Sentences with phrase «election lawyer»

And once you have the petitions submitted, you need a good election lawyer to prevent other campaigns and parties from successfully challenging the validity of the petition.
Even if he does proceed, it's far from guaranteed the courts would be open to a novel interpretation of election law that seems to have surprised most election lawyers.
With 2008 shaping up as another too - close - to - call election, what's your prediction for the states most likely to enrich election lawyers this time around?
Helping to bring the case is Marc Elias, a veteran Democratic election lawyer who serves as chief counsel to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
An emissary for the former mayor tried to enlist a top Texas election lawyer for a potential Bloomberg run for president, but the attorney declined because he doesn't believe Bloomberg can win.
Represented by prominent election lawyer Martin Connor, two New York Democrats challenged the validity of Zephyr Teachout's petition to secure a place on the Democratic gubernatorial primary this week.
Among the attorneys bringing the suit is Marc Elias, a veteran Democratic election lawyer who in March was named general counsel to the Hillary Clinton campaign.
If he declares one, then it must be held 70 to 80 days after that proclamation, said election lawyer Jerry Goldfeder.
From where I sat, I could see Stanley Kalmon Schlein, the longtime election lawyer representing the Bronx Democratic County organization, squirming in his seat.
A review of the Julio Pabon disclosure filing showed it spent $ 4,000 (and owes another $ 6K) on top gun election lawyer Martin Connor; $ 318 on MTA MetroCards; and $ 670 on food for his campaign staff and volunteers at local eateries (Court Deli, Giovanni's Grand Concourse, Little Caesar's Pizza, McDonald's, Mexicozina Taqueria, Parilla Latina Steakhouse, South of France, and Walton Food Service).
There is also the question of cost, said election lawyer Jerry Goldfeder, special counsel for Stroock.
Mayor de Blasio's longtime election lawyer lashed out Sunday over the leak of a damning government memo alleging criminality in Hizzoner's fund - raising efforts for a failed, Democratic bid to seize control of the state Senate in 2014.
Ciampoli had previously worked for years a top election lawyer for the Senate's Republican majority before he was hired to the county attorney post in 2010 by Nassau County executive Ed Mangano.
The emails among Board of Election lawyers, LaTona suggests, raise doubts as to whether Maziarz committed any crimes.
«That's the conundrum here,» said Thomas J. Garry, a New York elections lawyer, who said a current congressional candidate who wants to run for attorney general would likely need to file a lawsuit.
And both races appear to be headed to a recount — Republican election lawyer John Ciampoli said he received an injunction last week saying that ballots would be impounded in Nassau County.
Leading election lawyer Jerry Goldfeder noted that past courts have refused to create a deadline for special elections, and suggested that measures like Mr. Borelli's might be necessary to push Mr. Cuomo into declaring them more promptly.
NYC Mayor de Blasio says he's retaining the same election lawyer whose campaign - fundraising legal advice put him under the scrutiny of federal and state prosecutors.
Mayor de Blasio says he's retaining the same election lawyer whose campaign - fundraising legal advice put him under the scrutiny of federal and state prosecutors.
An emissary for Mike Bloomberg tried to enlist a top Texas election lawyer for a potential Bloomberg run for president, The Post has learned.
Jason Torchinsky, a Republican election lawyer, predicted that the Court's ruling will «unleash millions of dollars in independent expenditures from corporations, non-profits and unions in federal and state races» although he cautioned that due to the complexity of campaign finance law and of the ruling itself there is still some questions about the «practical impact» of the decision.
The young election lawyer served as president of the Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats, a club his grandfather co-founded and his father formerly helmed, from 2013 until 2015.
Essentially, those who participated were led to believe by election lawyer Lawrence Laufer that their fund - raising efforts were legal.
During the trial, election lawyer Marty Connors argued that Teachout has not been a continuous resident of New York for the past five years — a minimum requirement to be governor — because she spent a significant portion of her time out of state and maintained a Vermont address on her driver's license.
(Some insiders now speculate that Blake deliberately made the rounds with key election lawyers citywide hoping to hobble the Bronx County Democrats, if Schlein had to recuse himself.)
When allies of the mayor began to set up the Campaign for One New York, after de Blasio's election in 2013, they followed a model established by Gov. Andrew Cuomo — even hiring the same well - established election lawyer, Laurence Laufer, who had helped set up a similar nonprofit to support Cuomo's agenda three years earlier.
Our Holland & Knight election lawyers are well - placed to assist clients in forming political campaign committees and stand ready to answer and advise on Florida's campaign finance laws.
In a statement, Blackmon's campaign said, «We have a team of the best election lawyers on our side and look forward to the hearing.
Stung by the ruling, Martins — in a rare maneuver that stunned many election lawyers — sought unsuccessfully to have a federal judge reschedule the congressional balloting from Nov. 8, the date of the general elections, to Dec. 6.
The jurist ruled that a resources - draining special Republican congressional primary must be held Oct. 6 because state judges, at the urging of longtime Nassau County GOP election lawyer John Ciampoli, had improperly denied long - shot challenger Philip Pidot the opportunity to challenge Martins in the regularly scheduled June 28 primary.
In response, the opposition is circulating a letter from election lawyer Jerry Goldfeder: vote no because the delegate selection process is flawed.
Mr. Schlein was one of Mr. de Blasio's election lawyers during his campaigns for mayor and public advocate, bailing out the future mayor in 2009 when he was initially booted off the ballot.
Regarded as a masterful election lawyer and maker of judges, Mr. Schlein has cultivated ties in every single mayoral administration from Abraham Beame in the tumultuous 1970s to Bill de Blasio today.
According to the State Board of Elections, the only person (other than this reporter) to review Teachout's petitions is Josh Ehrlich, a longtime Democratic election lawyer currently working for the State Senate and a smattering of private clients.
If the petitions are upheld, officials in both camps said, it appears that state election law allows Mr. Mahony's campaign to pick someone to take his place in the primary — a rule so obscure that even election lawyers were unaware of it until this morning.
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But in July 2014, an American election lawyer advising the company, Laurence Levy, warned that the arrangement could violate laws limiting the involvement of foreign nationals in American elections.
Jerry Goldfeder, a prominent election lawyer representing LaCorte, says the ruling favors form over substance.
Jerry Goldfeder, a prominent election lawyer who has counseled Naomi Rivera, crossed paths with Bermudez when both did work for Lancman's campaign.
Attorney Joseph LaTona, who represents Maziarz, told WBFO in October 2017 that Board of Elections lawyers were questioning whether the deeds his client was accused of committing were criminal in nature.
Jerry H. Goldfeder, another New York election lawyer, said, «I don't think that would ever happen» but agreed the situation is legally complex.
In an article that detailed how Cambridge Analytica obtained information about millions of Facebook users, The New York Times reported this month that employees of the data research firm with European or Canadian citizenship had worked extensively for its American clients during the 2014 and 2016 elections, despite a warning from its own election lawyer.
Niou spent $ 26,000 during the 32 - day special pre-election filing period — including to pay for the services of longtime Democratic Party operative Chung Seto, a top aide to former city Comptroller John Liu, and to election lawyer Martin Connor, a former state senator who used to represent the same downtown neighborhoods that encompass the 65th Assembly District.
«Political parties can spend as they see fit in their own primaries or any other party's primaries,» said election lawyer Jerry Goldfeder.
«The law requiring a contribution to be made from one's own money allows no exceptions,» said Jerry Goldfeder, a leading election lawyer.
As Jerry Goldfeder, a prominent Democratic election lawyer (who once worked for Cuomo) pointed out in a column, the governor has until Monday to call special elections, with whoever is elected able to take office for the last scheduled weeks of the legislative session in June.
Mr. Heastie, who did not immediately return a request for comment, said of Mr. Schlein in a 2008 Village Voice story: «Stanley is a very good election lawyer... That's what's important to me.»
Elections lawyer John Ciampoli, who served as county attorney during Mangano's first term, argued that Mangano no longer has the political operation needed to circulate petitions.
We'll challenge her eligibility if she's nominated by the Democratic Party,» said Sarah Steiner, election lawyer for Jenifer Rakjumar, a Democratic district leader.
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