Sentences with phrase «faced by lawyers»

I work with a variety of concerns, but primarily focus on transition stress; anxiety; depression and the particular issues faced by lawyers and their partners.

2) If you are in the Portland area, join the Portland Legal Hackers Meetup to learn more about innovative solutions to legal problems faced by lawyers and clients alike.

v. E.M., 2015 ONCJ 387, http://www.canlii.org/en/on/oncj/doc/2015/2015oncj387/2015oncj387.html, a case illustrating the very difficult mental health issues faced by lawyers, courts, and families.

My experience as a lawyer and law firm manager helps me to understand the law firm environment and the daily pressures faced by lawyers trying to manage and build their business while practicing law and successfully serving their clients.

Without this, the actual and legal requirements faced by lawyers working on child custody cases can no longer be met in the long term.

Within it, the TechLaw.Fest Hackathon will be an intense, fast - paced 48 - hour event challenging legal professionals, software developers and designers to come up with out - of - the - box solutions to problems faced by lawyers, in - house counsels and users of legal services.

The challenges faced by lawyers and litigants in large, multi-party construction litigation are unique.

The responses to the challenges faced by lawyers were particularly enlightening.

will be an intense, fast - paced 48 - hour event challenging legal professionals, software developers and designers to come up with out - of - the - box solutions to problems faced by lawyers, in - house counsels and users of legal services.

[121] I reject that «litigating from one's heart» is any defence to a potential costs award vs a lawyer, or for that matter from any other sanction potentially faced by a lawyer.

Not exact matches

Sanders faced difficult questions on Thursday as reporters pressed her on the contradicting stories out of the White House regarding the hush money paid by lawyer Michael Cohen and reimbursed by Trump.

Longtime Trump personal lawyer Michael Cohen is fighting the seizure of his records by federal investigators in New York, but people close to the president are fretting he might fold if he faces severe charges.

The searches open a new front for the Justice Department in its scrutiny of Mr. Trump and his associates: His longtime lawyer is being investigated in Manhattan; his son - in - law, Jared Kushner, is facing scrutiny by prosecutors in Brooklyn; his former campaign chairman is under indictment; his former national security adviser has pleaded guilty to lying; and a pair of former campaign aides are cooperating with Mr. Mueller.

«We're being faced with a U.S. set of demands that is framed by an «America first» perspective,» Lawrence Herman, a Toronto trade lawyer, said.

The growing legal questions around Mr Cohen's services for Mr Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand - jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

He adds the clunkiness is magnified in Alberta where homes facing foreclosure are effectively handled by judges and lawyers instead of industry professionals.

She'll face Vancouver poverty lawyer David Eby, whom she barely edged out in a 2011 by - election.

A judge on Friday delayed a civil lawsuit by porn actress Stormy Daniels against President Donald Trump and his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, citing a criminal investigation the attorney is facing.

The growing legal questions around Cohen's services for Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

In court their lawyer Moshkani Farahani, who had previously argued against the charges faced by each of his clients at the last court session of this trial on 24 November, said they should be released.

A Lebanese man condemned to death for sorcery by a court in Saudi Arabia won't face beheading Friday, his lawyer said Thursday.

He has also protected Iraqi immigrants that could possibly face persecution, torture or death if the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported them by extending the order nationwide, following a request from lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union and other immigrant rights advocates.

The trio gives Trump a broader legal stable as he faces the special counsel, Robert Mueller, and the threat of an investigation by Manhattan federal prosecutors into his longtime personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen.

Kaminsky faces Republican Christopher McGrath, a personal injury lawyer and former Nassau County Bar Association president who was picked by Nassau County Republicans as their candidate last week.

Instead of being the face of such transactions, the diminutive president shops through his network of lawyers spearheaded by his daughter Ms Gyankroma Akufo - Addo.

Kaminsky (D - Long Beach) faces Republican lawyer Chris McGrath in a special election April 19 for the State Senate seat vacated by convicted ex-GOP majority leader Dean Skelos.

He survived, flanked by his posse of dour - faced lawyers, but he came out with very little respect.

Faced with a sprawling investigation by the special counsel in Washington, President Trump must also contend with an independent - minded office of federal prosecutors in his hometown, New York, who are investigating his longtime personal lawyer and fixer, Michael D. Cohen.

Appearing in court with a lawyer gives a child a significantly higher chance of being able to stay in the country, Ms. James and advocates said, typically by proving they face a threat to their safety in their home country.

The Manhattan judge who has been getting the best of an unlimited sick time policy for nearly three years could be making a comeback as he faces an evaluation by court officials and the state agency overseeing judicial conduct, his lawyer said.

-- Schneiderman lawyer «confident» he won't face criminal charges — New York Daily News» Erin Durkin, Ken Lovett and Larry McShane: «The defense attorney for ex-state attorney general Eric Schneiderman predicted Thursday that her client would avoid prosecution despite the abuse charges leveled by four women.

A Manhattan judge has ordered NYCHA officials to inspect thousands of apartments for lead paint within 90 days or face cross-examination by lawyers for tenants about the agency's failings.

Schechter's decision comes as lawyers representing Trump face another suit - this one filed in early March in Los Angeles Superior Court by porn star Stormy Daniels, who said Trump sought to silence her shortly before the 2016 election.

Former top gubernatorial aide Joe Percoco is seeking to have the federal case against a number of current co-defendants severed from his own upcoming criminal trial, with his lawyer arguing that he had nothing to do with charges faced by six of them.

Counsel for the accused, Oluseun Abimbola however disagreed with the family and their lawyer, saying that there was nothing wrong in protecting her client by covering her face.

According to data from the Transactional Records Access Clearing House that was provided by the Council, 91 percent of children facing removal proceedings without a lawyer are deported, while only 22 percent of children who have proper representation are deported.

The 42 - page sentencing memorandum comes after requests by defense lawyers that the two be sentenced to community service, rather than face jail time.

Fresh faced, wearing metal - rimmed glasses and a silky black dress cinched at the waist, she resembles more a neighborhood volunteer than a politician — an identity born out of her upbringing in the Glen Oaks section of Eastern Queens, where she was raised by a father who was a labor organizer and a mother who was a tenant lawyer.

While occasionally he faces pushback from the county leadership, led by Chair Keith Wright, over what information can be posted — the minutes from meetings may need to be reviewed by a lawyer before posting, for example — Yee says for the most part, the party leadership is appreciative of his efforts.

Alexandria Duval, left, stands in Albany County Court with her lawyer Terry Kindlon on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. Duval, accused of killing her twin sister by driving their SUV off a cliff in Hawaii, is fighting her extradition from New York to face a murder charge.

«By his plea to eight felony charges, Todd Howe has publicly acknowledged that he is a self - admitted fraudster, tax cheat and liar who faces an incalculable number of years in prison,» said Steve Coffey, a lawyer for Aiello, in September 2016.

Stewart Nozette, 54, made the confession yesterday in a District of Columbia federal court after learning that he was facing a sentence of 13 years negotiated by the Justice Department and his lawyers.

«Stanley told me that when his lawyer sent him this novel by Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange... from the third page, he just saw my face all the time.

«Our movie is really about a working leader who must make tough decisions and get things done in the face of overwhelming opposition... [The film begins with] Lincoln's realization that the Emancipation Proclamation, the thing he is most known for, was simply a war powers act that would easily be struck down by any number of lawyers after the cessation of hostilities after the Civil War.

The tension rises as the united front presented by Rose and her lawyer husband, Leo Ingrassia, begins to disintegrate in the face of media demands, legal maneuverings, and social pressures.

Readers meet Paul Cravath, a young lawyer who has been hired by Westinghouse to face Edison (who makes an especially intriguing and rather terrifying villain).

This news excerpt was taken from an article posted January 16, 2009 by Mike on the CRIME AND FEDERALISM website, «A lawyer facing criminal charges for advising 10 nurses they could quit their jobs at a Long Island, N.Y., nursing facility gave «objectively reasonable» advice and can not be prosecuted, a Brooklyn appeals panel has ruled.»

Alex Rodriguez faces a new challenge: He is being sued by his own lawyer.

The Arch funding is revealed just months after Alpha Natural Resources, another coal company facing bankruptcy, was identified by The Intercept as providing funding to a group closely connected to E&E Legal, the Free Market Law Clinic, as well as funding directly to E&E Legal's lawyer, Chris Horner.

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