Sentences with phrase «of criminal law attorneys»

As an attorney, Jay has earned the recognition of the industry and his peers, including being selected to Super Lawyers, named one of the Top 10 Under 40 by the National Academy of Family Law Attorneys, Top 10 Under 40 by the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys, Lead Counsel rated for drunk driving defense by Thomson Reuters, and named one of the 10 Best Attorneys for New Jersey by The American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys.

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The Office of Government Ethics has revealed that attorneys at the White House are examining whether loans to the company owned by Jared Kushner's family violated federal ethics regulations or criminal law.

A 2009 memo from then - Attorney General Eric Holder said the Justice Department is to advise the White House on pending criminal or civil investigations «only when it is important for the performance of the president's duties and appropriate from a law enforcement perspective.»

Specifically, the Sessions memorandum directs U.S. Attorneys to «weigh all relevant considerations, including federal law enforcement priorities set by the Attorney General, the seriousness of the crime, the deterrent effect of criminal prosecution, and the cumulative impact of particular crimes on the community.»

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.

Ebates» founders, Paul Wasserman and Alessandro Isolani, were attorneys who decided to leave the wonderful world of criminal law to start a dot com.

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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.

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.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. joined the ongoing federal investigation into de Blasio's fundraising tactics last January after the Board of Elections» chief investigative officer sent a «criminal referral» to Vance's office alleging the efforts of the mayor's nonprofit to unseat the Republicans violated campaign finance laws, Vance has said.

Hours later, Attorney General Jeff Sessions hit back at Chicago, saying the Trump administration «will not simply give away grant dollars to city governments that proudly violate the rule of law and protect criminal aliens at the expense of public safety.»

This year, in a speech that included applause for Cuomo's criminal justice reform efforts such as strengthening state oversight of jail and his plan to fight the federal government on the tax law, Cuomo sought to give shootouts to individual members of the Legislature and praise Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as well as DiNapoli.

Historically, defendants who sought dismissal of their charges were required to follow the (criminal procedure law), as was the district attorney, who in turn typically opposed the granting of a dismissal.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver used his office to mask millions of dollars in «bribes and kickbacks» as legitimate outside income from two private law firms over more than a decade, according to a bombshell 35 - page criminal complaint filed by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara today.

At 6 p.m. Tuesday, the New York City Bar Association will host «The State of Criminal Discovery in New York State,» discussing «the current law applicable to criminal discovery in New York State courts; responses to the Criminal Law Committee's statewide survey of the judiciary, defense bar and district attorneys regarding current practices; criminal discovery law in other states; and proposed reformsCriminal Discovery in New York State,» discussing «the current law applicable to criminal discovery in New York State courts; responses to the Criminal Law Committee's statewide survey of the judiciary, defense bar and district attorneys regarding current practices; criminal discovery law in other states; and proposed reforms.&raqlaw applicable to criminal discovery in New York State courts; responses to the Criminal Law Committee's statewide survey of the judiciary, defense bar and district attorneys regarding current practices; criminal discovery law in other states; and proposed reformscriminal discovery in New York State courts; responses to the Criminal Law Committee's statewide survey of the judiciary, defense bar and district attorneys regarding current practices; criminal discovery law in other states; and proposed reformsCriminal Law Committee's statewide survey of the judiciary, defense bar and district attorneys regarding current practices; criminal discovery law in other states; and proposed reforms.&raqLaw Committee's statewide survey of the judiciary, defense bar and district attorneys regarding current practices; criminal discovery law in other states; and proposed reformscriminal discovery law in other states; and proposed reforms.&raqlaw in other states; and proposed reforms.»

A memo written by Sugarman describing that fundraising as involving «willful and flagrant» violations of the law has prompted criminal investigations the Manhattan District Attorney and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

The working group will consult advocates, academics, prosecutors, defense attorneys and Mayor Bill de Blasio's Office of Criminal Justice to determine how to enforce marijuana laws equitably without sacrificing public safety, the NYPD said.

Murray, who worked as a lawyer in the state attorney general's office before winning her first elected office, had said her leadership of a 759,000 - resident town — where she has been supervisor since 2003 — trumped a lack of criminal law experience.

Now, after New York State's top law enforcer, former attorney general Eric Schneiderman, has been accused of engaging in those types of violent acts, he's the subject of at least two criminal probes, and faces the possibility of being indicted on charges that he helped to create.

While we do not celebrate the criminal prosecution of Terry James, we laud District Attorney David Soares for investigating every assault at CDPC to ensure patients and staff are treated equally under the law.

Like all the rest of New York state's 62 district attorneys, Manhattan DA Cy Vance has long taken advantage of surprisingly lax campaign - finance laws to rake in thousands from criminal - defense...

Criminal attorney and former Suffolk prosecutor Robert Macedonio, shown on Jan. 27, 2016, lost and regained his law license after being convicted of felony cocaine posession.

Anne Milgram: Former Attorney General, State of New Jersey; former federal prosecutor, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, Senior Fellow, Center on Administration of Criminal Law at New York University School of Law.

Bruce Green: Professor, Fordham Law School; Chair, American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section; former Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, where he served as Chief Appellate Attorney.

She served as a staff attorney with the Legal Aid Society in New York City from 1967 to 1969 when she became an Assistant Counsel for the Judicial Conference of the State of New York; in 1972, Chief Law Assistant of the Criminal Court of the City of New York; and in 1974, Counsel in the Office of the New York City Administrative Judge.

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman of New York is moving to change New York state law so that he and other local prosecutors would have the power to bring criminal charges against aides to President Donald Trump who have been pardoned, according to a letter Schneiderman sent to the governor and state lawmakers on Wednesday.

«My office will handle these cases with the highest level of care and independence, while we continue to work with lawmakers, District Attorneys, advocates and other experts in criminal justice reform on a long - term legislative solution to this critical matter of law and policy,» Schneiderman said in a statement.

«That case absolutely sparked this and highlighted gaps in the law,» said state Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D - Forest Hills), referring to David Hartshorn, who was charged with criminal sexual act, use of a child in a sexual performance, sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child after he allegedly took advantage of young athletes in his home for nearly two years, according to the Queens district attorney.

The task force will be co-chaired by Police Commissioner William Bratton and City Planning Commissioner Carl Weisbrod, and will include representatives from the New York City Police Department, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, the Department of Transportation, the Law Department, the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Department of City Planning, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, NYC & Company, and Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development Alicia Glen.

My office will handle these cases with the highest level of care and independence, while we continue to work with lawmakers, District Attorneys, advocates and other experts in criminal justice reform on a long - term legislative solution to this critical matter of law and policy.

With rising numbers of cases, and no criminal laws that directly make selling these packets of synthetic pot illegal, Fowler went to Onondaga County District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick.

And the district attorney's vague interpretation of the law against criminal impersonation would allow prosecutors to «pursue their personal predilections» in deciding whom to charge, Porter writes.

But Mr. Silver's defense attorney Steven Molo said the government simply disapproved of the entirely legal fact that Mr. Silver and other state lawmakers can hold outside employment and, instead of trying to change such laws — which he said will present «inherent conflicts of interest» — the government was «leveling false criminal charges against one of the senior legislative officers, senior government officials in this state.»

He made it look like the real deal, too — stuffing the 25 - member panel with current and former prosecutors of both parties, having them deputized by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and laying out procedures for referring any criminal matters they might uncover to law enforcement.

Mr. Espada, whose long - running battles with prosecutors and election officials are the stuff of political legend, also faces criminal investigations by federal prosecutors into possible money laundering and by the Bronx district attorney, who is looking into whether Mr. Espada actually lives in his Bronx Senate district, as required by law.

«That is why, as Attorney General, under the government of the great Ghanaian statesman, His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor, the 2nd President of the 4th Republic, I led the process, in Parliament, for the repeal of the Criminal Libel Law.

During the 2013 county elections, taxpayer - paid political activity surged after former District Attorney Kathleen Rice said current laws were not strong enough for her to prove criminal misuse of government resources.

«My office will handle these cases with the highest level of care and independence, while we continue to work with lawmakers, district attorneys, advocates and other experts in criminal justice reform on a long - term legislative solution to this critical matter of law and policy,» Schneiderman said in an e-mailed statement.

On Friday, April 25 I sent a letter to the United States Attorney General after the verdict in the Sean Bell case was announced seeking an investigation of the facts of this case under federal criminal civil rights laws.

The perennial question of how some people practice law while they make laws arises anew as U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's high - octane criminal complaint against Silver alleging «millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income earned as a private lawyer.»

The interference from Cuomo's office, as outlined in the Times report, could fall under state obstruction laws, which would make any criminal violations the purview of state attorney general Eric Schneiderman.

In a unanimous decision, the court ruled, «It is within the sole discretion of each district attorney's executive power to orchestrate the prosecution of those who violate the criminal laws of this State.»

«These alleged criminal acts are serious and display a pattern of disregard for the law, compounded by the defendant's violating his oath as an attorney,» District Attorney Thomas Spota said in a statement Wednesday attorney,» District Attorney Thomas Spota said in a statement Wednesday Attorney Thomas Spota said in a statement Wednesday evening.

Andrew Cohen (D)- D11 - Kingsbridge, Riverdale, Woodlawn, Norwood, and parts of Bedford Park, Wakefield, and Bronx Park East - Cohen, a Riverdale attorney, has had a long career in law, including several years as a court attorney to a Bronx Supreme Court Justice, legal counsel to State Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz, and a stint as an assistant adjunct at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

We rely upon our full - time staff of attorneys, forensic accountants, research analysts, field investigators and computer forensics experts to staff these assignments, and we work collaboratively with our business clients to develop an investigative plan that is appropriate to the suspected misconduct... Since most of our investigative professionals have had experience in federal, state and local law enforcement — as prosecutors, auditors and agents — our investigative strategies are developed with an understanding of the evidence that may be needed to support an eventual criminal prosecution.»

Jerika Richardson, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, said the office would seek to «determine whether there were any violations of the federal criminal civil rights laws.»

As a result of your personal experience in closing down a corruption investigation known as the Moreland Commission and your experience in hiring a criminal defense attorney, you know what it means to be accused of possibly being in violation of the law.

Kelly Kramer, a white - collar criminal defense attorney at the Mayer Brown law firm, said that Silver's conviction had long been considered «one of the most vulnerable» after the Supreme Court's decision on McDonnell.

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