Sentences with phrase «charge against a lawyer»
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The role of the Complaints Investigation Committee is to investigate complaints against lawyers and work to resolve them, or direct the Executive Director to lay a formal charge against the lawyers.
... This is an unusual criminal charge against a lawyer: prostitution.
This is especially common in the area of family law, such as when one spouse files a charge against the lawyer of the other spouse.
The responsibility of the State Bar of Arizona The State Bar gets its authority to investigate charges against lawyers from the Arizona Supreme Court.
Not exact matches
«The most you can charge in Washington is $ 25,» explains lawyer Matt Zuchetto, whose firm launched a class - action lawsuit against the company on that basis.
On March 28, after a seven - year investigation, the RCMP's commercial crime section filed criminal charges against three of the firm's principals: former CEO Daniel Potter, who built the software developer into a TSE - listed firm with a market value of $ 100 million at the height of the dot - com bubble; Halifax securities lawyer Blois Colpitts, 48, a former director and the firm's legal adviser; and Bruce Elliott Clarke, a 65 - year - old former broker with National Bank Financial.
Jay Goldberg, a longtime Trump lawyer, told The WSJ that he spoke with Trump on Friday about Cohen and warned the president against trusting Cohen if he is facing criminal charges.
Shortly after this call, another Citigroup lawyer, Lawrence Pedowitz of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (the law firm that helped former Citigroup CEO Sandy Weill maneuver the repeal of the Glass - Steagall Act) told SEC Associate Enforcement Director, Scott Friestad, that Khuzami had agreed to drop the fraud charges against Crittenden.
In court their lawyer Moshkani Farahani, who had previously argued against the charges faced by each of his clients at the last court session of this trial on 24 November, said they should be released.
The government has also brought formal charges against nearly 20 human rights lawyers who had worked against the demolitions in the province, and authorities have broadcast coerced «confessions» from several of them.
Residents of Marco village in the province of Beni Suef south of Cairo filed complaints against the two brothers, Mina Nadi, 9, and Nabil Nadi, 10, who were then detained on Tuesday and charged with blasphemy, lawyer Gamal Eid said.
Outdone Legendary courtroom orator William Jennings Bryan, by lawyer Bill Diehl, who in defending Charlotte Hornets owner George Shinn against charges that Shinn had sexually assaulted a woman, argued that the alleged oral sex was consensual, saying, «If she ain't bitin», she ain't fightin».»
Michael Slager agreed to plead guilty because his lawyers knew he probably couldn't bank on another mistrial when the state brought the charges against him again like they were going to do.
Lawyers defending Spira against federal charges that he tried to extort money from Steinbrenner contend that Steinbrenner used his Tampa connections to engineer their client's indictment.
In an appeal he filed through his team of lawyers headed by J.B Daudu, SAN, Saraki prayed for «An order staying further proceedings in Charge No: CCT / ABJ / 01 / 2015 between Federal Republic of Nigeria vs Dr. Olubukola Abubakar Saraki fixed for hearing on November 5 and 6, 2015 pending the determination of the appeal pending before the Supreme Court against the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated October 30, 2015.»
After filing their motions Friday evening, lawyers for Aiello and Gerardi issued a joint statement saying the charges against the Cor executives are unfair.
«The charges brought against Mr. Aiello and Mr. Gerardi reveal how completely innocent business practices can be twisted by the government into allegations of criminal conduct, despite our clients» full cooperation from the start of this process,» the lawyers said.
Lawyers representing six of the defendants have spent the past several weeks in a new letter - writing campaign to a federal judge seeking dismissal of the bid - rigging corruption charges leveled against individuals involved in several major upstate economic development programs, including the mega-construction project at Tesla's Riverbend site in South Buffalo.
Two lawyers at the center of events that led to criminal charges against former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto testified this past week that they had starkly different reactions when they realized the state constitution barred the town from guaranteeing loans for a private business.
But Paladino's lawyers claimed that the school board was retaliating against Paladino for his remarks by filing the charges that he leaked board private information.
Mr. Vance's campaign accepted $ 32,000 from Mr. Trump's personal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, five months after he made the decision not to pursue charges against the Trumps.
In the same vein, in a separate letter to Mr. Festus Keyamo SAN, who was purportedly engaged as a private lawyer by Magu to prosecute the CCT boss was also requested by the AGF to confirm who authorise him to file the corruption charge against Umar.
The revelations come as lawyers for Ciminelli and two other LPCiminelli executives are asking for charges against their clients to be dismissed or tried in Western New York.
(Reuters)- Lawyers for once - powerful former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver asked a judge on Tuesday to throw out federal corruption charges against him because a top prosecutor made «prejudicial» public statements about his guilt.
The remarks followed claims by former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's lawyers that he had made «improper statements» that will bias the public against Mr. Silver in his fight against corruption charges, and a Slate piece by Pace University Professor Bennett Gershman that Mr. Bharara's critiques of New York's state government are inappropriate for his role.
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver pleaded not guilty today to federal corruption charges as his lawyer accused U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of turning the public against him and undermining his right to a fair trial.
Lawyers for Sheldon Silver were back in federal court Thursday, arguing to dismiss all of the federal corruption charges against the former Assembly speaker.
One of his lawyers, Victor Kodjoga Adawudu, told the court the charge of narcotics leveled against his client was not an offence under the extradition laws of Ghana for which his client must be sent to the UK for prosecution
A lawyer who charges she was denied a judgeship in New York City as retaliation by Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration for her lawsuit against the Civilian Complaint Review Board is seeking to add a former judge of the state Court of Appeals, Carmen Ciparick, to the lawsuit.
Nearly a year after the federal Justice Department declined to bring civil rights charges against a white police officer who fatally shot a black college student in Pleasantville, Westchester County in 2010, the victim's family has agreed to a $ 6 million settlement, a lawyer for the family announced.
ALBANY — The five felony charges against former State Sen. George D. Maziarz should be dismissed because state election officials may not agree the Niagara County Republican broke any law, his lawyers said today in an Albany courtroom.
His lawyer, Victor K. Adawudu confirmed the charge against his client on TV3's News360 almost 8 hours after the Police CID in Accra picked Anyidoho up for interrogation over comments he made suggesting an imminent coup d'état in the country.
A prosecutor's rhetoric went so far when he discussed former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver after lodging bribery charges against him that the case should be thrown out, Silver's lawyers said Tuesday.
In a letter to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara — whose office brought charges against the COR executives — a lawyer for Miner alleged the message «borders on a threat.»
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/whiteboard/albany/2014/01/8538185/gabryszak-calls-hearing-sexual-harassment Dennis Gabryszak will push for a public hearing into a series of sexual harassment charges against him, his lawyer told WGRZ.
Odukoya, through is lawyers, is seeking two orders: an order striking out the charge and an order discharging the defendants of the charges filed against them by the EFCC.
Cahill, a non-practicing lawyer, reiterated that his several readings of federal charges of bribery and influence peddling against Silver «do not indicate criminal acts to me.»
The New York City lawyer caught on video this week launching a racially - charged tirade against Spanish - speaking restaurant workers is facing legal complaints from elected officials...
Former top gubernatorial aide Joe Percoco is seeking to have the federal case against a number of current co-defendants severed from his own upcoming criminal trial, with his lawyer arguing that he had nothing to do with charges faced by six of them.
The letter asks that Bruno's lawyer agree that new charges under a different section of law could be brought against the 82 - year - old Rensselaer County Republican in exchange for the dismissal of the charges.
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. is taking it on the chin these days for accepting campaign contributions from defense lawyers who represented high profile clients — including two of President Donald Trump's adult children and disgraced ex-Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein — against whom he declined to bring criminal charges.
Misau in a statement that was signed by his lawyer, Chief Godwin Obla, SAN, said he was not scared of the two sets of criminal charges FG preferred against him before the Federal High Court in Abuja and the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory.
The five felony charges against former State Sen. George Maziarz should be dismissed because state election officials may not agree the Niagara County Republican broke any law, his lawyers said today in an Albany courtroom.
New Jersey prosecutors have dropped manslaughter charges against the son of a former top de Blasio administration aide over botched evidence that backs up his self - defense claim, lawyers said Thursday...
[National Review] • Spitzer and his lawyers know it may be weeks before the Feds drum up charges against him, are holding out to see what they will do, and won't make any plan until that happens.
Khari Noerdlinger's lawyers made the claims outside of the Bergen County Courthouse a day after New Jersey prosecutors dropped manslaughter charges against the 19 - year - old, whose mother Rachel, was first lady Chirlane McCray's former chief of staff.
But following the announcement of federal charges against two Cor officials, Syracuse lawyers argued in court that it would be «unjust and a waste of valuable resources» to sell the land to Cor.
Speaking to Citi News, Apasara argued that the party «has broken the law» by organizing the congress adding that «we will surely get our lawyers to file contempt of court charges against the leadership of the party.
The senior lawyer drew the attention of the court to the 13 court charge against the defendants involving N3.1 B and not N36B and demanded that the court call the EFCC to order in the media trial of the defendants.