Sentences with phrase «for the defense attorney»

Saturday's New York Times business section had an article describing how cash - strapped states and municipalities are renting out advertising space everywhere they can think of, from local jails (a boon for defense attorneys and bail bondsmen) to the... [Continue reading]

Under law, the governor is entitled to government funding for defense attorneys.

Assistant District Attorney Karen Mansfield told Lancaster Online: «The facts of these cases, on their face, make it easy for the defense attorneys to blame the victim.

It is also noteworthy that, in these same categories, apart from the percentage differences in scores, the jurors» numerical ratings for the defense attorneys were significantly lower than those given for similarly situated plaintiff attorneys.

But David Swanson, a criminal defense lawyer in Newport Beach, says he's seen difficulties for defense attorneys associated with Sanders.

While Dicus represents a victory for defense attorneys who can cite the ruling as precedent for sentence reductions, law professors like Carissa Hessick at Prawfs Blawg are rejoicing as well because Dicus shows that from time to time, courts still listen when law professors have something worthwhile to say.

But it also poses some interesting quandaries for defense attorneys.

In fact, look for defense attorneys to seek — and maybe some Judges to grant — downward departures / variances based on the use of relevant conduct.

It's difficult for the defense attorney to downplay your injuries when you have documentation from an independent doctor which shows otherwise.

Since the 2010 Supreme Court decision Padilla v. Kentucky, we've done many presentations and writing throughout the state for defense attorneys about the basics of immigration law and the obligation to advise non-citizens defendants about the immigration consequences of picking a guilty plea.

In the event that it is necessary, the policy might even pay for the defense attorney in the case that follows.

I would like to obtained a position in the same field but working for Defense Attorney's Office or Insurance Companies.

No excuse for that, and this counselor fell hook line and sinker for the defense attorneys argument.

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.»

Steven Feldman, a former assistant US attorney for the Southern District of New York who is a member of the New York State Bar Association's White Collar Committee, which Hendon cochairs, called Hendon a «fantastic pick» for Trump who is «an all - around superstar» in the «upper echelon» of white - collar defense attorneys in the city.

A former assistant US attorney for the Southern District of New York, Hendon is a partner at Spears & Imes, a boutique firm focusing on white - collar criminal defense and civil litigation that has a staff of just 14 attorneys, according to its website.

Preet Bharara, the former US attorney for the Southern District of New York, called House Speaker Paul Ryan's defense of President Donald Trump on Thursday «silly,» and he offered a counterpoint to Ryan's argument.

«The example of Oklahoma should be very troubling for Arkansas officials,» said Dale Baich, a defense attorney who represented Joseph Wood, who died in similarly grotesque circumstances in a botched execution involving midazolam in Arizona that same year.

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»).

Starbucks said it would develop the curriculum for the training with guidance from experts including Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative; Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director - counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund; Heather McGhee, president of Demos; former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder; and Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League.

In 2014, pre-trial hearings for the accused 9/11 co-conspirators snarled after defense attorneys revealed indications that the FBI had turned their technical adviser into a secret informant, prompting the judge in that case to prohibit monitoring attorney - client communications in November 2016.

The second article addressed CFTC enforcement concerns and cases, New York Attorney General's Office initiatives and defense strategies for avoiding and managing government investigations.

As Jason Langley, an attorney with Denver - based Kennedy Childs, argued in one of the briefs he filed for the defense, the court «should not overturn the long - standing rule in Colorado that the term «person,» as is used in the Wrongful Death Act, encompasses only individuals born alive.

John Adams was the type of Christian a lot of Christians wouldn't understand (he was the defense attorney for the British soldiers who fired on civilians during the Boston Massacre.

«Mr. Jeffs, although presumed innocent, has now been incarcerated for more than four years on charges that, given the [Utah] supreme court's opinion clarifying the law in Utah, will be difficult if not impossible for the state to sustain,» defense attorneys wrote in the motion filed in Utah's Third District Court earlier this month.

Our task had been described to us almost ad nauseam by attorneys for both prosecution and defense, and by the judge.

But I can also see in watching, for instance, a real injustice in the way the court - ordered defense attorney handled the confession of the Avery nephew.

In Lords of the Plain, a novel about cavalry actions in Texas, Max Crawford puts these words into the mouth of the defense attorney for Comanche braves on trial for the massacre of a wagon train:

Defense attorneys for Making a Murderer «s Steven Avery, Dean Strang and Jerry Buting, are hitting the road for a national tour.

Nevertheless, I am an attorney with 25 years experience, 13 of which were as a criminal defense attorney, and the video makes clear that by legal standards, the young lady WAS the aggressor — twice — no matter what was said prior (words are never an excuse for an attack) and yes Mixon has a valid (at least arguable) self defense case.

Jan 04,2016... He is Vic Yannacone (right), fiery attorney for the Environmental Defense Fund, the nation's most mi...

He is Vic Yannacone (right), fiery attorney for the Environmental Defense Fund, the nation's most militant conservation group, and he hauls into court those who wantonly defile our habitat

Mass Audubon has submitted an amicus brief to the Berkshire Superior Court in support of the Massachusetts Attorney General's office for their defense against the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Connecticut Expansion, a proposed natural gas pipeline project that is trying to remove protections on state land designated for permanent conservation.

This policy provides an attorney for the defense and pays for costs of settlement or adverse jury verdict.

This policy also provides an attorney for the defense and pays for costs of settlement or adverse jury verdict.

Our brand new legal committee is working hard to establish a training program in PMADs for law enforcement officers, district attorneys, judges, defense attorneys and expert witnesses.

Let's do the time warp Thursday was for sparing between the defense attorney and the beef safety professor.

Unlike the cabinet (e.g., Secretary of State, Attorney General, Secretary of Defense, etc.), and the White House Staff (e.g., Chief - of - Staff, Press Secretary, etc.) the office of the Vice President, his term and the requirements for his removal from office are all established explicitly in Article II of the Constitution.

Late Friday afternoon, the Attorney General's office announced it had denied Gabryszak's request for the state to cover any fees associated with his legal defense.

Published reports say Schneiderman retained Kirshner, who has been a defense attorney for more than 30 years, and previously worked as a prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney'sattorney for more than 30 years, and previously worked as a prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney'sAttorney's office.

The flu epidemic is hitting the corruption trial of Governor Cuomo's former top aide, Joe Percoco, with proceedings delayed for a day and a half because a key defense attorney has come down with the virus.

According to a pool report, Caproni, prosecutors from U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office and Silver's defense team conferenced with the juror for over an hour.

Defense attorneys claimed Percoco's actions weren't criminal and the payments were for legitimate work.

An attorney for a man accused of helping plan the Sept. 11 attacks says a military commission judge has denied a defense motion to allow the Guantanamo Bay detainee to distribute art he makes while in detention.

[41][42] In May 2012, the tribunal again under a purported exercise of universal jurisdiction took testimony from victims of torture at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, and convicted in absentia former President Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, former Deputy Assistant Attorneys General John Yoo and Jay Bybee, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and former counselors David Addington and William Haynes II for conspiracy to commit war crimes.

As part of this initiative and its participation in Governor Andrew Cuomo's Liberty Defense Project, the State Bar Association will continue to offer continuing legal education (CLE) programs for attorneys seeking to represent immigrants in civil detention, administrative and removal proceedings.

Afternoon can be tough on prospective jurors, who came back from lunch break to sit and wait for decisions from prosecutors and defense attorneys on who would stay and who would go.

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.

Defense attorneys for Smith and Halloran say their client's actions are not considered bribery under New York state law and are asking the court to toss some of the charges.

With the state budget, the state government has recognized its responsibility to provide constitutionally mandated criminal legal defense services for people who can not afford an attorney.