Sentences with phrase «by defense lawyers for»

He rejected a request by a defense lawyer for Gonzalez that his client receive two years in prison, like the sentence bestowed earlier this month on 81 - year - old Joseph Bruno, the Republican leader of the state Senate for 13 years who was convicted of two fraud charges.

Not exact matches

• 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.»

John Dowd, whom Trump hired after being told he needed a Washington defense lawyer for the Russia investigation, has quit because he was being sidelined by other White House advisers.

On Monday, the pastor gave the judge a written statement and was questioned by prosecutors and his defense lawyer, whom he met for the first time that day.

Lawyers from the Becket Fund and the Alliance Defense Fund plan to speak at some of today's rallies, organized by the Pro-Life Action League and Citizens for a Pro-Life Society.

While the second is technically true, it should be pointed out that defense lawyers have, for years, intentionally run up the cost to the state by presenting multiple appeals, even based on little to no actual legal cause, in order to drive up the cost of death penalty cases.

Defense lawyers have sought to make the trial into a referendum for jurors on Howe; his name came up hundreds of times over the past two days of closing arguments by lawyers from the four defenseDefense lawyers have sought to make the trial into a referendum for jurors on Howe; his name came up hundreds of times over the past two days of closing arguments by lawyers from the four defensedefense teams.

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.

Defense lawyers for the two contend the $ 7,500 - a-month payments were legitimate fees, but Finnerty said he questioned them as soon as they appeared on invoices submitted by Kelly for an independent contractor who did website design.

During cross-examination by Aiello defense lawyer Stephen Coffey, Kennedy said he was unaware COR employees had spent two days preparing the site for the governor's visit.

U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni considered scheduling the trial for the summer after prosecutors said they would be ready by July, but she set the Nov. 2 date after defense lawyers said they needed more time to prepare.

Moreover, the lawyers argue that the defendants all live and work in the Buffalo area and that they will be calling numerous defense witnesses from Western New York, whose travel expenses, to be paid for by the defense, will soar if the trial is held in Manhattan.

A federal judge on Tuesday lashed into the lawyer for indicted ex-Councilman Dan Halloran, ripping him for revising his defense playbook at the 11th - hour by dragging former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's...

Despite getting flak from civil rights advocates over his decision to veto bills that would have legalized specific kinds of pocket knives and offering more state funds to compensate lawyers designated by the court to represent defendants who don't make enough money to afford a lawyer for defense in a criminal case, people roared in applause throughout Cuomo's speech.

-- Schneiderman lawyer «confident» he won't face criminal charges — New York Daily News» Erin Durkin, Ken Lovett and Larry McShane: «The defense attorney for ex-state attorney general Eric Schneiderman predicted Thursday that her client would avoid prosecution despite the abuse charges leveled by four women.

During the White Plains federal corruption trial of Halloran (R - Queens), defense lawyer Vinoo Varghese tried to shoot down the government's claims that the pol in 2012 offered to dole out $ 80,000 in no - show city consulting work on a Queens YMCA to the wire - wearing undercover agent in exchange for funds to boost what would be a failed congressional run by Halloran.

Deborah N. Misir, a lawyer for Vincent Tabone, a former vice chairman of the Bronx Republican committee, said prosecutors had put defense lawyers in an untenable position by asking them to absorb the material in a weekend.

That admission, elicited by a defense lawyer, came after Howe, 57, spent days describing how he conspired with Percoco and the businessmen to create a lucrative relationship for everyone.

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.

The Espadas» defense lawyer, the Daily News reports, is claiming the men assumed their use of taxpayer funds from the Soundview Health Clinics they controlled — to pay for things like sushi restaurant tabs and birthday party pony rides — were legal because the expenses were approved by an accounting firm.

A lawyer for retired NYPD Deputy Inspector James Grant suggested his client could use the same defense cited by the FBI in clearing the Democratic presidential candidate in her email scandal: ignorance of the law.

Lawyers for Sheldon Silver asked the judge to acquit him of all charges even before his case goes to the jury in his corruption trial, in a motion that is routinely filed by defense lawyers after the government rests itLawyers for Sheldon Silver asked the judge to acquit him of all charges even before his case goes to the jury in his corruption trial, in a motion that is routinely filed by defense lawyers after the government rests itlawyers after the government rests its case.

«The repeated, frequent and uncoordinated visits by different tour companies does present a problem for sensitive breeding colonies of Antarctic wildlife,» says Bruce Manheim, a lawyer who works for the Washington - based Environmental Defense Fund.

WASHINGTON — Today, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and AAUW attended the School Safety and Climate Summit hosted by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.

The «Wine For Lawyers» series is written by sommelier and criminal defense lawyer Brian Tannebaum.

The broad reach of Nolo's multiple websites is appealing for lawyers that work in the types of practice areas that consumers search for by name, such as personal injury and criminal defense.

Joshua was selected the 2018 Lawyer of the Year for General Practice Criminal Defense and the 2016 Lawyer of the Year for Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar in the Baltimore area by The Best Lawyers in America.

I'm a trial lawyer, former insurance defense attorney, and advocate for people who have been injured by others» wrongdoing.

As one of a distinguished group of attorneys who have been listed in Best Lawyers in America for 20 years, Andy has been selected by his peers for inclusion in eight categories: Appellate Practice, Bet - the - Company Litigation, Labor & Employment Litigation, White - Collar Criminal Defense, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, Civil Rights Law, and Real Estate Litigation.

Montana Defense Trial Lawyers Association Defense Research Institute (DRI) Litigation Counsel of America (by invitation) First Judicial District Bar Association State Bar of Montana Lawyers» Fund for Client Protection, Board Member since 1989 (Chairperson from 2007 - 2012)

Joshua has been recognized by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers since 2008 and is listed in the General Practice Criminal Defense, White - Collar Criminal Defense, and Civil Rights Law areas.

The Strom Law drug crime defense lawyers know the evidence to look for, including whether a search warrant or arrest warrant issued in your case was properly executed and the standards by which all investigations, searches, and arrests should be performed.

The proceedings and what evidence is allowed in your trial will be governed by the judge, and your criminal defense lawyer will be fighting continually for you during this highly technical and difficult time.

In October 2016, Kobie participated on the panel «The Challenges of Race in Representation» sponsored by the National Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers.

With a criminal defense lawyer by your side, you'll be able to understand the possible punishments for your crime as well as possible defenses that may reduce those penalties.

Ted Frank at Overlawyered found entertainment in the firm's defense: that it fired the lawyer for violating the firm's vacation - leave policy by taking a trip to attend his father - in - law's memorial service.

real estate attorneys usually come in second, accounting for approximately 16 - 20 % of claims, followed by personal injury defense attorneys, family law lawyers, and estate planning attorneys.

By yesterday morning, in fact, Mr. Bush's arguments for keeping Mr. Libby out of prison had become an unexpected gift to defense lawyers around the country, who scrambled to make use of them in their own cases....

Also, he has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America Civil Rights Law, Commercial Litigation, and White Collar Criminal Defense categories and was named Best Lawyers 2018 Baltimore Civil Rights Law Lawyer of the Year.

With over 21 years of experience, our lawyers stand out in the legal profession for their skill, and are highly respected by insurance companies, defense attorneys and judges.

Since 2009, Mr. Hudson has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the Best Lawyers of America ® in Medical Malpractice Law, and for 2013 was named the «Top Medical Malpractice Defense Lawyer» for Best Lawyers of America ®.

Jack Cunningham is being recognized by Southwest Super Lawyers for his personal injury law practice, representing both plaintiffs and defense.

Evan writes that as a defense lawyer, he'd often try to dehumanize victims to better defend his clients, but that as a plaintiff's lawyer, «things are much different: torts are automatically «humanized» for you every day by your clients.»

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.

Lee has been recognized by the Alabama and Mid-South editions of Super Lawyers since 2010 for product liability defense.

Formed by the merger of Sallah & Cox, LLC and Beam & Astarita, LLC, our attorneys include James D. Sallah, a former Senior SEC Attorney and in - house lawyer for a national brokerage firm, Mark J. Astarita, a nationally recognized securities litigator and outside counsel to dozens of regional broker - dealers and investment advisers, Jeffrey L. Cox, a former Senior SEC Attorney and federal prosecutor responsible for prosecuting economic crimes and Raymond Beam, a former prosecutor and well - known criminal defense attorney.

But the problem with this from the defense side (other than the typical excuse by defense lawyers you can't predict what will happen with a given case) is the lack of an upside based on anything other than handling the case for less hours than predicted.

Not only is it important for me as a Fairfax criminal lawyer to be ready for sh*t storms and unfair actions by many judges, prosecutors and opposing witnesses, but to welcome each such occurrence as an opportunity to improve myself on this path of criminal defense victory.

AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale - Hubbell Mountain States Super Lawyers for Personal Injury Medical Malpractice: Defense (2013 - 2017) Chambers USA — Leading Lawyers for Litigation: General Commercial (2012 - 2014) Top 100 Litigation Lawyers for Montana, American Society of Legal Advocates (2014)

2014 started off with a bang in the legal marketing world when Georgia lawyer Jamie Casino ran a two - minute local television ad during this year's Superbowl that includes (and I'm hardly scratching the surface here) biblical references, allegations of a cover - up by the area's chief of police in the death of Casino's brother, and a sunglass - clad Casino wielding a flaming sledgehammer to smash his brother's tombstone while a pounding heavy metal soundtrack plays in the background, all of which apparently provides the backstory for Casino's decision to move from criminal defense to personal injury law as his preferred area of practice.