Sentences with phrase «first class litigation»

Articling with Will Davidson provided me with first class litigation experience and with a variety of opportunities to prepare me for my first year as an Associate.

Not exact matches

The ruling heightens the risk, particularly for credit counseling agencies doing business in the First Circuit (encompassing Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, and Rhode Island), that their activities, especially their DMPs and less - than - full balance repayment programs, may trigger coverage under CROA and give rise to class action litigation, forcing them — at great expense — to prove that they are actually operating as bona fide nonprofit organizations (in order to be exempt from CROA, particularly for what has transpired in the past), or, alternatively, to comply with CROA's requirements prospectively.

Popplewell (pictured), who was speaking at Legal Week «s Commercial Litigation & Arbitration Forum earlier today (2 November), said that providing «a first - class service at a lower cost» would be crucial to ensure a successful future for the commercial Bar, and that lawyers and the wider business community should be looking at ways to do this.

Turns out that while Covington was relegating Young and her black colleagues to second - class status, Attorney General nominee Eric Holder, who stands on the verge of becoming the first African American to head the Department of Justice, was a litigation partner at the firm.

Her accomplishments include development of legal reforms following Deepwater Horizon, the successful defense of the first renewables on public lands, and the historic settlement of the largest class action lawsuit in U.S. history — the Cobell tribal trust litigation.

I really enjoy working within the litigation team who have some excellent lawyers and we are all highly motivated and keen to deliver a first class service to our clients.»

The Agent Orange litigation ushered in the toxic tort age by presenting the first clash at the national class action level between novel scientific theories and the strictures of legal proof.

The «brilliant heavyweight litigator» Michael Brindle QC «first - class lawyer» has experience in City - related matters, including litigation arising out of audits, take - overs and rights issues.

Eric Blinderman, Chief Executive Officer of Therium Inc., said: «Will is a first - class lawyer and brings a wealth of experience handling highly complex litigations.

In 1994, the Castano class action was the first class action litigation filed against the tobacco industry, which eventually resulted in the historic $ 196 Billion settlement with the tobacco industry.

Escaping the Appellate Litigation Straitjacket: Incorporating an Alternative Dispute Resolution Simulation into a First - Year Legal Writing Class

It is a privilege to be chosen to represent the interests of parties in litigation, and to bring to bear the combined experience of over 30 years» experience of working with and learning from first - class professionals and judges.

Surely $ 550 or $ 1,000 is a bit of a steep marketing for what Ted Frank of the (anti-class-action pro-class-member non-profit) Center for Class - Action Fairness calls an «unemployed real - estate lawyer doing first - tier securities litigation document review as a temporary contract attorney,» who is probably being paid about $ 50 per hour, tops?

«Top tier for energy - related work», Bennett Jones LLP «can not be beat in regulatory matters» and also has «very good energy transactions capability» — its «first - class strength in litigation» is also commended.

«The firm has established a strong Banking & Finance offering in recent years and in Leeds it has continued to build a first - class reputation in areas including corporate, real estate, restructuring and commercial litigation.

• Animal Welfare • Child Protection • Class action litigation • Construction claims • Defamation • Employment law • Environmental liability claims • First party property claims (fire, explosion, theft, vandalism, and other weather - related claims) • Human Rights • Landlord / tenant matters • Occupier liability claims • Quasi-criminal prosecutions • Special risks • Transportation matters

Mr. Shafir focuses his practice on two areas at the cutting edge of California law: (1) the law of protected speech, including the First Amendment, defamation, California's anti-SLAPP statute, and the litigation privilege; and (2) the defense of class and representative actions, often through resisting class certification efforts or the enforcement of arbitration agreements.

Recent notable reported cases include R (Miller and Dos Santos) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [2017] UKSC 5 (acting for one of the interested parties in the Article 50 litigation at both Divisional Court and Supreme Court levels) and Dorothy Gibson v Pride Mobility Products Ltd [2017] CAT 9 (acting for the respondent in the first opt - out class action in UK competition proceedings).

Practice Areas Consumer Class Actions Whistleblower & False Claims Act Employment Litigation Housing Business Disputes Defamation & First Amendment Litigation Overtime / Wage and Hour

Our powerful blend of litigation and arbitration experience brings expertise to all sides of complex disputes, including successfully defending clients against private, government, and class action suits and representing plaintiffs in major cases of first impression.

The first installment detailed why employers need to focus on compliance in the wake of increased class - action litigation and the trend of screening the growing contingent workforce.