Sentences with phrase «lawyer member of the commission»

Oklahoma's Senate Judiciary Committee has approved five measures that would replace commission - based appointment of appellate judges with contested elections, limit the role of the judicial nominating commission in identifying the best qualified applicants, allow the governor to replace some lawyer members of the commission, and require appellate judges to get 60 percent «yes» votes to be retained.

In November 2012, he was appointed to a six year term as a lawyer member of the Commission of Judicial Conduct.

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(For the record the Bronx is represented on the commission by two members, the Rev. Joseph M. McShane, the president of Fordham University, and Anthony Perez Cassino, a lawyer.)

But he ended up shutting down his own highly touted investigative body, the Moreland Commission, when its members began to hone in on the root of all problems in Albany: outside money earned by lawmakers, and specifically lawyers who have long claimed they couldn't disclose details of their work — including their clients — because that would be a breach of lawyer - client privilege.

The Moreland Commission asked members of the legislature who are lawyers to disclose more details about the clients they serve in their private practices.

Community members along with Lawyers for the Public Interest and then New York State Sen. Eric Schneiderman convinced the School Construction Authority to commission an independent environmental review of the site.

With the Directives on the right to information in criminal proceedings and the right to access to a lawyer successfully passed, the Proposal for a Directive on the strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and the right to be present at trial in criminal proceedings marks a new step in the recent efforts of the Commission to create common EU framework of defence rights which minimally need to be respected by the Member States.

She is a member of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division and served as Liaison and Advisory Board Member to the Commission on Youth at Risk and Vice Chair of the Women in the Profession Commmember of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division and served as Liaison and Advisory Board Member to the Commission on Youth at Risk and Vice Chair of the Women in the Profession CommMember to the Commission on Youth at Risk and Vice Chair of the Women in the Profession Committee.

Currently the 7 - member commission is made up of 2 District Court judges chosen by their fellow judges, 1 lawyer picked by the state bar's board of governors, and 4 citizens who aren't judges, retired judges, or lawyers picked by the governor.

He is on the Executive Committee for The National Trial Lawyers Association and is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Nevada Access to Justice Commission.

For example, members of the Wisconsin ATJC Commission include an Aboriginal law attorney, a small business owner, a public interest lawyer, a district court administrator, a Norbertine minister, a Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force, and a court of appeal judge.

Slate Senior Editors Emily Bazelon and Dahlia Lithwick co-authored «A Few Good Soldiers: More Members of the Military Turn Against the Terror Trials,» for Slate.com, which discusses the military commissions system and the role that military lawyers are playing in the evolution of the detainee litigation.

Moreover, any external lawyer who provides the Commission with privileged documents without authority to do so would be exposed to potential disciplinary action under the rules of the national bar association of which the lawyer in question is a member.

In the 2007 case of Akzo Nobel Chemicals v Commission [C - 550 / 07 P], the Commission had seized during the course of a dawn raid emails exchanged between a UK - based manager and the company's in - house competition lawyer, who was a member of the Dutch Bar.

She served for three years as a Commissioner on the ABA Commission for Women in the Profession, co-chaired the San Francisco Bar Association's No Glass Ceiling Initiative, served on the board of the National Association of Women Lawyers Foundation, is a member of the ABA's Gender Equity Task force and co-chaired the Model Compensation Committee of that Task Force.

These commissions should include lawyers, judges, other social service providers and members of the public.

He was an elected member of the Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission for two consecutive terms, having been elected by mail ballot of the lawyers in the Second Congressional District.

Like the Commission on Ethics 20/20, the 28 - member Commission was composed of practicing lawyers, judges and law school professors [47](with one exception, Stephen Cone, who was the Chief Revenue Officer of the ABA).

The 20/20 Commission's process was relatively closed, in that it consulted nearly exclusively with members of the legal profession: other ABA entities, state and local bar associations, judges, law school professors, and individual lawyers.

Member: North Carolina (President, 1996 - 1997) and American Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar (Member, Disciplinary Hearing Commission, 1986 - 1992); American College of Trial Lawyers; International Association of Insurance Counsel; Association of Insurance Attorneys; North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (President, 1984 - 1985); Lawyers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of North Carolina (1988 - 2012; Chair, Claims Committee 2006 - 2012); Georgia Lawyers Insurance Company (2002 - 2008).

The National Association of Bond Lawyers released a paper giving its members tools to help issuer clients develop written disclosure policies and procedures in response to recent Securities and Exchange Commission cases against issuers.

The applicant lawyers, Pierre - Michel Lajeunesse and Annick Marcoux, who were members of LANEQ, were counsel for the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (now the Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail («CNESST»)-RRB- in a case concerning the CNESST's financing system.

Member, Austin Electric Utility Commission Member, Austin Bar Association Member, Austin Young Lawyers Association Member, Gulf Coast Power Association emPOWERing Women committee Member, State Bar of Texas Member, American Legion Auxiliary, Texas Bluebonnet Girls State Member, Capital City A&M Club Board Member, Capital of Texas Media Foundation

Much of the effort in 2015 focused on either a) reducing the percentage of lawyer - appointed members of the nomination commissions and / or b) requiring judges appointed under such systems receive super-majority support in subsequent yes / no retention elections.

The Commission is a cooperative venture by prominent politicians and lawyers from dozens of countries around the world — Canada is a charter member — and is «hosted» by the United Nations Development Programme.

Of the nine commission members, eight are lawyers, all Queen's Counsel, mostly with declared political affiliations — a majority Tory, but with some Lib Dem and Labour representatives.

Justice Quince has received the following honors and awards: 2017, National Bar Association Hall of Fame; 2017, Women Lawyers Division Jurist of the Year; 2017 Sharon Press Excellence in ADR; 2008, Lifetime Achievement Award by The Florida Bar's Government Lawyer Section; Florida Commission on the Status of Women, 2007 Florida Women's Hall of Fame award; American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession; 2007 Justice Quince was inducted into Florida Blue Key as an honorary member; 2006 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award; 2006 Rickards High School Outstanding School Volunteer Award; 2005 Key to the City of Winter Haven; 2005 Richard W. Ervin Equal Justice Award; 2004 Key to the City of Panama City, Florida; 2004 Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Black Law Student Association Alumni Achievement Award; 2004 Lee County Association for Women Lawyers and the Lee County Bar Association Award for dedication to the promotion of equality in law and outstanding service as a distinguished member of the Florida judiciary; 2002 Florida Bar Equal Opportunities in the Profession Award; 2002 Florida Girls State Award; 2003 Helping Hand Award; 2003 Southern Women in Public Service Pacesetter Award; 2003 Florida Girls State Award; 2003 Pioneering the Future in our Community Award; 2003 Outstanding Jurist and Howard University Alumna Award; 2001 William H. Hastie Award from the National Bar Association Judicial Council; National Bar Association Presidential Achievement Award; Girl Scouts, Woman of Distinction Award, 2001; National Bar Association Women Lawyers Division Jurist Award for Outstanding Leadership Achievements and Dedicated Service to the Community At Large; Florida Chapter of the National Bar Association for Service on the Bench; Virgil Hawkins Bar Association Award for Community Service and Advancement of Equal Justice Under Law; the Virgil Hawkins Bar Association Certificate for Achievement in Jurisprudence; the Fort Lauderdale High School Award for participating in the School Law Magnet Program; the Broward County School Board Appreciation Award for Inspiration and Devotion to Our Youth; Award of Distinguished Service and Continuing Commitment to the People of Florida from the Fort Lauderdale B'nai B'rith; Proclamation from the Broward Board of County Commissioners stating that February 28, 1999, as «The Honorable Peggy A. Quince Appreciation Day»; Hillsborough County Sheriff's Black Advisory Council Appreciation Award; Lakeland NAACP Award for Contribution to Civil Rights; the African - American Production Company Personal Achievement Award; Paul C. Perkins Bar Association Appreciation Award; Florida State University College of Law Appreciation Certificate for Contributions made to Summer Law Program For Undergraduate Students; Certificate from the Office of the Attorney General, Florida Crime Prevention Training Institute for Exemplary Contributions to Crime Prevention in the State of Florida; and 2016, inducted into Stetson University College of Law Hall of fame.

Born 1950; lawyer (1974 - 80); law degree from the University of Athens (1973); diploma of advanced studies (DEA) in labour law from the University of Paris II, Panthéon - Sorbonne (1977); national expert with the Legal Service of the Commission of the European Communities (1988 - 1990), then Principal Administrator in Directorate General V (Employment, Industrial Relations, Social Affairs)(1990 - 1994); Junior Officer, Junior Member and, since 1999, Member of the Greek Council of State; Associate Member of the Superior Special Court of Greece; Member of the Central Legislative Drafting Committee of Greece (1996 - 98); Director of the Legal Service in the General Secretariat of the Greek Government (1996 - 1998); Judge at the General Court of the European Union (1998 to 2010, President of Chamber from 2004 to 2010); Member of the Supreme Council for Administrative Justice (2011 - 2012); Member of the Special Court for Disputes relating to the Remuneration of Judges and of the Special Court for Actions against Judges (2013 - 2014); Member of the Advisory Panel of Experts on Candidates for Election as Judge to the European Court of Human Rights (2014 - 2015); Member of the Committee responsible for giving an Opinion on Candidates» Suitability to perform the Duties of Judge at the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (2012 - 2015); Lecturer in European Law at the National School for the Judiciary (1995 - 1996 and 2012 - 2015); Judge at the Court of Justice since 7 October 2015.

Our lawyers also counsel clients on a wide range of issues relating to U.S. and EU economic embargoes involving the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, the EU Commission and the competent authorities of the EU Member States.

Partners at the firm have had the distinction of holding the following offices: President of the 60,000 - member American Association for Justice; President of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers; President of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; President of the Dade County Bar Association; President of the Miami - Dade Florida Association of Women Lawyers; United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; and Chairman of the Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission.

Like Michigan's task force, Vermont's commission was broad - based, composed of lawyers, law school faculty, judges, paralegals, technology specialists, and other members of the greater legal community.

Members of the firm have held notable positions serving on the boards of prominent institutions, such as the State University System of Florida and the Florida State Board of Education, and holding high - ranking offices, including President of the 60,000 - member American Association for Justice; President of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers; President of the Dade County Bar Association; President of the Miami - Dade Florida Association of Women Lawyers; United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; and Chairman of the Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission.

When I hear of local bar associations in the U.S. taking legal action against the providers of reputable online legal services on the ground of their unauthorized practice of law, or when I hear that senior general counsel in the U.S. have said that nonlawyers should not be permitted to deliver legal services because only lawyers can achieve the requisite ethics standards required of a legal adviser, or when I hear of opposition to various forms of liberalization on the part of members of the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20, I want to challenge whether this is about protecting clients or protecting lawyers.

Several groups of which Legal Aid is a member or with which we work closely — the D.C. Access to Justice Commission, the D.C. Consortium of Legal Services Providers, the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center, and the Washington Council of Lawyers — submitted comments seeking changes to the rule, which had needlessly prevented competent lawyers affiliated with legal services organizations from offering free legal assistance to low - income cLawyers — submitted comments seeking changes to the rule, which had needlessly prevented competent lawyers affiliated with legal services organizations from offering free legal assistance to low - income clawyers affiliated with legal services organizations from offering free legal assistance to low - income clients.