Reportedly, the fact that neither the actor nor his divorce
lawyer showed up in court may have influenced the judge's decision.
If
a lawyer shows up in a court proceeding on behalf of a «John Doe» client, is the identity of... [more]
If
a lawyer shows up in a court proceeding on behalf of a «John Doe» client, is the identity of the actual person a matter of privilege?
Not exact matches
When I asked Bharara yesterday how he will counter an argument that Silver's
lawyers are likely to make — that referring clients counts as «work»
in a law firm — he answered, «
Show up in court and you'll find out.»
He said his
lawyers were
in court on October 14, the date initially chosen for his arraignment and that it was the EFCC that did not
show up on that day.
The two
lawyers had largely disappeared during Mr. Silver's three - week trial
in Federal District
Court in Manhattan; James M. McDonald sat quietly at the end of the prosecution table, while Robert K. Kry, a defense lawyer, did not even show up in c
Court in Manhattan; James M. McDonald sat quietly at the end of the prosecution table, while Robert K. Kry, a defense
lawyer, did not even
show up in courtcourt.
It will be said that paralegals
in family law would be there to assist those clients who can not afford
lawyers and are
showing up in court in unprecedented numbers representing themselves.
When a
lawyer or paralegal can't attend
court for brief appearances, such as adjournment requests, the app will allow them to get
in touch with other counsel near the courthouse who are free to
show up on their behalf.
For example, a casual perusal of the online legal research service Westlaw reveals that «mumbo jumbo» appears at least 251 times
in judicial opinions.8 «Jibber - jabber»
shows up just seven times (although surprisingly used by parties, rather than
in statements from the
court), while the more prosaic «gobbledygook» has 126 hits
in the legal database.9 Believed to have been coined
in 1944 by U.S. Rep. Maury Maverick of Texas, «gobbledygook» has been used by everyone from political figures referring to bureaucratic doublespeak (for example, President Ronald Reagan's stinging 1985 indictment of tax law revisions as «cluttered with gobbledygook and loopholes designed for those with the power and influence to have high - priced legal and tax advisers») to judges decrying the indecipherable arguments and pleadings of the
lawyers practicing before them.
Quite simply,
lawyers appreciate our clients, the folks who pay our bills, who feign interest at our explanations of dull concepts, who patiently accept (though they never understand) that the
court will need nine months to decide their case (though they could close a multimillion - dollar deal
in nine days) and who take time off to
show up at depositions,
in court and
in our offices to do what we need to resolve their cases.
Since a
lawyer is required to get a client's signature and / or approval for certain steps of a case, and often to
show up in person at hearings as well, the
lawyer is required to withdraw to preserve the
lawyer's reputation because not doing so would force the
lawyer to have violations of
court rules that the
lawyer is responsible for meeting on behalf of a client.
Essentially if you
show up without a
lawyer you are given low priority and your name will eventually be called
in open
court.