Sentences with phrase «class lawyer with»

Having spent his entire career in South Africa Scott Cochrane, the firm's global head of corporate, commented that du Plessis was: «A first - class lawyer with excellent experience who will be a great addition to our South Africa office and the wider Africa practice.»

The «highly competent» Alexander Kröck «focuses on the main issues and is a first - class lawyer with great business know - how».

The Houston office of our client, a Top I00 AmLaw international firm, is seeking world class lawyers with 3 to 5 years of experience in mergers & acquisitions, capital markets and general corporate work (direct expertise in transactions involving upstream and midstream oil and gas companies, oil field service companies and other participants in the energy -LSB-...]

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Won Kim, a Toronto - based class - action plaintiff lawyer, agrees that during a time where the TSX could be merging with LSE, and the NYSE could be swallowed by the Frankfurt stock exchange, a global - class precedent just makes sense.

The belief that venture capital performance has been poor, and a desire to diversify internationally, have prompted many institutional investors to move their money out of the asset class, leaving «fewer and fewer venture funds with less and less to invest,» says Steve Hurwitz, a Boston - based lawyer and co-founder of an annual venture capital conference in Quebec City.

I think management skipped consulting with the corporate lawyer about the legalities of docking employees» pay; this company has had compensation policies result in a class - action lawsuit once before that I'm aware of.

Martin Lipton, the corporate lawyer best known for helping managers stay in control with so - called poison pills, says dual - class shares ward off «myopic activists» — hedge - fund managers and buyout specialists who aim to drive up share prices in the short term yet harm the company's long - term interests.

These costs include bankers» and lawyers» fees, the risk of class - action litigation, the need to reveal commercially sensitive information that could benefit rivals, and the prospect of fights with corporate raiders who want juicier returns for shareholders and social activists who want executives to pay heed to their values.

The information comes from speaking with Don Polden, an employment law professor at Santa Clara University, and Shannon Liss - Riordan, the Boston - based lawyer representing Lyft and Uber drivers in two class - action lawsuits.

Accountants, lawyers, doctors in private practice, and other people with partnership income typically have advanced degrees and earn well over the median, even if they consider themselves middle class.

To participate effectively in a constitutive dialogue carried on in the venue of the courts, one must be a member of the priestly class of our civil religion: a lawyer or someone with a large measure of legal knowledge.

Liberation theologians committed themselves from the beginning to «listening» to the poor and to organizing them (along with students, lawyers, journalists, and others of the middle class) in comunidades de base, or base communities.

If I'd said, «You say you're a lawyer,» you could have (correctly) come back with «No, I didn't, I said I was in class at law school when my wife was in labor.»

Human rights aren't just for middle class articulate journalists, they're for everyone, so for someone not to understand that you can be a human rights lawyer and not necessarily agree with the views of your client, I'm surprised that a senior Conservative politician doesn't get that.»

With the scope of the health risks still unclear, a class - action case against New York City, in connection with the failure to conduct lead inspections in public housing, is now being prepared by a lead lawyer for families suing over lead poisoning in Flint, MiWith the scope of the health risks still unclear, a class - action case against New York City, in connection with the failure to conduct lead inspections in public housing, is now being prepared by a lead lawyer for families suing over lead poisoning in Flint, Miwith the failure to conduct lead inspections in public housing, is now being prepared by a lead lawyer for families suing over lead poisoning in Flint, Mich..

But speaking in an interview Accra - based Class FM Friday, one of the lawyers for the PPP said the party «is a law - abiding entity» adding that the party «cooperated with the police».

During the trial, Silver's lawyers argued that the government failed to prove that there was a quid pro quo between the former Speaker's arrangements with a cancer doctor to provide him referrals for a class action lawsuit, and state funded research grants awarded to the doctor.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

With only 6 % of doctors, 12 % of CEOs, 12 % of journalists and 13 % of lawyers come from working - class backgrounds, the charity argues that the country's top jobs are unfairly being dominated by those from more advantaged backgrounds.

Back in the day, Buick was the quintessential American step - up luxury car — a stylish, large sedan, usually with V - 8 power, that appealed to the professional class, usually doctors and lawyers.

The premise, as written by Nobuaki Enoki, involves disputes among elementary school students being settled with lawyers and court - like class arbitration sessions.

As my colleague Jeff Roberts wrote last August, the class - action lawyers don't reap much from the deal: «The settlement lets publishers short - circuit the class action lawyers who are coming at them with a separate lawsuit.

Publishers Lunch speculates that «the class action lawyers may be expecting to reap their bounty from any settlement with or judgment against Apple.»

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Let us start a class action lawsuit that gets Money for the Plaintiffs... because the problem is that the Plaintiffs in Class action suits end up with zip and the lawyers get all the mclass action lawsuit that gets Money for the Plaintiffs... because the problem is that the Plaintiffs in Class action suits end up with zip and the lawyers get all the mClass action suits end up with zip and the lawyers get all the money.

A class action suit was created, which after 8 years ended up with nothing for any of the plaintiffs, and as far as I can tell, the lawyers lost money as well, since they were seeking a share of the recovery.

Whenever someone loses their common sense and injures themselves or damages their own property in an act of personal stupidity, a lawyer with promises of a class action lawsuit payoff is near.

The Daily Mail has published a bombshell secret memo sent by leading #ExxonKnew activist - lawyer Matt Pawa to billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer, outlining a strategy to bring state - level class action lawsuits against energy companies and charging them with causing global warming.

People familiar with the long - running investigation of whether the class action firm paid kickbacks to lead plaintiffs said the Milberg lawyers and L.A. federal prosecutors remained far apart on a deferred - prosecution agreement that's been discussed for months.

«This is a unique settlement for a very unique situation affecting a specific group of individuals,» says Sabrina Lombardi of McKenzie Lake Lawyers in London, Ont., who along with colleague Michael Peerless and Manitoba firm Troniak Law represented the plaintiffs in the class action.

The case, which was filed in April 2012, initially came to the London firm because various members of the impacted communities in Manitoba reached out to local counsel Troniak Law, which in turn contacted now - Justice Russell Raikes, an experienced class action practitioner who at that time was with McKenzie Lake Lawyers, for help with the class action aspect of the case.

When TechCrunch asked the reason for the delay, the company responded that «it took us a while to come up with a complete Class Action case repository where affected people can... be in touch with Class Action lawyers in real time.»

The litigation began with a class - action suit filed by another lawyer on behalf of the flight attendants.

This, though, is one where I won't be upset if the lawyers end up with millions and the class takes home nothing.

Deloitte was hit with the $ 384 - million class action in March 2015 on behalf of at least 418 lawyers who worked at a document - review company, ATD Inc., that Deloitte had acquired the previous year.

Thus, it is important to be prepared and to fight back with the help of a pharmaceutical class action lawyer.

We pride ourselves in offering clients first class legal services delivered by lawyers with sound business skills.

Digital books, with links to cases, videos, citation exercises, and other instructional material, like the digital textbook described by Professor Donahoe, may also be very effective.219 Beyond writing classes, digital technology may be very useful in other applied learning courses that teach, for instance, trial advocacy, appellate advocacy, negotiation, lawyering skills, and ethics.

While this essay is written for academics, and not for the audiences of a judicial opinion writing class, it is included because it explains the creation of a second - year lawyering seminar in judicial writing with the goal of exposing law students to the possibilities the role of judicial opinion writing has to affect social - justice.

The program got off to a good start with the first class of lawyers who qualified and were nominated for this recognition based on their service in 2013 but we want to make sure that every lawyer who qualifies this year either self - nominates or is nominated by someone knowledgeable about their service.

Our personal injury and motor vehicle accident lawyers can assist you with your personal injury claim related to automobile or car, boat, ATV accidents, snowmobile, motorcycle or aircraft collision, spinal cord or brain injury, mass tort or class action, dog bites or children's injury, slip and fall accident, sexual assault, orthopaedic injury or wrongful death.

So warn employment lawyers, who say a recent proposed class action against T - Mobile USA highlights the dangers of letting employees go home with BlackBerrys and other handheld devices.

Meanwhile, a Legal NewsLine reports that Judge Curiel recently turned down a class action settlement over jeans labeling as providing too little relief to consumers as compared with lawyers and cy pres bystanders.

And its strategy is preparing lawyers for international commercial law practice by collaborating with world - class institutions, developing new services, and expanding market reach.

Christopher M. Placitella is a shareholder in the law firm and an accomplished trial lawyer with a nationwide reputation as one of the country's leading legal authorities on mass tort, class actions, and cases about asbestos - related diseases.

Of Washington's three law schools, SU produces not only the largest number of new lawyers who go directly into a solo practice, but has done so historically, with a high of 21 solos from the 2010 graduating class.

Today, lawyer assistance programs offer a wide range of resources, including interventions, suicide prevention help, grief counseling, peer support, career transition and retirement planning, along with classes on work - life balance, mindfulness and meditation, healthy eating and exercise, and stress reduction and anger management.

Of course, that very question has preoccupied lawyers and legal scholars alike for two decades with regard to IT law, i.e. whether it should be treated as a subject in and of itself (in which case it usually isn't a mandatory class, meaning that students can go through law school without hearing the word «Internet»... [more]

We are wrapped up in our classist history perhaps — we want to be the well - heeled retainers of well - heeled clients, but if lawyers are going to help with the access to justice crisis we will have to be the middle - class (even lower middle - class) agents of middle - class clients.

While I was out on my own looking for clients, I realized that pretty much anyone with a career in theater already must have a lawyer, so I decided I'd better go where the young, talented people are — the people who don't have lawyers yet... I auditioned for the BMI Musical Theater Workshop, a well - respected writing class for songwriters who want to learn to write Broadway musicals.