She regularly mentors and trains aspiring public
interest lawyers as well as private practice lawyers to advocate for GLBT equality.
Not exact matches
When
interests between management and shareholders become adverse, even through the regular course of events, it's important for boards to have their own set of
lawyers who are independent from management and seen
as objective and willing to act in the
interest of directors, not management, and ultimately shareholders.
The Portuguese striker made an official statement just days after reportedly informing
lawyers to help lower the # 879 million exit clause in his contract, which could attract
interest from other clubs,
as reported by The Sun.
Cobb had told White House Chief of Staff John Kelly several weeks ago that he was
interested in stepping back from his role
as the lead
lawyer within the White House handling requests from Mueller, but the timing of his replacement took some by surprise.
It's important because it draws attention to the fact that, unlike doctors and
lawyers, many financial advisors are not legally obligated to act in their clients» best
interests (this concept known
as the fiduciary standard).
Meanwhile, the interim auditor general has mused again that, in regards to the use of border infrastructure funds for G8 Legacy projects, «
lawyers could have an
interesting debate
as to whether any laws were broken.»
Read this April 13 Desmog Canada article on
lawyer Jack Woodward's view that the «National
Interest» — often cited
as a basis for forcing through the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion pipeline — doesn̵...
Just
as sexual self - expression has few limits in a culture where chaste behavior is mocked,
lawyers» self -
interest is apt to run amok when anyone who places client or court above profit is branded a hypocrite or a chump.
As a Lutheran pastor, retired international
lawyer, father of two Jews, and spouse of another, I read with
interest Romanus Cessario's book review, «Non Possumus.»
Bankers and
lawyers see no signs of merger and acquisition activity abating in the next six months,
as private equity firms step up to make further deals and
as infrastructure - related transactions continue to attract
interest.
,» relationship editor Monica Gabriel Marshall quotes Joslin Davis, president of the American Academy of Matrimonial
Lawyers, who observes that millennials are «particularly choosing prenups
as the best option to cover separate property holdings, business
interests, anticipated family inheritances, and potential alimony claims.»
As the
lawyer gets paid a fee by the adopters for the adoption, this conflict - of -
interest means the
lawyer has no incentive to provide fair counsel to the natural parents.
The Downers Grove Park District Board is gearing up for a legal battle with Good Samaritan Hospital over the hospital's proposed fitness center even
as lawyers for both
interests are negotiating.
As both a constitutional
lawyer, albeit one specializing in the United States, and a political scientist, I followed with great
interest the recent vote in Scotland regarding potential secession from the United Kingdom.
It was this upbringing, and it's embrace of the shared and common struggles of Queens middle - class families, that inspired Grace to lead a life of public service
as a public
interest lawyer and now
as a member of the New York State Assembly.
Susan Lerner, director of Common Cause, the watchdog group that's criticized de Blasio's envelope - pushing fund - raising practices, said de Blasio's use of the loophole —
as well
as having a campaign treasurer also serve
as his campaign - funded
lawyer — is both a dodge and a conflict of
interest.
Jibrin's
lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), while reacting to the ruling, informed the judge that plan by the
interested parties was to render the suit «spent and nurgatory»
as the suspension which his client sought to challenge would lapse on June 28.
«[Underwood] is an extremely capable
lawyer, and the office primarily does litigation, but there are also public policy decisions that have to made,» such
as how aggressively the office challenges the federal government to represent the
interests of New Yorkers, Horner said.
Long is the first candidate (
as far
as I can tell) who is responding to the proposal and it's
interesting she's using her background
as a
lawyer and judicial activist to knock judges who side against the proposal.
«Our concern is that [Harris] can't devote her full - time attention to her job
as deputy mayor,» said Gene Russianoff, a senior
lawyer for the New York Public
Interest Research Group.
«In the last one month that I was detained, I was denied access to my personal
lawyers, doctors and my family and I want to say that I am committed to the
interests of Nigerians even
as I posed no threat to the nation's national security,» he said.
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As a public
interest lawyer, Eric defended reproductive health clinic workers,» the senator wrote.
He formerly worked with New York
Lawyers for the Public
Interest on health issues
as well
as disability issues, including the Duane Reed lawsuit.
While in law school, he served
as a student advocate at New York
Lawyers for the Public
Interest, an intern at Cardozo Beth Tzedek Legal Service.
The current changes were proposed
as part of a series of reforms begun over the past three gubernatorial administrations, and are intended to cut costs and simplify a workers compensation system that doctors,
lawyers, labor groups and business
interests agree has become a hopeless bureaucratic tangle over decades.
Saujani, a Manhattan
lawyer who previously worked on Wall Street, has hammered Maloney with fliers that accuse the longtime congresswoman of taking campaign funds from special
interests as well
as holding a fund - raiser with members of political action committees at an event where musicians James Taylor and Carole King played.
It's bad enough that some of our senators are acting out of petty vengeance and self -
interested power struggles, but today the Post reveals that Senator John Sampson, the Democratic caucus leader who is a foe of the schools bill supported by the mayor, is actually working
as a trial
lawyer in a lawsuit against Joel Klein.
Things got a little testy at an unofficial meeting (no quorum) of the city's Heritage Commission,
as dueling
lawyers shouted over each other before a gathering of about 40
interested parties at City Hall.
The timing of that night out was
interesting as Spitzer had a meeting with his
lawyer to sign divorce papers the next morning, continuing the formal process of separation from his wife Silda Wall.
For one thing, lawmakers are allowed to hold part - time jobs, and a number of them work
as lawyers, an arrangement that has prompted concerns about possible conflicts of
interest.
Schneiderman grew up on the Upper West Side, graduated from Amherst College and Harvard Law School and worked
as a public -
interest lawyer before successfully running for the Legislature in 1998.
«I have a somewhat personal
interest in that, having been a high school football player in Westchester County some time ago,» Broderick said after Ashe's
lawyer answered that the teen plays offensive tackle
as well
as linebacker.
So the doctors,
lawyers, CEOs, executives, professors, and entrepreneurs I've been meeting must be delusional, arrogant, or clueless
as I've had way too many of them not pick up my «not
interested» clues.
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Composed of field testimonies and hidden camera footage, the film also features interviews with Haiti's Ambassador to the United States, Ambassador Raymond Joseph, the U.S. Department of States» Ambassador John Miller from the Office of Human Trafficking, renowned anthropologist and sugar historian Sidney Mintz, Carol Pier from Human Rights Watch, Public
Interest Attorneys Bill Quigley
as well
as Greg Schell, and a number of activists from the field including human rights
lawyer Noemi Mendez, Colette Lespinase of G.A.R.R. Haiti [Organization for Refugees and the Repatriated] and missionaries Pierre Ruquoy and Father Christopher Hartley.
Plot leaps that are fun on paper look generic on screen; here's another
lawyer movie in which the characters are only
as interesting as the actors playing them.
Beginning, intriguingly, in 1949 with a young Castro (Victor Huggo Martin)
as a clean - shaven
lawyer incensed by certain acts of vandalism perpetrated by the American Navy in Havana, the film promises to draw an
interesting connection to Gandhi's legal background and, most fascinatingly, the starkly different ways these two revolutionary leaders conduct their rebellions (and to what eventual purposes).
With Alec Baldwin
as the snappy, soft - spoken
lawyer (complete with a dog), things start to look
interesting.
Colorful Cast of Characters — Join Phoenix Wright and his junior
lawyers as they confront an all - new cast of
interesting, amusing, and sometimes outrageous characters.
His artificiality works
as a
lawyer, not a romantic love
interest or slacker.
After law school, Ryan clerked for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, and then worked in Newark, N.J.
as a public
interest lawyer before entering into teaching.
We also document that although public -
interest lawyers were initially motivated to expand student legal rights
as part of a larger strategy to reduce social inequality, legal challenges to school disciplinary actions are disproportionately the province of white and higher - income students and their families.
Then,
as conceptions of youth rights began to shift, and
as institutions that provided support for the expansion of these rights emerged, students and parents, with the support of public -
interest lawyers, began to question and challenge school disciplinary practices in court.
Passive Guy,
as a
lawyer, you've done some posts on this conflict of
interest on your great blog ThePassiveVoice.
In addition to slightly
interest rates, you will also be required to cover additional expenses such
as lawyers, inspectors, home appraisers and other third party vendors whose services may be necessary in order to facilitate the mortgage.
To use the simple
interest loan calculator
as a lender, financial advisor,
lawyer, etc., you may purchase the commercial - use version.
LAWYER: An excessive rate of
interest, prohibited in the Bible
as well
as most other major religions.
I've tried but the arbitration clause seems to kill any chances of a
lawyer taking up my case
as I can't sue the school, and they say that the lender can claim they are innocent of any wrong doing in the generation of the loans (even though they approved $ 58k in private high
interest loans to a student with no co-signer, no credit, and at the time no income to extremely low income).