Sentences with phrase «of ordinary lawyers»
Leaving international and foreign law solely to specialized experts contributes to the outdated notion that such law is not part of the ordinary lawyer's world.
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From a janitor who left behind an $ 8,000,000 fortune to a reclusive computer programmer who amassed $ 18,000,000; a lawyer who quietly built a stock portfolio worth $ 188,000,000 to a retired IRS agent who turned her $ 5,000 savings into a portfolio valued in the tens of millions of dollars from her apartment in New York, ordinary Americans have been using the stealth wealth strategy to grow rich for a long time.»
«She is a free woman, like any ordinary citizen,» said Abdul Hameed Rana, one of Rimsha's lawyers.
As a lawyer, I've seen hospital employment contracts with perfectly ordinary, non-famous surgeons with base salaries — BASE salaries — of well over $ 500,000 a year, and I knew a cardiologist who was making over $ 800,000.
They lambasted me for arguing that lawyers and ordinary citizens may talk freely to the media in moderate criticism of the judgments of our courts.
The lawyer raised a question that «if not for the purpose of deliberate vilification to tarnish his reputation, then why would an ordinary activity of a video of him celebrating the birthday of a religious leader, Prophet T.B. Joshua, from whom he draws inspiration and spiritual support, be circulating in the social media before he was asked to respond on the allegation of bribery?»
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Speaking at the event, paramount chief of the area, Oblempong Nii Kojo Ababio, said the reason for honouring Nana Akufo - Addo with the stool was because of his sterling career as a human rights lawyer who stood for the rule of law and advocated for the rights of the ordinary Ghanaian.
Albany, NY — The state ethics commission is cracking down on receptions held by lobby groups at the state Capitol, and has charged three groups, including the trial lawyers and a police association with violating a new law that bans gifts worth more than an ordinary cup of coffee.
It's normal for lawyers and others to ask questions whether the Supreme Court's decisions follow a legal pattern: that is, do the Court's decisions conform to legal precedent, ordinary norms of legal reasoning, and established constitutional and legal principles.
«So that someone can't say «I'm a lawyer, I represent ordinary people,» and then it turns out that his law partners say he doesn't do any legal work and is solely gaining money from referrals» (as was the case with Silver and is the case with other lawyer - legislators who are «of counsel» at law firms).
This means getting ordinary working people back into Parliament to represent the interests of hard pressed families, rather than the current cabal of lawyers, spin doctors and career politicians.
Fracking has already drawn considerable scrutiny from environmental groups, unhappy homeowners, and teams of lawyers who blame the drilling method for polluting pristine rivers, turning bucolic farmlands into noisy industrial zones, and leaking enough methane to make ordinary tap water as flammable as lighter fluid.
But now a few private schools and charter schools, which are independent public schools exempt from ordinary rules and procedures, have set themselves up as boarding schools for low - income students who want many of the advantages and the support given to bankers» and lawyers» children at Groton and St. Mark's.
Their lawyer, former Louisiana schools Superintendent Paul Pastorek, praised Tuesday's decision, saying it «will make all schools in New Orleans stronger and better equipped to fairly address the needs of all children — gifted, special needs and ordinary children.»
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«The heroes of this story are people like lawyer Joel Kupferman and industrial hygienist Monona Rossol... each refused to be lulled by the failures of most of the New York media to report what was actually happening; each helped to pierce the false claims of government officials and to validate the concerns of rescue workers and ordinary citizens, to confirm to them that they were not imagining their ailments.»
Legal malpractice in the 7th Edition of Black's defined as: «A lawyer's failure to exercise the degree of care and skill, prudence, and diligence that an ordinary and reasonable lawyer would use under similar circumstances.
Posts seek lessons for ordinary lawyers from popular culture, history and news of the present day.
«Concurrent jurisdiction over lawyers, shared between superior courts and law societies, is an ordinary aspect of the dual identities of lawyers as officers of the court and members of a regulated profession,» she wrote.
Since the late 1800s, the courts had consistently held that liability would be imposed on attorneys for want of such skill, prudence and diligence as lawyers of ordinary skill and capacity commonly possess and exercise.
Undertaking a three year plan to explore integrated editorial and software strategies for facilitating the use and understanding of law materials by those who are not expert researchers of U.S. legal documents — including students, professionals from other fields heavily touched by law, lawyers and judges from outside the U.S., and ordinary citizens
«I think it's a win for people who sometimes are victims of circumstance and find themselves at the hands of the big chartered banks who immediately run off to Bay Street and hire very expensive lawyers at basically the expense of ordinary people.
In the ordinary course of affairs, the defense lawyer will request that the judge poll the jury following the verdict.
The market for legal services for ordinary people is fairly characterized as a market with asymmetric information as to the quality of the lawyer, the price of the services on offer and what is reasonably achievable as a result of proffered services.
While lawyers may tend to put forward experts who are as «heavy - weight» as possible, a professional need not be more specialized than an average or ordinary member of her profession.
As a lawyer, I find it outrageous that federal law enforcement would assume unbridled power to investigate ordinary citizens free from the check of judges and lawyers.
It is representation by specialist lawyers which is what legal aid is all about; and which is so precious to the rights of ordinary people.
What's fascinating about Russeth's story about his work at Pillsbury — and why it's worth revisiting and expounding on here — is that Stringer, Lund, and Schneider weren't ordinary lawyers: After Pillsbury, Stringer became general counsel for the Department of Education under President George H.W. Bush, and later served as an associate justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court; Lund went on to become general counsel for Medtronic; and Schneider became general counsel for Hormel Foods.
Citizens for Reducing the Impact of Lawyers on America, which describes itself as «a group of ordinary citizens that is fed up with the destructive and self - serving work of so much of the legal profession in America,» launched its Web site today.
In ordinary situations where a client pays a lawyer, the client's budget limits the size of the bill.
Rather than applying the ordinary meaning to plain language and seeking to uphold the democratic decision of the voters who elected the Mayor, by construing the MCIA «strictly» and by searching for a «reasonable interpretation which will avoid a penalty,» Hackland RSJ did the opposite of what the law demands,» write Ford's lawyers.
Dealing with foreign and international law no longer remains the specialty of a select few practitioners but is becoming the norm for the ordinary lawyer.
If, as our survey demonstrates, ordinary lawyers commonly confront the need to access law from other jurisdictions, then LRW courses should introduce students to the means of doing that necessary task.
In April, he called on lawyers to: «Wake up to the realities of these challenges; speak up about our value and our critical relevance in the lives of ordinary Canadians; and shakeup our attitudes toward lawyering.»
For many lawyers, 12 - hour days are not out of the ordinary, and constant demands from clients and partners can have you working around the clock.
As lawyers, in recent years we have seen first hand the devastating impact of legal aid cuts and vastly increased court fees on the ability of ordinary people, including our often vulnerable clients, to obtain justice.
[13] When read in the context that Professor St. Lewis had agreed to undertake a review of the SAC report which alleged systemic racism in the academic fraud process and that she was providing her evaluation of that report as a lawyer, law professor and expert in the field of Human Rights and Research, the words in their natural and ordinary meaning would more than likely be considered defamatory by the ordinary fair - minded individual.
When you combine that internal concept with the adversarial nature of the criminal trial, and the ordinary human desire to «win» any particular contest, which competitively inclined lawyers probably have to an above average extent, you have ideal circumstances for poor intuitions about the best answer to an ethical dilemma.
When handling a file for clients who are family members or know each other, lawyers seem to let their guard down and miss or do not followup on things that are slightly out of the ordinary.
Would an ordinary lawyer get away with this type of writing?
These propositions are written for the Canadian lawyer whose knowledge of the relevant Canadian law is such that a Superior Court (or equivalent) judge would consider that lawyer competent to prosecute or defend an «ordinary» personal injury or property damage action.
But, in general, good lawyers withdraw from representing clients, not exactly on a regular basis, but certainly many times during the course of an ordinary, highly reputable career.
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Most lawyers are scared to do something out of the ordinary.
Plaintiff's injury lawyer says that while a fair amount of nursing home negligence cases involve some allegation of medical malpractice, this issue was one of «basic common sense» and ordinary negligence.
Our skilled, versatile lawyers are fully committed to providing clients with innovative and effective legal counsel for the wide variety of daily issues that ordinary people face.
Essentially, the financial backing that Michael Ketchmark uses to invest in this area means that the personal injury lawyers at Ketchmark and McCreight, P.C. can pay ordinary people to sit through oral arguments and case evidence put together by the personal injury lawyers at Ketchmark and McCreight, P.C. in a mock trial situation so that the lawyers can study the effects and possible outcomes of their cases before filing the claims for real.
Comprised of a select group of lawyers chosen by Mr. Cochran himself to carry out his legacy, The Cochran Firm provides high - quality, effective representation for ordinary citizens throughout the country.
There is nothing in Rooke's description of the philosophy of OPCA's — which seem to be detached from actually achieving any legal outcome, since they do not recognize the legitimacy of the court or the legal system — that resembles the struggles of ordinary men and women who can not afford, or who have run out of funds, to pay a lawyer to act as their agent in family or civil matters.