Sentences with phrase «lawyers striking out»

With legions of lawyers striking out on their own, empowered by social media tools that circumvent traditional ways in which clients and lawyers find each other, Internet - based tools are revolutionizing how legal services get delivered.

New attorneys, and even experienced lawyers striking out on their own, are surprised by the administrative hassle associated with running a legal practice.

The start - up was launched in response to the increasing number of women lawyers striking out as sole practitioners and who also wanted to embrace flexible working conditions.

Another substantial piece of evidence Mr. Melo offered was the drafts of the cooperation agreement that passed between the physician's attorney and the prosecution, in which Mr. Taub testified against Mr. Silver, but in which his lawyer struck out language stating that the doctor directed patients to Weitz & Luxenburg «in exchange for» funding and «at Silver's request.»

After Chad Burton, a former «Big Law» attorney, built a firm for himself with, as he puts it, «low overhead, but sophisticated work,» he met so many other attorneys looking to do the same that he founded Curo Legal, a consulting and staffing business that helps lawyers strike out on their own.

Not exact matches

Odukoya, through is lawyers, is seeking two orders: an order striking out the charge and an order discharging the defendants of the charges filed against them by the EFCC.

Kanu who had been in detention since 2015 was granted bail on Tuesday following the application filed by his lawyer after part of the charges filed against them were struck out by the court.

Although affidavits based on information and belief that fail to state the source of the information are not struck out automatically (see Carevest Capital Inc. v. North Tech Electronics Ltd. 2010 ONSC 1290 (CanLII) at para. 16), one doubts whether these vague «advised by the file» affidavits are proper information and belief evidence at all or whether they really just serve to put the affiant lawyer's personal opinion of the case before the court.

Like Jewish lawyers, who had to strike out on their own to achieve equality in the profession, I believe that women and minority lawyers will have to do the same, setting up their own firms and growing them into powerhouses that compete with BigLaw.

The departure of four Charles Russell Speechlys partners to launch a new boutique is the latest example of a trend for sports lawyers to strike out on their own

Our cover story this issue gives a glimpse of a variety of different lawyers who've decided to strike out on their own and their tales are all different.

If that strikes you as out of his league, then you probably don't know that Lucchino is an accomplished lawyer and a graduate of Yale Law School who found his way into baseball through his law practice.

Catastrophically injured accident victims are losing out in the race to slash the province's auto insurance rates, Bowmanville personal injury lawyer Ron Strike tells AdvocateDaily.com.

Here, Stephen shares what he's learned from his experience, along with some advice for other lawyers thinking of striking out on their own:

In another decision (2014 ONCA 608, dismissing appeal from 2014 ONSC 1300), the Court of Appeal agreed that the plaintiff's action against a criminal lawyer should be struck out as an abuse of process.

S.A.Q. Akhtar, J. struck out an action brought against a real estate lawyer.

Finally, LawPRO successfully argued for the striking out of a pleading on the basis that it disclosed no cause of action against a litigation lawyer.

One of the things that struck me about my time working in biglaw was how technologically out of touch many — maybe even most — lawyers were.

The B.C. branch struck a special committee to report to Geoffrey Cowper, the lawyer hired by the provincial government to carry out its Justice Reform Initiative, and delivered its assessment in a report titled «Justice in Time.»

I'm curious whether this strikes a chord with the prosecutors and defense lawyers out there.

One positive thing to come out of the strike, says Desroches - Lapointe, is the strong sense of solidarity that was forged among lawyers.

Some senior voices in Quebec's legal community spoke out in favour of the striking lawyers.

The lawyers for Cassels Brock and Hamilton had argued the court should strike out this claim at the pleadings stage because Crown privilege prevents the court from inquiring into any aspect of Harper's decisions, including any contribution to them by the Hamilton and Cassels Brock.

Though money was the main public focus of the lawyers» contract demands (a pay increase of 10 per cent over four years, the same conditions an arbitrator awarded Quebec's 450 Crown counsel), Dion says the real driver that triggered the civil lawyers» strike on Oct. 24, 2016 — and fuelled their desire to stay out even after the LANEQ's war chest was depleted and many members were in dire personal financial straits — was their indignation over the government's refusal to grant them the same right to a binding arbitration process in exchange for the right to strike as they did to the province's 450 - member Crown attorneys» union (the Association des procureurs aux poursuites criminelles et pénales).

«I think it would have come out at the end of 2016 if it hadn't been for the fact that the lawyers for the government have been on strike since early fall, so that has slowed down the actual publication of the draft legislation.»

Despite widespread public support from Quebec's legal community and a mid-strike vote in which they rejected the government's final offer by a whopping 97 per cent, the striking lawyers emptied their $ 4 - million strike fund, took out an $ 8 - million loan (which is currently being repaid through an increase in union dues to three per cent from 0.75 per cent of members» salaries) and dropped strike pay to zero from the 60 per cent of members» weekly salaries paid at the start of the strike.

They made a deal with Kurt Bergmanis and Alan Preyra, two lawyers from Diamond & Diamond who were striking out on their own while still leasing space from the firm.

Every IT system administrator is going to have a map of the network and systems that they are responsible for (if even just in their head), but those diagrams will certainly strike fear in the hearts of any lawyer trying to make sense out of them.

Our Atlanta tractor trailer attorneys are representing an Atlanta HERO truck driver who was recently struck on I - 85 by a careless semi driver and I write this to point out the wisdom of hiring a lawyer early int he process.

We think we should make it plain that it is wholly inappropriate for litigants or their lawyers to take advantage of mistakes made by opposing parties in the hope that relief from sanctions will be denied and that they will obtain a windfall strike out or other litigation advantage.

Whilst a Judge may initially be sympathetic if, for example, a statement of case or defence aren't in the format a lawyer would know they need to be presented in, the court is very unlikely to continue to grant leeway once an initial warning has been given, and, as another example, turning up to court to defend an application by the opponent to strike out your claim and simply arguing it wouldn't be fair to allow the application because of the overriding objective of fairness would be given short shrift.

However, that authority was not directly on point as it concerns cases struck out for want of prosecution because of a lawyer's negligence.