the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge in Tarrytown.

Schneiderman resigned as attorney general on Monday in the wake of reporting in The New Yorker that he physically assaulted multiple women and Barbara Underwood, the state's veteran solicitor general, took over the job in an acting capacity.

One idea that's been floated, particularly by Republicans who don't want to give an incumbent Democrat an advantage in November's election, is to leave Underwood, the solicitor general, in place as acting attorney general for the remainder of the year.

Nevertheless, it's true: Underwood spent the last decade serving as the state's solicitor general, and was acting solicitor general of the United States under George W. Bush.

Underwood has served as the state's solicitor general for more than a decade.

Underwood, who served as the state's solicitor general for more than a decade, told the New York Daily News she plans to appeal to the state Legislature to stay in her post.

«In sum, we are of the opinion that a registration application can be completed electronically — with an electronically - affixed handwritten signature identifiable as the applicant's,» Kathryn Sheingold, an assistant solicitor general, wrote to Suffolk County Attorney Dennis Brown.

No member of the Executive Committee during his or her tenure in office shall simultaneously: (a) hold any state - wide elective public office; or (b) hold any city - wide elective public office in New York City or the Presidency of the Borough of Manhattan; or (c) serve as a judge of any court of record, attorney general or deputy or assistant attorney general or solicitor general, district attorney or assistant district attorney.

The state Legislature is empowered to name a replacement to fill out the remainder of Mr. Schneiderman's term, but a range of editorial pages called for lawmakers to hold off and keep the interim attorney general, Barbara Underwood, who had served for years as state solicitor general, in the job.

Jeremy Hunt is in No 10 at the moment; meanwhile, Ed Garnier has been disposed of as solicitor - general.

He also served as shadow solicitor general under Ed Miliband.

A bipartisan legislative committee is interviewing 13 applicants including Underwood, the solicitor general, who is serving as acting attorney general.

But as newspaper editorial boards urged lawmakers to keep the interim attorney general, Barbara Underwood, who had served for years as state solicitor general, in the job, Ms. James withdrew her name from consideration to fill out the last seven or so months of Mr. Schneiderman's term.

It was presumably why two Conservative party leaders, William Hague and David Cameron, selected me to be shadow attorney general and why Cameron also appointed me as shadow home and then shadow justice minister, and why he, as prime minister, asked me to be solicitor general.

Halligan served in the same post as well as working as New York's solicitor general.

Barbara Underwood, the state solicitor general, is serving as state attorney general on an interim basis.

He was picked for promotion early on at Westminster, as parliamentary private secretary to the solicitor general, Arthur Irvine (1968 - 70).

She believes her long - time work in the office and her previous experience as the acting U.S. solicitor general and principal U.S. deputy solicitor general have helped calm the jittery atmosphere among staff.

They include Paulette Brown of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, who co-authored the landmark 2006 report, Visible Invisibility: Women of Color in Law Firms; R. Ted Cruz of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, the first Hispanic to be Texas solicitor general and author of more than 70 Supreme Court briefs; John W. Daniels of Quarles & Brady, one of the first African - Americans to lead a top U.S. firm; Keith M. Harper of Kilpatrick Stockton, a Cherokee who heads his firm's Native American affairs practice group; Patricia Menendez - Cambo, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig's global practice group; General Mills GC Roderick A. Palmore, who, as GC at Sara Lee, spearheaded the Call to Action urging corporate law firms to diversify; and Anthony D. Romero, executive director of thgeneral and author of more than 70 Supreme Court briefs; John W. Daniels of Quarles & Brady, one of the first African - Americans to lead a top U.S. firm; Keith M. Harper of Kilpatrick Stockton, a Cherokee who heads his firm's Native American affairs practice group; Patricia Menendez - Cambo, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig's global practice group; General Mills GC Roderick A. Palmore, who, as GC at Sara Lee, spearheaded the Call to Action urging corporate law firms to diversify; and Anthony D. Romero, executive director of thGeneral Mills GC Roderick A. Palmore, who, as GC at Sara Lee, spearheaded the Call to Action urging corporate law firms to diversify; and Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the ACLU.

As for specific Supreme Court nominees, McCain is expected to look to Judge Michael McConnell who sits in Salt Lake City, or Washington lawyer and former deputy solicitor general Maureen Mahoney who argues frequently before the Court.

But Noel J. Francisco, a conservative Washington litigator, took over as acting solicitor general once Trump took office.