Transactional lawyers (who used to be litigation - shy) joined forces with
courtroom lawyers in the exciting new work.
Not exact matches
When judges appoint the
lawyers in their
courtroom, speed can be more important than a vigorous defense, a lawsuit says.
More than 95 % of personal injury claims are settled outside of court, but our
lawyers will be by your side
in the
courtroom if that is necessary to seek a positive outcome to your claim.
But
in her statement, the
lawyer and mother of three also told the
courtroom that speaking out for sexual assault victims «cost me my church and our closest friends.»
Maybe justice and the good society are brought about precisely by
lawyers and judges sending the jury out of the
courtroom while they decide whether to admit the testimony of an old black woman who has been listening
in on the whole trial of her son.
He sat impassively at a table with his court - appointed
lawyers while a prosecutor from the district attorney's office questioned the panel of prospective jurors sitting
in the spectators» section of the
courtroom.
But does the bias of a
lawyer in a
courtroom drama (be it positive or negative) make the legal process any less objective than that of the scientist
in the laboratory?
Like a defence
lawyer in the
courtroom analogy, Redford begins the third and final section of his book with a positive bias, or «conditional faith»,
in the substantial historicity of John's account.
The cardinal sat
in the first of two rows of public seating behind his four
lawyers in a cramped, wood - panelled
courtroom in which reporters far outnumbered members of the public.
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».»
The jurors listened as
lawyers argued that the trial was about the rights of midwives and parents to choose home birth, and they were aware of the daily presence of midwife advocates who filled the
courtroom in support of Cryns.
I» m sure that Gillibrand — a big tobacco
lawyer that never actually set foot
in a
courtroom (except as a spectator or a juror) is PETRIFIED of debating a master trial
lawyer like Mrs. Long.
Michael Cohen, President Trump's embattled
lawyer, appeared
in a
courtroom in Manhattan today as prosecutors and Cohen's
lawyer continued to argue over the fruits — and future — of the extraordinary raids that federal agents conducted last week on Cohen's office, home and hotel room.
As for
lawyers, the so - called priests
in the temple of justice, from the
courtroom rookie to the silk, they are the contemporary equivalent of Eli's wayward sons, Hophni and Phineas, who turned their father's noble ministry into a heinous swindle.
Linda Mangano waited
in the
courtroom Friday without her
lawyer, John Carman.
On Monday, the prosecution did not pursue the testosterone subject further after Mangano's defense attorney, Kevin Keating of Garden City, objected and the
lawyers met with U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack for several minutes out of earshot of the jurors and others
in the
courtroom.
A hearing scheduled for Wednesday
in U.S. District Court
in Albany will be the first
courtroom encounter between Paterson — represented by
lawyers from the attorney general's office — and four state workers unions that brought suit against the governor's plan to force employees to take a one - day - a-week furlough until the state's budget plan is finalized.
Just a quarter of
lawyers who have leadership roles
in New York state and federal
courtrooms are women, according to a new analysis by the New York State Bar Association.
Six weeks into the trial of Percoco and three executives accused of allegedly bribing the former Cuomo adviser
in exchange for government favors, prosecutors and defense
lawyers spent all day Tuesday giving closing arguments to a case that could have sweeping implications for its sister case — the Buffalo Billion trial expected to start
in June
in the same
courtroom.
After a report showed a low percentage of women as lead
lawyers, Judge Jack Weinstein has urged for more substantive roles for junior female
lawyers in his
courtroom.
In a hallway near the
courtroom where he's spent the last five weeks listening to
lawyers, witnesses and a judge talk about him, Percoco, who led both of Cuomo's successful gubernatorial runs, was asked if he believed his trial could politically harm Cuomo.
Genova's
lawyer, Nicholas Gravante, Jr., of Manhattan, said after Genova was excused from the stand: «Given his long - standing relationship with the defendants, I think it was evident to everyone
in the
courtroom how difficult the last few days have been for him.»
On Thursday morning, I sat
in Judge John W. Carter's
courtroom as he listened to
lawyers» rebuttal of the special referee's report recommending denial of Petitioner's motion
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As prosecutors and
lawyers for the the defendants addressed the jury, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara sat
in the back of the
courtroom staring ahead, with his hand resting over his mouth.
U.S. District Judge Gary Sharpe, who presided over Bruno's first trial, imposed a gag order on the
lawyers, saying: «This case is going to get tried
in the
courtroom, not the press.
Lawyers clashed
in a Manhattan
courtroom over whether a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who has accused Trump of unwanted sexual advances should be allowed to proceed
in state Supreme Court.
US Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara is adding a «tornado» to his team» Lisa Zornberg, a
lawyer whose nickname stems from her experience
in the
courtroom.
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.
Both were brought by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who has decried Albany's «three men
in a room» power structure and sat
in the back row of the
courtroom today, surrounded by other top
lawyers in his office.
Adam Skelos»
lawyer, Christopher Conniff, issued a statement saying his client «is not guilty of these charges and looks forward to fighting them
in the
courtroom.»
«We would like to thank Team Schneiderman for producing an ad with a
courtroom setting, which only serves to highlight that D.A. Donovan has spent the better part of the last 15 years prosecuting cases
in actual
courtrooms while State Senator Schneiderman was busy voting to raise taxes, proposing legislation to line trial
lawyers» pockets, voting against civil confinement for sex offenders and cutting deals to keep Pedro Espada and Hiram Monserrate
in the majority fold
in Albany,» Shapiro said.
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.
The former mayoral candidate sobbed openly
in the
courtroom as his sentence was delivered, with his
lawyers consoling the 53 - year - old.
On Thursday morning, I sat
in Judge John W. Carter's
courtroom as he listened to
lawyers» rebuttal of the special referee's report recommending denial of Petitioner's motion
in Jones v Blake, a residency challenge filed against Michael Blake, a Bronx Assembly candidate running
in the upcoming Democratic Primary.
The retired trial
lawyer and one - time federal prosecutor knows how to craft an attack argument — something he must have perfected after years
in the
courtroom — and as Coffey attempts to distinguish himself from the other four Democrats vying for their party's nomination to be attorney general, he hasn't shied from it.
«It's a date that will be forever etched
in my head,» Howe testified
in a Manhattan
courtroom during an often combative cross-examination by Albany
lawyer Stephen Coffey, who represents Percoco co-defendant Steve Aiello.
A third of alleged criminals
in Onondaga County using public defenders never met with their
lawyers outside of the
courtroom, a report from the New York Civil Liberties Union has found.
When the record - breaking asbestos verdict was announced, Weitz
lawyer Adam Cooper bragged online about his politically connected firm: «It's a place that is recognized and dare I say feared
in the
courtroom.»
Tenure rights of New York teachers were the focus of heated arguments
in a Brooklyn
courtroom on Nov. 30 as
lawyers for the UFT and other unions pressed a state appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit attacking those fundamental safeguards.
Adam Skelos's
lawyer, Christopher P. Conniff, said, «Adam Skelos is not guilty of these charges and looks forward to fighting them
in the
courtroom.»
Bohrer also asked that a
lawyer for star witness and disgraced lobbyist Todd Howe not be allowed to sit
in the
courtroom for testimony.
Second, because your company needs
lawyers to represent it, deliberately dragging out
courtroom proceedings
in this way can cost you a lot of money.
However, Henry (Ron White), Dickson's younger brother, knows the truth about Amanda's heritage and questions the will
in court; a high - minded
lawyer named Charles Dubose (Tim Daly) agrees to represent Amanda
in court as the sordid secrets of the Dickson family air
in a public
courtroom.
Here is what you will not find
in Austin director Jeff Nichols» «Loving»: sweeping political statements; federal - government - to - the - rescue feel - goodism a la «The West Wing»; sweaty
lawyers thundering away
in courtrooms, talking about the inherent rights of man — even though that is exactly what «Loving» is about.
The third act becomes a
courtroom drama (
in the loosest sense), as Barry, Adam, and Vanessa team up against a bombastic Southern
lawyer (John Goodman).
The crucial thing missing is what should be the essence of a
courtroom drama: our immersion
in how Lipstadt's
lawyers stake out their strategy.
Jolly LLB 2 (Unrated) Akshay Kumar replaces Arshad Warsi as the title
lawyer in this
courtroom drama revolving around a high - stakes legal case that could make or break his career.
It's impossible not to get caught up
in this ripping
courtroom drama that watchably restages an episode early
in the career of the legendary civil rights
lawyer Thurgood Marshall, a decade before he worked on landmark segregation cases
in the deep south.
THE JUDGE — Robert Duval and Robert Downey Jr. co-star as father and son
in this
courtroom drama which finds a big city
lawyer coming home to defend his father, a judge, who's been accused of murder.
Ed (Ben Chaplin, fresh off our screens as a suave fantasist
in «Apple Tree Yard») is an almost fanatically rational (albeit wildly smug)
lawyer, whose insistence on dissecting and debating every interaction outside the
courtroom — as well as
in — infuriates his wife Kitty (the always brilliant Anna Maxwell Martin).