Sentences with phrase «lawyers on his critics»

Like other prominent jerks, such as cyclist Lance Armstong, Hogan / Bollea also has a fearsome reputation for siccing lawyers on his critics.

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Bloom, a lawyer who built a reputation on representing women in high - profile sexual harassment cases against powerful men, came under fire from critics.

Well, that's because the Supreme Court doesn't much like it, determining more than 100 years ago that polygamy was «an offence against society» (Reynolds v. U.S.) and compared it to «murders sanctified by religious belief, such as human sacrifice or the burning of women on their husbands» funeral pyres,» or so writes lawyer and social critic Wendy Kaminer.

To critics of that decision, these emails, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act by the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, reveal an administration intent on seeking negative information to doom the renewal of TPS for nearly 60,000 Haitians.»

And though he's often seen as safe in his district, he does have a primary challenger: Democratic lawyer Blake Morris, a longtime Brooklynite and member of a group that has been increasingly harrying Felder about issues like Felder's attempt for a higher speed limit to speed traffic on Ocean Parkway, which critics say is too dangerous.

Union critics and wealthy advocates have hired lawyers to take on the teachers; the teachers, through their unions, have gone before the bench to go after state officials and their policies.

Even though this highly unscientific habit of silencing critics by sending lawyers after them has worked well for Mann in the past, Mann made a very serious mistake taking on Steyn.

For those critics of mine who have taken the time to read this post up to this point, and are still planning on saying I'm a paid shill of Heartland or anybody else, let me repeat that last sentence from the Legal Council statement — although it may not have been stated on my behalf, it could be something lawyers might see as being very useful for me:

This week on the legal - affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, I discuss the events in Texas with two guests: Betsy Branch, a family - law attorney with the Dallas firm of McCurley, Orsinger, McCurley, Nelson & Downing, who serves as attorney ad litem for several children in the West Texas case, and lawyer and social critic Wendy Kaminer, who has written about the civil liberties aspects of the case at the blogthefreeforall.net.

Some critics, as evidenced by the comments to the article on Articling fees and access to justice, also complain that the LPP is enabling an unjustified expansion in the number of lawyers in Ontario.

The loudest critics, however, were local bars and the voluntary bars... the trade associations that depend on their own lawyer referral services for income.

Critics have suggested that those lawyers who might otherwise remain uninsured but for the requirement that they carry professional indemnity insurance would «free - ride» on the profession's reputation and liability standards.

Comment: Lawyers on Demand has previously been judged by its critics for its failure to significantly grow its lawyer numbers and capitalise on its first mover advantage.

I'm no film critic, but I highly recommend it, not only for its fascinating portrayal of the man the New York Times once called, «The most hated and most loved lawyer in America,» but also for its intimate look of the toll a high - profile legal career can take on a lawyer's family and loved ones.

Judge Sharon Keller, dubbed «Sharon Killer» by her critics, reportedly denied an appeal from the lawyers for Michael Wayne Richard at 5:20 pm on September 25th, 2007, saying, «We close at five.»

Judge Sharon Keller, who her critics have dubbed «Sharon Killer,» reportedly denied an appeal from the lawyers for Michael Wayne Richard at 5:20 pm on September 25th, 2007, saying, quote, «We close at five.»

It is also concerning to think that it might join that long list of situations where lawyers have been used in a way that has retarded debate on important health issues (such as, in extremis, this memorable episode when a High Court judge criticised Andrew Wakefield for trying to use libel law to silence his critics).

Family lawyers for Yasmin Prest, the ex wife of oil tycoon Michael Prest are contesting the decision given by the CoA on the 26 October, which ruled that companies owned by Mr Prest would not be made to hand over assets totaling # 17.5 m to his ex-wife, in a judgment which was criticised by critics saying that it would enable wealthy spouses to protect their assets in divorce proceedings.