Sentences with phrase «lawyer said the client»

Nagy's lawyer said his client is seeking «compensatory and punitive damages» that could exceed $ 1 million.

Mr Courney's lawyers said their client was reported to police by a Muslim woman who claimed she had been branded a member of Islamic State and told to «go back to your country» - claims Mr Courney always denied.

Catholic News Service: Papal butler's lawyers say client acted out of love for church, pope Everything Paolo Gabriele did, he did for love of the church and the pope, said the lawyers for the personal assistant to Pope Benedict XVI accused of leaking private documents.

While Hudson's attorney could not be reached for comment and Parrott's declined to comment, Patterson's lawyer said his client was voted into office and has no intention of resigning.

But the kid's lawyer says his client wasn't responsible.

While the police has remained silent on the arrest, Maikori's lawyer said his client was kept at the Force Headquarters in Abuja

Huntley's lawyer said her client's family «has been terrorized» since her cooperation with investigators was made public.

Aiello's lawyer did not directly address this in his opening statement, and Gerardi's lawyer says his client had nothing to do with this.

Brandon McInerney, 17, dressed in a white T - shirt and blue pants, didn't speak at the hearing, but his lawyer said his client was sorry for killing 15 - year - old Larry King.

The lawyer said his client had told him to «deal with her father» about her personal injury case while she was away attending school.

In perhaps one of the most bizzare products liaiblity cases we'll see in some time, Didier Jambart of France is suing GlaxoSmithKline over the company's Parkinson's drug, Requip (ropinirole), The 51 - year - old's lawyers say their client's...

Basically, the court appointed lawyer said the client was going to lie, and the judge granted his motion to resign.

He admitted sharing photos with Chapman, but his lawyer said his client was acting without his wife's knowledge.

Ryan's lawyer said his client admitted he was guilty of manslaughter, but was too drunk to know what he was doing when he killed his wife.

Not exact matches

In his statement, Ryan said the FBI raid «resulted in the unnecessary seizure of protected attorney - client communications between a lawyer and his clients.»

«Producers should be excited that about what this means for expanding their business,» says Trina Fraser, a lawyer with law firm BrazeauSeller who has counseled clients applying to be medical marijuana licenced producers.

The anonymous client had told Cohen not to disclose his name, his lawyers said, partly because it would likely «be embarrassing or detrimental» to him.

In a Monday court filing, lawyers for Cohen said that he represented three clients between 2017 and 2018, but refused to identify one of them.

«Today's outcome is tremendous for our client,» David Krakoff, a lawyer for Universal Entertainment, said in a separate statement.

In his statement of defence, O'Leary's lawyer Christopher Madill denies all of the allegations against his client and says the suit should be dismissed.

«It would be a lot harder for Trump to have a lawyer representing him from a big firm, because most big firms, most large firms are not going to want to potentially alienate their client base by representing someone as controversial as Trump,» the former colleague of Hendon's said.

Arruda, who left his job in June to serve as CEO of Ross, says the digital assistant shortens the research time for each case, allowing lawyers to take on more challenging files and preventing client fees from escalating.

Trump's latest comments appeared to undermine the argument being made by Cohen lawyers, who say their client was Trump's personal attorney first and foremost, and therefore, practically everything Cohen did was protected by attorney - client privilege.

«A lot of my clients are in Class 35 for marketing agencies and business consultants, but some also consider themselves business coaches, where Class 41 comes in,» says Rachel Rodgers, a lawyer and the founder of startup law resource Small Business Bodyguard.

All three said they returned from maternity leave to find they hadn't been promoted (although they claim MoFo nevertheless billed clients for the lawyers» time as if they were more senior).

But lawyers for Lebedev, 39, and Gross, 47, have painted a different picture, saying their clients did not know that Murgio was running an illegal operation.

Henry Klingeman, Gross» lawyer, likewise said his client «never thought, at the time these things were happening, that he was doing anything illegal.»

«Qualcomm has confirmed publicly that this lawsuit against our clients is intended to make a point about Apple and punish our clients for working with Apple,» Theodore J. Boutrous, a lawyer for the four companies, said in a statement.

«If you have a suspicion that they're a victim, have your client call a lawyer and look into it,» Evans said.

Following a wild day of proceedings as part of a criminal investigation into Cohen — including the revelation that Fox News host Sean Hannity had been a client of Cohen's — Avenatti said none of the lawyer's associates are safe.

U.S. President Donald Trump's new chief lawyer said on Thursday that if his client agrees to an interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, it should be limited to a few hours and focus on Russian tampering in the 2016 election.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a decision that a lawyer must personally pay the legal costs of a hospital and a doctor involved in a legal battle with her, over her attempt to remove a client from life support, saying she was «intent on achieving her own personal objective.»

Immigration lawyers say this is creating greater delays and uncertainty for their clients.

Cohen's lawyer, Stephen Ryan, said that the raid was «completely inappropriate and unnecessary» and pointed out that attorney - client privilege may shield many of Cohen's files from investigators, a legal concept that protects communication between lawyers and their clients.

Ms. Clifford's lawyer, Michael Avenatti, said that he did not consider the restraining order, dated Feb. 27, valid, and that his client would proceed with her lawsuit in open court.

Lawyers say a recent Ontario Superior Court decision spells out auditors» liability to their clients» clients.

MH: Like lawyers defending a guilty client, the Chicago Boys only look for good things to say about their pet project.

Cohen's recent legal works appears to have been limited, with his lawyer saying in court Monday that Cohen had 10 clients in 2017 and 2018, but only three to whom he provided legal services: Trump, GOP donor Elliott Broidy (for whom we found out last week Cohen had negotiated a hush - money payment) and Fox News personality Sean Hannity.

The client is Hannity, Cohen's lawyer said.

Said Perez on Friday: «Lawyers and doctors have an obligation to look out for the best interest of their patients and clients, and all's we're saying is, in the financial context, that advisor ought to do the same — and they can do it.

«Michael never represented me in any matter, I never retained him in the traditional sense as retaining a lawyer, I never received an invoice from Michael, I never paid legal fees to Michael,» Hannity said, before adding, «We definitely had attorney client privilege because I asked him for that but, you know, he never sent me a bill or an invoice or did I actually officially retain him.»

Manafort's lawyer, Jason Maloni, released a statement on Thursday saying his client had not committed the offenses listed.

Rudolph Giuliani cast doubt Thursday on a report that the feds wiretapped President Trump's personal lawyer — and said doing so «would make a mockery» of attorney - client privilege.

Because both the lawyer and the client insisted that Trump had no idea that Cohen had made the payment, they can not assert that those activities were protected by attorney - client privilege, legal experts said.

Daniels at one time denied receiving $ 130,000 in hush money; her lawyer called that a «false statement» during his NBC interview, and said his client had been forced to sign the non-disclosure agreement.

«If I were a prosecutor hearing both the lawyer and the client say the client had no awareness whatsoever of that, I would now feel very confident going to a judge to seek that material.»

On Monday, Cohen's lawyer Stephen Ryan said the FBI agents involved in the raid seized «privileged communications between my client, Michael Cohen, and his clients.»

In an interview with The Washington Post, Mr Giuliani said that Mr Trump paid Mr Cohen $ US35, 000 a month as a retainer and that «there probably were other things of a personal nature that Michael took care of, for which the President would have always trusted him as his lawyer, as my clients do with me.

«On the other hand, what lawyers do at the direction or with authorization of their clients are matters for which the client can be held accountable legally,» Cotter said.

Former federal prosecutor Patrick Cotter said it makes sense for Trump to claim this so shortly after his lawyers asserted attorney - client privilege in the Cohen criminal investigation.