Sentences with phrase «co-class counsel in cases»

The county will spend more than half a million dollars on outside counsel in that case.

In the way the city's criminal justice coordinator works to set and develop policy, so would the civil justice coordinator — and Mr. Levine said his goal would be scaling up to a universal right to counsel in cases that could be potentially life - altering, such as eviction, custody matters, and deportation hearings.

A Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation named New Orleans attorney Dawn Barrios to be Lead Counsel and Richard Arsenault as Liaison Counsel in the case.

He has been counsel in cases involving eighteen approved class action settlements, including the Wal - Mart and Fina Oil «dead peasant» insurance cases.

Courts have come to differing conclusions regarding immigrants» rights to effective assistance of counsel in cases where deportation is involved.

In a press release issued on the lawsuit, Anthony Falzone, executive director of the Fair Use Project (and also counsel in the case) stated:

Co. v. Moore (via the California Appellate Report) was directed squarely at defense counsel in the case.

Jamie Butler is an experienced Vancouver based MVA and injury lawyer who has acted as counsel in cases in truck accident injury cases where the injuries claimed range from minor whiplash to serious brain injuries and many other types of issues such as slip and fall cases.

Acted as appellate counsel in cases where the firm was not trial counsel, including matters involving complex commercial litigation and novel issues of law.

provide counsel in all cases where any imprisonment is authorized, many provide counsel when periods of imprisonment longer than 30 days, [Footnote 2/19] 3 months, [Footnote 2/20] or 6 months [Footnote 2/21] are authorized.

Jamie Butler is an experienced Vancouver based personal injury lawyer who has acted as counsel in cases in car accident cases where injuries claimed range from minor whiplash to serious brain injuries.

Jamie Butler is an experienced lawyer who has acted as counsel in cases in bus accident injury cases where the injuries claimed range from minor whiplash to serious head injuries.

«It is clear that, wherever the right - to - counsel line is to be drawn, it must be drawn so that an indigent has a right to appointed counsel in all cases in which there is a due process right to a jury trial.»

No Other Counsel — The prisoner must not be currently represented by another attorney in his or her criminal case, or have the right to appointed counsel in the case.

He is currently instructed as leading counsel in the case of Banger (Unmarried Partner of British National: South Africa)[2017] UKUT 125 (IAC)(30 March 2017), which will be considered on 17th January 2018 in the Court of Justice of the European Union after successful submissions that an oral hearing is necessary to determine the questions referred to the Court and having won in the domestic court.

Since there is no cost incurred by the owner, owners should retain eminent domain counsel in every case to make sure they do not give up property without being fairly compensated.

-- Guide for Counsel in Cases to Be Argued Before the Supreme Court of the United States, Part II, pg.

Wesley Hill of Longview - based Ward Smith & Hill, PLLC, was local counsel in the case.

The Court of Appeal also determined that Rule 57.07 (1)(c), which deals with costs unnecessarily incurred as a result of a lawyer's conduct, did not apply as that rule is to be used only in exceptional circumstances and the conduct of plaintiffs» counsel in the case at bar was without reproach.

The Joint Committee rejected the public defender model adopted in the United States on the basis that, for criminal cases, it was «wrong in principle that both prosecutor and defender are employed by the same master» and that the impersonal and bureaucratic nature of the public defender model made it impossible to exercise «the zeal and vigour which should be characteristic of defence counsel in every case.»

John appeared for the same lender as junior counsel in a case in the High Court in which it proved that a guarantee and sundry personal loans were enforceable notwithstanding the guarantor / borrower's allegation that her consent to enter into them had been procured by undue influence.

His employment law and directors and officers representation is national in scope and he has been lead counsel in cases in over 45 states.

Jamie Butler is an experienced Vancouver based personal injury lawyer who has acted as counsel in cases in pedestrian accident cases where injuries claimed range from minor bumps and scrapes to serious life - threatening injuries.

Jamie Butler is an experienced personal injury lawyer who has acted as counsel in cases in ski accident cases where the injuries claimed range from minor whiplash to serious orthopedic - type of injuries.

In considering whether Wrzesien qualified as a creditor Justice Manderscheid cites Builders» Floor Centre Ltd. v Thiessen (2012 ABQB 86 — I should note in full disclosure I acted as counsel in this case).

«In June, a federal judge in Minnesota cited the indictment in removing Milberg Weiss as lead counsel in a case against Medtronic Inc., which makes heart defibrillators.»

Our attorneys have acted as lead counsel in cases that have garnered multimillion - dollar awards.

Norm Pattis is rated among the best criminal lawyers in Connecticut and America, appearing in all Connecticut courts, federal courts in New York, and as lead trial counsel in cases across the United States.

Jamie Butler is an experienced Vancouver based injury lawyer who has acted as counsel in cases in child injury accident cases where injuries claimed range from minor whiplash to serious brain injuries and even criminal matters.

We provide counsel in cases involving issues including, but not limited to bad faith, late notice, right to counsel, and errors and omissions of insurance agents.

On the other hand, whether you contribute or not, you may want to investigate whether opposing counsel in a case you are working on has contributed to the campaign of the judge assigned to your case.

Earlier, among other matters, he obtained a full defense jury verdict as lead trial counsel in a case on behalf of the New York City Law Department; served as lead counsel in an appeal where the court vacated a first degree robbery conviction of a client on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel (People v. Cyrus, 48 A.D. 3d 150 (1st Dept. 2007)-RRB-; and was co-lead counsel on the submission of an amicus brief on First Amendment issues with the United States Supreme Court.

She advises clients both proactively and reactively on employment best practices, and also serves as defense counsel in cases involving harassment, discrimination, breach of contract, wage and hour, and unfair business practices.

We practise it, we write about it, we speak about it, and for almost two decades we have been lead counsel in cases that have set national and international precedents calling for an inclusive, functional vision of family.

Neither course was followed by class counsel in this case.»

«The judgment recognizes what we have long known: solitary confinement exists in Canada no matter what the government chooses to call it, it harms everyone, and it must end,» says Raji Mangat, West Coast LEAF's Director of Litigation and counsel in this case.

He has acted as litigation counsel in cases under various provisions of the Competition Act, including as lead counsel to Visa Canada in a 2012 proceeding before the Competition Tribunal.

Businesses facing mass torts and multidistrict litigation (MDL) also turn to Dowd Bennett to serve as lead counsel in cases consolidated in federal court, as well as parallel actions in various state courts.

July 27, 2015), U.S. District Judge David O. Carter approved a $ 6.5 million payment of fees / expenses to class counsel in a case involving allegations that washing machines were susceptible to mold.

He acted as lead counsel in this case where the insurer had denied that D.M. had been involved in an «accident» in accordance with the definition sections of the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule.

Cox represents clients as defense counsel in cases involving product defect claims, serious personal injuries and other high stakes matters in the Southeast and beyond.

In addition, Howrey benefited from growth in its five - year - old global services center, which does document review and electronic discovery work for Howrey, but also sometimes acts as a specialized e-discovery counsel in cases for which it is not litigation counsel.

Our lawyers are frequently retained to act as counsel in cases where the Occupier's Liability Act has been invoked, in order to determine whether liability may exist.

We have acted as counsel in cases before all major international courts and tribunals, including the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, and many different kinds of specialised courts, tribunals and commissions.

Corey has represented numerous clients as national counsel in cases pending throughout Canada.

Lead counsel in case defending former Brighton Police Officer, Juston Henninger, against 3rd - Degree Assault, Harassment and Official Misconduct charges.

Farrar J.A. finds Mr. Martin can effectively present his appeal without the assistance of counsel; the interests of justice do not require an assignment of counsel in this case.

As explained by counsel in that case, Mark West, in 2011 Civil Justice Quarterly 367, Hobhouse J had in fact been shown a «considerable volume of authority» which, in short, established and confirmed that common law counts for money had and received were actions upon the case, and were expressly accorded a six - year period (as were actions of account) by the terms of s 3 of the Limitation Act 1623.

In this case, where the underlying financial structures and the way in which they operate are extremely complex, I should be very concerned indeed if this husband felt in any way inhibited about assisting both me and counsel in the case to reach a full understanding of and clear conclusions about the matters which may well need to be determined as findings of facts.»

Our lawyers have been counsel in cases for recovery for innocent victims of investment fraud, acting for employers in employment fraud cases and in cases defending insurers against fraudulent claims made against them.