Sentences with phrase «as trial attorneys on»

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Parker was acquitted in the rape case more than a decade ago and Celestin had his sexual assault conviction overturned on appeal (a higher court deemed his trial attorney ineffective), but the two men have come under fire once again as the media reports troubling details from the case, which included accusations that Parker and Celestin, then both 19, had sex with a Penn State freshman while she was unconscious after a night of heavy drinking.

Her over 20 years of practice as an attorney includes serving as litigation coordinator for the Women Against Abuse Legal Center in Philadelphia, and on Planned Parenthood's trial team in its challenge to the constitutionality of the Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act.

«After 37 years as a trial attorney taking on corporations like Wal - Mart, beating back the insurance company that took health care away from my daughter when her life was on the line, and giving hundreds of hours of pro bono work to women who were the victim of sexual discrimination, I know what it takes to represent the people of this district.»

«From his work as a trial attorney taking on giant corporations like Wal - Mart on behalf of working people, as well the hundreds of hours he's done in pro-bono work for women who were victims of sexual harassment and abuse.

«The criminal assault trial of Kevin S. Parker, a state senator from central Brooklyn, was thrown into turmoil on Thursday, as a judge granted the Brooklyn district attorney's office's request to have two special prosecutors appointed — one who would take over the case, and another who would investigate possible improprieties by an assistant district attorney.

Restaurateur Harendra Singh on Thursday finished his testimony in the federal corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, his wife, Linda, and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto, after 13 days on the stand and as the prosecution challenged two crucial sets of evidence submitted by defense attorneys.

Had Silver's lawyers made any attempt to portray Silver as a man of character at the trial, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara would have undoubtedly seen to it that the Sheldon E. Silver farce had made it into the court record, probably during the testimony of Michael Whyland, Silver's spokesman who led the media attack on the Times story.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- New York Attorney General - elect Eric Schneiderman named six lawyers to join his legal staff, including a top trial lawyer as his chief deputy, when he becomes the new «Sheriff of Wall Street» on January 1.

Richard Luthmann, a Staten Island lawyer who once grabbed headlines by challenging another attorney to «trial by combat» and who has been in jail since December as he awaits trial on kidnapping and other charges, could be released as early as next week on a $ 1.5 million bond.

Updated 3:26 p.m. The criminal assault trial of Kevin S. Parker, a state senator from central Brooklyn, was thrown into turmoil on Thursday, as a judge granted the Brooklyn district attorney's office's request to have two special prosecutors appointed — one who would take over the case, and another who would investigate possible improprieties by an assistant district attorney not directly involved in the proceeding.

Singh, on the stand for the 11th day in Edward Mangano's federal corruption trial, made the admission under questioning by Linda Mangano's defense attorney, John Carman, who presented as evidence several email exchanges between his client and Singh employees.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) is on trial over fees he collected as a private attorney.

«I started early on as an assistant district attorney in Bob Morgenthau's office — Manhattan,» Cuomo said when asked about his views on the trial and Percoco's appearances in the governor's New York City office during a conference call with reporters.

Ex-lobbyist Todd Howe, likely to serve as the federal government's key cooperating witness in a wide - ranging corruption trial this fall involving past associates of Governor Andrew Cuomo, «has obtained employment and a residence in the District of Idaho,» his attorneys told a judge on June 15.

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 24 - year - old Marcos Felizola - Torres of Buffalo pleaded guilty as charged to Burglary in the First Degree on the first day of jury selection for his trial.

He has outraised Illuzzi, who has worked in the Manhattan District Attorney's office on cases such as the Etan Patz trial.

According to his congressional biography, he started as an assistant attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia and as a senior trial attorney in the department's narcotics and dangerous drug section on the U.S. - Mexico border in El Paso, Texas and in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The refusal, on the advice of their attorneys, before the Manhattan trial of Republican state Sen. Dean Skelos and his son, Adam Skelos, would make it unlikely that either official can be used as a government witness because of a Supreme Court ruling, the sources said.

The refusal, on the advice of his attorney, would make it unlikely that Mangano could be used as a government witness in the upcoming trial of Republican state Sen. Dean Skelos and his son, Adam Skelos.

Sugarman said critics tend to focus exclusively on her work with Cuomo that began in the attorney general's office and carried over to the governor's office, but not the 20 years she spent as the chief of the homicide and trial division in the Bronx district attorney's office or the 10 years in private practice after that.

Prior to serving as public administrator, Catalano was an assistant district attorney on Staten Island where he prosecuted over 40 felony trials.

Defense attorneys for former state senator Malcolm Smith presented the Queens politician as a well - intentioned victim of F.B.I. entrapment on Tuesday, as cross-examination of the key witness began in Smith's federal corruption trial in White Plains.

During the trial Silver's own defense attorney insisted that Albany itself was on trial and claimed that Silver's behavior was business as usual in Albany, and that even if it felt unseemly, it was in fact legal.

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;

On Friday February 5th DOE Lawyer (the US Attorney) called me at 4 pm and said «Mr Precht, congratulations, the Dept. of Education has decided to discharge all of your student loans» I NEVER went to trial because I proved my case of undue hardship per USC 11 § 523 (a)(8), and I used the July 7th, 2015 US Department of Education's Policy Directive as my defense!

As I dug deeper I was struck by the sense of outrage and loss this painting aroused in so many people: The family of Lea Bondi, determined to reclaim the stolen portrait she had failed to recover in her lifetime; the Manhattan District Attorney who sent shock waves through the international art world and enraged many of New York's most prominent cultural organizations when he issued a subpoena and launched a criminal investigation following the surprise resurfacing of Portrait of Wally; the New York art dealer who tipped off a reporter about the painting during the opening of the Schiele exhibition at MoMA; the Senior Special Agent at the Department of Homeland Security who vowed not to retire until the fight was over; the art theft investigator who unearthed the post-war subterfuge and confusion that ultimately landed the painting in the hands of a young, obsessed Schiele collector; the museum official who testified before Congress that the seizure of Portrait of Wally could have a crippling effect on the ability of American museums to borrow works of art; the Assistant United States Attorney who took the case to the eve of trial; and the legendary Schiele collector who bartered for Portrait of Wally in the early 1950s and fought to the end of his life to bring it home to Vienna.

I remember a story years ago of a famous case (one of the Hiss trials perhaps) where a distinguished doctor testified as an expert witness and the other attorney on cross established that he didn't know what he was talking about.

As The Herald confirmed today, «no lawyers were injured on Thursday as a murder trial got under way for an Everett man accused of stabbing three of his previous attorneyAs The Herald confirmed today, «no lawyers were injured on Thursday as a murder trial got under way for an Everett man accused of stabbing three of his previous attorneyas a murder trial got under way for an Everett man accused of stabbing three of his previous attorneys.

But the beginning of the Ontario Legal Aid Plan (which became Legal Aid Ontario by way of the Legal Aid Services Act, 1998, s. 3 (1)-RRB-, on March 29, 1967, meant many more accused persons had lawyers, which resulted in: (1) many more trials and a lot fewer guilty pleas; and as a result, (2) drastically over-crowded jails containing inmates awaiting trial; and, (3) shortages of staff in the Toronto Crown Attorney's Office.

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His talents and skills as a trial lawyer have been recognized as well by his participation as a featured speaker for the «Best Trial Lawyer Video Series» which is published online by WIN Interactive, Inc., a Massachusetts based nation - wide litigation consulting firm in which Attorney Ventura has been interviewed on a variety of subjects including the art of storytelling and the use of experts witnesses at ttrial lawyer have been recognized as well by his participation as a featured speaker for the «Best Trial Lawyer Video Series» which is published online by WIN Interactive, Inc., a Massachusetts based nation - wide litigation consulting firm in which Attorney Ventura has been interviewed on a variety of subjects including the art of storytelling and the use of experts witnesses at tTrial Lawyer Video Series» which is published online by WIN Interactive, Inc., a Massachusetts based nation - wide litigation consulting firm in which Attorney Ventura has been interviewed on a variety of subjects including the art of storytelling and the use of experts witnesses at trialtrial.

As an active trial attorney, Mr. Russ focuses on trademark, copyright, patent, business torts, trade regulation and advertising law and complex litigation.

Served as trial counsel for a major national manufacturer in a lengthy NLRB proceeding in which the client prevailed on bad faith bargaining, secondary boycott and threat of violence charges against the Teamsters Union, secured three separate federal court injunctions against the Union and won an unprecedented award of attorneys» fees and litigation costs [reported at 334 NLRB No. 137]

He began working with The Law Office of John J. Leunig while in law school, and after graduating magna cum laude he came on board as a trial attorney.

The Alberta Crown Attorneys» Association is saying the province's justice system is in crisis, as it calls on the government to fund 50 more prosecutors in the province and for 35 trial prosecutors to be hired to fill vacant spots.

That's the question, as reported by New Hampshire's Laconia Citizen, which says that the defense attorney representing a convicted rapist is trying to convince the court that his client's right to a fair trial was compromised by comments made by a jury member on a personal blog.

An attorney may enter a limited appearance on behalf of a client for a specific purpose, such as to attend a hearing involving a temporary order, to present a motion, to appear at a conciliation session or to present the case at trial.

Rob served for several years as principal outside counsel and lead trial lawyer for the Illinois Gaming Board, advising the Board on a range of regulatory issues, and as a Special Assistant Attorney General, trying major administrative matters.

He has trial experience as a second chair attorney on multiple jury trials, including a jury trial that resulted in a several hundred thousand dollar award to the firm's surety client.

On March 11, Davis Malm attorney James E. Gallagher acted as a mock trial judge at the Boston Regional National Appellate Advocacy Competition sponsored by the American Bar Association's Law Student Division.

Mr. Englander has more than 35 years of experience as a trial attorney and has focused exclusively on Arizona personal injury and wrongful death cases since 1983.

This is why our Pinellas County car accident attorneys prepare every case with an eye toward trial — - so when that time comes, your case is as strong as it can be and we are prepared to fight the insurance company and present the case to a jury on your behalf.

Brett currently serves as a Board Member of the American Association for Justice and on the Executive Committee of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys.

Having worked on hundreds of matters as a trial presentation consultant, I do understand the pressure an attorney is under when in «trial mode», and the need for a quick response to resolve an issue.

Because I sat in on as many trials as I did, I met the attorneys who were regularly trying cases in our court.

On the basis of the contingent fee arrangement which the attorney had made with O'Hara, that would have entitled the attorney to a fee of about $ 62,215, which is what the trial judge allowed as the fee to be paid by Junior Sales.

Before the trial judge, O'Hara's attorney stated by affidavit and testimony (based upon such time records as he had kept) that he had expended about 183 1/2 hours on the case.

While Adrian Altshuler's focus is on being a fearless trial attorney, he is also a Supreme Court approved Rule 31 Mediator and is just as comfortable resolving your legal issues through mediation and arbitration as litigation.

He served as President of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA) from 2005 - 2006, and was on the MATA Executive Committee from 1997 - 2007.