Sentences with phrase «positions in jury trials»

But Yasser also understands that litigation sometimes can not be avoided and is fully equipped to fight for his clients and to advance their positions in jury trials, bench trials, and arbitrations.

Not exact matches

In the trial, prosecutors persuaded the jury that Mr. Skelos and his son had used the father's official position to pressure a Manhattan developer, an environmental technology company and a medical malpractice insurer to provide Adam Skelos with roughly $ 300,000 via consulting work, a no - show job and a direct payment of $ 20,000.

The court explained that, while it is not always appropriate for a judge to override the jury, in instances where the damages award is shockingly low or high, the trial judge is in a position to adjust the total award amount.

in Argersinger, the Court today retreats to the indefensible position that the Argersinger «actual imprisonment» standard is the only test for determining the boundary of the Sixth Amendment right to appointed counsel in state misdemeanor cases, thus necessarily deciding that, in many cases (such as this one), a defendant will have no right to appointed counsel even when he has a constitutional right to a jury trial.

«Imagine my surprise when I discovered that my dues to the Kentucky Bar Association were being used, not only to heap insults on a significant segment of our membership — those of us who represent the injured — but also to take a pro-business position on tort reform to deprive the citizens in this Commonwealth of their constitutional right to a jury trial for their injury claims.»

[2] Mr. Triffon is charged with attempting to «obstruct or pervert or defeat the course of justice in a judicial proceeding by threatening to use his vote, position and influence as a jury member to cause a «hung jury» irrespective of the evidence at trial.»

Each brother's trial resulted in a hung jury (i.e., no unanimous verdict was reached) because jurors would not abandon their opposing positions.

Mr. Nelson has practiced in federal courts all across the United States, and his litigation experience involves all aspects of litigation from pre-litigation analysis and negotiation through jury trial, including managing discovery and disputes, taking and defending depositions, selecting and preparing fact and expert witnesses, preparing and arguing dispositive and non-dispositive motions, preparing and arguing claim construction positions and briefing, and developing case strategies regarding the infringement, validity, and enforceability of patents.

In this year - long fellowship position, he prosecuted a wide range of criminal offenses and gained valuable in - court and trial experience having tried seventeen cases before a judge or jury, and securing convictions in a majority of his trials before a jurIn this year - long fellowship position, he prosecuted a wide range of criminal offenses and gained valuable in - court and trial experience having tried seventeen cases before a judge or jury, and securing convictions in a majority of his trials before a jurin - court and trial experience having tried seventeen cases before a judge or jury, and securing convictions in a majority of his trials before a jurin a majority of his trials before a jury.

We give plaintiffs» personal injury trial attorneys examples of the arsenal of weapons we have at our disposal to put these cases in position to win, such as sample demand letters, pleadings, discovery, depositions, motions, jury instructions, and motions in limine.

In the United States, in general criminal trial courtrooms, I have always seen the defense positioned furthest from the jury and the witness stanIn the United States, in general criminal trial courtrooms, I have always seen the defense positioned furthest from the jury and the witness stanin general criminal trial courtrooms, I have always seen the defense positioned furthest from the jury and the witness stand.

An adverse jury verdict, or even a trial court's summary judgment (which the client might be able to get vacated as part of a settlement in exchange for no appeal) is easier to deal with in future cases, and certainly is not as significant as an adverse decision on appeal, especially one that affirmatively rejects the position advanced for reversal and graphically explains why.

In assessing the adequacy of a jury charge, the Court of Appeal must ask if the jury would have understood the issues of fact, the relevant legal principles, how the facts relate to the law, and the positions of the parties based on the trial judge's remarks.

The Court held that the competing injury causation theories in this case were clearly and unambiguously put to the jury via the evidence and particularly the expert evidence, in jury submissions by the parties, in the trial judge's explanation of the positions of the parties, and in her jury instructions.

(iii) The Jury's Answers: The competing causation theories were put clearly to the jury via the evidence and particularly the expert evidence, in jury submissions by the parties, in the trial judge's expression of the positions of the parties, and in her jury instructiJury's Answers: The competing causation theories were put clearly to the jury via the evidence and particularly the expert evidence, in jury submissions by the parties, in the trial judge's expression of the positions of the parties, and in her jury instructijury via the evidence and particularly the expert evidence, in jury submissions by the parties, in the trial judge's expression of the positions of the parties, and in her jury instructijury submissions by the parties, in the trial judge's expression of the positions of the parties, and in her jury instructijury instructions.