Sentences with phrase «assisted by counsel»

The Florida Supreme Court's acceptance of recommendations for a model family court is consistent with the principles of the collaborative practice model because the collaborative process empowers parties to make their own decisions guided and assisted by counsel in a setting outside of court.

However, the right of a witness to be assisted by counsel at a hearing is not absolute.

the appellee here «was put to a Hobson's choice»: decline to testify and lose the opportunity of conveying his version of the facts to the jury, or take the stand and forego his fundamental right to be assisted by counsel.

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There Will Be No Stay, a documentary film released last year, profiles two former majors in South Carolina's department of corrections Swat team who sued the state for allegedly pressuring them into assisting in multiple executions with minimal training and no counselling (the case was eventually dismissed by a judge).

We also offer our NEOs tax counseling services, generally provided or arranged by our subsidiary, The Ayco Company, L.P. (Ayco), to assist them with tax and regulatory compliance and to provide them with more time to focus on the needs of our business.

The Solicitor is the chief attorney for the United States Department of the Interior, principal legal adviser to the Secretary of the Interior, and is assisted by a Deputy Solicitor, Special Assistant, Ethics Director, Senior Counsel for Collaborative Action and Dispute Resolution, six Associate Solicitors, eight Regional Solicitors, and a staff of more than three hundred attorneys and four hundred total employees.

#GiveThem20 is an initiative started by American Corporate Partners, a nonprofit that assists veterans through career development counseling, mentoring, and networking opportunities.

Both sides may wish to instruct legal counsel to assist in the final negotiation and drafting of Shareholder Agreements, etc, and if for any reason the deal does not close then our Members» legal costs will be borne by us.

So much is this the case that on an occasion during my New Orleans pastorate, my own life was threatened by an abusive husband because I counseled his wife, and assisted her, in departing their home to seek protection.»

Since then pastoral counseling, greatly assisted by the clinical training pattern, has developed into a dominant area of ministry, mounting to its present ascendency in practical theology.

A partnership between the community mental health center and the local clergy should include consultative services with the clergy to assist them with their own pastoral care and counseling ministry with their parishioners; education and training opportunities in mental health, including evaluative and referral procedures in relation to the local mental health center; and the development and supervision of an after - care ministry with patients originally referred to the center by the local minister, priest, or rabbi.

This course offers the basic information necessary to promote breastfeeding and to provide basic counseling by assisting and encouraging the breastfeeding triad of lactating parent, baby, and support system.

Intended parents and gestational carriers are to be represented by independent legal counsel prior to executing an assisted reproduction agreements for gestational carriers.

CARI aims to provide professional, child centred therapy and counselling service to children, families, and groups who have been affected by child sexual abuse, to support and assist their recovery process.

Customized, In - Home Baby Education Assist in «Greening» Home for Baby Pre-natal Support by Email Informational & Emotional Advocacy In - Home Breastfeeding Support Postpartum Birth Experience Counseling Light Housekeeping; Laundry, Dishes Nutritious Meal Planning and Prep Postpartum Depression Prevention PPD Recovery Care Cesarean Support Mulitples Care and Education Sibling Assistance Newborn Sleep - Structuring Help Use of Any / All Lending Library Items Resourcing and Referrals and so much more, as needed!

Labor Plus Package 4 In - Home Prenatal Sessions including: - Prenatal Coaching / Education - Planning for Birth, Written Wishes, etc. - Assist in «Greening» Home for Baby - Prenatal Support by Email & Phone - Access to Free Lending Library Childbirth Class Series including: - 4 weeks of group, interactive learning Labor Support including: - On - Call 2 Weeks Pre / Post Due Date - Continuous Physical Support in Labor - Non-Medical Pain / Comfort Measures - Informational & Emotional Advocacy - In - Hospital Breastfeeding Support - In - Home Breastfeeding Support 2 In - Home Postnatal Sessions: - 5 hours of Postpartum Care - 1 Overnight Postpartum Shift - Postpartum Birth Experience Counseling - Resourcing and Referrals

Labor Support Package 3 In - Home Prenatal Sessions: - Prenatal Coaching / Education - Discount on Group Childbirth Classes - Planning for Birth, Written Wishes, etc. - Assist in «Greening» Home for Baby - Prenatal Support by Email & Phone - Access to Free Lending Library Labor Support Including: - On - Call 2 Weeks Pre / Post Due Date - Continuous Physical Support in Labor - Non-Medical Pain / Comfort Measures - Informational & Emotional Advocacy 1 In - Home Postnatal Session: - Postpartum Birth Experience Counseling - Resourcing and Referrals

An understanding of the effects of birth weight and gestational age on the regulation of infant growth by genetic and environmental effects may assist in tailoring research, counseling, and possibly interventions in infant growth to specific subgroups in which attaining a health benefit is more likely.

Republican Sen. George Amedore's effort to petition onto the Independence line last year was assisted by Bryan Clenahan, who is a counsel in the office of the IDC's Sen. Diane Savino.

The existing law on assisting someone to kill themselves is described in the Suicide Act 1961 as «a person who aids, abets, counsels or procures the suicide of another, or attempt by another to commit suicide».

Page says deletions in this gene, called the azoospermia factor (AZF), could be transmitted by ICSI and «would probably result in infertile sons... It may be appropriate to offer Y - DNA testing and genetic counselling before starting assisted reproductive procedures.»

Nutritional counseling by our experienced chiropractic health professionals can assist a patient on their return to optimal health.

The dissertation examined the perspectives of African American and white faculty mentors of African - American undergraduate students through a comparative analysis of the factors that influence the faculty members» mentorship of students, the role of formative experiences in faculty's philosophy and approach to mentorship around issues of race, and the advising and counseling strategies employed by faculty when assisting African American undergraduate students negotiate their perceived experiences of racial conflict.

The school counseling program's primary goal is to assist all students in reaching their academic potential by removing barriers to learning and preventatively assisting students in acquiring life success skills.

The school counseling program will be designed to assist students in these, as well as other areas, as determined by school officials:

Lenders are required to assist potential applicants with this step by providing a list of ten counseling centers, five of which must be within driving distance.

(1) A credit services organization, its salespersons, agents, and representatives, and independent contractors who sell or attempt to sell the services of a credit services organization may not do any of the following: (a) conduct any business regulated by this chapter without first: (i) securing a certificate of registration from the division; and (ii) unless exempted under Section 13 -21-4, posting a bond, letter of credit, or certificate of deposit with the division in the amount of $ 100,000; (b) make a false statement, or fail to state a material fact, in connection with an application for registration with the division; (c) charge or receive any money or other valuable consideration prior to full and complete performance of the services the credit services organization has agreed to perform for the buyer; (d) dispute or challenge, or assist a person in disputing or challenging an entry in a credit report prepared by a consumer reporting agency without a factual basis for believing and obtaining a written statement for each entry from the person stating that that person believes that the entry contains a material error or omission, outdated information, inaccurate information, or unverifiable information; (e) charge or receive any money or other valuable consideration solely for referral of the buyer to a retail seller who will or may extend credit to the buyer, if the credit that is or will be extended to the buyer is upon substantially the same terms as those available to the general public; (f) make, or counsel or advise any buyer to make, any statement that is untrue or misleading and that is known, or that by the exercise of reasonable care should be known, to be untrue or misleading, to a credit reporting agency or to any person who has extended credit to a buyer or to whom a buyer is applying for an extension of credit, with respect to a buyer's creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity; (g) make or use any untrue or misleading representations in the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization or engage, directly or indirectly, in any act, practice, or course of business that operates or would operate as fraud or deception upon any person in connection with the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization; and (h) transact any business as a credit services organization, as defined in Section 13 -21-2, without first having registered with the division by paying an annual fee set pursuant to Section 63J -1-504 and filing proof that it has obtained a bond or letter of credit as required by Subsection (2).

It is their responsiblity to ensure it is understood by the client AND if not, to assist the client in obtaining the best possible advice and counsel so as to properly understand the report.

The Fellowship is provided by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, in partnership with the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education ® (AFCPE ®), which administers the certification, and the National Military Family Association (NMFA), which assists with the selection process.

(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), and notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an individual may not be a debtor under this title unless such individual has, during the 180 - day period preceding the date of filing of the petition by such individual, received from an approved nonprofit budget and credit counseling agency described in section 111 (a) an individual or group briefing (including a briefing conducted by telephone or on the Internet) that outlined the opportunities for available credit counseling and assisted such individual in performing a related budget analysis.

A Credit Counseling Program, sometimes referred to as a Debt Management Plan, is a program established by the credit card companies to assist consumers struggling with large credit card balances.

Since 2011, we've assisted hundreds of researchers by providing legal counsel, matching them with pro bono legal representation, and filing amici curiae — «friend of the court» — briefs in their cases.

The right to be free from self - incrimination, is enshrined in Section 7 of the Charter, and is assisted by Section 10 of the Charter which requires that upon arrest or detention the police must advise an accused person of their right to silence and their right to retain and instruct counsel.

Portolano Cavallo assisted the acquiring company INOS 17 - 049 GmbH with a team composed of the counsel Luca Gambini and the associated Ginevra Sforza, while the sellers were assisted by the Alberti & Fontana law firm, with the team including Partner Francesco Fontana and lawyer Marta Grazioli.

We also are retained by trial counsel to assist their clients and will accept cases directly from clients seeking to appeal a lower court ruling.

As the premier firm for copyright litigation and counseling, we also assist clients in securing transfers of copyright in works prepared by their employees and in works commissioned from independent contractors.

Experienced counsel acting as amicus will have the skills to assist the court by ensuring that the evidence is probed and analyzed in a way that will ultimately help the judge make findings of fact on which his or her ruling will be based.»

The activities will include programmes, classes, counselling or guidance sessions that may assist a person in establishing, maintaining or improving contact and activities that may, by addressing violent behaviour, enable / facilitate contact.

He was assisted by partner Neil Goodman, associate (now counsel) Carlos Pelaez, associate Mateo Morris and tax associate Joel Deuth.

A case such as this is difficult for a judge, because it requires active case management and no assistance is being provided by counsel / solicitors, who are under an ethical and professional obligation to the court to assist it and to point out (gently) if the court is overlooking something.

The Boston wrongful death lawyers at Breakstone, White & Gluck have provided legal counsel to many families, and we are standing by to assist you.

There must be, of course, a sound factual basis for doing so, assisted by directed argument from counsel.

For example, after assisting our clients by patenting their inventions we offer strategic counseling to enable them to exploit their patents through licensing and, where necessary, through enforcement.

In some cases, LAwPRO counsel can help an insured lawyer head off a lawsuit by «repairing» an error (e.g., by assisting with a motion to reinstate a dismissed action to the trial list) or take steps that substantially reduce the losses that an error might lead to.

The officer's statements were correct: a lawyer can not insist on being present when the police question an accused who has obtained counsel; and the cases discussed above do not support the proposition that if counsel were in attendance, he or she would be entitled to interject or interrupt during the interview or to override or «assist» with answers offered by the client.

In this regard instructing Solicitors and Counsel need to be aware that brief analysis of the case by a lay person can indicate which type of expert to instruct; however an alert and experienced forensic expert can often provide a wealth of other evidence that can often greatly assist the case.

Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.2 (d), issued by the American Bar Association, says that a lawyer should «not counsel a client to engage, or assist a client in conduct that the lawyer knows is criminal or fraudulent.»

I have found, especially on the defence side, that by working closely with counsel, I am able to assist by making suggestions concerning organisation of evidence that will demonstrate the counsel's case more effectively.

Faria deepened her knowledge of family law practice by assisting Duty Counsel at the Ontario Court of Justice through PBSC's Family Law Project.

These cases have been pre-screened by a staff attorney based on a determination that briefing and argument by counsel would benefit appellate review and assist with the fair and efficient administration of justice.