Sentences with phrase «lead lawyers working»

We also use Exchange to pinpoint where we may have lower cost capacity to support lead lawyers working on cost sensitive matters.

In ALB's last feature, we spoke to a number of leading lawyers working in Cape Town for their views as to how the legal profession and its clients might be affected by the crisis.

At the launch of the Report, a panel of distinguished leading lawyers working both in house and in private practice recognised that increased diversity was in the interests of the law firms themselves, as well as the lawyers.

Not exact matches

«Mueller recognizes that Russian organized crime and sophisticated financial transactions involving them are going to be right at the center and Page is definitely a leading expert there,» Scott Horton, a US lawyer with experience working in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, told The Guardian.

Deborah Rhode, a Stanford law professor and leading scholar on legal ethics, argues in her book, Pro Bono in Principle and in Practice (2005), that lawyers bear an ethical duty to ameliorate «their monopoly's deleterious effects» by doing more pro bono work for those who are disenfranchised.

Laura, a Yale - trained lawyer, has often taken the lead on the foundation's criminal justice work, helping to orchestrate a groundbreaking left - right coalition last year to advance reform proposals in Washington, among other things.

He's a leading securities lawyer in the sector with a long list of accolades and deep experience working with registration, compliance and complex financings full stop.

Information from Ackerman's computer led to a far - reaching 1995 indictment that targeted 59 people at all levels of the cartel, including six lawyers whom the government said crossed the line to work in a cocaine - smuggling conspiracy.

Recently promoted to Chief People Officer and General Counsel, Misti Mukherjee is a distinguished lawyer who has worked with a variety of Fortune 50 companies on employment issues and frequently speaks to leading HR groups about attracting, motivating and retaining employees.

Master Sommelier Michael Meagher was and raised in New England, Michael had long envisioned a career as a lawyer, but it was during his summers where he worked for an upscale catering company, where the energy and satisfaction in executing elaborate events with finesse and skill that led Michael to a career in the hospitality industry.

Lawyers have been meeting to decide whether to follow Liverpool's lead and refuse to do any legal aid work after July 1st, when the next cut in fees come into force.

Their retinue of lawyers, led by Mr. Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), who filed the court processes on their behalf, argued that since the Court of Appeal, in its February 17, 2017 judgment, declared the Sheriff - led National Working Committee as the authentic leadership organ of the PDP, the Makarfi - led committee could no longer pursue an appeal in the name of the party.

What to make of Rudy Giuliani's fumbling and bumbling as he contradicted President Donald Trump about payments to porn star Stormy Daniels; his «storm troopers» comment about FBI agents who raided the offices of Trump's fixer - lawyer Michael Cohen; and his seeming justification of hush - money payments that led the law firm he worked for to drop him as partner?

In 1997, Alexander, then a practising lawyer in Scotland, took leave of absence to share the Treasury office in which Miliband was working as a special adviser; in 1999 they were both responsible for the Scottish Parliament election campaign that overturned the Scottish National Party's poll lead.

Doctors, lawyers, engineers, and other professionals routinely work in organizations led by individuals from other fields.

I am a lawyer by profession and have worked as a Legal Consultant for some of the leading companies in the UK.

Rather than attack the substance of the paper, the warmists reverted to their usual tricks, lead by Kert Davies, an activist lawyer who works for a Greenpeace front organisation called Climate Investigations Center.

Chris Horner is a senior fellow at CEI and the lead lawyer at ATI, a close CEI affiliate known for its litigious harassment of climate scientist Michael Mann alongside Virginia attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who just worked with coal utility companies to kill Virginia's renewable energy law.

She's working with a guy called Steven Dozinger, who is one of the lead lawyers on the case against Chevron.

Typical work includes putting forward lead lawyers for complex transactions, including multi-product and multi-jurisdiction deals, and collaborating with product - specialist lawyers.

«Mentoring, formally or informally, working on important files, being able to accompany the lead lawyer in client meetings — these are areas that give advantages,» says Charles Smith, a former equity adviser at both the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Canadian Bar Association.

More importantly, in an economic downturn, with so many lawyers unable to find work, I doubt that prosecutors» offices would willingly scale back prosecutions, since that would reduce workload and potentially lead to layoffs.

Briefly, an elevator speech is an introduction («Hello my name is...»), and a brief and enticing description of what you do («I work with consumers to resolve their financial concerns») without leading with a label (lawyer) which might allow a listener to plug you into a category in which he has no interest.

So when a lawyer fears a client's disapproval (or wants the client's approval), where the lawyer works in an environment in which certain kinds of misconduct become normalized or excused, where conformity is valued, or, conversely, creativity in «interpreting» rules is, it is not really that surprising that that lawyer does not act to prevent misconduct, even where satisfaction of his personal or professional obligations should lead him to do so.

The new site will feature daily news coverage of the legal business, including breaking news reporting on developments at the world's leading law firms, and on the lawyers and professionals working in and with those firms.

The firm's team included more than 30 lawyers, with the majority of work led out of London.

When confronted with the tribe leading concepts, most lawyers with whom I talk respond with the, «that doesn't work for my practice», objection.

Yoo's work has led the National Lawyers Guild to call for Boalt to dismiss him and for Yoo to be tried as a war criminal.

Mohamed worked for a leading law firm in Cairo and then gained experience as an in - house lawyer at Banquo in Egypt.

While working at the Justice Department from May 2009 to February 2011, Boast led 150 lawyers in the antitrust division and oversaw the investigations that preceded the mergers of NBC with Comcast and Oracle with Sun Microsystems.

Rather than being filtered through legal assistants, secretaries and associates, our clients work directly with the lead lawyer on their cases.

This means that although we are a leading full - service law firm, our students and lawyers work on a wide range of high - profile matters for a diverse client base, and we maintain the qualities and family atmosphere of a smaller firm.

The team worked closely throughout the transaction with Cancom SE's German lawyers Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, led by Boris Dürr, Marcel Greubel and Christian Schild.

One of the most important things to really understand about the Kansas City personal injury lawyers who work for Ketchmark and McCreight, P.C. is that we have extensive experience in Kansas City personal injury law to help us lead you through this process.

We regularly work with the firm's corporate lawyers on major equity and debt offerings, mergers, acquisitions and spin - offs, evaluating significant intellectual property issues ranging from patent protection for lead products and product candidates to the intellectual property positions of close competitors.

Our lawyers have the knowledge and ability to tackle the toughest scientific and technical issues, and we have worked closely with many of the country's leading medical, scientific and technical experts in defending such claims.

For the past decade, Tobias has been consistently recognized for his work by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2006 - 16), including a top - tier ranking this year in the Texas Technology: Corporate Commercial category, in which the publication notes that he «is thought of extremely highly by his fellow professionals.»

Motor vehicle injury claims in Kansas City are exactly the kind of personal injury claims that the lawyers who work for Ketchmark and McCreight, P.C. are most experienced in and best prepared to lead you through, regardless of your circumstances.

He is a certified coach and veteran consultant who specializes in how lawyers work, collaborate, manage, lead and succeed.

James has been consistently ranked by Chambers & Partners in recent years as a leading junior for commercial chancery disputes, where he is described as a «great lawyer with a fine intellect, who is very hard - working», who has «continued to enhance his growing reputation by acting in high - stakes cases.»

Chambers USA 2007 America's Leading Lawyers for Business reports: «Clients raved about Steve Geanacopoulos, who worked on various private equity matters: «He is a member of our strategic planning team as much as a legal resource — he offers invaluable commercial advice, interpreting the intricacies of the law in plain English, allowing you to make an informed decision.»

If the huge increase in hourly rates lead you to think that lawyers must be working less hours a year, then you have obviously never worked in a law firm.

His work representing the firm's clients in wrongful death and personal injury cases involving defective products, workplace and oilfield accidents, and trucking / transportation accidents has led to his recognition by The Best Lawyers in America, as well as Texas Super Lawyers and Texas Rising Stars.

The problem is, most leadership positions are filled with lawyers who've never learned how to lead other lawyers, who don't work together as a team, and who have other priorities (billable hours, clients, and prospective clients) that command more of their attention.

I lead a team of lawyers in the US, the UK, Germany, Mexico and Canada who work together to resolve our clients» cross-border matters in a way that works best for them.

Award - winning IP blog «PHOSITA» has, according to lawyer - blogger Douglas Sorocco as quoted recently in Small Firm Business, led to referral work from lawyers around the country.

The magic circle firm has recruited three external coaches, known as «black belts» in efficiency, to lead training workshops to help the firm's lawyers identify inefficiencies in the way they work, mimicking cost - cutting initiatives developed for the manufacturing industry.

The incentive for participating is that the free answers the lawyer provides could lead the grateful and dutifully impressed company to give the lawyer paid work.

He also believes the service will help lawyers build their practices by establishing relationships with clients that could lead to more work down the road.

CC initially launched its «Continuous Improvement» programme in 2013 with three external coaches or «black belts» in London to lead training workshops to help the firm's lawyers identify inefficiencies in the way they work.