Our practice encompasses Divorce and Family cases from uncontested matters to full
jury trials involving complex property division and / or contested child custody in the Houston, Texas area, including Harris and contiguous counties of Fort Bend and Montgomery.
Mr. Rusonik is a veteran of almost one hundred
jury trials involving charges ranging from Murder to Manslaughter and from Sexual Assault to Dangerous Driving Causing Death.
Throughout his career Ryan has been involved with several
jury trials involving Child Protective Services (CPS).
Her trial experience includes both bench and
jury trials involving such issues as non-compete agreements, residential sales contracts, and construction and insurance disputes.
I have litigated numerous bench and
jury trials involving personal injury, criminal, and bankruptcy matters.
He is an ardent litigator, serving as lead counsel in numerous civil
jury trials involving medical - malpractice, contract disputes, defamation and related business torts, shareholder disputes (e.g., tortious interference with business relationship, trade secret, and non-compete violations), shareholder and LLC disputes and their fiduciary obligations, real - estate litigation, construction litigation, and creditors rights» issues and related bankruptcy and receivership issues.
Upon his return north, he joined the New York office of Davis Polk & Wardwell as a lateral, during which he successfully prosecuted and first chaired a federal
jury trial involving claims of excessive force under Section 1983 (Ruffin v. Fuller).
There is no substitute for well - crafted graphics in a patent
jury trial involving technology.
Represented an exotic car manufacturer in obtaining a defense verdict of no liability and no defect in
jury trial involving product liability, breach of warranty, consumer statute, and fraud claims.
Commercial Litigation — Lead attorney in international fraud and breach of contract action resolved in client's favor on summary judgment including recovery of all attorneys» fees; Served as first - chair defending a loan servicer in complex civil litigation involving declaratory judgment action and cross-claims for commercial torts; Second chair for seven day
jury trial involving claims for indemnification and statutory business conspiracy; Won summary judgment as the lead counsel on behalf of a charitable trust in litigation over a commercial lease termination; Represented financial institutions in commercial tort actions; Represented finance company in AAA Arbitration.
Served as a member of the trial team that successfully represented a former CEO of a Fortune 200 company in an eight - month
jury trial involving allegations of securities fraud and insider trading.
Successfully defended two neurosurgeons, a neurologist and a hospital in
a jury trial involving a 21 - year - old male who had been hospitalized following a car accident and subsequently passed away as the result of a ruptured aneurysm.
Successful defense of a multi-national accounting firm in an 8 week
jury trial involving alleged misrepresentations in the annual financial statements of a publicly traded national restaurant chain
Served as lead counsel for the defendant and achieved a defense verdict on behalf of a debtor bank holding company following an advisory
jury trial involving a claim by the FDIC for more than US$ 500 million.
Defended a prominent trial attorney in
a jury trial involving alleged breach of partnership agreement and fiduciary duty.
3 Nov. 30, 2017 unpublished; received for posting Dec. 1, 2017 unpublished), a FEHA plaintiff — after two years of litigation and a 10 - day
jury trial involving 24 witnesses — won to the tune of $ 1 million in compensatory damages.
Won the second largest damage verdict in California after an 11 - week
jury trial involving breach of contract claims against a large shopping center redevelopment.
Successfully defended the designer / manufacturer of a personal watercraft in a two - week product liability
jury trial involving wrongful death claims arising from a boating accident.
Not exact matches
Here was a black man obviously
involved to some degree in the theft of church funds and the murder of a white man in a southern city, now on
trial in «the Man's» court before an all - white middle - class
jury.
ALBANY — State government is bracing for a parade of corruption
trials in 2018, with five cases
involving powerful players going before
juries at the same time that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and all 213 legislative seats are up for election.
Jury selection in the
trial of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo confidant and top aide Joe Percoco and others
involved in the Buffalo Billion bribery case starts in NYC today.
If all interrogations were recorded,
juries and
trials would be able to listen to a story and look at the body language and everything else
involved in making a statement.
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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Courts regularly rely on scientific expert testimony,
involving for example DNA evidence in criminal
trials, where judges and
juries have no competence in the subject matter.
New lawyers could get courtroom experience in their first year, and often that experience
involved 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.
Annis has successfully run numerous Proofs and
Jury Trials in the Court of Session and Sheriff Court, as well as being
involved in two high value Appeals in the Inner House of the Court of Session, one of which
involved severe spinal injuries.
Jury awards could be compared with non-
jury awards, settlement figures compared to
trial figures, and other variables
involve in litigation could also be tested.
The techniques
involve using mock
trials and mock
juries so that our KC traffic accident lawyers can test out certain lines of argument in a mock setting before using them for real in a courtroom.
Represented various condemnors and condemnees in state
jury trials and commissioners» hearings
involving eminent domain / condemnation.
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.
At
trial, a judge or
jury will assign a percentage of fault to each party
involved in the incident and the actual amount recovered will be reduced by that percentage.
Represented a client in a state
jury trial of a seminal Texas trade secret case
involving the client's former employees.
Represented a client in federal
jury trial against industrial valve counterfeiters
involving the illegal sourcing of valves from Iraq.
Represented an international chemical company in state
jury trial of a wrongful termination case
involving environmental dumping allegations.
Hilarie has successfully represented high - profile corporate clients in
jury and non-
jury trials involving hundreds of millions of dollars in controversy.
He has conducted pre-indictment investigations and represented clients in grand
jury matters and criminal
trials involving a range of issues, including:
Legal challenges
involve aspects of state constitutional law — separation of powers, due process, equal protection and, prominently of late, the right to
trial by
jury.
Robbery is a serious charge and is always an indictable offence (i.e. the most serious offence), which means it
involves the right of the accused to have a preliminary inquiry and a
trial by judge and
jury, if the accused wishes to.
We use mock
trials and mock
juries at Ketchmark and McCreight, P.C. in order to be completely prepared for some settlements and
trials involved in some burn victim lawsuits in Kansas City.
When a case
involving a large vehicle crash goes to
trial, it is critical to present a strong accident re-enactment to the
jury.
He has tried several bench and
jury trials to verdict, including litigation
involving alleged damages in excess of $ 1 billion.
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.
«In a criminal
trial involving a
jury in which the certified facility dog is utilized, the court shall present appropriate
jury instructions that are designed to prevent prejudice for or against any party.»
Robbery is a straight indictable offence in the Criminal Code, which means that robbery always
involves the right of an accused person to have a preliminary inquiry and a
trial by judge and
jury, if the accused person wishes to.
Trying hundreds of
jury trials, his legal experience has literally gone from the cradle to the grave having represented clients
involved in prenatal and neonatal care, daycare centers, nursing homes and even funeral homes.
INNOVATION VENTURES, LLC d / b / a LIVING ESSENTIALS, v. N.V.E., INC. —
Jury Trial (E.D. Michigan 2016):
Trial counsel for plaintiff in trademark infringement action
involving plaintiff's 5 hour ENERGY shot.