Sentences with phrase «litigation work helped»
A busy year in both corporate and litigation work helped Winston & Strawn surge to record revenues and profitability in 2011.
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During her time in DC, Nicole worked at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform, where she helped lead research and communications initiatives to address the litigation challenges faced by businesses across all industries.
Mediation is a non-adversarial alternative to divorce litigation wherein the parties work together, with the help of a neutral third party «mediator,» to determine their own outcome, rather than leaving these important decisions to judge or jury.
Through this work, Rachel has been thrilled to help launch the Times Up Legal Defense Fund to help fund litigation supporting individuals speaking up about sexual harassment and gender misconduct.
Debra also works with pet service providers and professionals to help them pursue their passion for helping people and their pets while reducing their exposure to costly litigation.
Working proactively with state AGs can help a company avoid becoming a target of investigations and manage issues before they escalate into costly litigation or damaging media coverage.»
For Vincent de l'Étoile, a partner in Langlois's litigation group, who works almost exclusively defending class actions for large corporate clients in Quebec and across Canada, the new division will almost certainly help the system deal more efficiently and predictably with the increasing number of cases.
The practice areas that normally provide a lift in a downturn — restructuring, bankruptcy and litigation — have not helped cushion the drop - off in transactional work.
George received one of the highest awards by the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) for his work in rollover litigation which helped advance the public's knowledge of the risks from the Firestone tire and Ford Explorer recall.
Other factual aspects that often help this exercise work more effectively include aspects such as an existing relationship between the parties and / or a desire to develop or continue a relationship; a situation in which an apology could realistically help a party come to terms with a harm; a situation in which one or both parties wish to limit publicity; and a situation where one or both parties are concerned about litigation costs.113
Our San Diego business litigation attorneys have extensive experience working with medium and small businesses, helping to resolve a wide array of business related disputes, including:
Bahar Ansari is a practising American lawyer and co-founder of Case.one, a legal tech startup based in California that has developed cloud - based, all - in - one legal practice management software helping attorneys work on litigation, exchange information, manage time and billing, create invoices and monitor ongoing tasks from wherever they work.
He enjoys working with clients from varying backgrounds and helping them advance their business and personal goals in spite of the challenges that litigation can present.
No matter the individual he supports or the legal outcomes they seek, he works tirelessly to help them navigate complex litigation.
We work for you, our client, to explain your options without bias, to help structure the right deal format, and thereafter secure the best possible insurance or litigation finance terms we can from the market.
I have helped lawyers apply these disciplines to substantive law practice areas such as: commercial, toxic tort and IP litigation; mergers and acquisitions; corporate governance; industry regulation; trusts and estates; real estate leasing and sales; and environmental and energy law; as well work that spans specialties such as due diligence, e-discovery, contracting, and compliance operations.
«I enjoy my entire practice, including the varying subject matters of my cases, helping a client understand the litigation process and procedure, working with opposing counsel and witnesses, and the nuances of local courts.»
We help our members protect and expand the legal rights and opportunities of working women and men through litigation, education and advocacy.
CMS has signed up with machine learning - based document discovery company Brainspace to help with its litigation, arbitration and investigations work.
Perhaps a piece of objective evidence speaks louder: Ramsay was among those bestowed with the «Attorney of the Year» honor in 2011 for his work on the Source Code Defense Litigation Team, which helped coordinate a massive attack on the government's proof regarding breath tests in thousands of DWI and implied consent cases across the state.
It is caused by at least three other factors: (i) almost every problem law students encounter in law school comes labelled either by the course or by the assigned moot topic; few students ever have to deal with a simple cry for help from a client; (ii) in my experience at law schools — and it may be different now — almost all research was done in the context of litigation or moots and, while that's obviously an important focus, it's not the only one; and, perhaps the most important factor, (iii) the lawyers who give the students work far too often ask the student to «find a case» — this is almost universal focus of litigators — and are uninterested in either context or principle.
In other words, the financial pressures of legal tuition force young lawyers to curb their enthusiasm and miss out entirely on the very advocacy work which could help hone their critical appraisal necessary for litigation.
Personal injury attorneys in Arizona work to help their clients navigate the complexities and complications associated with medical care, insurance claims, and litigation that accompany recovery for damages after an accident resulting in personal injuries.
Like Carrel, Meyerson encourages new lawyers to develop strong communicationskills that will help them solve clients» problems through whatever process works best for their situation — mediation, arbitration, litigation, or anything in between.
For nearly 20 years, Catalyst has worked with some of the largest enterprises in the world to help them manage their discovery and litigation.
Whether you are in need of help with patents for a high tech business, or want to protect a creative work with the help of the kind of top entertainment litigation lawyer Los Angeles businesses and individuals trust, we are here to help.
«I was surprised at just how much using these skills helps you create an environment of trust, so the other party feels comfortable opening up and working toward a mutually beneficial solution that stops short of full - blown litigation.»
«I look forward to working with the firm's outstanding attorneys to help clients navigate complex, global legal issues with litigation, regulatory, and public policy dimensions.»
He worked with the firm's litigators on their most challenging cases, crafting creative legal arguments, and helping devise litigation strategies.
Shepstone & Wylie received the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team of the Year award for its work in helping to clarify unclear aspects of South Africa's Electronic Communications and Transactions Act.
Sadly, there is a notion out there among the ignorant or the mischievous that small firm solicitor work is expendable (especially if it helps deflect attention away from doing something effective about the time and cost of litigation).
«We have worked as a litigation partner with our clients for the past 30 years, and we were seeing a need in the market for a solution that would help the mid-tier,» said Bill Johnson, CEO, founder, and president of TCDI.
We look forward to working with our partners in Scandinavia and helping Scandinavian companies to use litigation funding for such strategic purposes and give them a competitive advantage.»
If you need someone to help you set up a war room, our litigation consultants are experienced in working in the NoVa area to gather lists of potential vendors and even provide you with price quotes to take some of the legwork off of your trial team's plate.
Working together, I can help you reach a financial solution by choice, not one made by a judge after litigation.»
MG+M can help your company establish records - management policies that work with an eye toward both current obligations and potential future litigation.
To further help you avoid costly litigation, we can work with you to develop or review policies and procedures, and to conduct discrimination training for employees at all levels.
We look forward to working with the Litigation Technology Support team to help them maximize their successful e-discovery offerings.»
As part of this role, Hafizan handled Employment Litigation work in helping our clients prepare for tribunal hearings, where she also achieved a further qualification as a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives.
Among the topics covered in this book are «Five Keys to Telling a Compelling Story in the Courtroom,» «Ten Videos to Help Litigators Become Better at Storytelling,» «Great Courtroom Storytelling Articles From Trial Experts,» «Trial Presentation Errors That Lawyers Can Easily Avoid,» «Litigation Graphics Psychology and Color Meaning,» «The 14 Most Preventable Trial Preparation Mistakes,» «New Study: A Graphically Immersive Trial Presentation Works Best,» «Practice, Say Jury Consultants, Is Why Movie Lawyers Perform So Well,» «Three Ways to Force Yourself to Practice Your Trial Presentation,» «Explaining a Complicated Process Using Trial Graphics,» and «Litigation Graphics Timelines Can Persuade Judges and Juries.»
The members, all litigators with ADR experience, help others in the firm look for ADR opportunities in work coming to the litigation department and advise non-litigators on drafting mediation and arbitration clauses into agreements.
EDT software can help clients comply with GDPR obligations in relation to litigation or investigations and EDT's consulting partners who have many years of experience working in the eDiscovery and privacy space can assist with your GDPR compliance plans.
You work predominantly in immigration, particularly pertaining to business immigration and litigation thereof; how do you help your clients avoid potential litigation in this regard?
Seusing is also a member of WSHB's Rapid Response team, working onsite at catastrophic events to help ensure that evidence is preserved and effectively gathered for use in potential claims and litigation.
We also help couples craft legally binding premarital agreements and work with families facing probate litigation issues.
One crucial role that a litigation consultant can play is to develop (and help develop) a working story for the client's position early in the case.
According to Josh, his work as a criminal defense attorney allows him to help those in need while engaging in an area of practice — litigation — that is always interesting and keeps him on his toes: «I truly enjoy the experience of being in court — the battle of wits between the attorneys.
Whether we are working with a client to implement an environmental compliance program or negotiating a complex commercial transaction, our focus is to help companies in the transportation sector prepare in advance so that they can perform their activities without the threat of costly litigation and disruptive enforcement actions.
She said she quickly saw a move to Debevoise as an opportunity to help raise the practice group's profile while working with what she called «top - tier» private equity and litigation practices that have «natural synergies with restructuring work.»
Intellectual property litigation and restructuring work helped push the the Seattle - based firm to new financial heights during a year that also saw it expand to New York and Taipei.