Sentences with phrase «before being a lawyer»

That's why you (the real - you now, not the Sega - you) need to hurry and download a free copy of Sonic Fan Remix for PC before it's lawyered out of existence, as it's amazing visuals and smooth classic Sonic gameplay put Sonic 4 to shame.

Before he was a lawyer Roy volunteered for the Student Legal Society of Edmonton providing disadvantaged individuals assistance in family disputes and residential tenancy proceedings.

For a number of years, Kelly gained invaluable experience aggressively representing corporate clients in what could only be called «high - stakes» litigation, practicing alongside some of the best firms and attorneys in the State of Texas, if not the nation; however, Kelly is a full - time father before he is a lawyer.

My past life, before being a lawyer, was to study mathematics and computer science.

Before I was a lawyer I worked in capital markets for a US bank.

Before she was a lawyer, Lorraine worked for various national church and Aboriginal organizations on Aboriginal rights and environmental issues.

Before she was a lawyer, Ermina obtained her Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Manitoba where she worked as a research assistant studying youth involved in the criminal justice system.

Before she was a lawyer she drove mining trucks in the oil sands of Northern Alberta, served tables in Calgary, studied and worked on two continents and completed post-graduate work at UBC.

Not exact matches

Although no recent First Amendment cases could be seen to apply directly to the publication of tax returns from a candidate for president, lawyer Floyd Abrams said that «all the cases make it extremely unlikely that the Times could constitutionally be held liable for publishing such a newsworthy story, a month before a presidential election, about a candidate for President.»

It's unlikely, though, that it could successfully make the case before a judge that such a termination was with cause unless «it was so unsightly that it damaged an executive's ability to perform their function credibly,» says employment lawyer Howard Levitt.

If they had a lawyer working for them, at least the lawyer could have said (before they signed the mortgage) maybe this isn't right.»

I did not read or recall this email exchange before it was shown to me by my lawyers when reviewing documents for submission to the committees.

Sure — it might mean spending a little bit of extra money to consult a lawyer but, if Delta's legal department has taught us anything, it's that it is always better to solve a problem before it morphs into a lawsuit.

I was a lawyer before joining ING Direct, as Tangerine was called then, and when I started my new job at the bank, I was trying to be something I thought I was supposed to be.

The payment was made more than a week before revelations that Trump Jr. had met with Natalia Veselnitskaya, a Russian lawyer with strong ties to the Kremlin, during the campaign last year.

Harris, a leading lawyer before shifting into politics, is the daughter of an Indian - American mother and a Jamaican - American father.

Cohen's lawyers immediately pressed to let Cohen, and potentially Trump himself review the seized documents and remove any covered by attorney - client privilege before the government is permitted to comb through them.

Oliver, a lawyer with an MBA who worked in the private sector finance community before entering politics, was most recently natural resources minister before taking over from Flaherty in March.

The lawyer also claimed in the letter that the timing of the Times article, coming less than a month before Election Day, is evidence that the report «is nothing more than a politically - motivated effort to defeat Mr. Trump's candidacy.»

The president then alleged that Obama bypassed a court rejection in order to carry out the wiretapping, before suggesting that a «good lawyer could make a great case out of the fact that President Obama was tapping my phones in October, just prior to Election!»

It's a good idea to talk to a lawyer before staging an intervention.»

One day after he'd returned to the U.S., just 30 minutes before he was supposed to meet a lawyer, his doctor called and told Frayne he needed to come in immediately.

I think management skipped consulting with the corporate lawyer about the legalities of docking employees» pay; this company has had compensation policies result in a class - action lawsuit once before that I'm aware of.

Trump acknowledged Thursday that his lawyer was reimbursed for a payment made to a porn star before the 2016 election.

You'll be in court before you know it, lawyered up and defending your poor judgment.

«It seems that long before July they made a decision to sell it because the focus of the letters seemed to shift from conformance to divestiture,» said a banking lawyer who reviewed the letters but was not authorized to speak to the press.

Crawford's death was confirmed by the Toronto legal firm Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt where Crawford began as a corporate lawyer in the 1950s before leaving to pursue a career with Imasco Ltd., a company that, at the time, owned Imperial Tobacco, Canada Trust and Shoppers Drug Mart.

Lawyers for the Motor City have delivered their closing arguments before Judge Rhodes, who is now expected to issue a decision on Friday.

A lawyer by training, he's held various roles at the company including one in operations before taking on his current position six months ago.

The patent fight billed as the «Ali - Frazier Fight of Biotech,» and a «clash of titans,» and the «last great priority dispute of the «first - to - invent» era of US patent law» (um, okay, that final image is perhaps less evocative) had its first and only hearing before judges yesterday — and the line to get a glimpse of the brief proceedings wound its way around the lobby Christmas tree in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office building in Alexandria, Virginia (a view of which can be found here, in lawyer Jacob Sherkow's enthusiastic Twitter feed).

Though frail, the billionaire initially appeared eager to engage, answering the first question from his lawyer even before being sworn in, with speech that was readily understood.

After 44 such responses (including two instances in which Redstone blurted out «I don't remember» before the IRS lawyer had even finished asking her question), the judge finally interrupted and suggested to the government attorney that her queries were futile: «I don't think you — he's not going to be able to give you anything.»

What this historic change in general solicitation law really means is that if you are an entrepreneur looking to raise money from investors, you might want to spend some quality time with a lawyer before you go shouting it from the rooftops.

It was also reported that the Trump reelection campaign paid $ 50,000 to the law office of Alan Futerfas, the lawyer representing Trump Jr. in the ongoing Russia probes, weeks before news of the meeting became public.

I was applying for incorporation, and shopping for lawyers before I even had a cent of profit, distracting the rest of the team.

Lawyers, on the other hand, are typically well into their 50s before their salaries peak.

Defense lawyers said the shooting was an accident that happened when Garcia Zarate, who had a history of nonviolent drug crimes, found the gun wrapped in a T - shirt or cloth under his seat on the pier just seconds before it discharged in his hands.

During negotiations with Thinx's representatives before the complaint was filed, the company's lawyers cited Leibow's social - media presence — «pictures where you could see my cleavage» — as a sign she shouldn't have been bothered by Agrawal's alleged behavior.

Herbalife's lawyer «implied that Pershing Square may have altered its bet against Herbalife before the letter's public release, saying that Herbalife discovered a series of trades that were «consistent with Mr. Ackman's ongoing efforts to manipulate Herbalife's stock.»»

Michael Avenatti reacts to the news that Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen was wiretapped by federal investigators before the FBI raid on his offices and home.May.03.2018

Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen paid Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, the money in 2016 to keep quiet about the alleged sexual encounter before the presidential election.

Built in the good old days, before «Indians» were allowed to hire lawyers.

Before coming to the Times in 2014, he was a reporter at the Wall Street Journal where he wrote about housing, public pensions and a corporate bankruptcy lawyer who moonlighted as an energy healer.

But what kind of man has the power to undress another man's well - cared - for daughter, to unleash the hidden sexual eagerness of all the beautiful, spurning girls who walk the high - school corridors of this country, emerging into respectable professions before being snapped up by wealthy doctors and lawyers and becoming the soccer moms of tomorrow?

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, is potentially facing years in prison as federal agents look into payoffs to a pair of women who claim they had affairs with Trump before he won the White House.

Before the 60 Minutes interview aired (when all that was known was that Daniels's lawyer confirmed she had been «physically threatened» at one point), Cohen told Vanity Fair, «I have never threatened her in any way and I am unaware of anyone else doing so» — though he said he could only speak for himself.

NBC News reports that federal authorities have been monitoring the phone lines of Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal lawyer, since before the raids on Cohen's offices and home.

But the element of crucial importance to most observers about Daniels's story is that she was allegedly paid $ 130,000 by Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, to sign a non-disclosure agreement about the affair, days before the presidential election.

The president of the Criminal Lawyers» Association is calling on the government of Ontario to make good on its promise on changing the way police records checks are done, before a provincial election later this year.

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