Sentences with phrase «brother was a lawyer»

Because his brother is a lawyer for the NYS Racing and Wagering Board.

Her father and sister were both physicians, and her brother was a lawyer.

«I went to St. John's University and was going to be a lawyer, but my dad asked who would take over the company since both my brothers were lawyers.

Not exact matches

Wednesday's testimony marked the first time Tsarnaev's lawyers focused testimony on him, instead of the brother, Tamerlan, a boxer turned aspiring jihadi who was died after a shootout with police days after the bombing.

During the sentencing phase of Tsarnaev's trial in federal court in Boston, his lawyers have been trying to paint him as a mostly normal American kid who fell under the spell of his now - deceased older brother, ultimately joining him in the 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon.

Todd and Mitch Thompson, two brothers who are both lawyers on Guam, said they haven't seen anyone panicking or stocking up on supplies.

My brothers (two physicians and a lawyer) were entertained and challenged by entrepreneurial problem solving.

Tsarnaev's lawyers hope to convince the jury Tamerlan was the principal architect of the bombings, then bullied and pressured his younger, impressionable brother into participating.

The lawyer for Zachary Cruz, younger brother of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz, asked Friday that his client be assigned to another judge after the initial judge set bond for the teen at $ 500,000 for trespassing on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School campus.

Zachary Cruz, brother of Parkland school shooter Nickolas Cruz, is being harassed by law enforcement — accused of terrorizing the community, arrested for a trivial infraction, held in jail after posting bond, and all but forced to take a conviction to avoid being unfairly jailed, according to his new lawyers.

But perhaps the key reference occurs when the lawyer reflects that both he and Bartleby are «sons of Adam»» at which point the reader is expected to see behind a standard metaphor for shared humanity and recollect that Adam's first son was Cain, the builder of the first city and the slayer of his brother.

Vet receptionist Ms Dobson had been celebrating car salesman Stuart Hill's birthday with him and his brother who is a lawyer.

Dear David, my father a Presbyterian minister, was a Phi Beta Kappa English major at Yale, his father — lawyer, also Yale, his grandfather, a Congregational Minister (Yale too — which you know initially was founded to train ministers), who married the daughter of Henry Ward Beecher the brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe whose Uncle Tom's Cabin Lincoln claimed started the Civil War.

Residents of Marco village in the province of Beni Suef south of Cairo filed complaints against the two brothers, Mina Nadi, 9, and Nabil Nadi, 10, who were then detained on Tuesday and charged with blasphemy, lawyer Gamal Eid said.

So far, with their father behind them and with the help of an expert Philadelphia lawyer - loan arranger named John T. Macartney, who is secretary - treasurer of the Yonkers corporation, the brothers are making the transition with a looseness that Johnny Blood might appreciate.

I told Dorothy that she has to help out her 19 - year - old sister, Devina, who is an aspiring golfer; 14 - year - old sister Dodisa, who wants to be a lawyer; and 11 - year - old brother, Arsenio Jr..

(Jeffrey is a lawyer; his brother, Mike, is a dentist.

The CCF's favorite tactic is to paint attempts to improve the health and welfare of Americans as interference by «Big Brother government bureaucrats and greedy trial lawyers» which «erod [es] our basic freedoms.»

«That police officers who were escorting you in the bus tried to re-arrest you back to the bus but you resisted further arrest with the help of your brother, Samuel Melaye, and some lawyers in your company and further threatened to injure the police officers if they tried to further arrest you and you finally escaped from the scene in another Hilux vehicle.»

«They have threatened me, they have threatened my lawyer, they have threatened my brother, sister; they have threatened us all that I will be killed.

«It's my client's position that the borough president's action violated the spirit, if not the letter, of Justice [Philip] Minardo's order,» said Richard Leland, lawyer for the Savo Brothers, who bought the property for $ 15 million in 2013.

The potential challenger, Ali Najmi, is a lawyer and political operative who was the president of Weprin's local political club and once worked for his brother.

But because he plans to sell to his brother or to a family trust controlled by his mother, some ethics lawyers interviewed questioned how meaningful the divestiture would be.

Rep. Chris Collins is pushing his business partner's brother, John L. Sinatra Jr., for federal judgeship, stunning good government advocates and raising concerns among women lawyers because he would take the seat that the Obama administration wanted to fill with Buffalo's first - ever female district court judge.

Her mother described a leader who fought to outdo her brothers, two of whom are now lawyers as well.

Henry, a lawyer, is the son of former Suffolk District Attorney Patrick Henry and the brother of Suffolk District Court Judge Jennifer Henry.

Last year, it was a bullet fired in a shootout between gangs that police officials said killed the Cuomo administration lawyer, Carey W. Gabay, as he celebrated with his brother.

Gabay, the 43 - year - old Empire State Development Corp. lawyer, was shot in the head on Sept. 7 after he was caught in the line of fire between two rival gangs as he was walking home with his brother and friends after J'Ouvert celebrations in Brooklyn.

Although Ganesh has not always been on good terms with his brother, he has stood by him since the arrest, accompanying Kumar's lawyers to court hearings and meeting with Kumar in jail.

Samantha is a third - generation jeweler who left her career as a lawyer in 2011 to follow in the footsteps of her grandfather, father, and now, brother.

Interestingly, the scenario is like a mirror image of «Michael Clayton,» about a compromised lawyer's path to redemption, which was written and directed by Tony Gilroy, Dan's brother.

As if casting two - time winner Tom Hanks as a Cold War - era lawyer recruited by the CIA to rescue an American pilot wasn't enough to ensure an Oscar shot, Steven Spielberg went and hauled in the Coen brothers to polish up the screenplay.

Among the stellar contributors to this quirky mix of crime drama and dark comedy are Jonathan Banks (wonderful as ever in his «Breaking Bad» role of Mike Ehrmantraut), Rhea Seehorn (as lawyer Kim Wexler) and Michael McKean (always riveting as Jimmy's brother, Chuck).

Earning his first accolade from WAFCA, George Clooney was named Best Actor for his intense portrayal of an ethically challenged lawyer in Warner Brothers» Michael Clayton, while Julie Christie was awarded Best Actress for her heartbreaking turn as an Alzheimer's patient in Lionsgate's Away From Her.

This sibling story has a familiar setup, one that's not far off from the Duplass brothers film Jeff, Who Lives At Home; Nick (Jay Duplass) is an uptight successful lawyer with a wife and kid, while his brother Conrad (Linas Phillips) is a long - haired, easygoing slacker.

Terry's older brother Charley (Rod Steiger) is a lawyer and advisor to Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb), the feared, wealthy, powerful union boss calling all the shots down at the docks.

She lives with her unhappily married lawyer parents (Bill Murray and Frances McDormand) and her younger brothers in the small island community of New Penzance, New England (the film was shot off the coast of Rhode Island), where, as a loquacious onscreen narrator (Bob Balaban) stiffly informs us, a devastating storm is due to hit in three days.

Three brothers (Dale: Guy Pearce, Shane: Joel Edgerton, Mal: Damien Richardson) are periodically released from prison by their smarmy lawyer Frank (Robert Taylor) to carry off a couple of heists, but when Frank starts an affair with Dale's wife, Carol (Rachel Griffiths), Dale begins to suspect their latest larceny may be their last.

His brother Aleksy (Bobby Moynihan) is an expectant father and his best buddy / lawyer Brett (Chris Pratt) has a mess of young ones.

Daniel is welcomed with open arms by his loving younger sister Amantha (Abigail Spencer), teenaged half - brother Jared (Jake Austin Walker), their widowed, remarried mother Janet (J. Smith - Cameron), and dutiful new lawyer Jon Stern (Luke Kirby).

The best part of Galaxy Quest, playing the guy playing the ethnic guy in a «Star Trek» - like cult television series, Shalhoub also stole the show as fast - talking lawyer Freddy Riedenschneider in his reunion with the Coen Brothers, The Man Who Wasn't There; demonstrated uncommon intelligence and sensitivity in the still - underseen Big Night; and made his feature - film debut behind the camera with wife Brooke Adams in the independent Made - Up, now trickling into video stores.

Depp is Tonto, sporting goofy headgear topped by a giant stuffed crow, and Armie Hammer is the Lone Ranger, a city - educated lawyer who returns to his small Texas hometown in 1869 to civilize the inhabitants and ends up teaming with Tonto to battle the nefarious Cavendish gang after his Ranger brother is killed.

Not one to disappoint fans, AMC brought out Esposito himself as a surprise guest at the panel, who confirmed that Season 3 will see lawyer Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) and enforcer Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) come into contact with Fring — in case Jimmy's conflict with his brother, Chuck (Mike McKean), wasn't dramatic enough already.

Emily's close friends were her sister, Vinnie (Jennifer Ehle) and their sister - in - law, Susan (Jodhi May) married to their brother, Austin (Duncan Duff), a lawyer.

Fledgling attorney Leo Maxwell is having lunch with his elder brother, Teddy, a high - profile Bay Area criminal lawyer known for his borderline unethical shenanigans, when someone walks up, takes quick aim over Leo's shoulder, and shoots Teddy in the face.

The story of what happens is told in several voices: Anna's, her mother Sara's, her brother Jesse's, her father Brian's, her lawyer Campbell's, and her guardian ad litem, Julia's.

Harry Addison, a hot - shot Hollywood entertainment lawyer and his brother Danny, now a priest working in the Vatican, have been estranged for many years.

If your personal wealth is such that you can afford to gift US$ 400K of stock shares to your brother, then surely you have enough tax advisors and lawyers to answer your questions.

But be forewarned: a teammate on my brother's hockey team, who is also a tax lawyer, confessed that the deductions can be so lucrative that people who claim moving expenses will often get red flagged by the CRA.

Lawyers involved in Rockstar lawsuit argue that «the Houser brothers were incapable of completing large and complex games without Leslie Benzies» oversight»