Sentences with phrase «attorney at the justice»

He was also a senior trial attorney at the Justice Department from 1984 through 1988.

«I can't think of any administration that was in love with school desegregation efforts,» said Columbia Law School Professor Ted Shaw, who worked as a trial attorney at the Justice Department during the Carter and Reagan administrations.

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«It's clearer than ever now that the attorney general can not, in good faith, oversee an investigation at the Department of Justice and the FBI of the Trump - Russia connection, and he must recuse himself immediately,» Franken said.

Back in November 2016, John Hudak, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said that if Sessions became attorney general, he would have the power to rescind the Department of Justice memos issued under the Obama administration that have allowed marijuana companies to exist without fear of DEA raids.

William Yeomans, a former deputy assistant attorney general who spent 26 years at the Justice Department, said Flynn's guilty plea «is likely big trouble for several members of the Trump administration.»

In the notice of his decision, New York Supreme Court Justice Manuel Mendez supported the arguments made by Schneiderman at the November 25 hearing and did not appear to be sympathetic to or convinced by those of DraftKings or FanDuel attorneys.

F. Lee Bailey listens as his attorney Peter DeTroy address justices at the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in Portland on Tuesday, January 14, 2014.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions takes questions during a press conference at the Department of Justice on March 2, 2017 in Washington, DC.

On Monday, at the Justice Department headquarters in Washington, Mr. Stephenson and AT&T's general counsel, David McAtee, met with Makan Delrahim, the new assistant attorney general for the department's antitrust division, and other Justice Department officials.

One of the lead attorneys defending the payday lenders was Steven Engel, who is now assistant attorney general at the US Justice Department, and who was listed as an active attorney in the case until November 14, the day after he was sworn into office.

On May 2, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the Justice Department would increase prosecutors and immigration judges at the U.S. southern border to...

«The statutory language is so elastic, you can fit almost anything into it,» says Jeffrey Rowes, a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice.

West arrives at Uber after serving as the general counsel at PepsiCo, and before that, as an assistant attorney general at the Department of Justice under former President Barack Obama.

Meanwhile, Rachel Brand, the third - ranking official at the Department of Justice, also stepped down — for fear that she would have to manage the Russia probe if her superior, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, were to quit or be fired.

The Attorney General has nothing to do with what happens at the Justice Department, so can not be blamed and has put forward a «credible justification» in the AP case, according the New York Times.

He has been repeatedly beaten and denied medical care at times, said his attorney, Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice.

Editor's Note: CNN Justice Producer Terry Frieden passes along this note on the meeting faith leaders had with Attorney General Eric Holder: A senior Justice Department official who was present at the meeting later clarified Holder's comment as follows: «Yes, the Attorney General did refer to the plan [to burn the Qurans] as «idiotic.»

The Department of Justice held a press conference at noon ET, with Joon H. Kim, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York talking for much of the proceedings.

In what could be described as deliberate attempts to frustrate the Chief Justice's effort at cleaning the judiciary of miscreants; plaintiffs, complainants and attorneys are fuming over what they see as clever moves by court clerks and registrars to extort monies from them.

Not satisfied with his acquittal, the Attorney - General again filed a criminal appeal at the Court of Appeal against the judgement debt beneficiary, but still lost as the three - member panel of judges, namely, Justices Victor Ofoe (president), Lawrence Ladzagla Mensah and Francis Korbieh.

An important caveat is that a new justice will generally recuse from any case in which that person previously played a role either as an attorney in a firm or office that was handling the case at the time the justice was working there, or as a lower court judge.

The new Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice said the new cabinet would leave no stone unturned at ensuring unflinching support and cooperation with the present administration in the state.

The former Attorney General Betty Mould Iddrisu under the Mills administration has expressed delight at the choice of Justice Sophia Akuffo as the new Chief Justice.

Former Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara took a shot at Trump's Justice Department, questioning its judicial independence in light of efforts by former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani to persuade «senior officials» to help him free a jailed businessman being prosecuted by Bharara's old office.

«There is clearly probable cause that he's committed obstruction of justice,» attorney Nick Akerman, an assistant special prosecutor during the Watergate investigation and current partner at law firm Dorsey & Whitney, said of Trump.

The interview process had been unusual, with eight candidates braving a media gauntlet at the Justice Department on a Saturday for interviews with Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his deputy, Rod Rosenstein.

At the top of most people's lists is Clarence Town Justice Michael B. Powers, a well known Buffalo lawyer and vice-chairman of the local Republican Party in the 1990s, and Lancaster Town Justice Jeremy A. Colby, a former Erie County attorney, according to sources close to the process.

Chris Amato, a staff attorney for Earth Justice and former official with the state's Department of Environmental Conservation, said his organization has experienced delays at that agency and the Public Service Commission that have made it difficult to weigh in on policy proposals.

Karla Sanchez, a partner at law firm Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, was appointed executive deputy attorney general for economic justice.

«There's no limitation in the bill that says (the schools) have to pass this federal test,» said Kirsten Keefe, senior attorney at the Empire Justice Center.

«We thank Attorney General Schneiderman for his diligence in investigating and trying this case, and the jury for their service in bringing justice to New Yorkers,» she said at the time.

For Acting on a Moment's Notice, Going to JFK Airport to Help Those Affected by the Muslim Ban — Mark Doss, Esq., Supervising Attorney, International Refugee Assistance Project at The Urban Justice Center; Yasmine Farhang, Esq., Immigration Attorney, Make the Road New York; Camille J. Mackler, Esq..

In announcing the decision to repeal the Obama - era DACA program, Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who announced the change at the Justice Department, both used the aggrieved language of anti-immigrant activists, arguing that those in the country illegally are lawbreakers who hurt native - born Americans by usurping their jobs and pushing down wages.

Among those expected at the roundtable are: Professor Itse Sagay SAN Chairman Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption; Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr. Abubakar Malami SAN; Femi Falana SAN; and representatives of the Royal Netherlands Embassy; and the Ford Foundation.

Also at 6 p.m., civil rights groups and advocates hold a forum focused on criminal justice reform with Brooklyn district attorney candidates, St. Francis College, Founders Hall, 182 Remsen St., Brooklyn.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was reportedly assured by the White House, receiving a personal call from new chief of staff John Kelly — that his gig at the Justice Department is safe — despite the barrage of attacks coming from the president.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said that Trump has not directed the Justice Department to investigate «particular people,» after the president said at a rally Thursday that prosecutors should look at Hillary Clinton's «33,000 deleted emails.»

What some failed to know is that Bagbin has always been bold and frank to fight for the common good at the expense of his personal interest.It will be recalled that in 1997, he criticizedPresident Jerry John Rawlings after he appointed then Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon. Dr. Obed Asamoahto hold an additional portfolio as Acting Minister of Justice and Attorney General.

it's very unusual for the Department of Justice to permit prosecutors to raid an attorney's office and that's because you want to be careful not to get privileged material,» said Litman, who teaches at the UCLA School of Law and continues to practice at the law firm Constantine Cannon.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Justice Department was pursuing three times as many leak investigations as were open at the end of the previous administration — a significant devotion of law enforcement resources to hunt down the sources of unauthorized disclosures of information that have plagued the Trump administration.

A smiling Stephen Ruth Jr. leaves the courtroom of Supreme Court Justice John Collins with his attorney, Joseph Ferrante of Hauppaauge, after his arraignment on Friday, June 3, 2016, at Riverhead Criminal Court.

Schneiderman praised the state's district attorneys as «diligent and hardworking» but said the concept of «equal justice under the law» was at stake.

It held that the AG should have gotten the likes of, Mrs. Betty Mould - Iddrisu, the then Minister of Justice, Mr. Ebo Barton - Odro, then Deputy Minister of Justice, Mr. Paul Asemeni, Head of Legal department at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Mr. Samuel Neequaye Tetteh, Chief State Attorney and Mr. Magnus Rex Danquah, Chief Operating Officer of CAN 2008 Local organizing Committee (LOC) in - charge of the day today administration of the tournament and member of the Technical Committee on the Stadia Construction to court to testify for the prosecution.

The others include Albany - based Appellate Justice Leslie Stein, a former City Court judge; Buffalo - based Appellate Justice Eugene Fahey; Daniel Alter, general counsel for the state Department of Financial Services; attorney Maria Vullo of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in Manhattan; attorney Rowan Wilson of Cravath, Swaine & Moore in Manhattan; and Preeta Bansal, a Manhattan - based former state solicitor general who is a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School and senior legal and policy advisor at the MIT Media Lab.

«Change does not happen without an honest conversation in our communities, in our courthouses, at City Hall about how we have real reform in the criminal justice system, real reform in our communities and real relationships between NYPD and the people they serve,» Tina Luongo, attorney - in - chief for Legal Aid Society Criminal Practice, the plaintiff in the court case, said.

As expected, Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson was nominated without opposition for Justice of the Supreme Court by the delegates to the 12th Judicial District Convention held at the Eastwood Manor Thursday night.

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Former Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara took a shot at President Trump's Justice Department on Thursday, questioning its judicial independence in light of efforts by former Mayor Rudy Giuliani to...

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The march concluded an all - day celebration of the slain activist hero's life at the National Action Network, where Cuomo accepted a «social - justice award» for his executive order requiring the attorney general to investigate civilian deaths at the hands of cops.