Sentences with phrase «first as a litigator»

I have been practicing law since 1989, virtually all of which has been devoted to family law, first as a litigator, then mediation, and beginning in 2004, collaboration.

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Gillirband — who attended Dartmouth College and UCLA Law School before spending a decade as a litigator in Manhattan — attributed her more conservative prior positions to the conservative and overwhelmingly white demographic of the 20th Congressional District, which first elected her to the House in 2006.

What the team is known for Renowned as one of the first dedicated practices in the area, with a highly skilled and well - supported bench of litigators able to handle cases ranging from the most technical business cases to high - profile public interest matters.

He has a complimentary practice handling professional negligence issues, and is rated by sources as a «first - class» litigator.

or David Lepofsky who share brilliance, wit and blindness, but in all honesty, it's probably my first law teacher, then a part time litigator known as Lennie Hoffmann, who taught us Roman Law, Criminal Law, Land Law and Torts.

Not surprisingly, Teresa Ponder's expertise as a go - to litigator for first - party insurance bad faith cases earned her a shareholder position with the 20 - attorney firm of Berger Kahn and earned her inclusion on the Southern California Super Lawyers «Top 50 Orange County» List.

The commercial litigator first joined Olswang in 2009 as a legal director and was made up to the partnership in 2015 in an all - female promotions round at the firm.

But with Dorfman's unique combination of skills — as a former rabbi and commercial litigator — it seems that he might have an ideal niche in representing religious organizations in a variety of matters, from forming non-profits to litigating First Amendment issues.

Katy Miller earned her reputation as a first - rate employment attorney, tough litigator and savvy negotiator over a 25 - year career that includes successfully pursuing wrongful termination, class actions, and discrimination cases of all types.

Chambers consistently rates him as one of six first rank leading individuals in e-discovery nationally, and reports that he is ««clearly a leader in the field» of e-discovery» who is «revered by his clients as «a visionary whose knowledge... of e-discovery is top tier»» and is «recognized as «a seasoned litigator who has the unique perspective of being both skilled in the law and in technology.

For students to realize the significance of transactional practice and the likelihood that they will work as transactional lawyers, rather than as litigators, they need to encounter the model in their first semester or at least during their first year of law school.9

Litigators will often tell us that this step was critical to their success as it was the first time they had to try to convince someone of the merits of the case, and we helped them do this much earlier than they would have naturally done.

Mélida began her career in private practice before becoming a U.S. government litigator — first at the Department of Justice, where she litigated claims brought by bank shareholders against the U.S., as well as in cases regarding public contracting disputes.

After practicing successfully, first as a prosecutor and then a civil litigator in private practice, in February 2007, Ms. Rodriguez started her own successful litigation law firm in New York City, http://crodriguezlaw.com/.

E&F LLP managing partner Solomon Friedman was named the 2017 winner of the CCLA's Regional Senior Justice Award, which honours Ottawa lawyers who have made outstanding contribution as litigators or solicitors in the first ten years of their practice.

Since Jim first experimented with a deck of punch cards and a mainframe computer in the 1970s, he was always there as litigators explored, ridiculed, embraced and relied upon automation to help manage complex cases.

Managing Associate Mirela Metea, experienced litigator with extended proven competences in Banking & Finance, Corporate / M & A and Commercial areas of practice, awarded the first prize to a talented student, taking into consideration arguments presented, logical thinking as well as a coherent and persuasive presentation.

A litigator with high profile, first chair trial experience, Ira Sacks protects his client assets in trademark and branding matters, as well as general commercial disputes.

Akerman Announces Litigator and Women's Rights Advocate Sara Mandelbaum as First OnRamp Fellow

Litigators start out as generalists for the first two years before specializing in one of the four following areas: general commercial, international dispute resolution, IP, or white collar crime.

Matt is nationally recognized for his leadership in the field and his broad - based experience — from his role as an employment litigator, counselor, and first chair labor contract negotiator — and fits right in with our client - focused service model.»

Whether they are known as premier copyright or trademark lawyers, experienced advisors on First Amendment or right of publicity issues, business litigators, dealmakers, or something else, these lawyers have one thing in common: They understand the highly complex and constantly changing challenges distinct to companies in the content, media and entertainment industries.

Some of our notable entertainment and media attorneys are: John Quinn, General Counsel of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who has also represented entertainment and media clients in a number of high profile cases; Kathleen Sullivan, the former Dean of Stanford Law School, First Amendment scholar, and nationally renowned appellate advocate, who heads the firm's appellate practice group; Bob Raskopf, an expert in the sports, entertainment and media bars in New York, who is perhaps best known for his work on behalf of professional sports leagues and teams, newspapers and publishers; Claude Stern, who has represented a broad array of leading software developers, videogame manufacturers, online publishers and other media clients in all forms of intellectual property litigation, including copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, and licensing disputes; Bruce Van Dalsem, who has tried and resolved disputes for studios, producers and performing artists in the film, television, music and finance businesses, securing a top five verdict in California based on the misappropriation of a film library; Gary Gans, an expert litigator in motion picture financing, production and distribution disputes, as well as copyright and idea theft cases, who has been named in 2012 by The Hollywood Reporter as one of America's «Top Entertainment Attorneys;» Jeff McFarland, who has litigated entertainment related cases for more than 20 years, including cases involving motion picture and television series profits, video game licenses, idea theft and the «seven year rule;» and Michael Williams, who represents a satellite exhibitor and other media clients in trademark, copyright, patent, antitrust and other commercial litigation.

He has a well - established reputation as a first - class litigator, and brings a wealth of international expertise to our clients.

First, Relativity is very much hoping to be more than just a platform for litigators and second, companies such as Chicago - based Heretik are showing that you can run a machine learning doc review system for transactional or compliance lawyers through Relativity just as easily as you can for other practice needs.

'' A first - rate team: on top of being fine litigators, the lawyers have developed an understanding of our business and are quick to grasp the issues that matter to us as clients.»