Sentences with phrase «counsel before trial»

He has appeared numerous times as lead counsel before trial and appellate courts, and administrative tribunals.

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In view of his plea, the prosecuting counsel, Rimamsomte Ezekiel, asked the court for a date for trial, but the defence counsel, R. N. Mbu, objected saying, he had a pending bail application before the court.

At the resumed trial before Justice Ahmed Mohammed, counsel to Suswam, Mr Ahmed Raji, SAN, informed the court that his client was currently on admission in an Abuja hospital.

At another point in the trial, a former counsel to Cuomo said that Percoco's permission effectively was needed before the governor's staffers could depart for outside jobs.

letter and no response was given,» assistant US Attorney Carrie Cohen said during the last pretrial hearing before Silver's trial next week, adding, «Defense counsel has never asked for a plea offer.»

The Ogundipe - led exco said at no time were they or their counsel served with a notice of appeal before the records were purportedly compiled and transmitted from the trial court to the appellate court.

The Judge while lambasting the EFCC for taking the court, laws and the best practice for granted counseled the commission to always put its house in order before rushing to court for trial adding that Justice was not for a particular side.

Defence counsel on Tuesday declined cross examination of a prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Femi Fani - Kayode facing charges of money laundering before a Federal High Court, Lagos.

When prevention trials are announced, and if they require testing before you can take part, there will still be time to get counselling and get tested if that is what you want to do.

Former Texas Solicitor General James Ho made the case for equitable funding for public charter school students and TCSA General Counsel Denise Pierce drove the point home at the school finance trial before the Supreme Court of -LSB-...]

After the execution, the ABA completely reformed court rules, including requiring the sharing of evidence with defense counsels and elimination of cameras in court (until recently) and labeling suspects guilty to the press before trial.

During one portion of the presentation, while ironically stressing the importance of treating other counsel with respect, he related a story in which after receiving a settlement offer that he deemed disrespectful, he hurled profanities at opposing counsel before telling the opposing attorney that he was «taking this case through trial» and that he would «[expletive] you and your client so hard in the [expletive] you'll have nightmares about the day you disrespected me with this [expletive].»

Additionally, Chris has been lead counsel in both jury and bench trials in North Carolina and across the country, and in arbitration proceedings, and has argued appeals before both the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the North Carolina Supreme Court.

That argument ignores entirely the other provisions of Rule 26, which enable opposing counsel to challenge the claim for privilege before trial.

Where a case has been unsuccessful, the court proceeds to hold a mandatory case management conference with the parties and their counsel (as another means of exploring the issues in dispute and possible resolution) before proceeding to trial.

The tapes and transcripts thereof were not provided by the plaintiff to defendants» counsel until just before the witness appeared to testify, some seven days after the trial commenced.

About four months before Argersinger was decided, Scott had a bench trial, without counsel, and without notice of entitlement to retain counsel or, if indigent, [Footnote 2/1] to have counsel provided.

Shoulz was also brought before a special court martial court, that limited his access to counsel at trial.

It will require the co-operation of counsel for the more radical changes of having experts confer before trial and / or testify concurrently at trial — commonly known as «hot tubbing» — to become standard practice.

Darrell Roberts, associate counsel at Miller Thomson LLP in Vancouver, represented the Trial Lawyers Association before the top court.

Foley Hoag LLP, working pro bono alongside the Committee for Public Counsel Services Innocence Program, has helped overturn a murder conviction for Darrell Jones after Superior Court Judge Thomas F. McGuire, Jr., ruled that Jones did not receive a trial before an impartial jury for the death of Guillermo Rodrigues in November 1985.

It was 2009, and co-counsel and I were sitting through plaintiff counsel's closing arguments in a bench trial involving a prisoner alleging that he was denied due process before his prison - gang validation.

In other words, as the concurring Justices understand the opinion, Rothgery's Sixth Amendment rights attached when he appeared before the magistrate, but the state was only required to provide counsel to the extent necessary to guarantee Rothgery effective assistance at trial.

that the private substitute counsel Smith retained was presumptively ineffective based upon the amount of time he had to review Smith's case before proceeding with the trial.

the private substitute counsel Smith retained was presumptively ineffective based upon the amount of time he had to review Smith's case before proceeding with the trial.

Whether the parties engage in extensive negotiations or mediation and thus achieve a settlement months or days before trial, the preparation by counsel may easily approach that required to actually conduct the trial.

27 In other words, defence counsel may make a reasonable tactical decision to proceed to trial before the pre-trial judge: R. v. M.M., [1999] O.J. No. 2630 (C.A.) at para. 15; R. v. Christofi, [1996] O.J. No. 3034 (C.A.) at para. 4.

It is quite clear here that the trial judge committed himself to an adverse assessment of the evidence of the appellant in isolation and before hearing the conclusion of her evidence and before hearing the submissions of counsel.

... In light of the fundamental constitutional rights at stake, before a judge finds that a defendant has forfeited his right to counsel and imposes the extreme sanction of denying an indigent defendant the assistance of counsel at trial or otherwise, she must first conduct a hearing at which the defendant has a full and fair opportunity to offer evidence as to the totality of the circumstances that may bear on the question of whether the sanction of forfeiture is both warranted and appropriate.

He has appeared as counsel in all levels of court in British Columbia and has appeared at trial before both judges and juries.

Successfully represented over 30 charter schools in cases concerning per - pupil funding allocations, including serving as lead trial counsel and arguing numerous appeals before the NC Court of Appeals and Supreme Court.

«At Mueller Probe's First Trial, Expect More Blunt Lectures From the Bench; Judge in Paul Manafort case, who questioned special counsel Robert Mueller's authority to bring it, is known for stern rebukes and emotional asides»: Aruna Viswanatha of The Wall Street Journal has an article that begins, «Former prosecutor Gene Rossi learned to expect lectures and humiliation when he appeared before U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis, who regularly ridiculed his arguments.»

Nicholas has the unique combination of 25 years experience sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge in the Chancery Division and appearing as lead defence counsel in a major war crimes trial before the International Criminal Trial for the Former Yugoslavia from 2004 to trial before the International Criminal Trial for the Former Yugoslavia from 2004 to Trial for the Former Yugoslavia from 2004 to 2006.

In August 2016, the parties and their counsel appeared for a final trial management conference before a judge, Fitzpatrick J., who noted that the parties had settled all of their issues on a final basis.

He has tried many cases as lead or team trial counsel and has also successfully argued cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Nat serves as lead counsel in bench and jury trials before administrative agencies, including the EEOC, state and local EEO agencies, and the American Arbitration Association (AAA).

In addition to her own counsel, counsel for ICBC represented the interests of the unknown driver, whoever that might have been, and thus in some respects at least she had two lawyers representing her interests until shortly before trial.

Trial counsel in successful patent litigation defending flashlight manufacturer in the Eastern District of Wisconsin with over $ 30 million at stake; patent was declared unenforceable for inequitable conduct before the PTO and attorneys» fees were rewarded.

We are frequently brought in shortly before trial to serve as lead trial counsel, co-trial counsel or appellate counsel to make sure that the case is properly tried and that all appellate issues are properly preserved.

Crown counsel need to be reminded of the reasonable prospect of conviction and assume file ownership, or at least have knowledge of the issues before the trial date.

Every defence counsel has lost years of his or her life attending remand courts — an antiquated system of personal court appearances before trial to schedule meetings and provide updates about the case.

This lawsuit settled very shortly before trial started, so Class Counsel is asking for the full 1/3.

As part of a litigation team, an appellate lawyer can assist trial counsel in identifying (and often correcting) potential problems before the trial concludes.

Firm Analytics also compares opposing counsel to other law firms in the jurisdiction, showing whether counsel appears before the trial judge frequently, and whether they tend to win (or lose) more often than comparable firms.

Art has distinguished himself over a nearly 30 - year career as a top CEQA and land use law litigator at the trial and appellate levels of both federal and state courts, including an appearance as counsel of record before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Aliette serves as lead trial counsel for companies involved in disputes in state and federal courts, in arbitration and before administrative agencies.

Before trial, the driver argued that evidence of his blood alcohol content (BAC) should be suppressed because his lack of privacy to freely communicate with his attorney resulted in a violation of his rule based right to counsel under CrR 3.1 of the criminal rules for superior court in Washington State.

Counsel for death row inmate in successful argument before Fifth Circuit that new trial should be granted for violation of Sixth Amendment right to jury trial.

The article discussed the many factors that plaintiff's counsel weigh before choosing to waive a jury trial in favor of arbitration in medical malpractice cases.

Columbus, OH: Lead trial counsel on final C - 8 bellwether trial which resulted in a $ 670 million national settlement shortly before closing argument (environmental contamination liability)