Sentences with phrase «lawyers follow their clients»

When lawyers follow their clients halfway around the world to look out for their interests, it layers on additional challenges — and some are minefields.

Not exact matches

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.

Akin to a lawyer giving all of her clients the best defence she can regardless of what she personally believes about their innocence, a religious scientist can also honestly follow the evidence where it leads regardless of where they want it to lead (with the exception of creationist scientists, who never appear to be be honestly following the evidence).

The former mayor said that Trump «wasn't aware» his longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen pitched his access to the President to potential clients following the 2016 election and landed lucrative consulting deals as a result.

Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump's new attorney, Rudy Giuliani, told CNN on Thursday that Trump «wasn't aware» his longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen pitched his access to the President to potential clients following the 2016 election and landed lucrative consulting deals as a result.

«I think her direct testimony was pretty compelling and I think through her testimony we established the lawyer - client privilege, confidentiality obligation was violated, the executive session confidentiality privilege was violated and these are serious violations,» Miller told reporters following the hearing.

Synopsis: The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps (Radcliffe), who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client's papers.

2.5 We may collect, use or disclose personal information without the client's knowledge or consent in the following limited circumstances: · When the use of personal information is permitted or required by law · When the personal information is available from a public source (e.g. at telephone directory) · When we require legal advice from a lawyer or regulatory association · For the purpose of collecting a debt · To protect ourselves from fraud

Adapted from the popular video game franchise, Ace Attorney follows rookie lawyer Naruhodo Ryuuichi (Phoenix Wright) and his assistant Mayoi (Maya) as he defends his clients in a court of law.

And therefore devices such as the following are used by law societies: (1) methods to control an alleged over-supply of lawyers; (2) «alternative legal services,» which are charity, simplistic services, and without the benefit of the solicitor - client relationship (pro bono services being but a very small exception, and possibly targeted legal services); and, (3) the sponsoring of «apps,» (the application of electronic technology to legal services), the effect of which upon the problem is unknown and unanalyzed, and can not solve any such access to justice problem.

Following it will rebut any allegation by the non client husband that he relied upon the lawyer to protect his interests.

Clients, prospects, jouranalists and other individuals targeted by a lawyer can only read so many blogs a day (and this includes blogs on politics, gadgets, health, etc.), and will therefore start to become more and more discriminating about which lawyer blogs they follow on a regular basis.

Since 2003, solo and small - firm lawyers across North America have relied on Ruby's charming receptionists to answer calls live in English and Spanish, transfer calls, take messages, collect new client intake, make follow - up calls, and much more — just like an in - house receptionist, at a fraction of the cost.

Pinnington says that under the 2/3 Rule, «the goal of being a happy lawyer with a successful practice can be achieved provided all your clients / matters meet at least 2/3 of the following requirements:» 1.

If it is accepted that potential clients have insufficient information to properly assess the quality of lawyers and paralegals (leaving them instead reliant on brand advertising, irrelevant and misleading «awards» and photographs of reassuring faces), then it follows that we should be thinking carefully about whether further information can be disclosed.

Principal lawyer Frank Van Dyke assists clients through a wide variety of legal issues in the following areas:

Among lawyers who have client portals, the most common use is document sharing (30 percent), followed by messaging and communication (23 percent), invoicing and payments (20 percent), case updates (17 percent), scheduling and calendars (14 percent), and real - time consultation (8 percent).

Nor should we shed too many tears for Hausfeld, who has already set up his own firm where he expects several Cohen Milstein clients and lawyers to follow.

As yours truly blogged last week, law firms may want to follow the lead of other marketers and more fully embrace email newsletters and alerts as a low cost, targeted and measurable method for reinforcing expertise with existing clients (who expect to continue hearing from their lawyers about breaking legal trends relevant to their businesses).

How else to explain that Martindale - Hubbell, the great - grandaddy of lawyer directories, is following Avvo's lead, and allowing clients to post reviews of their attorneys — a feature that Avvo also offers.

Many of our clients view Jewish lawyers as being some — or all — of the following, but with a wide variation in how they rank these attributes:

Our lawyers advise clients about their rights in such slip and fall injury situations as the following:

Our lawyers also counsel clients on how to obtain better working conditions following their return from family leave, medical leave or pregnancy leave.

More and more, institutional legal clients who work with outside lawyers on a regular basis are creating and instituting billing guideline agreements that any lawyer or law firm will have to follow if they want to get repeat business or simply get their bills paid on time.

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Our lawyers provide clients with a full - range of transactional and litigation legal services in the following areas of law:

When asked how clients would deal with their unresolved legal issues, many of the respondents said that they would access Legal Aid, followed by a preference for hiring a private lawyer.

Following the work of criminal defence lawyers in the firm's Manchester office, it offers a unique insight into a little understood aspect of the criminal justice sytem — the relationship between legal representative and their client.

As a client of Mann Lawyers, you can expect the following:

Recently, a client who came to me was seeking a second opinion following a complimentary session with another lawyer.

Family lawyers may hesitate to refer a client to mediation for one or more of the following (often erroneous) reasons:

The CBA's Code of Professional Conduct on Obligatory Withdrawal states: «4 (a) if the lawyer is instructed by the client to do something inconsistent with the lawyer's duty to the court or tribunal and, following explanation, the client persists in such instructions etc.;» Regrettably, I believe the B.C. SC has totally missed the point: upholding the law comes first and therefore, anyone engaging in white - collar criminal activity should be charged or the public will loose faith and confidence in the independence and impartiality of the Justice System.

An email to the client appeared to come from this lawyer, and a follow - up phone call was made to the client which displayed the lawyer's firm number.

The proposed opinion follows other states that have addressed the issue in concluding that lawyers may ethically use cloud computing, provided they exercise due diligence to ensure that the cloud provider maintains adequate safeguards to protect the confidentiality and security of client information.

When reviewing the home pages of our recent best - website winners, the following sites did a great job on focusing on what matters to the client — not on what makes the lawyer look important:

The Ontario Court of Appeal's decision in R. v. Liard will be «a game changer» in how lawyers advise clients following their arrest, a Toronto criminal lawyer says.

The client confidentiality issue is the one most scholars will be most interested to follow, though it will take another lawyer like Mr. Hunter actually discussing client information to trigger a similar case in another state.

One reason for this is the growing awareness of discounted agreements which, following the case of Gloucestershire County Council v Evans and Ors, most lawyers feel more comfortable in signing clients up to.

Even in civil matters, if the client instructs the lawyer: to lie to the judge, tells the lawyer not to produce court ordered documents, follows instructions to create fairy tale reasons why his / her client in not appearing, and other matter of ignoring, delaying or evading pre-determined legal responsibilities, a bright - line must be drawn.

Before giving his presentation, the lawyer stated that the «following information I am going to share is protected by attorney - client privilege.

The Committee then offered the following very broadly - worded proposition, which was not limited to employment matters: «A lawyer sending or receiving substantive communications with a client via e-mail or other electronic means ordinarily must warn the client about the risk of sending or receiving electronic communications using a computer or other device, or e-mail account, to which a third party may gain access.

Certainly the NAACP, as I understand its position before this Court, denied that it had managed or controlled the litigation which it had urged its members or others to bring, disclaimed any desire to do so, and denied any adverse effects upon its operations if lawyers representing clients in school desegregation or other litigation financed by the NAACP represented only those clients and were under no obligation to follow the dictates of the NAACP in the conduct of that litigation.

The triggering event was probably the massive change in client behaviour and the deeply unnerving drop in business that followed, combined with lawyers» utter inability to adjust their own practices in response.

Our staff and our lawyers provide far more than legal services, giving our clients the support they need to survive following tragic medical accidents and other acts of negligence.

Other firms attempt to apply peer pressure by publishing lists of lawyers who are dilatory in turning in timesheets, billing clients and following - on accounts» receivables, personal business plans, etc..

The barristers at Essex Court Chambers, as individual lawyers, may only act on a specific matter or case if instructed to do so by one of the following: a solicitor, a qualified foreign lawyer, or an authorised licensed access client who has been approved under the Bar Standards Board's Licensed Access Recognition Regulations.

The following have motivated managing partners to make organizational, structural and procedural changes in which their firms organize and manage client service and marketing: (a) an ABA study on the declining image of the legal profession; and (b) clients» perceptions concerning services provided and their treatment by lawyers, not only the results achieved or the fees charged.

This change of instructions appears to be coming from the client via the client's email, but if the lawyer follows these instructions, the money ends up going to the fraudster.

As Ernie points out at the end of his book, about the only rule lawyers specifically need to follow is to not blog about active clients.

The client then comes back and says the lawyer failed to follow instructions — but by then the limitation period has expired — and now the lawyer faces the prospect of a claim.