Sentences with phrase «by a lawyer in»

Marital therapy ought to be urged by lawyers in every case where there is a possibility of counseling.

Mr. Molo, meanwhile, said Mr. Silver and his staff believed the commission was «illegal» and an over-reach of the governor's power, and as such sued to stop it — a suit led by a lawyer in private practice who was once the U.S. attorney.

I have complained officially via a second letter written by my lawyer in January 2018 to the Commissioner of Police, Kwara State Nigeria Police Command Headquarters on this issue.

Passed in 2015, the law was challenged last year by lawyers in Kuwait.

We will do our best to explain them in a way that does not lead you to believe they were written by a lawyer in need of a high - fiber diet.

The startup will now close shop and sink into oblivion, just a year after they were warned by lawyers in the UK that the company was infringing on Artlyst, an internationally established -LSB-...]

Using the information provided by the lawyer in addition to the information about the lawyer already available on Avvo, such as the lawyer's profile and reviews, the consumer can then make a selection.

In his June 12 decision in Cirvek Fund I., l.p.c. Lombard General Insurance Co. of Canada, Quebec Superior Court Justice Stéphane Sansfaçon weighed the actions of the plaintiff and the fees charged by its lawyers in the case.

It is being adopted by lawyers in a range of practices, from a local prosecutor's office to one of the world's largest law firms, Clifford Chance, which is buying the Surface Pro 4 for all its lawyers.

The assumption that legal services are now produced by lawyers in the only possible way of producing them, has no basis in fact.

That view is shared by lawyers in other states, who contend there are too many new law schools springing up and producing too many new lawyers.

Perhaps not surprisingly, the majority of Canadian law blogs are written by lawyers in Ontario, and most new blogs are from Ontario too.

Olswang has more than doubled the value of pro bono advice handed out by its lawyers in 2011 - 12 compared with the previous year to more than # 1m.

Even beyond government data, analytics are already being used by lawyers in e-discovery, budgeting, fee negotiations, settlement negotiations, and a host of other applications.

Many of these programs have the potential to displace administrative assistants, paralegals, and entry - level lawyers — or, at the very least, will replace some of the more mundane tasks undertaken by lawyers in the day - to - day practice of law.

Additionally, the work product doctrine in the US protects documents prepared by a lawyer in anticipation of litigation.

Legally, a business contract does not have to be drafted by a lawyer in order to be admissible in court.

The motions judge held that Mr. Baig was liable for the misrepresentations made by his lawyers in the documents provided to the receiver.

Contracts don't have to be drafted by a lawyer in some situations, but it's always a good idea.

One of the three, Coyle writes, is Adel Hamad, an enemy combatant whose legal case was profiled in a video, Guantanamo Unclassified, posted on YouTube by his lawyers in the Federal Public Defender's Office.

Against this backdrop comes a new lawyer bidding site, Lawtendr, launched by a lawyer in Toronto and serving the legal markets in the U.S., the UK, Canada and Australia.

But the language raised concerns for several ABA entities because comments may not be enforced in the same way as black - letter rules, and because the language is not broad enough to adequately address discriminatory behavior by lawyers in the context of law practice.

Individuals and small businesses are overwhelmingly served by lawyers in sole practice or in small firms.

That prohibition exists to protect «a person who has chosen to be represented by a lawyer in a matter against possible overreaching by other lawyers who are participating in the matter, interference by those lawyers with the client - lawyer relationship and the uncounselled disclosure of information relating to the representation.»

And in fact, MDR is holding open the option that it could invest in the start - ups, though perhaps of more immediate importance to the entrepreneurs is using the law firm for more Beta testing and to gain another paying client, plus that all important credibility that comes from being used by lawyers in a well known commercial firm.

The increasing number of downloads each year reflects that practicePRO.ca is seen as a valued source of practice management tools by lawyers in Ontario and beyond.

In my experience, the NDA is a logical starting point, as it frequently used by lawyers in many, if not most, of the different areas of the firm or law department.

It is now unusual to be represented by a lawyer in family court, and we're going to start seeing more of that in a whole bunch of areas and when people's default expectations, their assumptions get changed.

One of LSBC's reasons was that local lawyers didn't feel a need for it; this reminds me of a comment made by a lawyer in the UK and likely echoed by some in Canada, «We're smart people.

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.

Students will become efficient users of standard office software typically used by lawyers in practice, such as word processing, spreadsheets, and pdf documents.

Accident reconstructionists are often used by lawyers in auto accident and truck accident cases to answer questions about how the accident occurred.

Not surprising to me, this has not resulted in more people being represented by lawyers in court.

The staff member has other tasks, the lawyers are impatient for their mail, documents are received directly by lawyers in meetings with others — too much can slip by the gatekeeper.

Within private practice, lawyers in law firms with more than 300 lawyers had the highest pro bono hours, followed by lawyers in firms with 101 to 300 lawyers, and solo practitioners.

A trade name may be used by a lawyer in private practice if it does not imply a connection with a government agency or with a public or charitable legal services organization and is not otherwise in violation of Rule 7.1.

The adjudicator found that Legal Aid's activities — assessing individuals for legal aid coverage, arranging for legal aid services to be provided by lawyers in private practice, and providing legal aid services through its staff lawyers — are commercial in character.

The case study was obviously created by someone who does not know enough about wills law, but then it is easy to denigrate or even jettison a practice area one knows little about, does not practice in, derives no income from, and never receives the appreciative feedback from the individual, as opposed to corporate, clients who have been so well served at modest cost by the lawyers in that «expendable» area.

Watch how the use of video by lawyers in their marketing efforts changes in 2012.

Most lawyers now specialize in a field of law for which they soon know the substantive law and keep current through continuing legal education seminars and other secondary sources written by lawyers in the field for lawyers, rather than for judges.

The DMS lets us maintain a complete file in electronic format that can be accessed by lawyers in two different offices at the same time.

It was initiated because the ERA impedes efforts by lawyers in the federal public service to address long existing concerns about salary.

The proposal was soundly defeated by the lawyers in the House of Delegates.

They'll be taught by lawyers in their area, using a curriculum designed by the ABA and other legal groups, covering «everything from My Cousin Vinny to the Bill of Rights,» he said.

Solos are most likely to use them, followed by lawyers in firms of 2 - 9 attorneys.

The prize for something said by a lawyer in Canada in 2014 is this gem of a comment made to over 450 lawyers and judges in Toronto in October by my new comedic heroine, criminal lawyer Marie Henein, who emceed the event.

So to give prizes where they're due, the award for silliest words spoken by a lawyer in Canada in 2014 (the booby prize, you could say), goes to Canada's foremost self described freedom fighter, Ezra Levant, who performs on his Sun News show called The Source.

Cases of gender discrimination are seen all the time by our lawyers in Missouri.

The flexibility and support received by all lawyers in the firm ensures that you manage both your work and CPLED commitments.»

As much as you would like to be represented by a lawyer in a court of law, you also want to keep litigation costs low.