Sentences with phrase «many criminal defense»

-- Oliver Harris, trial lawyer, prosecutor and criminal defense attorney.

A former assistant US attorney for the Southern District of New York, Hendon is a partner at Spears & Imes, a boutique firm focusing on white - collar criminal defense and civil litigation that has a staff of just 14 attorneys, according to its website.

You need to realize that this is a very small legal community, especially the criminal defense bar.

«It incentivizes them to seize property,» says David B. Smith, chair of the Forfeiture Committee for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

«We know they have been or are looking to hire criminal defense counsel,» Ackman said at the 13D Monitor Active Passive Investor Summit on Monday.

Scalia was known for erring on the side of even the most unpopular suspects (he once referred to himself as «the darling of the criminal defense bar»).

It tells the tale of Casino, who ditched his job as a «notorious criminal defense lawyer» in favor of helping «innocent victims who can not speak for themselves.»

Last year, at a conference, Ackman said that executives of Herbalife were hiring criminal defense lawyers implying that they would soon be charged with a crime.

In Baton Rouge, minorities are «very wary of police and often afraid of them,» says Michele Fournet, a veteran criminal defense lawyer there.

Today he still practices law, although he's not a prosecutor any more — he's now a criminal defense attorney.

The show has thrust the criminal defense attorney into the national spotlight and his eloquent and impassioned arguments in Avery's trial even inspired something of a cult following for the Wisconsin lawyer (with some even deeming Strang the show's «sex symbol»).

Shari Redstone, a former criminal defense attorney, serves as president and owns 20 % of the family holding company, National Amusements Inc..

Instead you're a criminal defense attorney in Tennessee, lol.

Mr. Perry has the unique tripartite experience of a white collar criminal defense and government compliance, investigations attorney at a national law firm; a senior enforcement attorney at a federal regulatory agency; and the Chief Compliance Officer of a global financial institution.

«Well, that's pretty smart,» New York City criminal defense lawyer Gerald Lefcourt said sarcastically about Shkreli's behavior in recent months.

Or they imagine that business ethics are something like the full - bore adversarial tactics of criminal defense lawyers.

Bishop is a criminal defense attorney in Chicago.

I noticed last night on CNN.Co that Paterno retained a high - falutin criminal defense attorneey.

She is a criminal defense attorney in Chicago.

It is written by a Canadian criminal defense lawyer, now a Crown prosecutor, and it explores the legal and moral dynamics of the Book of Job with particular emphasis on the distinction between causal responsibility and moral blameworthiness embedded in Job's Oath of Innocence.

Nevertheless, I am an attorney with 25 years experience, 13 of which were as a criminal defense attorney, and the video makes clear that by legal standards, the young lady WAS the aggressor — twice — no matter what was said prior (words are never an excuse for an attack) and yes Mixon has a valid (at least arguable) self defense case.

A very good criminal defense lawyer might be able to plea it down to 3rd degree assault which is a misdemeanor.

In recent years, additional foreign owners have come into the league, including Inter Milan, which is owned by an Indonesian group, and Bologna, which was purchased last October by Joe Tacopina, Alex Rodriguez's criminal defense attorney.

In 2008, Cohen was invited to become an equity partner in the Los Angeles office of Venable LLP., a DC - based, 600 - attorney international law firm, where he co-chaired the firm's West Coast white collar / criminal defense practice.

One of the questions that I am most frequently asked at a criminal defense lawyer is what kind of a record will my client have after their case is concluded.

Educated at Dartmouth College and the University of California's Hastings College of Law, Mr. Kopp has spent his entire professional career as a criminal defense attorney.

Criminal Defense Attorney, explains what typically determines the scale of punishment after a minor is convicted of a juvenile offense

Overhauling New York's criminal defense system for the poor should be a top priority for state lawmakers and Cuomo during the current legislative session, New York State Bar Association President David Miranda said.

Prominent WNY attorney Rodney Personius is a partner, and the firm lists among its principle areas of practice, white collar and general criminal defense, governmental investigation and inquires.

While lawmakers tried to hammer out a deal in Albany, Gov. David Paterson was in Manhattan meeting with his criminal defense attorney.

Officials were uncertain about whether a new Suffolk law requiring the county ethics board to release officials» financial disclosure publicly would apply to John Scott Prudenti, a district attorney bureau chief who rented his partyboat to criminal defense attorneys with cases before the DA's office.

He has hired a criminal defense attorney.

«We are deeply disappointed that the City Council passed a flawed Right To Know Act which will do little to end deceptive and often abusive NYPD searches,» said Tina Luongo, Attorney - In - Charge of the Criminal Defense Practice at The Legal Aid Society.

The State Bar Association strongly supported this bill, consistent with its long - standing priority to have the State meet its constitutional obligation by adequately funding quality indigent criminal defense services.

We should not force taxpayers to pay for a politician's criminal defense.»

That's because run - offs fall under state law, not city law, and the state allows campaign funds to pay for criminal defense lawyers.

Since news of these investigations broke in March, de Blasio has not made clear who would pay his criminal defense lawyers.

Schneiderman, meantime, has reportedly hired top criminal defense attorney Isabelle Kirshner to defend him against sexual abuse allegations.

«Despite improvement in some geographic areas, our indigent criminal defense system still relies on overworked and underfunded defense attorneys.»

Steve Zissou, a noted Queens criminal defense lawyer, and Zissou's associate Christopher Renfroe, each gave the Wills campaign $ 1,150 in the past month.

In 2016, both houses of the Legislature passed a bill that would have phased in full State funding of indigent criminal defense services across the state.

* Forbid using campaign funds to pay criminal defense lawyers and ban convicted felons from pocketing their campaign accounts.

Bellone sued the Suffolk County Board of Ethics yesterday to force it to release the financial disclosure form of John Scott Prudenti, a district attorney bureau chief who rented his partyboat to criminal defense attorneys with cases before the DA's office.

Lopez's criminal defense lawyer, Gerald Lefcourt, called the late assemblyman a trained social worker who «never forgot his roots.»

IBT also reported that Vance received more than $ 42,000 from lawyers at a criminal defense firm whose clients received plea deals from Vance's office that let them avoid prison, including another high profile sexual assault case.

Abramowitz is a power player in New York politics; he recently served as a criminal defense attorney for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo during a federal corruption probe launched by former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

Tina Luongo, attorney - in - charge of the Criminal Defense Practice at The Legal Aid Society, which has supported closing Rikers Island, applauded the reduction but warned more work still needs to be done.

The legislation requires regulations set up for debates involving candidates who accept public matching dollars as well as places limits on the use of public money for criminal defense and non-campaign related activities.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is using money from his $ 35 million campaign war chest to pay for a criminal defense lawyer in a federal probe of his office.

«And, you know, he's got no vision for a second term, he's under investigation, he's got a criminal defense team.