Sentences with phrase «better than no attorney»

Nobody understands the effects of poorly written, subjective language better than attorneys.

If a client needs convincing, you should be able to sell them on the fact that a free attorney is better than no attorney.

If you're arguing in front of a judge and know all the answers to all the questions, you'll look much better than the attorney making underhand remarks or showing an unprofessional attitude.

Serious cases deserve better than those attorneys who advertise for quick settlements leaving injured clients without just compensation.

Or, for purposes of this discussion, «can you do it better than an attorney?»

Not exact matches

A well - known attorney in Silicon Valley, von Lohmann left in March after working at Google for more than seven years.

«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.

Despite Vogel's involvement in the case that took away 18 years of Avery's life, the attorney does not seem to be experiencing the same level of backlash as Kratz (perhaps because the state's failures in 1985 have been well known to the public for more than a decade at this point).

In this episode of the Better Than Success Podcast, your host Nikki Purvy interviews attorney Sam Anyan about how he turned failure into success.

In the article, the MSM propagandist states such things as: 2017 has seen, according to his one time Goldman Sachs source, a «dramatic crash in [physical gold coin] demand,» that interest in gold coins is linked to «political conservatism, or anarcho - libertarianism» and «end of the world right wing sentiments,» that gold has been implicated in a «conspiracy to commit money laundering,» that gold is «financed by people in the narcotics trade,» that it comes from «illegal mines and drug dealers in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador,» that «the federal authorities assume the NTR Metals [case] represented only a fraction of illegally sourced and financed gold,» that therefore the US attorney is broadly investigating the gold industry, that gold is «produced by exploited workers,» that «crude [gold] extraction techniques create serious and lasting environmental damage,» that gold plays an important part in «tax evasion,» that it is related to American gun sales, which the author abhors; that «drug dealers [use] gold imports as a way of laundering their proceeds,» and that «they came to realize that illegal gold [is] an intrinsically better business» than drug dealing; to name but a few of the aspersions cast against gold in the short article.

More than 150 organizations spanning consumer advocates, civil rights and faith organizations across the country as well as 20 state attorneys general agree with Congresswoman Waters.

When you want a suit that carries with it the gravitas of a courtroom attorney, as well as the sleek style of a late - 70s gameshow host, look no further than this tan - and - black number.

Abraham is better on the Reformers because of his awareness that their actual theological practice is often superior to their sola scriptura polemical excesses, but even here he at times sounds more like a prosecuting attorney than a well - informed and fair - minded scholar.

More important than any financial remuneration, according to another of Singh's attorney, Jeffrey Rosenblum, was the damage to the player's good name.

You can of course, but it could end up costing you a great deal more money than if you hired a good attorney and you are not likely to win if it is a complicated case.

Turner has argued that his big win against Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin in Weiner's old Democrat - dominated Brooklyn / Queens district, which drew national attention and made him an overnight GOP sensation, afforded him more name recognition than his two primary opponents, attorney Wendy Long and Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, and makes him a better general election challenger to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

As with Dinapoli, the governor did his best to foul up the attorney general's election, informally backing a primary opponent and then declining to endorse his ticket - mate in the general election until more than a week after the primary.

The U.S. Attorney's office says more than $ 9.6 million in assets seized in an international internet gambling takedown is being distributed to law enforcement agencies in New York and Florida as well as the federal government.

«Fortunately, there is no person who is more familiar with this issue or better prepared to defend this important civil rights victory than New York's Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman,» the groups said.

By comparison, self - funding Senate candidate Tim Bridgewater (R) has spent less than half as much as Matheson, and the other Senate hopeful, attorney Mike Lee (R), has likely spent far less as well (he hasn't filed his most recent report yet).

Mr. Gentile has far better odds of winning the race for the right - leaning seat than Mr. Lane, but he is still seen as an underdog against Republican Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan.

Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas performed far better than expected in a 16 point victory over Kate Murray.

ALBANY — There has never been anyone better prepared to be governor than Andrew Cuomo, and if you speak to people close to the 52 - year - old attorney general, the word «destiny» is often heard.

Whilst many will see the attorney general's announcement as coming better late than never, the five month delay in reporting such a serious suspected offence to the police is far from an ideal example of respect for the law.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, in his typical machine - gun staccato delivery, pop culture references dished out with an arched eyebrow and declarations best suited for a James Ellroy noir, seemed more disappointed than angry at yesterday's news conference that he keeps having to police Albany.

When New York Chief Judge Janet DiFiore needed someone to lead a task force on the state's constitution, she turned to a well - connected attorney with more than 40 years of experience.

If the governor has done something illegal than the attorney general should investigate and charge him with a crime as well as all other parties involved.

While both Cuomo and Heastie presented the agreement in historical terms — the governor said there would be «more disclosure, more transparency than has ever existed in this government» — it lacks several elements good - government advocates and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman say are necessary to truly root out corruption at the Capitol, most notably a cap or ban on the amount of outside income lawmakers can make.

Kellner, an attorney whose practice focuses on real estate and international and commercial litigation, said he believes New York's transparency laws for corporate formation are no better than Delaware's.

Florida Governor (R, Aug. 24): Wealthy former health care executive Rick Scott has spent better than $ 23 million of his own money on ads that have introduced him to Sunshine State voters and catapulted him past state Attorney General Bill McCollum in the upcoming gubernatorial primary.

Instead, Cuomo said the Moreland Commission on public corruption that he created was a better way to root out corruption than to provide a blanket referral to the attorney general.

Whatever his positions on the issues compared to Obama, the 2014 Republican gubernatorial nominee must be (ever so slightly) better than out - going Deval Patrick, and significantly more so than Attorney General Martha Coakley.

U.S. Attorney Bharara's track record so far has been better than Cuomo's as attorney Attorney Bharara's track record so far has been better than Cuomo's as attorney attorney general.

David's letter noted the governor's appointments represent «far less than a majority» and that the panel negotiated the deal with Nicolla and settled on a price well below market value, saving taxpayers more than $ 500,000 — a point that was also made to the newspaper by E. Stewart Jones, an attorney who represents Nicolla in his unrelated criminal case involving SUNY Poly.

A well - respected Democrat with better net approval ratings than Gov. Jerry Brown, Chiang has managed more successful political campaigns and earned more votes than Attorney General Kamala Harris.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — GOP District Attorney Daniel Donovan swept to a third - term victory last night, easily besting Democrat Michael Ryan, and with a bigger margin of victory than he had against Ryan in their 2007 matchup.

Akinyemi's experience includes serving as privacy officer and as an attorney at the state Office of Information Technology Services for more than five years, as well as an attorney with the firm of Anderson Byrne.

A well - known Kingston attorney, she ended up carrying the city by an underwhelming 52 votes out of more than 500 cast.

Well, here we are two months later and it's worse than we thought in December, as the governor is clearly trying to weaken all the other independently electeds around him, the state comptroller notably, but also the attorney general, and even the Legislature.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's track record so far has been better than Cuomo's» as Attorney General.

Other attendees, like attorney Adrien Weibgen, asked to slow down the rezoning process, adding that it was «better to do it right than do it fast.»

Could you imagine, dear reader our Governor, the former State Attorney General, the one who is supposed to be above everybody else, better than Caesar's wife, being associated, according to the New York Times, in a situation that, if it were anybody else, this same Governor would be the first one to request an investigation by the Joint Commission on Public Integrity or appoint a special prosecutor?

It was disappointing that the Senate ignored the pleas of so many law enforcement leaders, including Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan, 83 police organizations and more than 100 mayors from around New York State - as well as heartfelt pleas by Timoshenko's mother.

The percentage of NYC listings that were booked for more than 180 days — roughly the standard for «commercial» operation established in 2014 by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman — has climbed as well, to about 9 percent between June 2015 and June 2016, according to data provided by Airbnb's spokesperson.

ALBANY — Attorney General Andrew Cuomo continues to command better than 2 - 1 leads over either of his two Republican rivals, but voters think Cuomo should do more to spell out...

As he said the key to undoing a culture of corruption in any institution is the good actors taking action rather than enabling the bad actors, the U.S. attorney said he expects more legislators will soon buck the closed leadership system.

U.S. attorney Neal Katyal told the justices that the complexity of the issue suggests that the executive branch, namely EPA, is a better venue for controlling such an expansive type of pollution rather than the courts.

As attorney general, Pruitt in 2013 filed a friend of the court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in which he argued the EPA ignored the risks that gasoline with more than 10 percent ethanol can pose to cars» fuel systems as well as the RFS requirement's possible effect on food prices.

I was never comfortable with the unknown and more than worrying about whether or not I'd get into a good law school or become a successful attorney, I felt monumental confusion over what I really wanted to do, who I really wanted to be.

Synopsis: Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good.