Sentences with phrase «lawyers in a case do»

Lawyers in the case did not immediately respond to the ABA Journal's questions about whether a settlement had been reached.
The lawyer in that case does not guarantee that the transaction was legitimate and the cheque or bank draft was valid and negotiable.

Not exact matches

Essentially, emails don't include all of the worst case scenario provisions that a lawyer would easily catch in a brief review.
As in the Tsarnaev case, Malvo's lawyers did not contest their client's guilt.
I knew that Dan's notes were uncapped with a discount and I knew his lawyer well, so I didn't define the post-money in this case.
Although Kulikov's criminal prosecution makes no mention of the German lender by name, investigators did quiz several witnesses in detail about Deutsche Bank and the mirror trades, say lawyers and witnesses in the case.
Charles Harder, a lawyer representing Trump in the Daniels case, did not respond to a request for comment Sunday.
«It's our practice at this time that when the case is in active litigation we don't comment,» Louise N. Smith, one of the lawyers representing Hayes told SB Nation.
Bettina — this reminds me of Alton Brown and «Good Eats» where the food safety version of the MiB shows up and give him all sorts of grief, probably in cases where risk - averse regulatory types and litigation - nervous lawyers, about things he wants to do (like making hollandaise or even carpaccio.)
«I don't think there's any doubt that the crime merited a life sentence, given the amount of damage that Mr. Pollard did to the United States government,» AP quoted Joseph diGenova, who prosecuted the case as a US government lawyer in Washington, DC, as saying.
Silver's lawyer, Michael Feldberg, in his opening statement, insisted the evidence would show that there was no corrupt agreement, quid pro quo or bribe involving his client, saying: «Everything that happened in this case was not only legal, it was designed to — and did — help people.»
Only an infantile lawyer like Okudzeto Ablakwa would refuse to cut his losses as I did when he knows that governments in Ghana do not pay for any fees associated with filing and prosecuting civil cases except legal costs, damages, and other awards.
Percoco's lawyer didn't respond to requests for comment, but pretrial filings cite one possible glitch in the case — some accusations focus on a period in 2014 when Percoco temporarily left to run Cuomo's re-election campaign.
Embattled Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. may be running for reelection unopposed, but that doesn't mean he's off the hook for declining to prosecute cases against Harvey Weinstein and President Donald Trump's eldest children and accepting campaign cash from lawyers linked to those would - be defendants in the process.
His intervention drew huge support from peers, many of whom are lawyers and judges and came in marked contrast to the reaction of Truss, who is also lord chancellor, who did not step in after the tabloid press attacked the High Court judges who heard the case.
Breslin concluded that the case should have been led by Albany County District Attorney David Soares, who is elected, not the Justice Center whose lawyers do not stand for election, as required in the state Constitution.
The turn in court comes after Ms. James had previously called on the city's lawyers represent, pro bono, children facing deportation cases in the federal government's surge docket, and had promised to do so herself after a refresher on family and immigration law.
More than 2,000 doctors referred their pain cases to Dr. Eugene J. Gosy, and other pain specialists in the region don't have the capacity to take on the indicted doctor's 8,000 to 10,000 active patients, Gosy's lawyers said.
The lawyers for the three men state that the alleged crimes did not occur in the Southern District of New York, where Bharara brought his case, and that the trial will feature numerous defense witnesses being called who reside in Buffalo.
Moreover, the defense lawyers stated that most of the investigatory work done in the Buffalo Billion portion of Bharara's case was handled by FBI agents in the Buffalo field office.
Despite getting flak from civil rights advocates over his decision to veto bills that would have legalized specific kinds of pocket knives and offering more state funds to compensate lawyers designated by the court to represent defendants who don't make enough money to afford a lawyer for defense in a criminal case, people roared in applause throughout Cuomo's speech.
Publicly, he represented himself as a lawyer who represented «plain, ordinary simple people» in personal injury matters and did not have any cases pertaining to state business, but prosecutors said the work was nothing more than a sham.
To the lawyers reading this article I say the following: if this interpretation does not sit well with your legal conscience, then consider that the Supreme Court has departed from its previous ruling in the previous Abu Ramadan case, as it is entitled so to do.
Daniel C. Oliverio, Ciminelli's lawyer, denied the charges and said, «I wish everyone would withhold their judgment until we're done in this case
His lawyers didn't present a defense in the case, prompting speculation they were holding back for an appeal in which they would challenge the law used to charge Silver.
In any case, I did not issue that writ, it is my lawyer, who is an officer of the court, and even the clerk of the Supreme Court did same.»
But the defense lawyers argue in today's filing that those cases didn't involve comments made by the prosecutor to the press.
Bennett Liebman, government lawyer - in - residence at Albany Law School and former deputy secretary for gaming and racing in the Cuomo administration, told The Alt that while the governor has the power under the state constitution to remove a district attorney from office through a quasi-judicial proceeding, it is «extraordinarily unlikely» that he will do so in this case.
Kevin P. Wicka, a Buffalo lawyer who handles employment law cases and discrimination complaints, said he did not want to talk about Cater's case in specific.
When she gave birth to a third child with DNA that did not match her own, Tindell says, judges and lawyers involved in the case were stunned.
After the judge dismissed the «jury» at the beginning of the trial (he actually didn't make us leave, the dismissal was for dramatic effect), he and the lawyers went through the procedures that would be undertaken in a real case to determine if evidence should be admitted for the jury to see.
Capua's lawyer, Armando de Zuani, says it's «unusual» for a judge in charge of a preliminary hearing to enter into the merits of a case, as Donati did, if the charges can be dismissed solely based on the statute of limitations.
In case you're a lawyer and went to law school because you can't do math, that was 1980.
Ryan Reynolds is not the first actor who might come to mind to play her real - life lawyer, Randy Schoenberg (grandson of composer Arnold) but he does a creditable job as the young attorney and family friend who becomes as driven and obsessed as his client — possibly even more so — in pursuing this case.
The case winds up in family court, mother and son fighting each other for custody, leaving the judge with the authority to decide the girl's fate, Courtroom drama follows, with Frank defended well by his lawyer, Fred Cullen (Glenn Plummer) and opposed by child welfare authority rep, and we do get to hear the decision of the court, allowing us to take sides as well.
What Is Life Worth is an Erin Brockovich / Spotlight - type story of Ken Feinberg, a powerful insider D.C. lawyer put in charge of the 9/11 Fund, who in almost 3 years of pro bono work on the case, fights off the cynicism, bureaucracy and politics associated with administering government funds and in doing so, discovers what life is worth.
The lawyers actively look for school conditions like toilets that do not work and vermin in the basement that will «shock the conscience» of the judge trying the case.
Saying that he does not want his courtroom to become a «three - ring circus,» the federal judge presiding over Louisiana's creationism case has limited the number of lawyers he will allow to participate in the July 26 trial.
In case we don't get the point, he notes that the people Klein put in charge of firing bad teachers were «all Ivy League lawyers.&raquIn case we don't get the point, he notes that the people Klein put in charge of firing bad teachers were «all Ivy League lawyers.&raquin charge of firing bad teachers were «all Ivy League lawyers
But the union and other supporters of the lawsuit have made no such claim, and Lefkowitz reminded the court that lawyers for the plaintiffs had a chance to make those claims when the case was first heard in circuit court, but declined to do so.
The job of putting the Governor's «Education Reform» package into statutory language rested with Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor's legal staff although, in this case, they did have some outside help from other lawyers.
I don't think the statue of limitations has expired as yet, so I'll see whether a lawyer in Canada wants to take my case.
In case it needs to be made clear, I am neither a CPA nor a lawyer, just a sneaky jerk who likes to do things that make him feel clever.
In New York, Robins has found, «The court expects the lawyers to do the same amount of legal work whether the case involves a $ 5,000 consumer credit card debt or a $ 1,000,000 Chapter 11 [business bankruptcy] turnover action.»
In turn, this may make it difficult for the consumer to find a lawyer willing to handle their case, involving as it does only modest stakes, for the usual 33 - 40 percent contingency fee.
I've tried but the arbitration clause seems to kill any chances of a lawyer taking up my case as I can't sue the school, and they say that the lender can claim they are innocent of any wrong doing in the generation of the loans (even though they approved $ 58k in private high interest loans to a student with no co-signer, no credit, and at the time no income to extremely low income).
I'll take a look and see if they may be able to direct me on what to do or know of a lawyer in my area who may be open to these types of cases.
Some of these situations may require consulting a student loan lawyer, in which case, make sure you do your due diligence before signing any contracts.
All you have to do is to cover all bases and you are going to find the right lawyer for your bankruptcy case in no time.
In my case, I defaulted, and I do not have thousands of dollars for a lawyer or for a settlement.
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