Not exact matches
In an egregious case of abuse, the former superintendent of tiny Mountain Empire Unified School District in San Diego County pleaded guilty last year to violating conflict of interest
laws for personally taking a cut of the oversight fees and creating a consulting
firm to
serve the 13
independent study charters, operating outside of Mountain Empire, that his district approved.
The
firm: One of the largest
independent full - service business
law firms in Quebec, Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melançon LLP and its predecessor
firms have been
serving clients for more than 50 years.
It is the largest
independent law firm in Newfoundland and Labrador,
serving clients throughout the province.
Small
law firms all depend on trusted consultants to provide essential services they can't do on their own, and CosmoLex offers two strong programs for
independent consultants who
serve a legal clientele: the CosmoLex Certified Consultant (CCC) program for specialized
law practice consultants or IT experts, and the CosmoLex Accounting Partner (CAP) program for accountants and bookkeepers.
Cecy Graf is an
independent law firm finance consultant who previously
served as Director of Financial Services at Perkins Coie.
Many commenters, including settlement agents, attorneys,
law firms, title insurance companies, real estate brokers, and trade associations representing settlement agents and the title insurance industry stressed that the settlement agent
serves an important consumer protection function by acting as a neutral,
independent third party who verifies the creditor's figures and has the best interests of the consumer and all other parties in mind.