Sentences with phrase «by whether the lawyer»

On the defense side, case and lawyer value should also be determined by whether the lawyer can achieve a better or lower result than some predicted value.

Not exact matches

Judge Michelle T. Friedland, who was appointed by President Barack Obama and was one of three judges from the Ninth Circuit presiding over the immigration - ban case, asked Flentje, the DOJ lawyer, whether the government had any evidence connecting the seven nations targeted by the order to terrorism.

Twenty - two lawyers descended on a probate court in Canton to spar over whether the 93 - year - old Redstone decided on his own to remove Viacom chief executive Philippe Dauman and board member George Abrams or whether he is being manipulated by his once - estranged daughter, Shari Redstone.

Heather Dietrick, Gawker's president and general counsel, says that the company's lawyers plan to review all of the documents released by the F.B.I. to see what Hogan told the F.B.I. during the extortion investigation and whether that matches the testimony he's given in his state court case again Gawker.

Klosterman begins by asking Jay Wexler, a constitutional lawyer at Boston University, whether the Constitution might not be so perfect after all.

Maybe justice and the good society are brought about precisely by lawyers and judges sending the jury out of the courtroom while they decide whether to admit the testimony of an old black woman who has been listening in on the whole trial of her son.

Legal decisions, whether by local lawyers or the high council in Jerusalem, were in fact interpretations of God's will as found in the Scriptures.

As reporters pressed further, asking whether he would resign, Mr. Silver's lawyers kept pushing through the crowd with the speaker as he was jostled by photographers and reporters.

Steve Coffey, a lawyer for Aiello, said the decision to put his client on the stand could rest with whether «the door is opened» by the judge to permit prosecutors to ask Aiello about Buffalo Billion - related issues.

It emerged that Turner and Levy had a meeting in 2006, an account of which was passed by her lawyers to the police, and the police were seeking clarification of whether Levy had asked Turner to «shape» the evidence she gave to Scotland Yard.

Mayor Giuliani yesterday insisted that Police Commissioner Howard Safir is here to stay — while city lawyers began probing whether the top cop broke ethics rules by taking an Oscars...

Marty Connor, an election lawyer and the former leader of the State Senate Democrats, pulled Teachout's voting records and spent Friday and Saturday sharing them with journalists, noting that she claimed to be a permanently disabled voter (this lets her vote by absentee ballot), had no record of voting in New York in 2011 or 2013 and questioned whether she met the five - year residency requirement to be governor.

Lawyers clashed in a Manhattan courtroom over whether a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who has accused Trump of unwanted sexual advances should be allowed to proceed in state Supreme Court.

«The Senate leadership has been briefed by our lawyers on last Thursday's judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on whether the Senate has the legal authority to suspend a member for certain misconduct or not.

The Shanghai SIPG forward is praying the High Court to place a «perpetual injunction restraining the defendants, whether by themselves, servants, agents or assigns from repeating similar or other libelous words against the plaintiff as well as costs, including lawyers» fees.»

«Up till this moment, we have not been told officially by the DSS whether or not Hon Akanni was formally released from incarceration after spending 18 days without access to his doctors, lawyers and family members.

In fact, Rattner was also being advised by his lawyers to make himself a lower - profile target for federal and state investigators who were probing whether he had paid off a middleman to win a lucrative contract from New York's pension system while he worked on Wall Street, a government source said Wednesday.

A defense lawyer asked Lacewell whether that was a concept the Cuomo expected all his staff to live by.

In addition to the Burke - Loeb case, Newsday has reported that the comprehensive federal scrutiny of Spota's office has included whether there was anything unlawful in the handling of the investigation into the shooting of Huntington Station taxi driver Thomas Moroughan by an off - duty Nassau County police officer; the circumstances under which former Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy gave up a $ 4.1 - million - dollar campaign chest to the district attorney's office, and also agreed not to run for re-election; the legality of a wiretap placed on the phone of former Suffolk detective John Oliva; the resolution of the criminal case against well - known Suffolk criminal lawyer Robert Macedonio; the office's distribution of asset - forfeiture money; and the investigation into a number of political associates of Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone.

Lawyers are divided on whether leaving Euratom is necessitated by Britain's exit from the EU, according to the independent House of Commons Library.

Although some question whether broadcast content is the best use of precious spectrum space, broadcast media are still the best way to get information directly to people — a role that can not be underestimated in emergencies, Dan Margolis, a lawyer with Garvey Schubert Barer's communications, media and technology industry group, said at a National Broadband Plan roundtable discussion hosted Monday by New York Law School in New York City.

The crucial question is which lawyer the three judges — Douglas Ginsburg, Thomas Griffith and Karen LeCraft Henderson — will agree with as they consider whether to uphold or overturn a preliminary injunction issued by US District Court judge Royce Lamberth on 23 August.

Anderson's obsession with hermetic structures mirrors that of his characters, who carefully contain themselves within constructed worlds, whether it's the sprawling labyrinth of a home inhabited by Suzy's lawyer parents (Bill Murray and Frances McDormand) or the frontier stockade that serves as the headquarters of the Khaki Scouts of North America.

The player must decide whether potential clients have a right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, and if so, match them with the right lawyer.

I am starting of as author and beginning to write my first book.I heard someone say if writing an actual story whether it be myself and other people I really know in the book.To have everyone sign a legal document type thing by lawyer giving permission to use peoples real names.so as to avoid any lawsuit that may occur with the book.and is it best to use a pen name for myself and made up name for actual people being included in the book.what would your opinion be on legel grounds safer to use made up names.thank you

Whether it's a professional athlete, a doctor, lawyer or anything else, they all require training by a professional

I'm running this post by some environmental lawyers and campaigners to get some sense of whether this can take hold in the real world.

Scientists above a certain level, whether employed by the state or the private sector, must obey a protocol when engaging the media, which allows only such information as is necessary to educate the public regarding the science process (similar to lawyers and the legal process), yet not advocate for any outcome of socially conflicted science in progress.

Since last year, lawyers for the defendants from various governmental organizations have attempted to get the case dismissed on various grounds, including the question of whether minors can defend their constitutional rights like adults, as well as asserting that climate change is not caused by humans.

Model Rule 1.2 goes further than its vague language of objectives versus means and explicitly states, «A lawyer shall abide by a client's decision whether to settle a matter.»

Attorneys Justin Leto and Larry Bassuk launched Level Insurance last month and it's too early to say whether the product is a success but they hope to carve out a niche in competition with existing lenders who finance plaintiff lawyers with high - interest loans, often secured by personal property.

Lawyers, of course, are not required to guarantee digital security, but should take into consideration whether their information technology provides protection appropriate to the risk and the data entrusted to (or created by) them.

Moreover, why should a lawyer pay $ 1,000 to be included in a site that's likely to attract those clients who, quite frankly, have already been rejected as undesirable by other lawyers or who are intent on bringing a suit whether it's meritorious or not?

Although affidavits based on information and belief that fail to state the source of the information are not struck out automatically (see Carevest Capital Inc. v. North Tech Electronics Ltd. 2010 ONSC 1290 (CanLII) at para. 16), one doubts whether these vague «advised by the file» affidavits are proper information and belief evidence at all or whether they really just serve to put the affiant lawyer's personal opinion of the case before the court.

The minority disagreed, finding that whether collateral to Padilla's defense or not, the lawyer's erroneous advice, in response to an affirmative inquiry by the defendant, was inexcusable and justified a hearing on the ineffective assistance of counsel claim.

Levin is a lawyer, but you'll note she never even asks whether lawyers could get by without lying.

Whereas lawyers by necessity need to engage clients and treat them with respect or lose them, law professors will keep their jobs whether they're responsive or accessible to students or not, so long as they meet applicable publishing requirements.

«Whether it goes through or not, it will have implications one way or another, at least [by] sparking the discussion,» says John Georgakopoulos, a partner and certified environmental law specialist with Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP.

Given the importance of maintaining confidentiality of any information received by the first lawyer, it is advisable that the first lawyer disclose at the outset of the conversation with the second lawyer that the purpose of the discussion is to consider taking on a new case for someone, and to limit initial disclosures to the essential facts until it can be determined whether the second lawyer has a conflict of interest.

He didn't know if he should proceed by calling the police and taking it upon himself to «explain the situation,» or whether he should contact a lawyer, or some other institution to try and get legal help.

A question much debated by others who have posted comments at the ABA Journal site and elsewhere is whether Ellen and her oft - mentioned boyfriend are real people and actual lawyers.

Such are the potential financial consequences for the client and / or solicitor of not having some expert input at the costs management stage and the further time demands created by budgeting, costs lawyers have quickly re-skilled to become an integral part of a solicitors» practice, whether in - house or still on an outsourced basis.

«As lawyers in Ontario, we need to be concerned with what is legal work,» he says, and whether the public interest is being served by who is performing it.

Unlike some other professionals, all lawyers have unlimited licenses to practice law yet few, if any, have the competence to practice in all areas of the law» combined with report that the LSUC is reforming referral practices as discussed in the article by Michele Henry, Kenyon Wallace, «Lawyers need signed consent to refer out cases», thestar.com, April 27, 2017, would it not make sense to require that general practitioners be the first point of contact for any client to assess the client's needs and to determine whether those needs require the skills of a speclawyers have unlimited licenses to practice law yet few, if any, have the competence to practice in all areas of the law» combined with report that the LSUC is reforming referral practices as discussed in the article by Michele Henry, Kenyon Wallace, «Lawyers need signed consent to refer out cases», thestar.com, April 27, 2017, would it not make sense to require that general practitioners be the first point of contact for any client to assess the client's needs and to determine whether those needs require the skills of a specLawyers need signed consent to refer out cases», thestar.com, April 27, 2017, would it not make sense to require that general practitioners be the first point of contact for any client to assess the client's needs and to determine whether those needs require the skills of a specialist?

I can definitely see the case though for having some vehicle for teaching practical lawyering skills (which are not taught by law schools in any meaningful way), whether through articling, LPP, or some other method.

The rules regarding whether you can make a holiday accident compensation claim can be complicated, but with the expertise and knowledge of skilled personal injury lawyers like Thompsons Solicitors, you can rest assured that your claim will be dealt with professionally, by the right people to make sure you get the right result.

While the defendant, represented by the insurer, suggested that in Provincial Court it might, at times, be represented by an adjuster, in my view, whether the defendant was represented by an adjuster or a lawyer the plaintiff would have been outmatched.

My best work as a lawyer over 17 years came by what people said about me that I had represented, whether it was a bank, whether it was an individual, you name it.

Lawyers can publish links to their personal website in order to articles they've printed (whether on other sites or on Avvo), plus they can answer legal questions published by prospects.

Rather the problem is: (1) how lawyer time and costs are applied to specific client work; and (2) whether the lawyer's time and related costs are converted into a bill for services that are perceived by the client as fair and, therefore, paid.