Sentences with phrase «lawyer in a particular state»

Just 5 percent of all lawyers in a particular state are included on their state's Super Lawyers list.

Not exact matches

The lawyers stated, «Therefore, if not for mischief purposes, how can anybody reasonably attach ownership of funds in the accounts of a company to a particular person?»

Since receiving the grant, WBUR has worked closely with the state judiciary and, in particular, with the judges, clerks, staff and lawyers at the Quincy court to get this off the ground.

We hold, therefore, that where, as here, the investigation is no longer a general inquiry into an unsolved crime, but has begun to focus on a particular suspect, the suspect has been taken into police custody, the police carry out a process of interrogations that lends itself to eliciting incriminating statements, the suspect has requested and been denied an opportunity to consult with his lawyer, and the police have not effectively warned him of his absolute constitutional right to remain silent, the accused has been denied «the Assistance of Counsel» in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution as «made obligatory upon the States by the Fourteenth Amendment,» Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. at 342, and that no statement elicited by the police during the interrogation may be used against him at a criminal trial.

It's not immediately clear to me why a judge on the New York City Civil Court, Housing Part, would be a particular expert on e-mail etiquette for lawyers, but I thought there were a lot of good points in Judge Lebovits» article — which originally appeared in the New York State Bar Association Journal — particularly the reminders on the absence of «tone» and on the need for brevity.

Aside from questions about whether a lawyer is permitted by the lawyers professional conduct rules repeatedly to send collections letters regarding states where the lawyer is not licensed to practice law, such letters are harder to take seriously when the collections lawyer is going to have to arrange for another lawyer barred in the particular state to file any collections lawsuit.

In addition, the advertisement must state that a conflict of interest or a determination by the lawyer that the legal service being offered is not appropriate for a particular purchaser may prevent the lawyer from providing the service and, if so, the purchaser's money will be refunded.

In particular, Faieta emphasized an agreement must state that a client is advised hourly rates can vary among lawyers and the client can consult with other solicitors to compare rates.

Because some material on this web site constitutes lawyer advertising, and this web site may be viewed from anywhere in the United States, particular disclosures are required by the rules of some sStates, particular disclosures are required by the rules of some statesstates.

The negotiation and conclusion of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada has triggered intense debate among EU lawyers, in particular with regard to the proposed reformed system for investor - State dispute settlement that the agreement contains.

In particular, norms relating to lawyers» practice that had formerly been under the domain of professional and state bodies, or left to the discretion of lawyers and their firms, are increasingly incorporated into «guidelines,» «procedures,» «codes of conduct,» «manuals,» or «bestpractices» memoranda, which lawyers are expected to follow (footnotes omitted).

So make sure you find an injury lawyer in Kansas City who has plenty of experience representing plaintiffs in injury cases in your particular state.

Our lawyers strive to gain an in depth understanding of our clients» business and particular strengths and vulnerabilities to state regulation, and in the process are able to effectively manage local lobbying and regulatory initiatives on our clients» behalf.

A lawyer is generally permitted to state that the lawyer is a «specialist,» practices a «specialty» or «specializes in» particular fields, but such communications are subject to the «false and misleading» standard applied in Rule 7.1.

We could spend our time explaining that our lawyers are fully trained for claims across the state of Kansas in particular, and how this is very important considering the fact that personal injury law changes from state to state in the US.

For example, Kenneth Chestek found that judges, law clerks, and practicing lawyers rated sample briefs with strong narrative components as more persuasive than sample briefs without strong narrative components.13 Sean Flammer found that judges rated sample briefs as more persuasive when they were written in plain language rather than in legalese.14 Similarly, Robert Benson and Joan Kessler found that appellate judges and their law clerks preferred briefs written in plain language rather than in legalese.15 Finally, Joseph Kimble and Steve Harrington found that judges and attorneys preferred plain language over legalese.16 These studies, however, measure only the judges» and lawyers» stated preferences for particular styles of writing.

Many have suggested that lawyers who list their areas of practice in that field arguably violate the ethical rules which prohibit lawyers from stating that they «specialize» in a particular area of law.

The criminal lawyer you choose must be licensed to practice in your particular state (Texas) in order to represent you.

For example, a 500 - lawyer firm with 495 attorneys in Washington, D.C., three in Florida and two in Connecticut would have to comply with the two latter - named states, even if the practice there was limited to a particular client or practice group.

This very varied evidentiary legislation situation, will produce a very inconsistent caselaw, one jurisdiction to the next, once judges and lawyers realize the consequences in law required by the fundamental difference between an electronic record and a pre-electronic paper record — in particular, the «system integrity concept» that is expressly stated in the electronic records provisions; e.g.: s. 34.1 (5), (5.1) of the Ontario Evidence Act; and, s. 31.2 (1) of the Canada Evidence Act (see my Slaw blog article, «The Dependence of Electronic Discovery and Admissibility upon Electronic Records Management,» published Nov. 22, 2013).

See N.Y. State 1049 (2015)(where a potential client posts a message on a website asking to be contacted by a lawyer about a legal problem, a lawyer may respond in the manner invited by the client); N.Y. State 1014 (2014)(where detainee communicates through another detainee that he desires to be contacted by a particular lawyer, the lawyer's response is not a solicitation, because the communication was initiated by the prospective client).

Prof. Conduct 123 (2001)(subject to the operational structure and content described in the opinion, a lawyer may affiliate with an online legal services website); Nebraska Op. 07 - 05 (lawyer may participate in internet lawyer directory which identifies itself as a directory, disclaims being a referral service and only lists basic information about lawyers without recommending specific lawyers and charges a reasonable, flat annual advertising fee); New Jersey Committee on Attorney Advertising Op. 36 (2006)(lawyer may pay flat fee to internet marketing company for exclusive website listing for particular county in specific practice area if listing includes prominent, unmistakable disclaimer stating the listings are paid advertisements and not endorsements or authorized referrals); North Carolina Op. 2004 - 1 (lawyer may participate in for - profit online service that is a hybrid referral service - legal directory, provided there is no fee - sharing with the service and communications are truthful); Oregon Op. 2007 - 180 (2007)(lawyer may pay nationwide internet referral service for listing if listing is not false or misleading and does not imply that the lawyer can represent clients outside jurisdictions of the lawyer's license, fee is not based on number of referrals, retained clients or revenue generated by listing and the service does not exercise discretion in matching clients with lawyers); Rhode Island 2005 - 01 (permitting website that enables lawyers to post information about their services and respond to anonymous requests for legal services in exchange for flat annual membership fee if website exercises no discretion over which requests lawyers may access); South Carolina 01 - 03 (lawyer may pay internet advertising service fee determined by the number of «hits» that the service produces for the lawyer provided that the service does not steer business to any particular lawyer and the payments are not based on whether user ultimately becomes a client); Texas Op. 573 (2006)(lawyer may participate in for - profit internet service that matches potential clients and lawyers if selection process is fully automated and performed by computers without the exercise of human discretion); Virginia Advertising Op.