Sentences with phrase «by a defense lawyer about»

Ex-lobbyist Todd Howe returned to the witness stand in Manhattan federal court for the first time since he got locked up Thursday night — and was immediately questioned by a defense lawyer about getting nabbed in his hotel room by the feds.

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• Speaking of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a lawyer, too.»

The brazen assertion by one of Trump's lawyers that a president can not be found guilty of obstruction of justice signaled a controversial defense strategy in the wide - ranging Russia probe, as the president's political advisers are increasingly concerned about the legal advice he is receiving.

Long Island federal Judge Joan Azrack ruled last month that defense lawyers can cross-examine Singh about those allegations, but not that de Blasio was never charged by federal prosecutors and the Manhattan District Attorney's Office following lengthy investigations.

A pretrial motion filed by lawyers for Skelos and his son, whose trial is set to begin on Nov. 16, seems to suggest that part of their defense could be that the senator's son made «admittedly false or seriously exaggerated statements to his employer» about what his father was doing on the company's behalf.

Swedish criminal defense lawyer by day and author of twisted thrillers by night, Lapidus answered our questions about writing and great books in a 7 Questions interview.

About Lenamon Law Trial Lawyers: Established by Board Certified AV - Preeminent trial attorney Terry Lenamon, Lenamon Law is a south Florida - based criminal defense firm with 45 years» experience in complex, serious criminal matters.

A criminal defense lawyer in Washington, Rosenburg was equally moved by Katrina's devastation and the urge to do something about it.

According to a survey of 137 of the 200 large corporate defense firms by the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL), about 48 % of first and second - year associates are women.

But an exasperated California Court of Appeal issued an opinion this week using no uncertain words to show its impatience with its perceived abuse of the law by plaintiff and defense lawyers alike, as both Shaun Martin and J. Craig Williams write about on their blogs.

Aaron Street: Yeah I mean I think this can be taken too far, so if you had an example like Brad where he only represents criminal defendants and therefore there's no risk of him having a conflict come through the site when he's getting actual information about actual cases, but you could see in a litigation, let's say a family law lawyer, if their website were trying to collect information to provide tools as both an intake and access to justice solution that you potentially run into tremendous conflicts of interest problems there and I think obviously any lawyer considering pursuing this for their firm should think through the implications of their particular situation, but I think what Brad's doing is awesome in the context of his criminal law practice and I think there are versions of a similar model that could be used in something like your debt collection defense practice or a small business startup practice or an estate planning practice, but that doesn't mean that it's a model that should be replicated by every lawyer in every practice.

The ruling came in the case of Richmond criminal defense lawyer Horace F. Hunter, who was hit with disciplinary charges by the Virginia State Bar over his criminal law blog where he wrote about cases he had handled and other criminal - law issues.

As a matter of political mood, I suspect the «average» voter now is not too troubled by historic problems with the administration of the death penalty, largely because some recent big capital cases involve mass murderer with no concerns about a possible wrongful conviction or terrible defense lawyering.

Speak with an experienced Ann Arbor criminal defense lawyer about a DUI / DWI or another criminal law case by contacting my office online or by telephone at 734-274-6567 (toll free at 888-769-0091).

By talking to a Scranton battery defense lawyer about your particular case, you can learn more about your options and what decisions you need to make at this point.

1 For attempts to measure the effect of advocacy quality through other means, see, e.g., Banks Miller et al., Leveling the Odds: The Effect of Quality Legal Representation in Cases of Asymmetrical Capability, 49 Law & Soc» y Rev. 209 (2015)(finding that high quality representation evened the odds for asylum applicants and that asylum seekers fared better when unrepresented than when represented by a poor lawyer); Mitchell J. Frank & Dr. Osvaldo F. Morera, Professionalism and Advocacy at Trial — Real Jurors Speak in Detail About the Performance of Their Advocates, 64 Baylor L. Rev. 1, 38 (2012)(finding statistically significant correlations in criminal cases between jurors» perceptions of closing argument persuasiveness and jury verdict, and finding statistically significant correlations in civil cases between perceptions of defense counsel's closing argument persuasiveness and defense verdict); James M. Anderson & Paul Heaton, How Much Difference Does the Lawyer Make?

As is common on the web I learned this fourth hand, and traced the story back from the Language Log, to Defending People, the Art and Science of Criminal Defense Trial Lawyering, which had a brief post about a memo from the Harris County (Texas) D.A. that congratulated «a prosecutor on convicting a guy while overcoming «a subversively good defense by Matt Hennessey that had some Canadians on the jury feeling sorry for the defendant...» ``; this blog post led back to The Daily Bellwether, and ultimately to CindyBlurg's «The Sheriff is a Canadian.Defense Trial Lawyering, which had a brief post about a memo from the Harris County (Texas) D.A. that congratulated «a prosecutor on convicting a guy while overcoming «a subversively good defense by Matt Hennessey that had some Canadians on the jury feeling sorry for the defendant...» ``; this blog post led back to The Daily Bellwether, and ultimately to CindyBlurg's «The Sheriff is a Canadian.defense by Matt Hennessey that had some Canadians on the jury feeling sorry for the defendant...» ``; this blog post led back to The Daily Bellwether, and ultimately to CindyBlurg's «The Sheriff is a Canadian.»

Even some defense lawyers might be surprised by the significant differences in how U.S. states redesigned their death penalty laws post-Furman v. Georgia in their efforts to address the Court's concerns about arbitrariness.

You may begin your search for a knowledgeable ticket defense lawyer online by inputting some basic information about your charges and taking a snapshot of your traffic ticket.

By the time Nikolas Cruz goes on trial for 17 counts of murder, and 17 counts of attempted murder, only his defense lawyers will still be arguing about a disordered mind and diminished culpability.