Sentences with phrase «including in jury trials»

He has successfully represented clients in court, including in jury trials, and before government agencies.

Not exact matches

After a highly publicized five - week jury trial that was the most closely watched of a wave of corporate fraud trials, Stewart was found guilty in March 2004 of conspiracy, obstruction of an agency proceeding, and making false statements to federal investigators, and was sentenced in July 2004 to serve a five - month term in a federal correctional facility and a two - year period of supervised release (to include five months of electronic monitoring).

«Yvonne Cryns told the parents that she had delivered hundreds of babies, including breech babies, and even showed them pictures of those deliveries,» Lake County Assistant State's Atty. Claudia Kasten told the jury as Cryns» trial on involuntary manslaughter charges began in a Waukegan courtroom.

Hanging over state business are both the federal corruption trial of Governor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide, Joe Percoco, which is now in jury deliberations after closing arguments last week and this year's state - level elections, including the race for governor.

In reversing McDonnell's conviction, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court found that instructions to the trial jury about what defines a public official's «official acts» were so broad that they could include almost any action an official might take while in officIn reversing McDonnell's conviction, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court found that instructions to the trial jury about what defines a public official's «official acts» were so broad that they could include almost any action an official might take while in officin office.

Lawyers overseeing the corruption trial of former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver picked a jury that includes a retired flight attendant, a retired teacher and a nurse in Mt. Sinai's critical care department.

The trial is being held at the federal courthouse in White Plains and the 60 - some - odd members of the jury pool said they had come from around the Hudson Valley, including Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange and Dutchess counties.

«The question in these difficult cases is not whether a local prosecutor, including one with understandably close ties to his or her fellow local law enforcement officers, is capable of setting aside any personal biases in deciding whether to, or how vigorously, to pursue the case,» Schneiderman wrote, adding, «the question is whether there is public confidence that justice has been served, especially in cases where homicide or other serious charges against the accused officer are not pursued or are dismissed prior to a trial by jury.»

A jury found the ex-councilman guilty of five of the six counts against him in his corruption trial, after hearing the Democrat spent the stolen loot on himself and loved ones — including to purchase of a $ 750 Louis Vuitton bag, a Wii console and a three - pack of underwear.

As a jury continues to deliberate in the bribery trial of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide, the Democrat has been keeping his focus on other matters, including appearing with former Vice President Al Gore to talk about energy and the environment.

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John Cusack (Identity, Serendipity) stars as Nick Easter, who reluctantly goes in for jury duty for a major trial involving the lawsuit of the gun company which manufactured the weapon used in an office shooting which killed almost a dozen people, including the plaintiff's husband.

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Despite including the phrase «These rules apply to jurors the same as they apply to the parties and to me,» in an admonition to the jury about social media usage during trial, Texas Judge Michelle Slaughter disregarded her own warning while presiding over the hotly contested «boy in the box» case of 2015.

Mr. Stellabotte is a registered patent attorney and has extensive experience litigating patent, copyright, trade secret, antitrust, contract, tort, trademark, false advertising, and information technology related matters in federal and state trial and appellate courts, including case preparation and strategy, fact and expert discovery, depositions, motion practice, Markman hearings, preliminary injunction hearings, bench and jury trials, arbitrations, mediations, appeals, and settlement negotiations.

Mr. Lyons has more than 30 years of jury trial experience and has litigated hundreds of cases in state and federal courts throughout the United States, including successfully trying more than 40 cases to verdict.

A Vermont native raised in Burlington, Lucas has extensive experience in criminal law and civil litigation, with courtroom experience that includes over 30 jury trials.

Mr. Donaldson's practice involves a broad range of commercial litigation matters, including representing clients in state and federal courts, including jury trials, as well as mediation and arbitration, and appeals.

Our lawyers have consistently served as lead trial counsel in some of the region's most high - profile cases, including a nineteen - month jury trial for Solutia Inc. and Pharmacia Corporation involving PCB contamination.

Special preparation techniques before going to trial Before going to trial, the personal injury lawyers at Ketchmark and McCreight, P.C. like to invest extra time and money in the planning stages of any kind of personal injury claim, including vaginal mesh claims when necessary, and this is why we make use of mock juries and mock trials o help us test out different lines of arguments before using them for real in your case.

She has represented numerous individuals in both the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York in both criminal and civil matters and has experience in all phases of the litigation process in white collar and federal criminal matters, as well as government and internal investigations, including pre-indictment advocacy, grand jury investigations, complex bail proceedings, pretrial motions, motions in limine, jury selection, trials, sentencing, restitution, forfeiture, and other post-conviction proceedings.

The group has extensive jury trial experience, having tried numerous cases to verdict in both state and federal court, including several cases recognized by the Daily Journal as top defense verdicts in California.

For example, in State v. Wiggins, 330 S.C. 538, 540, 500 S.E. 2d 489, 490 (1998), «[a] t the close of the State's case, the trial judge directed a verdict of acquittal on the murder charge, but submitted this lesser - included offense to the jury.»

Jennifer frequently goes to trial, including jury and bench trials in federal district courts and trials before the International Trade Commission.

Such relaxation of the application of the rules of evidence also can be seen in jury trials, including where the judge allows prosecution witnesses to testify to otherwise inadmissible hearsay matters after a prosecutor claims s / he will «tie up» the hearsay loose ends with subsequent testimony and evidence.

A military judge is always appointed to each court martial, but some courts martial also include a panel, which is roughly the equivalent of a jury in civilan criminal trials (but not the same).

The lawyers» training represented at our firm includes clerkships with two former Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Alabama, a hundred or so jury trials, and millions of dollars in verdicts.

Representative matters include civil jury trials and bench trials in both state and federal court; complex civil litigation involving the energy industry, including defense of class actions; condemnations and surface damage disputes; and appellate work.

He has trial experience as a second chair attorney on multiple jury trials, including a jury trial that resulted in a several hundred thousand dollar award to the firm's surety client.

The Sixth and Seventh Amendments are included in the Bill of Rights to guarantee that every person brought to trial has the benefit of the protection of a jury.

Successful defense of over $ 40 million in claims for breach of an alleged partnership agreement, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty against a large Southern California homebuilder in a multi-state litigation, including a six week jury trial, two state court appeals, a Ninth Circuit appeal, an Idaho state court action and appeal to the Idaho Supreme Court.

He has conducted pre-indictment investigations and represented clients in grand jury matters and criminal trials involving a range of issues, including:

That means taking steps that include showing emojis in relevant opinions, making emojis and emoticons searchable in legal research engines such as Nexis and Westlaw, and letting juries review them as part of trial evidence.

Obtained substantial verdicts in jury trials and arbitrations for general contractors against developers and owners for unpaid contract monies, including projects for construction of shopping centers, office complexes and commercial buildings.

He or she has the required skill to ensure that your case is properly prepared for the possibility of a trial in court, and that includes preparing and filing all of the necessary documents, following the Rules of Court, and obtaining the necessary evidence and witnesses to support your claim and present it to the judge or jury in a manner that will make the most of your claim.

They include jury trials, judge alone trials and cases where it was in the client's best interests to negotiate a resolution by way of a guilty plea to reduced charges or applications to the courts for a special disposition.

Fortune 500 companies, corporate executives and high - ranking public officials retain us for representation in internal corporate investigations; government investigations, including grand jury, congressional and inspector general investigations; criminal litigation, including trials and appeals; and related civil and administrative proceedings, including qui tam actions.

In the course of his career, Walter has taken more than 50 matters to trial, including many jury trials.

During those years, she handled all aspects of litigation in civil and criminal cases, including bench and jury trials, all aspects of motion practice and discovery, settlement and plea agreements, and general legal counseling.

Even as the Arkansas story broke, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that defense lawyers for former Pennsylvania Sen. Vincent J. Fumo moved to halt jury deliberations in his trial on federal corruption charges, contending that a juror posted messages to Twitter and Facebook, including one that said, «Stay tuned for a big announcement on Monday everyone!»

(c) The justice presiding over a jury of 6 session shall have and exercise all powers and duties which a justice sitting in the superior court department has and may exercise in the trial and disposition of civil cases including the power to report questions of law to the appeals court.

He has tried several bench and jury trials to verdict, including litigation involving alleged damages in excess of $ 1 billion.

In New York the pattern jury instructions now include a provision reminding jurors «It is important to remember that you may not use any internet services, such as Google, Facebook, Twitter or any others to individually or collectively research topics concerning the trial...» New Jersey and Florida have made similar provisions.

These include: United States v. Resendiz - Ponce, which presents the question whether the omission of an element from a federal indictment can constitute harmless error (9th Circuit says no); Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc., on whether a provider of pay phone services can sue a long distance carrier for alleged violations of the Federal Communications Commission's regulations concerning compensation for coinless pay phone calls (9th Circuit says yes); Cunningham v. California, a sentencing case involving whether whether California's Determinate Sentencing Law violates the 6th and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution by permitting California state court judges at sentencing to impose enhanced sentenced based on their determination of facts neither found by the jury nor admitted by the defendant; and Carey v. Musladin, reviewing the 9th Circuit's decision to overturn a murder conviction of a defendant who claimed he was denied a fair trial because the victim's relatives appeared in court wearing buttons with the deceased's picture on them.

A four - week jury trial resulted in a judgment for our client in excess of $ 20 million on the trade secret allegations, including treble damages and attorneys» fees.

He is an experienced litigator, having tried dozens of jury trials in state and federal courts, and numerous non-jury matters, including many declaratory judgment trials.

An experienced trial lawyer, he has pursued or defended numerous nine - and eight - figure cases, which includes obtaining a full defense jury verdict following a multi-month trial for an institutional client facing $ 100 million in contract and business tort claims.

In that time, Mark has received much recognition including being the youngest recipient of the distinguished Trial Lawyer Excellence Award for having been the lead trial attorney earning five or more jury verdicts of $ 5 million or Trial Lawyer Excellence Award for having been the lead trial attorney earning five or more jury verdicts of $ 5 million or trial attorney earning five or more jury verdicts of $ 5 million or more.

Provided research, briefing and trial support, including drafting of jury instructions, trial brief, and motions in limine, in a case in Mayes County, Oklahoma, in which a defense verdict was obtained in favor of a loss prevention investigator who was an employee of a shoe retailer.

He has tried more than 50 jury trials to verdict including cases in the area of Title VII, ADEA, Section 1983, police practices and procedure, commercial and residential construction defect cases, first party property, first party automobile, premises liability, products liability, trucking and automobile bodily injury lawsuits.