Sentences with phrase «of older lawyers»

Rather than suggesting ways to handle the subset of older lawyers whose infirmities have already or are likely to cause incompetence, Poll «explains» why older lawyers are are no more likely than younger ones to violate ethics rules.

Moreover, in the vast hinterlands of legal practice in America (outside the realm of elite law firms)-- where most lawyers toil and most clients are served — there are a lot of older lawyers who have failed to keep abreast of changes in the law, even in areas where they regularly practice.

It allows them to have a bigger impact and see firsthand the strategic thinking of older lawyers.

A fair proportion of older lawyers also follow these kinds of stations, and if they also drive a BMW Roadster or any other hairdresser's car and come in on dress - down Fridays in anything resembling street fashion, you can invariably wind them up by standing at the water cooler, popping a Berocca while you talk about your evening at Mahiki.

Or perhaps it's that some of the older lawyers liked the title of practice lead, but were willing to relinquish the duties and so gave over to the younger crowd.

I hate how some of the older lawyers we've used in the past dislike email, are slow, and give off a pompous attitude.

Those firms hiring seniors recognized that these «old geezers» (as some of the older lawyers describe themselves) bring huge value in the form of established business relationships and other contacts.

One four - year associate stated, «A lot of the actions of the older lawyers just don't make sense.

Be sensitive to the needs and concerns of the older lawyers and ensure that the current compensation system does not work at cross purposes with the firm's ability to achieve these immediate and long - term objectives.

And all of the older lawyers, or the more experienced lawyers let's say, raised their hands.

To me, this inconsistency suggests that while the ABA opposes mandatory retirement officially, in the end, it doesn't really care much about the plight of older lawyers.

claims that most millennials he's hired in his firm have not matched the quality of older lawyers, and that their level of self - involvement makes it difficult for them to put the needs of clients first.

«The New Adventures of Older Lawyers Main Computers May Usurp Oral Testimony, U.K. Chief Justice Warns»

(My children often point out to me when I identify issues like this I express them in a manner as confusing as the message in a fortune cookie, which I could accept until the characterization was recently refined to say this would only be the case if the fortune cookies were baked large enough to house the pompous verbosity of an old lawyer.

Not exact matches

During the sentencing phase of Tsarnaev's trial in federal court in Boston, his lawyers have been trying to paint him as a mostly normal American kid who fell under the spell of his now - deceased older brother, ultimately joining him in the 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon.

Meanwhile, Richard Herman, a Cleveland immigration lawyer and the author of Immigrant, Inc.: Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Driving the New Economy, claims nearly all of the net job creation in the past 20 years has come from companies less than five years old.

On March 28, after a seven - year investigation, the RCMP's commercial crime section filed criminal charges against three of the firm's principals: former CEO Daniel Potter, who built the software developer into a TSE - listed firm with a market value of $ 100 million at the height of the dot - com bubble; Halifax securities lawyer Blois Colpitts, 48, a former director and the firm's legal adviser; and Bruce Elliott Clarke, a 65 - year - old former broker with National Bank Financial.

Richard Feloni: You grew up right outside Boston, the daughter of a lawyer turned entrepreneur, and you were the oldest of five kids.

The 67 - year - old lawyer served in the Bush administration from 2001 to 2005, but resigned after he was indicted by a grand jury on five counts for perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false statements to the FBI.

Shabnam Malek, a 44 - year - old lawyer and mother of three, waited in line for a half hour for Apothecarium to open its doors in San Francisco.

Rudy Giuliani, recently hired to lawyer for President Donald Trump, appeared on Sean Hannity's Old - Timey Propaganda Hour last night and promptly talked his client into a fresh morass of legal and political jeopardy.

Ms. Bannan is President of the National Lawyers Guild, the nation's largest and oldest progressive bar association, and Co-Chairs its Subcommittee on Puerto Rico.

A school district in Virginia is being warned by a team of lawyers that the presentation of explicit sex videos to classes of 14 - year - old girls likely were felony violations of state and federal laws.

One of the top lawyers in the booming cryptocurrency industry says the legal structure he helped set up to raise funds for new virtual currencies is «old, inflexible and stupid» and may no longer be fit for purpose.

Before proceedings began on Saturday morning, the 69 - year - old former Toronto lawyer (disbarred) placed hundreds of legal - sized printouts urging full adoption of the Leap Manifesto on empty folding chairs.

Nikolas Cruz, the 19 - year - old accused of killing 17 students and teachers in Parkland, Florida, would plead guilty if prosecutors agree not to seek the death penalty, his lawyers say

One question was seldom in the foreground: What had become of the old counsellors» dictum that «about half the practice of a decent lawyer consists in telling would - be clients that they are damned fools and should stop»?

The Wanderer cheers the Texas lawyers on, apparently in the hope of scoring a blow against their old adversary, the NCCB and USCC.

I recall quiet Saturday mornings, walking with my father block to block, as he pointed out the landmarks no one else knew: the spot where the Third Avenue El of old stopped (he pointed out the supports hidden beneath the black asphalt); the apartment house where another close - knit family lived in cramped quarters, the three boys studying in dim lights under their mother's watchful eye to become a lawyer, a doctor, and a priest (and later a bishop); and the double spires of St. Patrick's Cathedral, the place of my parents» wedding and the baptisms of their three boys.

We accept LGBTQ people as equal, and accept that a significant percentage of people will leave, especially older and more dedicated donors, which will have results in closing seminaries, stopping mission to needy people, spending millions on lawyers, etc., etc..

Maybe justice and the good society are brought about precisely by lawyers and judges sending the jury out of the courtroom while they decide whether to admit the testimony of an old black woman who has been listening in on the whole trial of her son.

The Telegraph: Vatican rejects Bulgarian ambassador over racy novel Kiril Marichkov, a 39 - year - old lawyer with two degrees, is the grandson and namesake of the man appointed Bulgaria's first ambassador to the Vatican after the collapse of communism and re-establishment of relations in 1990.

Son of an itinerant evangelist, spotless in his family life, loyal to his friends, a superb orator, a lawyer and politician, Ingersoll rejoiced in pointing out what he believed to be the evils sanctioned in the Old Testament and was an enthusiastic Darwinian.

«We all think he can play with the best of them,» says White's older brother, John Ray, a lawyer in Little Rock.

Dressed in his blue Knicks practice shorts, he stepped out of the car and slowly walked to the building, where six people were waiting for him: Laura Tate, a 28 - year - old aspiring model from Los Angeles who had conducted a 15 - month affair with Johnson; Tate's father, Dennis; her lawyer; two lab workers; and a three - month - old girl named Taylor Tate Johnson, who was resting quietly in Laura's lap, oblivious to the awkward situation around her.

[14] New England Patriots running back Dave Meggett's reaction, according to his lawyer, after being arrested on charges of sexual assault and robbery of a 33 - year - old Toronto woman, who said Meggett continued to have sex with her after his condom broke and then «took back» some cash he had given her «as a gift.»

The 40 - year - old former patent lawyer is the World Series of Poker champion and a spokesman for PokerStars.com.

Pearson, a 40 - year - old landscaper, who is pleading not guilty, according to his lawyer, is accused of molesting five boys ages 9 to 15, four of whom he coached, between 1994 and» 99.

The NFL's wedding of the year for 1985 involves not a player but Leigh Steinberg, the 35 - year - old superagent - hunk, who will tie the knot in April with Lucy Semeniuk, a Newport Beach (Calif.) lawyer who was the 1972 University of California homecoming queen.

My wife is still breast feeding our 2 1/2 year old son mainly out of guilt for working outside the home as she is a corporate lawyer.

You can encourage your daughter to dress the part of a lawyer, by giving her an old suit and a string of fake pearls.

Many country lawyers worked in small freestanding offices like the Law Office at Old Sturbridge Village, built for John McClellan of Woodstock, Connecticut.

But according to his lawyers, «The purpose of the visit to the UK by the client and his 37 - year - old daughter was a private one.

All the best lawyers we have in the country today: Martin Amidu, Ace Ankomah, Thaddeus Sory are products of the old system,» he said.

The 51 - year - old New York native and Grammy, Emmy and Tony winner — best known for her portrayal of lawyer Miranda Hobbes on «Sex and the City» — has never held elected office.

What do you know now, that you wish you had known you entered parliament as a 29 - year - old lawyer in the election of 1970?

Of course, the press has also taken notice of upstart Ali Najmi, a lawyer and former Mark Weprin staffer who appears to have had a falling out with his old bosOf course, the press has also taken notice of upstart Ali Najmi, a lawyer and former Mark Weprin staffer who appears to have had a falling out with his old bosof upstart Ali Najmi, a lawyer and former Mark Weprin staffer who appears to have had a falling out with his old boss.

«As a former government lawyer I know the old trick of starting with such a sweeping proposal than any concession makes you look more reasonable.

Young, an 83 - year - old Catholic priest who said he was called to help drug addicts, alcoholics, ex-convicts and «the dregs of society,» has been investigated since 2011 by the attorney general's office, according to E. Stewart Jones Jr., Young's lawyer.

The entry of DeFrancisco (Syracuse), a well - regarded but somewhat aloof 68 - year - old trial lawyer, into the race is expected to derail any chance Sen. Catharine Young of Olean, until now the upstate favorite, had to replace Skelos.