Sentences with phrase «avoiding criminal charges»

You may be left wondering what you can do to have any chance of avoiding criminal charges and a conviction.

And, there is momentum to pass these laws which would require improvements in commercial dog breeding operations, particularly after Oprah's show on the subject and tragically, the shooting of 80 dogs this summer by puppy millers intent on avoiding criminal charges by the Dog Law Enforcement Bureau.

Sepp Blatter managed to avoid criminal charges in the United States Department of Justice's initial FIFA sting, but he hasn't gotten away from the FIFA scandal unscathed just yet.

HSBC avoided criminal charges, and settled with the U.S. Department of Justice for $ 1.92 bn.

Osborne sent a letter in 2012 to Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, in an attempt to help HSBC's leadership avoid criminal charges over the bank's involvement in laundering drug money and in channelling money to countries under economic sanctions.

Seven Manhattan retailers entered into «deferred prosecution agreements» with prosecutors to avoid criminal charges.

Another protégé and former Espaillat staffer, Nelson Castro, would suddenly resign his assembly seat in 2013 after working as an informant to avoid criminal charges.

And he narrowly avoided criminal charges in parallel state and federal investigations into his fundraising practices — a fact on which Malliotakis and others sought to capitalize.

Spitzer has been «working with lawyers» to come to some sort of bargain to avoid criminal charges.

Called «terms and conditions,» (Chapter 67, § 1680.4), these changes will bring the owner into compliance, and they will avoid criminal charges.

At Lessem, Newstat & Tooson, LLP, we are experienced with helping our clients avoid criminal charges altogether.

In many instances, our clients have successfully avoided criminal charges.

So how is it that lawyers who are disciplined, suspended, and even disbarred by their profession, manage to avoid criminal charges?

While most lawyers caught stealing from their clients are reprimanded, suspended or disbarred by the profession's regulator, the vast majority avoid criminal charges, a Star investigation reveals.

With voluntary parental termination, a parent can avoid criminal charges and can perhaps do what is in the child's best interest by finding a new home for the child.

Not exact matches

The former News of the World editor will be likely to avoid several lines of questioning on the basis of their effect on the ongoing criminal investigation, especially if she is charged.

-- Schneiderman lawyer «confident» he won't face criminal charges — New York Daily News» Erin Durkin, Ken Lovett and Larry McShane: «The defense attorney for ex-state attorney general Eric Schneiderman predicted Thursday that her client would avoid prosecution despite the abuse charges leveled by four women.

He believes it may be «difficult to avoid» an early general election: the alternative is a year in which a string of MPs keep their seats in the Commons even as they face criminal charges of fraud.

In any scenario, the majority would prefer to avoid a 4 - 3 vote if one of those four votes belongs to Ref Rodriguez, who faces criminal charges for alleged political money laundering.

Failure to avoid these scams could result in a home being foreclosed, fines being levied, or criminal charges.

When posting signs avoid mentioning «stolen» as the potential dog - nappers or good - Samaritans might avoid coming forward out of fear of criminal charges.

I'm on the road but can't avoid posting on the conviction of six scientists and a government functionary in Italy on criminal charges, with substantial prison sentences handed down, for statements made about earthquake risks not long before a moderate earthquake toppled buildings and killed 308 people in L'Aquila in 2009.

Clients facing criminal charges are not particularly motivated to mortgage their homes for a substantial retainer fee just to avoid the prospect of sporting an ankle bracelet for six months.

We know how to protect our clients» rights, help them avoid jail, and keep their records clear of criminal charges and convictions.

It may be possible to avoid disqualification or a criminal conviction, where a successful defence can be mounted, if it can be proven that a charge would cause exceptional hardship, or where special reasons can be shown in mitigation.

We will work tirelessly to avoid the imposition of a criminal record if this is your first offence, and if you have been charged before, we can fight for you to retain your freedom.

For some simple possession charges, a criminal record can be avoided if the judge imposes a discharge as a sentence, but that is not always the case.

Family disputes over property owned by a recently deceased parent, a home foreclosure due to unpaid mortgage bills, criminal charges that lead to jail time — these types of difficult scenarios can all be avoided with the help of Kalamazoo attorney Gary Tibble.

He has helped some avoid being charged in the first place, and has helped others avoid a criminal record of conviction, where there were no priors similar convictions.

Charged If a criminal charge has been claimed against a person, it is important to discuss with an experienced criminal defense lawyer like Thomas Gallagher, what the possible consequences could be, the defense goal for outcome, and to determine strategies to avoid or reduce those consequences, and achieve that outcome.

Because this charge has what is called a «mandatory minimum», other sentencing options that typically allow you to avoid a criminal record while still pleading guilty, such as a «conditional discharge», are not available.

Avoiding or Reducing Harms Caused by Criminal Charges.

Sinukoff does have a previous reprimand from 2007 for destroying evidence of a criminal offence to avoid charges being laid against his son, but the panel decided it was not relevant to the penalty in this case because of the very different circumstances of the offence.

Michael Spratt, a criminal defence lawyer at Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP in Ottawa (and columnist for Canadian Lawyer), says that MMPs offer no incentive for those guilty of crimes to resolve charges, while at the same time they offer a perverse incentive for innocent people to plead guilty to lesser charges in order to avoid a higher minimum sentence.

If you are negotiating a plea to a criminal charge, and your client's top priority is avoiding winding up convicted of a felony, say so.

Parliamentary law experts say Wright could avoid legal consequences if RCMP keeps focus on criminal charges, Vancouver Sun

In this way, you can avoid the negative publicity and the mark to your reputation that comes with criminal charges, even if you are acquitted of the charges.

When you come to our law offices, we will work diligently to help you avoid conviction and minimize the consequences of your criminal charges.

Our national reputation for winning big cases at trial forces prosecutors and other opposing counsel to rethink the charges against you and reevaluate their chances of success at trial which maximizes your chances of avoiding a criminal conviction and avoiding jail time.

Attorney Michael O'Meara is an experienced trial lawyer who has defended countless criminal charges in courts in and around Chicago and helped numerous people charged with criminal traffic offenses to avoid jail time and fines and keep their drivers» licenses.

We have obtained significant trial victories against the government on behalf of our clients, though most often we are successful in avoiding formal criminal proceedings altogether or having charges dismissed before trial.

The Pattis & Smith Law Firm New Haven based criminal lawyers will immediately demand all evidence against you, quickly identify any weaknesses in the state's case, and will identify all personal circumstances that can assist us to get the charge reduced if not dismissed altogether to avoid a criminal conviction.

You can fight the criminal charges against you and avoid these consequences, and our experienced Los Angeles elder abuse attorneys can help.

Our attorneys are dedicated to safeguarding your interests at all times (in and out of court) and helping you to avoid the harsh punishments faced with criminal charges.

Upon conviction, unlike in impaired driving charges, a criminal record might still be avoided as absolute or conditional discharges are available under the law.

Often times a criminal records can be avoided for these charges.

Our initial goal is to avoid the commencement of formal investigations or criminal charges.

In the Canadian criminal justice system, «diversion» (for adults) or «extrajudicial measures» (for young persons) is a process where police or prosecutors agree to take a course of action that either avoids charges altogether or avoids having charges lead to a finding of guilt.

We have dismissed criminal charges, and have avoided jail time for our clients.

In criminal matters, Mr. Lowell has successfully avoided charges or defended clients against a wide array of charges, including conspiracy, election law violations, bank fraud, insurance fraud, bankruptcy fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, mail and wire fraud, securities fraud, money laundering, public corruption, honest services fraud, false claims act, obstruction of justice and false information charges and violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).