Sentences with phrase «new lawyer in your case»

Specialization is important because the law is so complex and you don't want to be the «training ground» for a new lawyer in your case climbing the «learning curve» in the area for which you need help.

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In one New York City case, National Collegiate's paperwork «was a mess,» a lawyer told The Times, and it «presented documents saying [the defendant] had enrolled at a school she never attended.»

Making a Murderer is one of multiple examples of a true crime narrative so evocative that it revived momentum in a once dormant case, as Avery recently hired a new lawyer in the hope of mounting a fresh appeal of his 2007 conviction.

Also March 20, 2018: New York state Judge Jennifer Schecter rules against Trump's lawyers» motion to dismiss the defamation case by Summer Zervos, citing the Supreme Court's ruling in Clinton v. Jones that presidents are not immune from civil suits.

Rudy Giuliani is wasting no time as Trump's new lawyer, calling on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to step in on the Michael Cohen case and comparing the investigators to «storm troopers.»

Catholic News Service: Pope names Boston priest to be Vatican's abuse investigator Pope Benedict XVI has named a canon lawyer from the Archdiocese of Boston to be the new promoter of justice in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, a position that includes monitoring and investigating cases of priests accused of sex abuse.

And perhaps the most jolting argument on that point came in the decision that the lawyers cited from a case in New York in 1953, Kelly v. Gregory, twenty years before Roe.

Bernadette Hoppe, a lawyer in New York who defends parents and represents children in abuse cases, confirmed this.

Mark Friedgut, the Ezzo lawyer prosecuting this case, was so unprofessional in his filings before an Australian judge that she went out of her way to criticize his behavior in one of her preliminary rulings: Ezzo vs. Grille (Ezzo v Grille 2003, NSWSC 776; 21 August 2003; NEW SOUTH WALES SUPREME COURT)

Cohen lawyers object to Stormy Daniels» attorney Michael Avenatti intervening in New York case

A lawyer for the longtime Hillary Clinton aide submitted paperwork in New York Supreme Court on Wednesday just a few hours before a scheduled 2:15 hearing in the case with Judge Michael Katz.

NEW YORK — Defense lawyers in the trial of Joseph Percoco and three business executives told a judge Wednesday they plan on bringing a full slate of witnesses in an effort to clear their clients — in a case that has brought scrutiny about the inner workings of the Cuomo administration.

Given Lippman's political savvy, his initial budget proposal was a surprise in that he called for essentially no trims and squeezed out $ 25 million to start a new program providing lawyers to the poor in civil cases.

«This is a very difficult time to be trying a case like this with all the colorful condemnation of the New York state Legislature, with everything from cartoons in the New Yorker to the daily attention by the tabloids,» said Smith lawyer Gerald Shargel.

U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni approved the withdrawal of attorneys Steve Molo and Joel Cohen, who defended Silver in his 2015 trial and then won an appeal of his conviction, and entry into the case of a new defense lawyer, Michael Feldberg.

A lawyer for the ex-fiance of disgraced Queens pol Hiram Monserrate demanded her client be given a special prosecutor Thursday in her ongoing domestic violence case involving a new boyfriend...

Ms. Mark - Viverito proudly announced that the multi-million-dollar New York City Unaccompanied Minors Initiative, started last year to handle the cases of the thousands of underage children pouring in without their parents, has successfully gotten free lawyers for some 1,600 foreign national boys and girls and won asylum for 14 of them — meeting the speaker's goal of providing legal representation to every unaccompanied child facing deportation.

Now it may be the case that Ahlam Jaoui of her parents» house in Bay Ridge, who is signed up to find work as a trade show brand ambassador, who is willing to pose wearing a hijab and say that she wants to drive a taxi, and whose LinkedIn profile lists her as still working for an out - of - business investment company, is also a well - positioned power broker who can convince lawyers and business owners in Westchester and New Jersey to contribute thousands of dollars to Mayor de Blasio's re-election campaign.

There have been high profile cases like that of Chen GuangCheng, the «barefoot» and blind human rights lawyer, who escaped house arrest and was eventually allowed by the Chinese government to claim a new home in the US.

With the scope of the health risks still unclear, a class - action case against New York City, in connection with the failure to conduct lead inspections in public housing, is now being prepared by a lead lawyer for families suing over lead poisoning in Flint, Mich..

One of the lawyers who issued a taxpayer - funded report exonerating New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the Bridgegate affair is co-hosting a $ 2,700 - a-person Los Angeles fundraiser for the governor's presidential campaign — even as her firm continues to represent his office in the ongoing case.

The lawyers for the three men state that the alleged crimes did not occur in the Southern District of New York, where Bharara brought his case, and that the trial will feature numerous defense witnesses being called who reside in Buffalo.

In the new court papers by the former LPCiminelli executives, lawyers seek an expedited hearing before the judge to consider their new motion to either dismiss the case or move it to Buffalo.

Few have lawyers in the consumer credit cases filed in New York City, in rural, suburban and urban child support cases and «the overwhelming majority» of tenants in eviction cases in all four of the state's judicial districts, he said.

De Blasio, for his part, touted his various achievements at the city level, including his new $ 500 million life sciences initiative, his universal prekindergarten initiative, new programs the city has created to help young people get jobs in the film and TV industry, the city's rent freeze program and the fact that the city now gives residents who are being harassed by their landlords a lawyer for free if they can fight the case.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie sued to overturn the ban and New Jersey's case was heard in December with lawyers arguing that it constituted federal overreach.

The chief lawyer in the school funding court case, Michael Rebell, was appointed by Cuomo to the new education commission.

But now, a federal appeals court in New York is considering a case that could, defense lawyers say, make that process all but impossible.

As The Times Union first reported today, lawyers for former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno filed a slew of documents in federal court seeking to dismiss the second indictment of public corruption charges calling the new case «fatally flawed.»

At 9 a.m., the New York State Bar Association hosts a continuing legal educationprogram for lawyers on how to handle key issues when representing LGBT clients, in light of the Obergefell v. Hodges case that recognized same - sex couples» right to marry across the country, CUNY Graduate Center Recital Hall, 365 Fifth Ave., Manhattan.

A key prosecution witness in a federal corruption case against a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo testified Wednesday to his own yearslong criminal résumé that included fraud, embezzlement and lawsuits involving friends, family, his lawyers, a gym, a tutor and even a dog walker.

Published reports in the New York Times said Singh was cooperating with investigators in the de Blasio case, but Singh's lawyer spoke only of the Nassau County case, saying he would provide his client «with the most powerful legal defense possible.»

But Schneiderman's office noted top lawyers from the attorney general's integrity bureau were in court Thursday in a corruption case against a Democratic New York City Council member and has a felony corruption case pending against G. Steven Pigeon, the former Erie County Democratic Party chairman.

NEW YORK CITY — Prosecutors and defense lawyers Tuesday laid out a road map for the cases they will present in the state corruption trial involving two Syracuse developers.

But this outsized role for the New York Attorney General, the head of the Law Department and the chief lawyer representing the state, hasn't always been so — in fact, the move to law enforcement leader prosecuting major public corruption, financial industry malfeasance, and other cases is a new phenomenon largely ushered in by SpitzNew York Attorney General, the head of the Law Department and the chief lawyer representing the state, hasn't always been so — in fact, the move to law enforcement leader prosecuting major public corruption, financial industry malfeasance, and other cases is a new phenomenon largely ushered in by Spitznew phenomenon largely ushered in by Spitzer.

Other lawyers, though, say that the settlement agreement Cater signed likely stands in the way of her new legal case against Hoyt.

In a 48 - page order, U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni issued a series of legal rejections against defense lawyers in the Buffalo Billion case, including bids to dismiss the indictments against the defendants and to change the case's venue to Western New YorIn a 48 - page order, U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni issued a series of legal rejections against defense lawyers in the Buffalo Billion case, including bids to dismiss the indictments against the defendants and to change the case's venue to Western New Yorin the Buffalo Billion case, including bids to dismiss the indictments against the defendants and to change the case's venue to Western New York.

But when in 2007 the UK's General Medical Council proved the given story false, and arraigned Walker - Smith for misconduct, he sat mute for many months while the council's lawyers set out its proof, and then, after the prosecution's case closed, he announced a new story: that he was only involved in clinical care, and that the approved research project never even happened.

Brett Myers, a Dallas lawyer representing Machete Productions, told Watchdog.org that the production company is considering whether to take their case to the U.S. Supreme Court after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled against them in December.

FOR THE PEOPLE Picked up to series STUDIO: ABC Studios TEAM: Paul William Davies (w, ep), Don Todd (ep), Shonda Rhimes (ep), Betsy Beers (ep), Tom Verica (d) LOGLINE: Set in the Southern District of New York Federal Court, aka «The Mother Court,» legal drama follows brand - new lawyers working on opposite sides — for both the defense and the prosecution — as they handle the most high - profile and high - stakes cases in the country, all as their personal lives interseNew York Federal Court, aka «The Mother Court,» legal drama follows brand - new lawyers working on opposite sides — for both the defense and the prosecution — as they handle the most high - profile and high - stakes cases in the country, all as their personal lives intersenew lawyers working on opposite sides — for both the defense and the prosecution — as they handle the most high - profile and high - stakes cases in the country, all as their personal lives intersect.

In a case the NY Times said would «propel New York City to the center of a national debate about how student test scores should be used to evaluate teachers,» a bunch of lawyers fought it out in a NYC courtroom yesterdaIn a case the NY Times said would «propel New York City to the center of a national debate about how student test scores should be used to evaluate teachers,» a bunch of lawyers fought it out in a NYC courtroom yesterdain a NYC courtroom yesterday.

We realize it's a lawyer's job to throw everything against the wall in an attempt to get a case tossed without even having to fight it on the merits, but New York's arguments fail a basic smell test.

Los Angeles Detective Harry Bosch tackles a cold case unlike any he's ever worked, in the new legal thriller from the bestselling author of THE LINCOLN LAWYER and THE BLACK ECHO, Michael Connelly.

In New York, Robins has found, «The court expects the lawyers to do the same amount of legal work whether the case involves a $ 5,000 consumer credit card debt or a $ 1,000,000 Chapter 11 [business bankruptcy] turnover action.»

Our Children's Trust is currently supporting lawyers representing youth plaintiffs in several U.S. states, and a new federal case against the U.S. government is planned for filing later this month.

Already featured in Time Magazine, Whocanisue.com is a new Web site that will assist consumers in determining whether they actually have a case and, if they do, help them find a lawyer.

White & Case's London arm saw revenues rise 3.6 % in 2016 after a tough year for Europe's legal markets, with global revenues growing 7.1 % to a new record high of $ 1.63 bn (# 1.31 bn) for the 1,957 - lawyer firm.

Women lawyers» ability — or apparent lack thereof — to schmooze can not really be the reason that women are not taking leadership roles in commercial and appellate cases in New York.

New York lawyer, law professor and American Lawyer contributor Scott Horton brings us an update on the Spanish case against former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and five other former Bush Administration officials over their role in the so - called «torture memo» authorizing the use of extreme interrogation techniques at Guantanamo.

The Swedish judge who last week sentenced four men to prison in the high - profile Pirate Bay file - sharing case is being accused by the lawyer for one of the four of having conflicts of interest that should compel a new trial.