Sentences with phrase «only a practicing attorney»

Because, let's face it, there is a type of insight that only a practicing attorney can offer — even if our profession shapes the way in which we relate that information.

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«The Attorney General, unlike a private litigant... is required only to prove that unfair or deceptive acts or practices took place in trade or commerce; she is not required to prove or quantify resulting economic injury,» the judge wrote.

Adam S. Minsky founded the first law office in Massachusetts devoted entirely to assisting student loan borrowers, and he is one of the only attorneys in the country practicing in this area of law.

Amber Williams, Associate Attorney with Lipson Neilson, which is also supporting the church said: «Not only is this practice unconstitutional, it defeats the very purpose of providing community information.

But the conversion of the excellent report of the Sole Judgment Debt Commissioner into a political White Paper for electioneering purposes to be published under the supervision of the office of the Attorney - General demonstrates how low we have come in this country in terms of the only constitutionally established office within the executive branch which by hallowed tradition and practice is to defend and uphold the liberty of every individual and the rule of law in its quasi-judicial decision making process.

Marshall and his unhappy aide de camp, a Jewish insurance attorney named Sam Friedman, must work together because, we discover, Marshall isn't only not licensed in the state, there is history of other attorneys of color not being allowed to practice there.

Alice Lee retired at the age of 100 and passed away only a few months ago, leaving another attorney in her practice to serve her place as the safeguard of Harper Lee's interests and career.

Of course this is only my opinion, as a long - ago retired trial lawyer, but I would suggest that the operators of Smashwords and LULU businesses make sure to keep copies of this article and seek the legal advice of a practicing attorney with experience in matters of this nature.

I'm voting to close this question as off - topic because this is a legal question which can only be appropriately answered by a practicing attorney licensed in your jurisdiction.

Countrywide, sued by California Attorney General Jerry Brown for «unfair business practices» and «false advertising», was making high cost mortgages «to homeowners with weak credit, adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) that allowed homeowners to make interest - only payments».

This piqued my interest because most attorneys in a full service law firm are expected to bill around 1,600 hours a year, but with only 56 percent of their time devoted to the practice of law, their required workload would exceed 55 hours a week.

Regardless, that revelation doesn't compare to the next one: Attorneys who practice in a «business boutique» firm report spending only 17 percent of their time managing and marketing the firm.

If you're the only attorney in your firm and your practice follows a standard discipline (divorce, bankruptcy and the like), there are books and online templates that you can use.

Eight percent of solos and 9 % of lawyers in firms of 2 - 9 attorneys use a domain name that is based on a practice area rather than on the firm name; only 1 % of larger firms use this type of domain name.

«Obviously, given the constant shuffle of attorneys in and out of the president's legal team, one would be reticent to focus a significant portion of your practice on representing the president, only to find yourself on the sidelines a short time later because the president saw someone he liked better on Fox News,» Boss said.

Not only that, like most new attorneys, when I first passed the bar I had only limited understanding of what it meant to truly practice law.

Attorneys employed and assigned by Latitude provide legal services only under the professional oversight of an in - house or private - practice lawyer for the client who is not associated with Latitude.

In an older report from 2005, the International Commission of Jurists reported that only 10 attorneys (one quarter of private practitioners) regularly practiced criminal law, and the 110 non-private practitioners were legal officers in the government.

-- authored by Circuit Judge Hurwitz [majority decision] and concurring opinion by Circuit Judge Reinhardt; discussed in our Oct. 10, 2015 post: District court in Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act case which substantially reduced fee request was reversed based upon its reliance on inapt practice area hourly rates, upon its discounts for plaintiff's attorneys not delegating tasks to associates given that only small firms prosecuted these type of cases, and upon its use of stale prior fee awards involving fee claimant's attorneys.

When a prospective client lands on one of your practice area pages and sees only a nondescript list, similar to that on any other attorney website, what reason does that visitor have to contact you?

There is a thing called a «bar» in the courtroom that only attorneys or clients are allowed to cross (by practice and tradition).

In contrast, only 23 percent of practicing attorneys who work at companies that hire recent law school graduates believe recent law school graduates possess sufficient practice skills.

In contrast, only 57 percent of practicing attorneys who work at companies that hire recent law school graduates believe recent law school graduates are effective legal writers.

Our Asbestos and Mass Tort Litigation Practice Group is not only housed in our Philadelphia office, but we have a regional presence with attorneys residing to the north within our Long Island office, to the west in our Pittsburgh office, to the south in our Delaware office and also in both of our New Jersey offices.

Our attorneys, however, are only licensed to practice in state courts that are specifically enumerated in their individual attorney profiles.

If you continue to provide legal services in any capacity — including as a mediator, arbitrator, trustee, or attorney, new risks for claims will continue to arise, and you may have to maintain practice coverage despite the services only being provided on a very occasional basis.

For a number of years, Kelly gained invaluable experience aggressively representing corporate clients in what could only be called «high - stakes» litigation, practicing alongside some of the best firms and attorneys in the State of Texas, if not the nation; however, Kelly is a full - time father before he is a lawyer.

Lawyers not only receive a lot of referrals, but also make referrals to other attorneys when a case isn't within their specific practice area.

Not only do paralegals improve law practice, but they are educated and their hourly rates are significantly lower than those of an attorney.

Based on his own experience as a practicing attorney, he says that email was slow to catch on, and even when it did it was only used internally by firms.

Not only am an attorney, but I possess unique investigative skills that are valuable and necessary to the successful practice of law.

Having practiced in state and federal criminal courts for the past 25 years, serving as a prosecutor, criminal defense attorney, and adjunct law professor, I can say, without reservation, that the only thing unjust, unfair, and / or «disgraceful» is to insult and demean the jurors who worked hard to arrive at what they believed was a fair verdict.

The four attorneys of Keen Law Offices, LLC, practice only immigration law, with an emphasis on criminal defense of non-U.S. citizens and related issues of deportation and immigrant status.

At Brodeur - McGan, P.C., our attorneys not only have a broad understanding of the law, but also have a variety of areas of practice.

Referencing the 2016 ABA Legal Technology Report Survey, Brett explains how technology will only continue to play an increasingly important role for attorneys, especially around mobility and managing your practice more efficiently.

Tenant requested attorney's fees based on a $ 150,000 lodestar but the trial judge awarded only $ 10,000 after observing that there were questionable billing practices by the prevailing party's attorneys, only about $ 25,000 in claims were involved on both sides, tenant was unsuccessful on some claims, and there were contentious skirmishes of an unreasonable nature.

Best practices recommend mentioning that the site is for informational purposes only, not legal advice, and that there's no attorney - client relationship by visiting the site.

When you work with Paige J. Donnelly, Ltd., you will be represented by attorneys who only practice in personal injury law.

Each practice area has attorneys who have distinguished themselves in their respective fields not only through successful practice, but also by publishing articles in leading legal publications and sharing their knowledge by teaching at local colleges, lecturing at seminars, and mentoring young lawyers.

Their referral program promises «geographical exclusivity» (only one attorney per practice area in a specific location) and «pay for performance» (the lawyer pays when Total Attorneys «produces results,» not a flat fee).

The question at hand is whether former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft had the authority to issue his 2001 decision that doctors would lose their federal prescription privileges if they performed physician - assisted suicide in Oregon, the only state to authorize this practice.

Other attorneys, on the other hand, are not only a good source of business for me, but also have plenty to share with me in terms of strategies for practicing and substantive law information.

Attorneys in our firm are admitted to practice law only in the States of New York and New Jersey.

Only 5 percent of the total lawyers in the Mountain States are selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers ®, and no more than 2.5 percent of the attorneys in the Mountain States who are under 40 or who have practiced law for less than ten years are named to the Rising Stars list.

Our office has attorneys with longtime experience not only in a variety of personal injury practice areas, but ones that are specific to the city of Paducah.

The firm requires all of its attorneys to participate in certain continuing legal education programs designed to keep pace with evolving issues in the practice of law, such as, by way of only one example, the new challenges presented by electronic discovery and changes to the rules of civil procedure.

If a shared office space only has a limited number of offices, an attorney would want to make sure the some of the other attorneys practice in complementary areas of the law that will have the most potential for referral exchange.

In this article, we will show that this approach, when applied to workplace investigations in New York, violates New York's statutory scheme, which allows attorneys to conduct workplace investigations without a private investigator's license only if they are acting «in the regular practice of their profession.»

Attorney Zhao, as the only participant from China Mainland, made a presentation on Chinese law and judicial practice.

«I think I had taken only one deposition in several years of private practice before I went to the city attorney's office,» Ammons said.