«We continue to believe — as we have believed for more than 25 years — that recognition by one's peers is the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession,» said Steven Naifeh,
President of Best Lawyers.
Steven Naifeh,
president of Best Lawyers, says, «We continue to believe — as we have believed for more than 25 years — that recognition by one's peers is the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession.
Not exact matches
• Speaking
of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most
well - connected person working in women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to
President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief
of staff,» talks about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a
lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a
lawyer, too.»
Rich Palma,
president of Golden Pear Funding, said plaintiffs who take out advances receive
better protection than borrowers may in other lending situations, because their own
lawyers typically review, and often sign, advance agreements.
The
president then alleged that Obama bypassed a court rejection in order to carry out the wiretapping, before suggesting that a «good lawyer could make a great case out of the fact that President Obama was tapping my phones in October, just prior to Electio
president then alleged that Obama bypassed a court rejection in order to carry out the wiretapping, before suggesting that a «
good lawyer could make a great case out
of the fact that
President Obama was tapping my phones in October, just prior to Electio
President Obama was tapping my phones in October, just prior to Election!»
I'd bet a
good lawyer could make a great case out
of the fact that
President Obama was tapping my phones in October, just prior to Election!
The
president of the Criminal
Lawyers» Association is calling on the government
of Ontario to make
good on its promise on changing the way police records checks are done, before a provincial election later this year.
The news that the FBI raided the office
of President Trump's
lawyer, Michael Cohen, and rising geopolitical tensions with Iran and Russia due to the Syrian conflict have kept the safe haven bid alive and
well.
Also factor in the raid
of President Trump's
lawyer Michael Cohen's office and hotel room by the FBI, as
well as the missile attacks on Syrian chemicals weapons targets.
The
president's second - newest
lawyer told the
president's first -
best friend that despite Donald Trump's repeated denials that he knew
of or was involved with Michael Cohen's hush money payments to Stormy Daniels, Trump in fact knew
of the «general arrangement» and repaid his longtime
lawyer / fixer / bumbler for his troubles.
«That removes the campaign finance violation, and we have all the documentary proof for it,» Mr. Giuliani said, explaining that the
president and his other
lawyers were
well aware
of what Mr. Giuliani intended to say on the program.
WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. agents who raided the office
of President Trump's personal
lawyer on Monday were looking for records about payments to two women who claim they had affairs with Mr. Trump as
well as information related to the role
of the publisher
of The National Enquirer in silencing one
of the women, according to several people briefed on the investigation.
,» relationship editor Monica Gabriel Marshall quotes Joslin Davis,
president of the American Academy
of Matrimonial
Lawyers, who observes that millennials are «particularly choosing prenups as the
best option to cover separate property holdings, business interests, anticipated family inheritances, and potential alimony claims.»
the legal firm
of Lithur Brew and Company now representing the Plaintiff [Dominic Ayine] are also the
lawyers for former
President, John Dramani Mahama: the immediate past Attorney General, Marrita Opong Brew - Appiah was and is a member
of the law firm as
well as Tony Lithur who was also appointed by the former
President as Chairman
of the lucrative Ghana Airport Company Limited during his tenure
of office and also holds himself out as the personal
lawyer of the former
President,» Martin Amidu noted.
Tamale Central Member
of Parliament (MP), Inusah Fuseini has said
president Akufo - Addo communicated
well as a
lawyer, but his comments were politically wrong.
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the
President said he joined family members, friends and professional colleagues
of the
lawyer in celebrating «the milestone, which has been marked with honours and awards for forthrightness and advocacy for the
good of every Nigerian.»
A
lawyer and
President of Committee for the Defence
of Human Rights, Malachy Ugwummadu, said it was a «misadventure too many and will be decisively resisted by all
well - meaning Nigerians.»
The esteemed experts included: Lene Wendland, the advisor on business and human rights in the office
of the United Nations» high commissioner for human rights; Pamela Gillies,
president and vice chancellor
of the Glasgow Caledonian University; Cherie Blair, a leading human rights
lawyer and campaigner for gender equality; Phillipe Fornier, general secretary
of the Swiss
Better Gold Association and Nöella Coursaris, the founder and chief executive
of Malaika, a foundation focused on educating and empowering girls in the Congo.
Bush accuser says he groped her during 1992 re-election campaign After transition team
lawyer accuses special counsel
of improperly obtaining emails,
president says, «Not looking
good.»
The future
president of the company Howard Lincoln hired one
of the
best lawyers available on the market to represent Nintendo in this case — John Kirby.
The
President of the RS had
better have a
good war - crimes
lawyer.
«The
president's decision to treat the Paris agreement as an executive agreement instead
of a treaty is just his latest use
of executive power to achieve an end that he knows full
well would not pass congressional muster,» Steven Groves, a
lawyer who is an expert on treaties at The Heritage Foundation, testified Tuesday before a congressional committee...
«The idea is that if you can combine all this information about
lawyers, law firms and clients in one place, then the whole will be
better than the sum
of its parts,» Eric Ryles, vice
president, customer solutions, ALM Intelligence, told me during a recent conversation.
The
president of the Criminal
Lawyers» Association is calling on the government
of Ontario to make
good on its promise on changing the way police records checks are done, before a provincial election later this year.
One week and three posts into its existence, the blog, authored by Kingsley Martin,
president of kiiac LLC, has gathered some
good information, and raised some interesting questions, bearing on the prospects
of lawyers using technology to automate drafting
of contracts and other documents.
As we've noted before, with
lawyer - candidates running for
president (and with many
of their spouses
lawyers as
well), this year's campaign holds special interest for
lawyers.
The
president of the New York State Bar Association, Kathryn Grant Madigan, put it
well when she told the Wall Street Journal, «This is unusual for
lawyers, but it's the essence
of what we're about.»
During her term as
President, the SC Bar Young
Lawyers Division was awarded an unprecedented 1st place in each
of the ABA Awards
of Achievement categories as
well as a national award for Service to the Bar for their Family Events.
On The Paralegal Voice host Vicki Voisin welcomes guest Beverly Michaelis,
president of Oregon Law Practice Management, to talk about the changes in
lawyer - client communication since the Internet and how
lawyers can
best communicate with their clients.
Wayne Barkauskas is a Calgary family
lawyer with Wise Scheible Barkauskas as
well as being
president of the Alberta branch
of the Canadian Bar Association.
Lawyers can
best gauge whether executive orders are running contrary to the rule
of law in a democratic society if they «read and listen,» advised Anne Egeler, deputy solicitor general
of Washington State, who was part
of a Washington attorney general team that successfully challenged United States
President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration.
The second reason Stevens's remark to Adam Liptak is important is that it signals that Stevens, who by design has been out
of the public spotlight, in retirement might turn his formidable writing skills to a memoir that would inspire and instruct future generations
of lawyers and judges as
well as
presidents and senators who have the duty to nominate and confirm federal judges.
Well respected among his peers and recognized as a top trial
lawyer, Edward Havas (Ed),
President and a founding member
of Dewsnup, King & Olsen, focuses his practice on representing survivors and families
of victims in negligence, product liability, air crash, mining disaster (such as the deadly Crandall Canyon coal mine collapse
of 2007), medical malpractice and other catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases.
That has led the European Union, together with Allen & Overy and Leiden University, to produce guidance for
lawyers and investors working in the region on the workings
of EAC law, with the project being overseen by the
president of the EAC's Court
of Justice, as
well as academics and law firms.
IBA
President David W Rivkin commented: «The IBA's adoption
of the Practical Guide enables
lawyers around the world to understand how
best they can serve their clients in this new era and meet the responsibilities
of their own firms themselves.
Well, the fundamental answer is we have an improperly and inadequately funded justice system,» says Marc Kazimirski, the
president of the Trial
Lawyers» Association
of British Columbia.
With Attorney Ward being selected for inclusion in Washington's Super
Lawyers ®, and Attorney Smith serving as the former
president of the Washington State Bar Association Young
Lawyers Division, you can be confident that your case is in very
good hands.
Ken is an active supporter
of continuing legal education, both as a speaker at conferences and seminars as
well as Past Chair
of the OBA Workers» Compensation Section and Past Ontairo Vice
President of the Canadian Association
of Labour
Lawyers.
The
best line
of the day came from Michigan state bar
president Tom Rombach, one
of the treacherous
lawyers on the panel:
As Vice
President of the ILS» eDiscovery Analytics Group, Doug manages the teams
of lawyers and consultants as
well as the processes by which we train our AI - based document analytics systems to programmatically find issue relevant documents from defense productions.
He was the
president of the New Jersey Association for Justice, which is New Jersey premier association for educating
lawyers to be
better trial attorneys and advocates for the right to a trial by jury and for the rights
of consumers.
«It is a
good model,» says Lai - King Hum, national
president of the Federation
of Asian Canadian
Lawyers.
The Boralex legal team consists
of nine people — there is another vice
president for North American affairs as
well as junior
lawyers and two paralegals.
Increasing diversity within the judiciary requires more than just statements from legal organizations that there is a need for a bench that
better reflects the makeup
of its community, says Jennifer Chow, a Vancouver
lawyer and past
president of the provincial branch
of the Canadian Bar Association.
Michele Hollins, former
President of the Canadian Bar Association said «Studies have shown that
lawyers may have the highest rates
of depression among various occupational categories... many in our profession think that it makes
good business sense to keep concerns to themselves.»
Consistently recognized as one
of the country's
best trial
lawyers, Beck has previously served as president of the State Bar of Texas and as president of the American College of Trial L
lawyers, Beck has previously served as
president of the State Bar
of Texas and as
president of the American College
of Trial
LawyersLawyers.
As a past state bar
president and adjunct ethics professor, he is
well - versed in helping
lawyers and business leaders navigate the sometimes thorny issues facing all
of us in an increasingly complex world.
The
president of the ABA is pushing to
better serve the public, even if it costs
lawyers jobs.
Walter Shaub Jr., a frequent Trump critic who ran the Office
of Government Ethics until last summer, said the disclosure may
well document loans to Trump's
lawyer Michael Cohen, who has said he made a $ 130,000 payment to Daniels, an adult film actress who alleges she had an affair with the
president years ago.
The Event: «In partnership with the UC Office
of the
President, Continuing Education
of the Bar (CEB), Berkeley School
of Law, UCLA School
of Law, UC Davis School
of Law, and UC Irvine School
of Law, the conference will bring together more than 500 law students, faculty members,
lawyers, and nonprofit professionals committed to advancing civil rights and the public
good.