The overwhelming majority of partners at commercial law firms believe Ministry of Justice (MoJ) plans to cut # 350m from its annual legal aid budget will lead to a «brain drain»
of talented lawyers from publicly - funded work.
Not exact matches
The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother
of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her
lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims;
talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third
of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering
from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds
of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville
from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room
from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son
of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.
Either way, Scott has a
talented cast who has the benefit
of Cormac McCarthy's tense script to work
from, one that centers on a
lawyer (Fassbender) who gets in over his head in a drug trafficking attempt gone awry.
Hard - drinking, ex-minor-league hopeful Morris Buttermaker (Walter Matthau) grumpily agrees to coach a Little League team at the behest
of lawyer - councilman Bob Whitewood (Ben Piazza), who has a vendetta against the league for excluding his marginally
talented son
from play.
Law firms look to recruit
talented students with an all - round, comprehensive portfolio
of skills, but above all they want people who can (a) think commercially and
from the client's perspective; (b) communicate effectively and relate to clients; (c) have an interest and understanding
of the business
of a law firm, their clients, the environment in which law firms and their clients operate and the role
of a commercial
lawyer; and (d) work effectively whatever the business conditions.
Here's a fascinating story titled The rise and fall
of Ilan Reich (Fortune magazine 6/7/07), about how Ilan Reich, a
talented lawyer convicted and jailed for insider trading at the beginning
of a promising career fought his way back
from rock bottom to a second lucrative career in the law.
The People Pool
from DAC Beachcroft LLP is a fully flexible pool
of talented Lawyers, HR professionals and People Managers.
Our firm is made up
of talented and progressive
lawyers who believe that mentoring by partners and associates should be open and unlimited
from the start
of one's career.
Javier F. Flores was chosen
from a large pool
of talented rising stars
from across the country to be one
of the Hispanic National Bar Association's 2017 Top
Lawyers Under 40 Award winners.
The exodus
of young,
talented lawyers from private law firms has reached epidemic proportions.
Vladimir Zenin is «an attentive, smart and
talented lawyer who always finds an appropriate response to complicated matters»; he recently advised Coalco Development on its sale
of a 90 % stake in Tsar Square to VTB Real Estate, and also acted for Sberbank on the acquisition
of DocDoc.ru
from Guard Capital.
It's been tremendously fulfilling in terms
of working with clients, working on interesting cases, and working with
talented younger
lawyers, which I derive enormous satisfaction
from.
Apart
from her remarkable achievements to improve the operation
of Home Depot's legal department in the form
of hiring a team
of talented lawyers, introducing fixed fee arrangements for work with outside counsel and creating templates, checklists and training decks for a number
of business lines, Qadeer has also become a valued and vocal part
of the senior leadership team on issues beyond legal.
Weil is a place where so many
talented lawyers from many kinds
of backgrounds want to build a multifaceted, significant and satisfying career.