Sentences with phrase «for a defense lawyer»
Trying to distinguish their clients from the broader political culture of Albany has been a challenge for defense lawyers in corruption trials.
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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.
Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer set a May 4 deadline at a hearing Friday for defense lawyers to file a demand for evidence from prosecutors, who would then begin turning it over.
I merely pointed out that this approach may work fine for a defense lawyer whose legitimate job it is to try to generate reasonable doubt (and who legitimately does not need to believe in what he says), but that in science, one needs to have a consistent argument one actually believes in, taking into account the whole picture, if one is to be taken seriously.
As for defense lawyers, they are often unskilled and too quick to seek a plea bargain, he suggests.
In addition to authoring legal treatise Nesci's Arizona DUI Defense: The Law & Practice, 4th Edition, designed for defense lawyers and the like, he has co-authored many criminal defense - related books catered specifically to Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin justice systems.
Publications & Presentations Presenter at Wake County Bar Association, Breakfast CLE Sponsored by Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, «The Attorney Client Privilege for Defense Lawyers.»
Insurance lurks in the background, paying for the defense lawyer and paying any settlement or verdict up to the policy limits.
Here are some tips for defense lawyers on summary judgment from Michael Reitzell's: «Focus on the Material Facts for a Successful Motion for Summary Judgment» (pdf).
The insurance company pays for the defense lawyer, all you have to do is provide information when asked and cooperate with the process.
In addition, legal fees for a defense lawyer and court costs can add up fast.
As for the defense lawyer's statement that «a case like this saves lives and will keep impaired drivers off the road,» surely the reverse is true.
Not exact matches
• Speaking of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a lawyer, too.»
But Eisinger reserves his sharpest barbs for what he sees as the clubby culture that has emerged between the top levels of the Justice Department and white - collar defense lawyers.
«It incentivizes them to seize property,» says David B. Smith, chair of the Forfeiture Committee for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
It is a defense Tsarnaev's lawyers likely have been researching and constructing for over a year.
Defense lawyers had portrayed the girl as an aggressor, saying she wanted to generate material for a book and possibly influence the presidential election.
It tells the tale of Casino, who ditched his job as a «notorious criminal defense lawyer» in favor of helping «innocent victims who can not speak for themselves.»
Gorsuch has received praise from defense lawyers and other legal experts for often intrepreting laws in favor of defendants, a tendency similar to that of the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
The show has thrust the criminal defense attorney into the national spotlight and his eloquent and impassioned arguments in Avery's trial even inspired something of a cult following for the Wisconsin lawyer (with some even deeming Strang the show's «sex symbol»).
The veteran Washington defense lawyer John Dowd will take the lead in representing Mr. Trump for the Russia inquiry.
Ilias Spyrliadis, a lawyer for Vinnik's defense, said they would formally respond after Wednesday's decision is published, in about one week.
Zachary Cruz was later held on a $ 500,000 bond for the second - degree misdemeanor charge, an amount his defense lawyer called «outrageous.»
John Dowd, whom Trump hired after being told he needed a Washington defense lawyer for the Russia investigation, has quit because he was being sidelined by other White House advisers.
As I sipped my cabernet, I commented to him that, were I a lawyer (which, praise God, I am not), I was confident that I would be able to mount a compelling case for the defense.
On Monday, the pastor gave the judge a written statement and was questioned by prosecutors and his defense lawyer, whom he met for the first time that day.
KenInTexas neglected to mention that the former DA is a defense lawyer for many of the accused priests.
Lawyers from the Becket Fund and the Alliance Defense Fund plan to speak at some of today's rallies, organized by the Pro-Life Action League and Citizens for a Pro-Life Society.
Let us suppose for a moment that the dissenters in Roe and Doe had been willing to do the work — that they had been willing to put on the record the robust moral defense of those laws in Texas, which the lawyers in Texas had so artfully composed for them.
While the second is technically true, it should be pointed out that defense lawyers have, for years, intentionally run up the cost to the state by presenting multiple appeals, even based on little to no actual legal cause, in order to drive up the cost of death penalty cases.
The Wall Street Journal reports both prosecutors and defense lawyers say time in the slammer is unlikely for the 18 students arrested in the drug sweep.
Nutrition professionals should not act like defense lawyers for fast food companies, especially at a time where the average American could seriously benefit from eating less fast food.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and a Brooklyn state Senator cut hefty checks to the campaign of Assemblywoman Pamela Harris after she found out she was under federal investigation — and she promptly drew on the funds to pay for high - priced defense lawyers.
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.
Lawyers representing Joe Percoco and three executives accused of bribing him promised for days to mount a vigorous defense case, complete with documents, videos and more than 20 potential witnesses.
The names are included on a questionnaire for potential jurors, to help prosecutors and defense lawyers assess whether jurors have any relationships with the people named that could prevent the jurors from being impartial.
Defense lawyers have sought to make the trial into a referendum for jurors on Howe; his name came up hundreds of times over the past two days of closing arguments by lawyers from the four defenseDefense lawyers have sought to make the trial into a referendum for jurors on Howe; his name came up hundreds of times over the past two days of closing arguments by lawyers from the four defensedefense teams.
For the first time in the trial, Mangano left her seat at the defense table to gather, with other lawyers, in front of Azrack.
But on cross-examination, defense lawyers suggested White manipulated Adam into providing the number of a «safe» cellphone for their discussions.
Defense lawyers say a Turkish banker convicted of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions deserves leniency, but prosecutors want him locked up for at least 15 years.
«If he gets money as a quid pro quo for an official act, that's bad,» defense lawyer Michael Feldberg told Caproni.
That's because run - offs fall under state law, not city law, and the state allows campaign funds to pay for criminal defense lawyers.
Defense lawyers said the payments Percoco received, including $ 35,000 in cash and a $ 90,000 - per - year job for his wife, were legitimate fees for consulting work performed at a time when he was out of state government.
Defense lawyers are concerned the answers could affect the outcome for the two men in the Buffalo Billion trial.
On Monday, the prosecution did not pursue the testosterone subject further after Mangano's defense attorney, Kevin Keating of Garden City, objected and the lawyers met with U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack for several minutes out of earshot of the jurors and others in the courtroom.
In a series of tentative rulings Monday, Wood also disclosed in a cryptic exchange with a defense lawyer that the defendants want to offer testimony on a secret, sealed matter that she described as «sympathy for Adam» evidence.
The judge's patience evaporated Wednesday when she yelled at one of the defense lawyers, Daniel Gitner, for taking so long to make his point during cross-examination of one prosecution witness.
The case of the missing public bench at Trump Tower moved toward its conclusion yesterday with a hearing at which the city requested a $ 10,000 fine and a lawyer for Trump offered no defense.
U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni also set Jan. 8 as a backup date if lawyer conflicts force a delay, or if she decides to grant defense motions to split the trial of Percoco and seven co-defendants in two and needs a date for a second trial.
Six weeks into the trial of Percoco and three executives accused of allegedly bribing the former Cuomo adviser in exchange for government favors, prosecutors and defense lawyers spent all day Tuesday giving closing arguments to a case that could have sweeping implications for its sister case — the Buffalo Billion trial expected to start in June in the same courtroom.