Sentences with phrase «federal trial lawyer»

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During the sentencing phase of Tsarnaev's trial in federal court in Boston, his lawyers have been trying to paint him as a mostly normal American kid who fell under the spell of his now - deceased older brother, ultimately joining him in the 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon.
With such lack of accountability it is not surprising that Alphabet contributed substantial funds to the tech lobbying groups who are opposing federal legislative efforts to give additional options to prosecutors and civil trial lawyers to fight websites like Backpage (child sex trafficking) and prevent them from flourishing.
As Ross Ulbricht seeks a new trial, citing the actions of federal agents Carl Mark Force IV and Shaun Bridges, a lawyer close to the case does not see much hope for the convicted Silk Road administrator.
With over 25 years of experience as a lawyer, Mr. McCourt has conducted numerous trials and has appeared at all levels of Alberta Courts (Provincial Court, Queen's Bench and Court of Appeal) as well as the Federal Court of Canada.
For Devine — Daley's top deputy in the state's attorney's office, former Chicago Park District Board president and now a highly respected trial lawyer in private practice — that could include a federal judgeship or even U.S. attorney in Chicago if Jim Burns steps down.
Defense lawyers have recommended that a federal trial be scheduled no earlier than January 2018 for Joseph Percoco, the former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo charged with corruption, and three other defendants including Cor Development executives Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi.
Plaintiffs» lawyer Elizabeth Saylor told The Post that Allied workers may have used their smartphones to capture surveillance video of some JFK sexcapades, and she's hoping to obtain the recordings before the case goes to trial in Brooklyn federal court.
In the Kaminsky - McGrath race, for example, the Communications Workers of America PAC, which endorsed Kaminsky, gave $ 109,600 to Nassau Democrats on April 12, while the state Trial Lawyers Association's PAC, which has backed a GOP - led Senate, gave more than $ 100,000 to the New York State Senate Republican Campaign Committee in the months after Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) vacated his seat due to a federal corruption conviction.
In the motion filed by federal government lawyer, Mr. Oladipo Opeseyi (SAN), the applicant also applied for an order to permit the witnesses to be addressed with Pseudo names in the cause of the trial of the Ex-NSA.
Dean Skelos, son Adam arrive at court Republican State Sen. Dean Skelos, his son Adam, and their lawyers arrive at a federal courthouse in Manhattan on Nov. 17, 2015, the second day of jury selection in their corruption trial on charges of conspiracy, bribery and extortion.
But lawyer Richard Morvillo assured a federal judge that Howe will tell the truth when he takes the stand next week in the bribery trial of a former high - ranking state official and three business executives.
White Plains federal Judge Kenneth Karas got fed up with a politically connected lawyer's bid to delay the upcoming corruption trial of state Sen. Malcolm Smith over her pregnancy, suggesting in a ruling Wednesday that she lied about needing doctor - ordered bed rest when the case is scheduled to go to trial.
In court papers filed Monday in Manhattan Federal Court, Silver's lawyers argued just that — the recent ruling, which threw out McDonnell's conviction, means it's likely Silver's conviction will be reversed or he'll get the chance at a new trial.
Lawyers for former New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos have asked a federal appeals court for a new trial in his corruption conviction.
Federal appeals court judges don't seem eager to embrace the arguments of lawyers seeking a new trial for Republican former New York Senate leader Dean Skelos.
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver pleaded not guilty today to federal corruption charges as his lawyer accused U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of turning the public against him and undermining his right to a fair trial.
When the federal corruption trial of State Assemblyman Sheldon Silver begins next week, his lawyers are likely to be aggressive in cross-examining government witnesses, or objecting when they believe a prosecutor has gone too far.
Federal appeals court judges do not seem eager to embrace the arguments of lawyers seeking a new trial for former New York Senate leader Dean Skelos and his son.
Silver's lawyers argued that the disbarment should be delayed until a federal judge decides on their motion for a new trial, but the appeals court denied the request.
A federal judge has forbidden lawyers from publicly disclosing evidence until a possible trial in an ongoing corruption case that has ensnared several government officials, including former Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin, ex-Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret and state Sen. Malcolm Smith.
At noon, federal and state judges, lawyers and journalists explore the interplay of First Amendment rights when attending and reporting on criminal trials as well as the Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial, New York State Bar Association, 1 Elk St., Albany.
Lawyers for Silver never asked federal prosecutors about a plea deal in his upcoming corruption trial, prosecutors revealed.
Former Syracuse Mayor Tom Young is likely to testify at the federal corruption trial of two Cor Development executives if a judge allows defense lawyers to present arguments about Cor's positive effects on the community.
Another judge rejected a request by lawyers for former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to exclude evidence from his federal corruption trial that he argued was irrelevant and prejudicial.
In closing arguments in Manhattan Federal Court, former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» lawyer Robert Gage said his client's three week long criminal trial showed no criminality — just a father trying to help his son.
Considering himself «above the law,» state Sen. John Sampson embezzled funds and then used his political clout and lawyer skills to try and cover up the crimes, prosecutors said in openings at his Brooklyn federal court trial Wednesday.
State Sen. John Sampson embezzled funds and then used his political clout and lawyer skills to cover up the crimes, prosecutors said during openings at his Brooklyn federal court trial.
A politically connected lawyer says the Manhattan US Attorney should now go by «Ayatollah Preet Bharara» after the prosecutor's underlings on Thursday persuaded a federal judge to move ahead with indicted state Sen. Malcolm Smith's corruption trial in January — rejecting a bid to delay it to accommodate his wife's problem pregnancy.
The claim was first made in an unrelated federal corruption trial of a Yonkers city councilwoman during the testimony of disbarred lawyer Anthony Mangone (the testimony can be found here).
Coffey, an established trial lawyer and one - time federal prosecutor, has been advanced as a successor to Ben Lawsky, who left D.F.S. in June to start his own consulting firm.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Former Syracuse Mayor Tom Young is likely to testify at the federal corruption trial of two Cor Development executives if a judge allows defense lawyers to present arguments about Cor's positive effects on the community.
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.
The papers, which respond to arguments raised by the attorney of the former aide, Joe Percoco, push back against claims federal prosecutors did not provide defense lawyers enough time to respond before the trial begins early next year.
Outside of Manhattan's Federal District Court, site of the three - week trial, Silver's lawyers said they would file motions to challenge the jury's decision.
Jury deliberations could begin Thursday in the federal trial of State Senator John Sampson, after lawyers presented their closing arguments Wednesday in his obstruction of justice case.
Lawyers for the father - son duo requested that the trial — slated to begin June 11 — be moved to Pennsylvania or even farther to a court district that includes Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee, according to the Manhattan federal court filing.
Mr. Silver's lawyers argued that the disbarment should be delayed until a federal judge decides on their motion for a new trial.
The two trials, which ran concurrently in adjacent federal courthouses in Lower Manhattan, are now fused in their appeals: Lawyers in both cases cited the McDonnell ruling.
Retired trial lawyer and former federal prosecutor Sean Coffey raises issues about suitability and who is a political insider during the debate.
Acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim, the head of the federal prosecutor's office in Manhattan, recently told the judge that breaking the case into two trials is fair in order to accommodate scheduling conflicts for defense lawyers as well as Ciminelli's health issues.
a lawyer for Mr. Aiello asked Mr. Howe on Thursday during cross-examination in the federal corruption trial for which Mr. Howe is the prosecution's key witness.
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.
During the White Plains federal corruption trial of Halloran (R - Queens), defense lawyer Vinoo Varghese tried to shoot down the government's claims that the pol in 2012 offered to dole out $ 80,000 in no - show city consulting work on a Queens YMCA to the wire - wearing undercover agent in exchange for funds to boost what would be a failed congressional run by Halloran.
Republican State Sen. Dean Skelos, his son Adam, and their lawyers arrive at a federal courthouse in Manhattan on Nov. 17, 2015, the second day of jury selection in their corruption trial on charges of conspiracy, bribery and extortion.
Justice Baba Yusuf of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Thursday adjourned the trial of the embattled former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) due to the absence of the defence lawyers, Mr. Joseph Daudu (SAN) and Mr. Ahmed Raji (SAN).
Silver's lawyer Bettina Plevan wrote Manhattan federal Judge Analisa Torres Wednesday saying Silver «consents» to the ex-Brooklyn political boss» request that the former political allies have separate trials in a pending sexual harassment lawsuit against them.
In today's Daily News account of Assemblyman Eric Stevenson's federal corruption trial, the paper reports on the defense lawyer's effort to cast government witness, Sigfredo Gonzalez as a political enemy.
(CNN)- Lawyers for ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich rested their case Wednesday without calling him to testify in his federal corruption trial.
The two lawyers had largely disappeared during Mr. Silver's three - week trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan; James M. McDonald sat quietly at the end of the prosecution table, while Robert K. Kry, a defense lawyer, did not even show up in court.
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