Sentences with phrase «leading attorneys who»

Carvin is a patner at Jones Day, a former DOJ official and was one of the lead attorneys who argued before the Florida Supreme Court in 2000 on behalf of George W. Bush in the Florida / hanging chad recount controversy.

I could put him in touch w / an leading attorney who would do this pro bono.

Kwon - Hoe Kim is a leading attorney who has significant expertise in corporate law, banking and financial regulatory matters, and commercial litigations.

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Stengel is joined on stage by Doug Ellenoff, a corporate and securities attorney with a specialty in business transactions and corporate financing who has been actively involved in working with federal government agencies as the rules are being rewritten, and Pelli Wang (on the right end of the couch), the venture director at SeedInvest, a leading equity crowdfunding platform and early - stage VC fund.

All of that comes on top of more than 500 class actions filed on behalf of owners and lessors of Volkswagen diesel cars — an unprecedented number, according to Elizabeth Cabraser, a leading mass - disaster plaintiffs attorney who is heading a 22 - lawyer steering committee trying to bring order to the sprawling mess.

Lamar Smith (R. - Tx), who heads the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, has demanded that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman turn over all communication since 2012 between his office and climate change campaigners whose research led to him opening his probe.

The reason for the fear, this strategist said, comes from uncertainty about how the president may react, including possibly firing special counsel Robert Mueller, who reportedly made the referral leading to the Cohen raid, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who reportedly signed off on the raids.

«One of the most important things to get right is starting pay,» Sara Bowen, an attorney who leads Starbucks Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility team, said in a statement.

Uber also released the recommendations of a months - long investigation led by the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder who was retained by Uber to look into company culture and practices.

Despite the rejections, Trump boosted his legal defense team with a little - know lawyer named Andrew Ekonomou, who will take on a more prominent role in communicating with Mueller's office following the resignation of former lead defense attorney John Dowd.

Earlier this year, John Dowd, the seasoned white - collar defense attorney who was leading Trump's negotiations with Mueller's office, resigned amid frustration that Trump was not following his advice to decline an interview.

And CNN notes it was Comey, then serving as Deputy Attorney General in the Department of Justice, who oversaw the special counsel investigation into the leak that ultimately led to Libby's conviction.

Sol Wisenberg, a leading white - collar attorney who was deputy independent counsel in the Whitewater investigation, told CNBC that another special counsel wouldn't make sense in this circumstance.

One of the lead attorneys defending the payday lenders was Steven Engel, who is now assistant attorney general at the US Justice Department, and who was listed as an active attorney in the case until November 14, the day after he was sworn into office.

A partner in the firm and co-chair of Fox's Franchising, Licensing & Distribution Practice Group, Gerhards leads a team of more than 40 attorneys in 21 offices who represent franchise and distribution companies in industrial, retail, food, entertainment, service, technology and home - based businesses.

In a report published on June 13, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who led Uber's internal investigation, recommended some sweeping management changes at Uber in the wake of its numerous scandals.

There has been wide speculation that the president might seek to use the memo to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who is overseeing the Russia investigaiton, or special counsel Robert Mueller, who is leading the Russia investigation.

And he derided the agents who raided Cohen's office as «stormtroopers,» a charge that attracted particular attention because it appeared to evoke Nazi soldiers in the context of the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office, which had approved the raids and which Giuliani had once led.

The threat of a lawsuit from 10 conservative state attorneys general has led to reports that President Donald Trump plans on ending or at least modifying the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, a program that protects children of undocumented immigrants who were brought into this country when they were too young to have a say.

, Texas, that will assemble, for the first time, an international group of leading policy makers, attorneys, educators, children's rights activists, and researchers from multiple disciplines (e.g., anthropology, criminology, history, medicine psychology, social work, and sociology) as well as other interested individuals who concur that corporal punishment of children is an unsuitable and potentially damaging way to discipline and teach children.

Global Summit on Ending Corporate Punishment and Promoting Positive Discipline Registrations are being accepted now for this June 2011 conference in Dallas, Texas, that will assemble, for the first time, an international group of leading policy makers, attorneys, educators, children's rights activists, and researchers from multiple disciplines (e.g., anthropology, criminology, history, medicine psychology, social work, and sociology) as well as other interested individuals who concur that corporal punishment of children is an unsuitable and potentially damaging way to discipline and teach children.

«And we wish the attorney general well, but in a situation where he chose not to serve any longer or couldn't serve any longer, we have someone to come right off the bench who has been an executive and could step right in and lead the state as I've tried to for the last two - and - a-half years.»

This is good news for NYS Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who has led the charge against a settlement with banks along with Attorneys General in several other states like California and Delaware.

She's a Manhattan attorney who serves as counsel to the Judicial Confirmation Network and led the right's opposition to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor back in 2009 when the Bronx native was tapped by President Obama to be the first Latina to sit on the nation's highest court.

The announcement coincides days after the departure of former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who had led the investigation into de Blasio as well as Gov. Andrew Cuomo's closure of the Moreland Commission following an agreement on ethics reform changes in the state budget.

At an event sponsored by the Brennan Center and New York Leadership for Accountable Government (NY LEAD)-- a coalition of business, civic and philanthropic leaders who favor campaign finance reform — New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman unveiled new disclosure requirements for non-profits engaging in political activities.

Had Silver's lawyers made any attempt to portray Silver as a man of character at the trial, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara would have undoubtedly seen to it that the Sheldon E. Silver farce had made it into the court record, probably during the testimony of Michael Whyland, Silver's spokesman who led the media attack on the Times story.

In July, Cuomo, the state's attorney general who was unchallenged for the Democratic nomination, led Paladino by a two - to - one margin — 58 % to 29 %.

A complaint brought by prosecutors working in the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and unsealed Thursday morning alleges Percoco extorted developers who built multi-million dollar facilities for the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, which was led by Kaloyeros.

Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice has the support of Assemblyman Dov Hikind, who issued a press advisory last week announcing his support, and the (Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum) Satmar chasidic leadership in Williamsburg led by Rabbi David Niederman of the UJO.

The Attorney General's Investigations Bureau is led by Chief Investigator Dominick Zarrella, who is assisted by Deputy Chiefs John McManus and Antoine Karam.

Among those who were being mentioned as a possible replacement was former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who brought corruption charges that led to the convictions of two former majority party legislative leaders, as well as Cuomo's former closest aide, before Bharara was fired by President Donald Trump.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — John Nonna's appointment as Westchester County Attorney was confirmed Monday night by the Board of Legislators.Nonna, who previously served on the Board of Legislators and as mayor of Pleasantville was nominated by County Executive George Latimer in December.After his election, Latimer appointed Nonna to help lead his transition team.

«The attorney general is New York State's leading law enforcement official and with firefighters serving on the front lines it is vital we have someone able to not only represent New Yorkers interests in the courtroom, but someone who also knows first hand what it is like to serve on the front lines protecting lives.»

The Utica City School District's practice of sending older students who are new to America into separate programs led to a lawsuit and an investigation by the state's attorney general.

The governor's office acknowledged the investigation Friday and ordered an immediate review of the program, which will be led by Bart M. Schwartz, who was chief of the criminal division of the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office.

Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York who is leading the corruption cases against lawmakers caught taking bribes earlier this year, was the first speaker.

A leading government watchdog called Thursday for the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office to reveal who was calling the shots while DA Ken Thompson battled cancer before his death.

However, another prominent Republican, Onondaga county district attorney Bill Fitzpatrick — who is investigating public corruption in the state as the co-chair of the Moreland Commission — thinks public financing would be an excellent use of public money, leading to long - term savings for taxpayers.

Notably, the attorney position which Savino is taking in Clarkstown was previously occupied by Marsha Coopersmith, who was chair of the Independence Party before Sparaco led a campaign against her.

Republicans who lead the State Senate favor Underwood, as does Governor Andrew Cuomo, who appointed Underwood as solicitor general when Cuomo was himself the Attorney General in 2007.

Assistant US Attorney Douglas Bloom, in an Oct. 20 letter to Karas, said the government opposes Misir's request because it believes there's another lawyer at Misir's firm who can take over as lead counsel.

Although the state constitution says the legislature appoints a successor when the attorney general's post is vacant, in reality the Democrats who lead the Assembly make the decision, because with over one hundred members, they have the largest faction in both houses.

Mr. Banks has also complained that the state has been unresponsive to many of his requests, and Mr. Cuomo's office has asserted that Mr. Banks — a former Legal Aid Society attorney who led the organization — is unqualified to handle homelessness services.

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.

Howard Master, who helped lead the CityTime payroll and Sheldon Silver cases, will now work for New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as senior enforcement counsel, focusing on issues relating to the Trump White House and public corruption in general.

Prosecuting attorneys said Silver exploited his position of power to illegally gain the funds, and in the days leading up to the sentencing, revealed that the former legislative leader had two affairs, one with his former communications director, now a prominent lobbyist, and a former assemblywoman, who they say gained financially from the arrangement.

Howe, who had close ties to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, signed a cooperation agreement with U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara who is leading the corruption probe, the newspaper said, citing an anonymous source.

MYSTERY SOLVED: City Council Member Lou Trangucci is the person who brought forward the complaint which led to the investigation of the New Rochelle Department of Public Works by the Westchester County District Attorney.

Organizer's lead investor and biggest supporter is former Facebook Chief Privacy Officer Chris Kelly, who lost the 2010 Democratic primary race for state attorney general to the eventual winner, and potential gubernatorial candidate, Kamala Harris.