Sentences with phrase «from private law firms»

The exodus of young, talented lawyers from private law firms has reached epidemic proportions.

January 30, 2015 — «Attorneys from private law firms and advocates of civil legal aid organizations in Massachusetts gathered at the State House Thursday, calling for a $ 10 million funding increase in next year's state's budget for civil legal aid.

An anti-corruption commission appointed by the governor, known as the Moreland Act Commission, subpoenaed state lawmakers who earn more than $ 20,000 a year from private law firms, asking to see their private client lists.

Several, including Skelos, earn over $ 100,000 a year from private law firms, according to financial disclosure forms that they are already required to fill out.

Several senators, including Skelos, earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in outside income from private law firms, and if the governor's ethics package is adopted, would have to disclose more details, including names of their clients.

Several, including Senate Leader Skelos, earn over $ 100,000 a year from private law firms, according to financial disclosure forms that they are already required to fill out.

To mount his challenge to EPA's rule to reduce carbon pollution from power plants, he took the unusual step of accepting free help from a private law firm.

Previously, Gates had a lawyer from private law firm, with whom he cut ties just before his indictment.

Skelos, who makes over $ 100,000 a year in income from a private law firm, declined to name his clients, but says greater disclosure of law clients is part of the budget talks.

Winkler also neglected to mention one other important player in this game — the outside counsel from a private law firm.

Not exact matches

The mining sector is still providing abundant work opportunities for law firms, from contract disputes to potential private equity acquisitions.

Stoyanov worked for the cyber crime unit at Russia's Interior Ministry from 2001 - 2006 before leaving law enforcement for the private sector, first for a large Internet service provider and then for Indrik, a small Russian Internet security firm.

The rule of law is one, according to studies from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the law firm Hogan Lovells; in countries with strong rule of law, government officials as well as individuals and private entities are predictable, reliable, and held to account.

Ahead of Mr. Zuckerberg's trip to Washington, Facebook has hired a team from the law firm WilmerHale as well as outside consultants to coach him on questions lawmakers may ask, and on how to pace his answers and react if interrupted, according to people close to the preparations, who would speak only anonymously because the sessions were private.

The summit will bring together exclusively senior - level representatives from: independent sponsors, private equity firms, family offices, hedge funds, BDCs, SBICs, mezzanine lenders, senior lenders, pension funds, endowments, M&A Intermediaries, accounting firms, law firms, and brokers.

Benesch is an international business law firm that counts the middle market alternative investment industry among its core focus areas — from representation of private equity firms...

Mr. Silver, an attorney by trade, collected more than $ 6 million in outside income from two private law firms since 2002.

Partly as a result of those letters, the main factions of legislature have hired private attorneys from prominent law firms.

The reforms were proposed after the former Assembly Speaker, Sheldon Silver, was arrested and charged with illegally gaining millions of dollars from two private law firms by improperly using his political influence.

Mr. Silver collected more than $ 6 million in outside income from two private law firms since 2002, according to the complaint.

Former speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested in late January and charged with running a multi million dollar fraud scheme that included payments from two private law firms.

Even if Silver was taking the money and not detailing it — he recently admitted the $ 650,000 in outside earnings he listed on his 2013 disclosure form included private law clients in addition to payments from Weitz & Luxenberg, a large plaintiff's firm — a failure of disclosure is not a federal offense.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver used his office to mask millions of dollars in «bribes and kickbacks» as legitimate outside income from two private law firms over more than a decade, according to a bombshell 35 - page criminal complaint filed by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara today.

Some of those firms were title insurance companies that Skelos steered to his son from the Senate leader's work at a private law firm.

Hartunian, who was U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York from 2010 t0 2017, is now in private practice with the law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips.

Flanagan announced on Monday after he was elected to succeed Skelos as majority leader that he had stepped away from his private - practice law firm where he was of counsel.

Silver has been accused of receiving millions of dollars in illegitimate income from two private law firms.

There would be more disclosure of the law clients from Senators and Assemblymembers who work for private law firms.

The new rules stem from the arrest of the former Assembly Speaker, Sheldon Silver, who is accused of using his outside employment at two private law firms to illegally net millions of dollars.

Some of those firms were title insurance companies that Sen. Skelos steered to his son from the Senate leader's work at a private law firm.

Partly as a result of those letters, all of the main factions of legislature have hired private attorneys from prominent law firms.

His lawyers said his position as Assemblyman was separate from his work as a private lawyer who refers cases to his law firm.

Unlike his GOP colleague, IDC Leader Jeff Klein is all for a full ban on outside income — as he demonstrated by announcing this week he'll divest entirely from his private practice law firm.

The refusal prompted a letter from a Pilgrim lawyer at the Decotiis FitzPatrick & Cole law firm stating the pipeline company «has the power to condemn private property.

The reforms were proposed after former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested and charged with illegally gaining millions of dollars from two private law firms by improperly using his political influence.

The assistant counsel advised in a written opinion that Percoco was banned from working for private clients before the Executive Chamber for two years, according to the complaint — but Percoco allegedly said that he was planning to work for a law firm only on «matters pending before local municipalities» for labor organizations, not before the Cuomo administration.

«The Government expects that Dr. Taub will testify that for many years he disapproved of [Silver's] law firm Weitz & Luxenberg because it made millions of dollars from representing mesothelioma victims (enough to buy «private jets»), and yet it did not donate money to support mesothelioma research,» federal prosecutors wrote in the new court papers, which were filed Monday.

That intervenor is the Institute for Justice, a self - described libertarian law firm located in our nation's capital that has a demonstrated interest in upholding laws that funnel taxpayer dollars from public school systems to largely unaccountable private schools.

She also received $ 2,500 from Richmond law firm Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen; a classroom technology package from Smart Technologies ULC; a lapel pin from National Quality Products; educational opportunities from several public and private colleges and universities; flowers from Strange's Florists; and an engraved crystal apple.

Previously, she worked at the law firm of Goodwin Procter LLP from 2005 - 2012, as a member of the Private Equity group, primarily focusing on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, corporate governance matters and the representation of early - and later - stage growth comPrivate Equity group, primarily focusing on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, corporate governance matters and the representation of early - and later - stage growth comprivate equity transactions, corporate governance matters and the representation of early - and later - stage growth companies.

Hello, I received a phone call from Beling Law Firm today claiming that they could help me with my private student loan debt.

After graduating from law school, she spent several years in private practice at a mid-size law firm in Minneapolis before transitioning to in - house attorney positions at large publicly traded companies.

After earning her Royal Society of Arts Diploma in Connoisseurship from Christie's Education followed by her law degree, Lauren worked in an American paintings gallery, the Citibank Private Bank Art Advisory Service, the art law group of a Manhattan law firm, and MoMA's office of the general counsel before founding her art advisory firm, LPDM Fine Art, in 2004.

Hong Kong law firm Deacons has added to its corporate team with the hire of private equity partner Robert Woll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr (WilmerHale).

More than 10,200 members in corporate law departments and private law firms benefit from the CCCA's leadership, educational programming, knowledge resources, and networking opportunities.

Panther Software, Miami - based developer of the cloud - based law practice management platform PracticePanther, is announcing today that it has taken an investment from Alpine SG, a portfolio company of the San Francisco private equity firm Alpine Investors.

Private law librarians (ie, law firm librarians) are closely attuned to the practice in their firms, often specialized in one area of law (eg, labour or criminal or business law) and removed from the hurly - burly of court.

Consult with Burns & Jain, a personal injury law firm that has obtained substantial compensation for numerous clients against public and private parties responsible for accidents from road hazards.

Just one month from today, on October 28th, 2016, Above the Law will host its second annual Academy for Private Practice («APP»), a full - day conference offering practical solutions and expert insight on meeting the challenges of starting and optimizing a small law firm practiLaw will host its second annual Academy for Private Practice («APP»), a full - day conference offering practical solutions and expert insight on meeting the challenges of starting and optimizing a small law firm practilaw firm practice.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), on a pro bono basis, in relation to its innovative funding mechanism to encourage social investment from the private sector.