Sentences with phrase «at public defenders»

While attending UConn, Attorney Wolf interned at the Public Defenders» Office in Hartford, Connecticut.

Specifically, we look at public defenders in the south, where low pay and heavy workloads raise questions about unequal access to justice.

Im 40 years old and I work at the public defenders office.

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I spent over a year clerking at a public defender's office here in Minnesota, so I'm slightly biased.

It's fantastic that you worked at the public defender's office on client interviews, researching suppression motions, and appearing in court.

In law school, I clerked at the Public Defender's Office and I loved it.

«I would recommend spending a couple of years at a public defender office or as an associate with a more established defense attorney, but if you are dedicated I have no doubt that you will gain the same experience learning from your fellow members of the bar, you need only reach out to enough of them.»

He is also a blogger at Public Defender Stuff and overseer of the PD Blog Guide, an index of blogs written by public defenders.

Blawg Review # 91 is up and running here at the Public Defender Stuff Blog, the news service of the Public Defender Network.

She graduated from the Pennsylvania State University and went on to work as an investigator at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia.

While at the Public Defender's Office, Mr. Elkus tried numerous criminal jury trials which provided him the groundwork in developing and honing his litigation skills.

This summer, changes at the public defender's office resulted in the resignation of a number of attorneys, including two of the three remaining attorneys who handled death penalty cases.

They can be found in the original via the link above] Sarah, a new attorney at a public defender's office, is assigned to the appeals bureau.

Not exact matches

The Air Force Court of Appeals in May 2017 also reversed a conviction in the sexual assault case U.S. v. Boyce after finding that public statements by Sens. Claire McCaskill and Kirsten Gillibrand regarding the «Marines United» scandal earlier this year created «the appearance of unlawful command influence» in the case, as retired Col. Don Christensen, a former Air Force chief prosecutor and current president of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, told Task & Purpose at the time.

Nikolas Cruz (C) appears via video monitor with Melisa McNeill (R), his public defender, at a bond court hearing after being charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S., February 15, 2018.

Garcia Zarate (right) is led into the courtroom by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi (left) for his arraignment in the death of Kate Steinle at the Hall of Justice in 2015.

Among the many well - known Canadians scheduled as «participants» were Stephen Harper's Conservative cabinet ministers Stockwell Day (who at first denied attending) and the then - defence minister Gordon O'Connor, deputy ministers (Defence) Ward Elcock, Peter Harder (Foreign Affairs), Associate Deputy Minister William Elliott (Public Security), Liberal continentalist Anne McLellan, Canada's former deputy prime minister and a defender of the oil patch, the Alberta minister of energy, Greg Melchin, General Rick Hillier, Canada's chief of defence staff, former Conservative cabinet minister Perrin Beatty, now president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the infamous continentalist Thomas d'Aquino, head of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, Rear Admiral Roger Girouard, Maj. - Gen.

Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, who authorities suspect is the so - called Golden State Killer responsible for at least a dozen murders and 50 rapes in the 1970s and 80s, is accompanied by Sacramento County Public Defender Diane Howard, right, as he makes his first appearance, Friday, April 27, 2018, in Sacramento County Superior Court in Sacramento, Calif..

• Mr. Cruz is being held without bond at the Broward County jail, where he has been placed on suicide watch, according to Gordon Weekes, the county's chief assistant public defender.

Be a state or federal public defender or state prosecutor who agrees to remain employed as public defender and prosecutor for at least three years

The John R. Justice Student Loan Repayment Program provides up to $ 10,000 per year of law school loan repayment for state and federal public defenders and state prosecutors who agree to remain employed as public defenders and prosecutors for at least three years.

Cruz's public defenders said he should continue to be represented at taxpayer expense because he likely does not have the assets to pay a private lawyer for what will rapidly balloon into a multi-million dollar case.

Nikolas Cruz's public defender argued that the Florida school shooting suspect should be represented at the expense of taxpayers because he likely doesn't have the assets to pay a private lawyer for his death penalty case.

Ephrat wrote for the Jerusalem Report, ABC News, and FindLaw, served in the Peace Corps in Senegal, taught English in Japan, was a public defender in Florida, and worked as an attorney at Google in Silicon Valley.

Public Defender Howard Finkelstein said guilt is not an issue in the case of Cruz, who was taken into custody shortly after Wednesday's shooting spree at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

For some reason, the May issue's Public Square chose to pick two sentences out of my review of Jefferson Powell's book on the Supreme Court and twist those few words to portray both Powell and me as at least «confused» and perhaps as defenders of an imperial judiciary.

As a mother, wife, a black woman, wife to a black man, and a public defender living in Charlotte, these recent events consumed my mind so much that I even lost my appetite at times.

The pair have already clashed earlier in the summer as the Toffees manager hit out at his opposite number following their public pursuit of highly - rated defender John Stones during the transfer window [via Telegraph Sport].

His final competition was lackluster, too: Collin Klein, who was the effective leader of an effective Kansas State team, lost his inside track at the Troy Smith Memorial Vote for being the public face of an undefeated title contender, and Manti Te'o had to overcome decades of bias against defenders... and tackle totals that dropped in his senior season as the defense around him made it easier for him to do his job and easier for Notre Dame to win.

At 9:30 a.m., criminal justice reform advocates and public defenders for #FairFares announce a series of speak - outs across NYC in support of Fair Fares, ahead of the final NYC Council Transportation Committee budget hearing, outside City Hall R subway stop, Manhattan.

The NYS Office of Indigent Legal Services would have awarded Monroe County's Public Defender's office the money but the County blocked the grant, saying they don't want to protect parents» interests at the expense of the child's well - being.

It also gives their families something to look forward to this holiday season, when they may not have otherwise,» said Samantha E. Koolen, an attorney at the Albany County Public Defenders Office.

At noon, Sen. Jesse Hamilton and Assemblywoman Tremaine Wright will host a press conference with public defenders and criminal justice reform advocates, Franklin Ave Subway Station, Eastern Pkwy & Franklin Ave, Brooklyn.

Also at 11 a.m., public defender organizations urge NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito to call for vote on Right to Know Act, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Clegg, 64 — a Woodstock - based trial lawyer, church deacon and former public defender — plans to formally announce his candidacy at a July 9 event at the Senate Garage in Uptown Kingston.

Roque was assigned a public defender who entered a not guilty plea on his behalf at the Broome County Central Arraignment facility, according to a Binghamton University news release.

The rally occurred several days after Brooklyn public defenders staged a walkout at a state courthouse after a man was detained by ICE agents prior to the start of a trial he was involved in.

Public defenders and advocates for immigrant rights rallied on the steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall on December 7 to condemn arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers at New York courthouses.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Nikolas Cruz could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, his public defender said Wednesday as the Florida school shooter appeared at a hearing to determine if taxpayers will pick up the tab for his defense.

Leiberman joined public defenders, immigrant advocates and Councilmembers at City Hall on May 11 to call on Mayor Bill de Blasio to drop a proposal in his Executive Budget that would restrict access to legal counsel for immigrants facing deportation who have been convicted of certain crimes.

Fisher, 47, is a former assistant public defender and court attorney in Kingston City Court who has been in private practice for 17 years and has been pushing «over 20 years of experience trying cases at all levels of courts of New York, including Supreme, Family, County, federal and town and village courts.»

Kathryn S. Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, a business group, said she had often had dealings with Mr. Klein and that his experience at the Education Department «established his ability to take on a difficult challenge in a straightforward, honest way, and enhanced the credibility that he established during his years in Washington as a defender of the public interest.

Herrick has had the opportunity to look at the issue from both sides, having spent 22 years as a judge — serving both Albany city and county courts — before taking his latest role of public defender.

This selection weighed against the selection of Zach Carter as Corporation Counsel (because he reportedly befriends disgraced public official John L. Sampson, but was a John Gotti, Jr. slayer and Abner Louima defender and knows that «Stop & Frisk» is not racial profiling when done right) may suggest bi-polarity for the mayor - elect, but I trust not paranoia for me as I am at a befuddled disadvantage on what to expect next: but we can ask a de Blasio agreement with Gov. Cuomo that neither of them will be involved in selecting the next Council Chair (because that would not only be unlawful but power prejudice ugly in these times of moral decay by the elected).

An ex-con tries to get back custody of her son with the help of an idealistic young public defender and at the same time falls into a romantic fling with a traumatized former US soldier.

The title of a 2009 Wood biography is Mad Genius, suggesting that the public is at least ready to hear Wood defenders out even if they're still laughing at Lugosi's «cameo» in Plan 9.

From IMDb: «An ex-con tries to get back custody of her son with the help of an idealistic young public defender and at the same time falls into a romantic fling with a traumatized former US soldier.»

«Down here you make enemies for life,» spits the young public defender who's muffed Dee's case, bristling at the questions of her ACLU attorney (Tim Blake Nelson) and the conflicted local lawyer who's signed on to represent her (Will Patton, in the film's best performance).