Sentences with phrase «hear about a lawyer»

«As a lawyer, you never like to hear about lawyers getting searched,» Cotter said.

For that reason, I am always shocked to hear about a lawyer doing something that most lawyers consider bad manners or bad business.

By now you've probably heard about lawyer and Harvard Business School professor Ben Edelman, who threatened to sue a Chinese restaurant because the prices on its website didn't match his bill.

Check in with each other, offer to take on a task if you have a lighter workload, offer advice if someone is dealing with a topic you've worked on before, give them that tip you heard about the lawyer they're doing work for.

You hear about lawyers and lawsuits in the news all the time.

I was hearing about lawyers taking EB5 investors money years ago by putting them into horrible overvalued deals... years ago.

Not exact matches

«Start - ups are going to talk to a reporter about their fundraise, it will hit the media — they won't have filed their form in advance — and then, apparently, they will be ineligible for 506 for one year,» Joe Wallin, a start - up lawyer in Seattle, pointed out this morning as he live - blogged the hearings.

Michael Avenatti, a lawyer for Daniels, told CNN's «New Day» on Thursday that he was «speechless» and «stunned» after hearing Giuliani's revelation about the reimbursement.

Contrast that attitude with the words of a lawyer in California who, according to this article from Mother Jones, thought about lawsuits almost as soon as she heard about Uber.

The materialistic degradation is most poignantly seen in the Indian crisis: As lawyers and industry representatives talked with Bhopal residents about compensation, the following insightful comments were heard:

Guys who are executives, lawyers, or some such are the only ones you hear about making the oh - so valiant choice to stay at home.

In a court hearing, Huntley's lawyer made some fantastical accusations about the capitol — that senators were carrying bags of cash up elevators, that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman was dirty — but prosecutors noted many of Huntley's statements were «implausible.»

I have heard a lot of talk about lobbying and how it is used to change laws, but when I look it up online most explanations sound like they are intended for lawyers (or are in regards to the USA and not Canada).

Milton Williams, a lawyer for Gerardi, argued in court papers that the jury should hear evidence about how Cor got involved with Howe.

On getting to know about the ex parte motion filed by the EFCC, seeking an interim forfeiture of the properties, Mrs. Jonathan, through her lawyers, Mr. Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN) and Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), had filed an application to challenge the jurisdiction of the court to hear the commission's motion.

Trey Smith, a defense attorney and former Rensselaer County prosecutor, said juries in the county won't have to hear directly about the French case from lawyers.

Despite objections from the lawyers representing the Senate and Assembly Majorities, the Court declared that it would hear complaints about the enacted state legislative redistricting plan.

The Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, and defence lawyers in the trial of some former government appointees for their roles in a supposed $ 6 million fraudulent deal between the National Communication Authority (NCA) and Infraloks Development Limited (IDL), argued in court today [Tuesday], about the number of days the case should be heard in a week.

Joe Bruno was about half an hour into a rambling speech at his sentencing hearing when he blurted out that all of the private business deals that got him convicted of federal corruption charges were negotiated by «the lawyers.»

Michael Meyers, executive director of the New York Civil Rights Coalition, which began meeting with lawyers Saturday, declined to provide specific about how his organization plans to pursue legal action, but said he was «encouraged» by what he'd heard.

It's unclear what the document was, but Manhattan federal Judge Valerie Caproni closed her courtroom during a hearing last week so that lawyers could argue about whether unknown sensitive evidence could be admitted at trial.

What Gingrich apparently didn't realise, but certainly will once he hears from some of his corporate funders, is that such views put him in league with crusading lawyer Ralph Nader, a man who's made a living saying very nasty things about the free enterprise system.

Perrault is a lawyer turned writer; Dossier is based on a true case which he first heard about from spies who assisted him while he was researching his novel l'Orchestre Rouge.

He presents the evidence to his boss, and we finally hear Pacino monologue about «what it takes to be a good lawyer in this town.»

Adapted by Tony Kushner from his own Pulitzer Prize - winning play, and directed by the incomparable Mike Nichols, Angels in America is, in its own too - vast - to - fully - summarize - briefly way, a story set in New York during the AIDS crisis, about two men with AIDS in particular, Prior Walter (Justin Kirk) a young gay man living with his partner Louis (Ben Shenkman); and Roy Cohn (Al Pacino), the infamous McCarthy - hearings lawyer, conservative pitbull, and closeted homosexual.

«It's truly one of the thorniest issues I hear about from a growing number of attorneys,» said Diane E. Thompson, a lawyer at the National Consumer Law Center.

Drag Exxon's officials and their lawyers into a courtroom to face Al Gore's accusation about them having this strategy, and they'd say they never heard of it, just like the Chevron lawyer did in this case.

He is also extremely aggressive in protecting his reputation though the courts hiring lawyers known for their money wasting techniques, so the newspapers like the Sunday Telegraph who have already been burnt for minor inaccuracies in theri reporting of his business intersts (I heard it cost them # 300,000 in damages) are very cautious about challenging his behaviour as Chairman of the IPCC.

If you are growing tired of reading about the controversy surrounding the new lawyer - rating site Avvo, perhaps you'd rather hear about it.

I can not begin to do justice to the day and a half of presentations from Indigenous Elders, scholars, judges and lawyers and in fact, nearly a week later, I continue to absorb and process what I heard about reconciliation in the context of Indigenous law and culture, criminal justice, child protection, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Persons and more.

I preface this comment by saying that I know nothing about the evidence in the Law Society of Upper Canada's prosecution of Torys LLP lawyers Darren Sukonick and Elizabeth DeMerchant, other than what is disclosed in the reasons for judgment of the Hearing Panel dated October 17, 2013 [Ed.

The abruptness of the move — Mireau says she first heard about it from a lawyer last week — has also taken the legal community by surprise.

I was even more delighted when later I walked by to hear this same very animated lawyer telling another lawyer about this «magic» I'd shown him.

As we wrote, some commenters opined that an affidavit submitted by the detainees» lawyers by a Pentagon insider about the «sham» nature of the military hearings may have swayed the court to change its minds.

Unfortunately, the way most lawyers track this information is merely asking a form of the question, «How did you hear about us?»

It certainly is also rewarding to hear from clients and other lawyers who have stumbled on it that they enjoy reading it... And just like the lawyer chatting to the neighbors over a cup of coffee, if these folks come away with the conclusion that you just might know what you are talking about, that can't be a bad thing, for me or them.»

«We've all heard about the possibility that the [National Security Agency] listened in on confidential lawyer communications,» she says.

When I listen to Edwards all I hear is a talented lawyer who grew wealthy preaching to jurors about pain, suffering and privation.

You hear a lot about the most common reasons for attorney discipline: lawyers don't communicate with their clients, they charge excessive fees, or they improperly handle client funds.

«I certainly have heard comments from lawyers that I work with about how this was going to negatively affect them,» says Mireau.

I can tell you that I cringe when I hear newer solos talking about how working for themselves means that they can dress anyway they want without taking into account a client's expectation of how a lawyer ought to look.

«We hear all of the news about law firm layoffs,» said Sachs, a lawyer and former recruiter who provides legal career consulting and technology training.

When the hearing ended and the judge entered his order, the wife's lawyer found out about their «friendship» and quickly moved for a new trial and for the judge's disqualification.

On January 7, the Louisiana Hearing Committee recommended one fiery lawyer's permanent disbarment after determining he «had to be admonished for brandishing about his shillelagh, his action clearly inappropriate for a disciplinary proceeding.»

First, you'll hear from Inti Martínez - Alemán about leaving Honduras after dozens of lawyers were murdered, his mother among them.

describes what the Legal Futures Initiative heard from stakeholders about the experience of being a lawyer in a changing environment, evolving client relationships, and views on the future.

As yours truly blogged last week, law firms may want to follow the lead of other marketers and more fully embrace email newsletters and alerts as a low cost, targeted and measurable method for reinforcing expertise with existing clients (who expect to continue hearing from their lawyers about breaking legal trends relevant to their businesses).

When you are facing serious legal matters, you deserve to have your voice heard by the people who will be helping you, and that means always getting to speak with a lawyer about your case.

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