Sentences with phrase «former state attorney»

Atkinson Diner's attorneys include former Florida Bar president Jesse Diner and former state attorney general Robert Butterworth.

With the firm since joining from Nsubuga & Company Advocates in 2012, Kalule works on banking, insurance and competition disputes, and has acted as a deputy judge at the Commercial Court of Uganda, while Gantungo, a former state attorney in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and the chambers of the attorney general, handles corporate matters and some disputes in the energy, oil and gas, mining, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and taxation sectors.

The South Carolina petition, which I mentioned at the outset, was filed in 2012 by lawyer and former state attorney general T. Travis Medlock, asking the Supreme Court to declare that LegalZoom was engaged in unauthorized practice.

Among those who spoke in his honor were former Boston University President John Silber, former state Attorney General Frank Bellotti, and U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner, who reportedly drew laughs when she recalled that Cooley had once paid her the ultimate compliment by telling her that she was an exceptional lawyer, «for a broad.»

After all, Brown knows full well that any attempt to withhold federal funding will be challenged by Golden State's influential congressional delegation (including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Dianne Feinstein); the former state attorney general is also likely betting that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling last year on the Affordable Healthcare Act, which effectively makes it impossible for the federal government to withhold subsidies from states for not implementing new regulations, can also be applied to what the administration can do on the education policy front.

New York's Democrats and Republicans will descend upon two downstate venues Wednesday and Thursday, and thanks to former state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman's sudden departure from the scene, these party conventions will prove anything but staid.

Democratic Party leaders urged Blagojevich not to make an appointment, but he disregarded those wishes by naming Burris, a former state attorney general and state comptroller, to the seat.

Elsewhere in the Cornhusker State, former Ameritrade executive Pete Ricketts secured the Republican Senate nomination, beating back former state Attorney General Don Stenberg and former party chairman David Kramer.

Could you imagine, dear reader our Governor, the former State Attorney General, the one who is supposed to be above everybody else, better than Caesar's wife, being associated, according to the New York Times, in a situation that, if it were anybody else, this same Governor would be the first one to request an investigation by the Joint Commission on Public Integrity or appoint a special prosecutor?

WASHINGTON (CNN)- First it was the uproar over the appointment by Illinois Gov. Roy Blagojevich of former state attorney general Roland Burris to fill President Barack Obama's remaining term in the Senate.

The former state attorney general is a partner in the Buffalo law firm of Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman and now focuses much of his practice on government investigations.

Dennis Vacco, a former state attorney general who represents Levy and JoRon, did not confirm or deny to Capital that they were identified in the new papers.

The answer depends on whether former state attorney general Mike Moore runs.

Cuomo's 10 - member Moreland Commission is chaired by former state Attorney General Robert Abrams and Benjamin Lawsky, a top Cuomo lieutenant who heads the state Department of Financial Services.

Liu initially tapped former state Attorney General Robert Abrams to audit his 2013 campaign account following reports from The New York Times that uncovered donors who either said they did not contribute to Liu's campaign or said their employers forced them to donate and they were later reimbursed.

«There's a concept in the law of unclean hands,» said Vacco, a former state attorney general.

U.S. Senator and former State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal also won re-election, defeating Republican third - term state representative and Air Force veteran Dan Carter 910,828 - 513,343 to earn a second term.

He is represented by former state Attorney General Dennis Vacco and has been vocal about how costly the investigation has been for him, noting he's already emptied his childrens» college funds.

Former state Attorney General Oliver Koppell will be challenging Klein in the June Democratic primary.

To most outsiders, the hearing is a highly unusual courtlike proceeding with a colorful and high - powered cast of characters, including a wealthy developer, former state attorney general, longstanding union leader and the state's top educator.

«This petition is a phony petition,» said former state attorney general Dennis Vacco, who is representing Paladino.

After attorneys spent roughly three hours questioning Superintendent Kriner Cash, former state attorney general Dennis Vacco called Patti Pierce as his first witness.

Also Monday, The Post obtained a letter sent to Trump's transition team in which former state Attorney General Dennis Vacco recommended Manhattan lawyer Stuart Meissner replace either Bharara or New Jersey US Attorney Paul Fishman, who resigned last week.

In 2010, when he took office, Cuomo — a former state attorney general — promised to root out corruption in Albany.

Spitzer spoke to the New York Times last night about re-invigorating the comptroller's office, putting his experience as a hard - charging former state attorney general to use in a position that's often overlooked.

«Mr. Klein has been a traitor to the democratic party,» said ex-Councilman Oliver Koppell, a former state Attorney General who said he may seek to run against Klein in the senate race.

The commission will have subpoena power and includes, among others, Robert Abrams, the former state attorney general; Cuomo aide Benjamin Lawsky, who heads up the Department of Financial Services; John Dyson, the former NYPA chairman; former New York City Public Advocate Mark Green; Cuomo ally and Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice; and Rev. Floyd Flake, the politically powerful pastor of Greater Allen African Methodist Episcopal Cathedral in Queens.

«Another extraordinary, if not unbelievable, day where the lawyer for the School Board, or at least the six petitioners, continues to make these broad allegations and then when we try to drill down on what was said and what's confidential and what's not confidential, he throws up road blocks,» Vacco, a former state attorney general, said outside the courtroom.

Dennis C. Vacco, a former state attorney general, said that state law empowers a governor to appoint a special prosecutor at their discretion when there may be a potential conflict of interest involving a local district attorney.

New Hampshire (R): It's now clear that former state Attorney General Kelly Ayotte has a real fight on her hands for the Republican nomination.

Its interesting that her attorney is the former state attorney general.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday appointed Nassau County's district attorney as a special prosecutor to investigate assault allegations against former state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

While it was introduced into law in 1921, the Martin Act general law received a large amount of publicity when former state attorney general Eliot Spitzer ordered 10 investment banks to pay $ 1.4 billion for misleading investors in 2003.

Madeline Singas would have broad powers to subpoena, investigate and, if warranted, prosecute criminal charges against former state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman.

The campaign also announced endorsements from Hillsborough County Tax Collector Doug Belden, Hillsborough County Commissioner Al Higginbotham, former State Attorney Mark Ober and Polk County Commissioners George Lindsey and John Hall.

Two days after a devastating report detailing sexual abuse was released by The New Yorker, former State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman finally emerged from his Upper West Side apartment on Wednesday and quickly sped off in an SUV.

GOP Rep. Joe Heck looks poised to enter the race at any moment, while Democrats are likely to nominate former state Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto.

Their gubernatorial nominee, Fred DuVal, has run a quality campaign that has attracted cross-over endorsements, such as former state Attorney General Grant Woods.

Little is among the four GOP state senators interviewing candidates vying to fill out the remainder of former state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's term as part of a state legislative panel.

Acting Attorney General Barbara Underwood sat down with Josh Robin to discuss her sudden appointment after the shocking scandal surrounding former state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

New York lawmakers will carry on trying to close a loophole that could shield people from state prosecution if they have received a presidential pardon — without the bill's high - profile champion, former state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Former state Attorney General Mike Cox (R) has already said no, and most of the attention seems to be devoted to former Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R), who, like Cox, lost in the gubernatorial primary last year.

But Heck and former state attorney general Catherine Cortez Masto have been locked in an extraordinarily tight race, and heavy early turnout is almost certainly tilting Democratic.

Ricketts faces a primary challenge from former state Attorney General Don Stenberg and former state party chairman Dave Kramer; if Republicans have any shot at beating Nelson, Ricketts needs to emerge as the GOP nominee.

Dadey was joined by a panel of academic experts on redistricting reform as well as former State Attorney General Robert Abrams.

New Hampshire Senate (Republican primary, Sept. 14): Former state Attorney General Kelly Ayotte should win this primary.

«We have jurisdiction over everything because we're New York, and every check clears New York,» said former state attorney general (and governor) Eliot Spitzer, whose high - profile prosecutions on Wall Street demonstrated the office's national reach.

According to an American Research Group survey released Thursday, 47 percent of likely voters in New Hampshire support former state attorney general Kelly Ayotte, the Republican nominee, with 42 percent backing two - term Rep. Paul Hodes, the Democratic nominee, four percent backing other candidates and seven percent undecided.

Other Democrats mentioned include former Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke, former state party chairman Jim Pederson and former state Attorney General Terry Goddard.

After starting as an unknown in the state, Ricketts now has a comfortable double - digit margin over former state Attorney General Don Stenberg, who was the party's nominee against Sen. Nelson in 2000, and former state party chairman Dave Kramer.