Sentences with phrase «calling as trial lawyers»

We take pride in our calling as trial lawyers and dedicate our careers to representing individuals injured by the carelessness of corporations like those hurt by GM's faulty ignition switch.

Not exact matches

In his written opinion, Karas said lawyer Deborah Misir was using the late - term call for bed rest to push back the Jan. 5 trial of Smith (D - Queens) and her client, ex-Queens Republican Vice Chairman Vincent Tabone, even as she announced she intended to fly to a conference in Washington, DC this week.

Legal 500 began its description of Dan by stating: «Los Angeles based Daniel Petrocelli is emerging as one of the leading lawyers of his generation,» and Chambers quotes sources calling him «just brilliant» and «a great trial lawyer.»

[The lawyer for the retailer] was not called as a witness at the trial and so we do not have the benefit of what his opinion of the claim was.

On his blog, he has started a series in which he profiles trial lawyers successful into their 70s — a new generation of old warriors, as he calls them.

As The Washington Post reports today, the AAJ has brought in trial lawyers of its own to file suit against the start - up organization that calls itself The American Trial Lawyers Association, or Thetrial lawyers of its own to file suit against the start - up organization that calls itself The American Trial Lawyers Association, or Tlawyers of its own to file suit against the start - up organization that calls itself The American Trial Lawyers Association, or TheTrial Lawyers Association, or TLawyers Association, or TheATLA.

Bruce was called to the bar in 1972 and has over 40 years experience as a trial lawyer representing clients in the Burlington area.

As a result, the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, which represents many of those plaintiffs» counsel, has called for an inquiry into the system of expert witnesses.

On the other hand, if all of the evidence admissibility issues had been sorted out before trial by motion in writing — the US system — and all of the witnesses that either side knew they might call had been available for pretrial deposition and everybody conceivably important had been examined - again the American system — then perhaps your trial and all of the other trials wouldn't have been as long, or have been resolved for whatever reason because the lawyers knew what the evidence would likely be, so there'd have been judges... etc..

As compelling as lawyers are when it comes to selling a client's position at trial or during a negotiation, their powers of persuasion somehow dry up when lawyers are called upon to sell something equally important: their own serviceAs compelling as lawyers are when it comes to selling a client's position at trial or during a negotiation, their powers of persuasion somehow dry up when lawyers are called upon to sell something equally important: their own serviceas lawyers are when it comes to selling a client's position at trial or during a negotiation, their powers of persuasion somehow dry up when lawyers are called upon to sell something equally important: their own services.

In a criminal trial involving a Nuit Blanche weekend shooting in Toronto, Crowns Beverley Richards and S. Beauchamp sought to remove lawyers Sean MacDonald and Allison Craig as counsel of record for the defendant because it will call one of the MacDonald's clients as a witness.

Furthermore, the penalty for not testifying first is to keep the defendant off the stand entirely, even though as a matter of professional judgment his lawyer might want to call him later in the trial.

Marc Mayerson of Insurance Scrawl blogs here about a dilemma common to many insurance lawyers: Often policyholder counsel can be called as witnesses in bad - faith insurance cases and can face disqualification from representing their clients at trial.

Like the first edition, the «Newer Lawyer» 2017 (as my friends at UBC Press call it) identifies the ability to resolve cases short of a trial as a foundational skill for litigation lawyers and using the insights of both lawyers and their clients, considers what this means as a practical matter for negotiations, advocacy, lawyer / client relationships, and for the ethics of legal practice.

In a recent article in Advocate Daily, writer Peter Small reported on criminal lawyer Lindsay Daviau's recommendation that lawyers call LAWPRO promptly upon learning that a former client has alleged ineffective assistance by trial counsel as a ground for appeal.

An editorial published by the American Bar Association calls trial lawyers «common folks» advocates» and characterizes them as street - smart and intuitive, but often lack the discipline and patience to deal with the more mundane details of every lawsuit.

Also, ICBC often tries to rely on the optimistic outlook of these specialists by sending notice to the Plaintiff's lawyer that they intend to call the specialist as an expert at trial.

He served as the president of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, now called Florida Justice Association (FJA).