Sentences with phrase «public lawyers make»

The American Bar Association asserts that government and public lawyers make up one - eighth of the legal profession.

Not exact matches

Consultants, lawyers, designers, public - relations specialists, and even bankers see not only more upside reward via equity but also a chance to make their work more varied and relationship - based.

Shortly after Mitt Romney's loss to Barack Obama that year, Trump had his lawyers trademark the slogan, «Make America Great Again» for «political action committee services, namely, promoting public awareness of political issues and fundraising in the field of politics,» The Washington Post reported last year.

If both businesses and law enforcement give prompt, upfront disclosure of what technology is being used and in what manner, it will make it easier for startups to do business and help ease people's concerns, says Tamir Israel, a staff lawyer with the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic at the University of Ottawa.

Tokyo, May 4 (Jiji Press)-- Public prosecutors and private companies in Japan are making preparations for the introduction on June 1 of a plea - bargaining system in the country that may drastically change the way investigations, trials and lawyer activities are conducted.

President Trump made a rare public comment about the Michael Cohen - Stormy Daniels case Thursday morning, playing down the lawyer's work for him and insisting that he didn't know about Cohen's business activities.

An Argentinian lawyer who made his fame prosecuting generals of Argentina's «Dirty Wars» of 1976 to 1983, he has, more than anyone, given the ICC a public profile of an organization assertively pursuing arch-war criminals and insisting upon justice.

The culture of consumerism and the chase for material symbols of wealth and security have sometimes come to be dominant; the pursuit of spiritual fulfillment in many has slowly begun to degenerate into empty and sterile ritualism; the legitimate thirst for education has often become perverted into an obsessive drive to acquire with the greatest speed the formal diplomas necessary to gain entry to jobs offering the easiest opportunities to make the quickest rupees; political statesmanship in some areas has begun to depreciate into an opportunities race for power and position; the spirit of SEVA (Service) to the nation has intermittently begun to be suffocated in many, by the abuse of discretions, sometimes mediated by a bloated bureaucracy itself enmeshed in a vast network of multiplying paper and self - proliferating regulations; menacingly many good and decent people even in public life, have come to be corroded by a culture of demanding corruption; and some potentially creative lawyers, have begun to take perverted pride in mere «cleverness», rendering themselves vulnerable to the prejudice that they are a parasitic obstruction in the pursuit of substantive justice.

This wasn't just a media pundit making an offhand comment — this was a high - ranking administration lawyer making a formal public statement.

How many pastors would ask a boy to send them a picture if it was a lie, and how many lawyers would take on a case that is false and make it public to ruin his or her reputation.

Having sampled public opinion as well as having made a more precise legal interpretation, the lawyer concluded that the charge would not hold up in court; Religion evokes worship; secular humanism does not.

The district made a good - faith offer to the owners before the Prospect Heights Park District sued and was committed to keeping the land as a public golf course, said Kathleen Field Orr, a Chicago lawyer who specializes in municipal law.

As public health lawyers, that got us wondering, who's making sure even these minimal commitments are being kept?

His lawyers are expected to argue that Anas, after petitioning the president to remove him from the bench because of the acts complained about on the video, violated the constitutional provisions by proceeding to make the evidence public.

Today, those same lawyers and social commentators argue that a judge may sit on a case, rise up whilst the case is pending or impending, and make a Public Comment on the case, even to journalists.

«[Underwood] is an extremely capable lawyer, and the office primarily does litigation, but there are also public policy decisions that have to made,» such as how aggressively the office challenges the federal government to represent the interests of New Yorkers, Horner said.

(Reuters)- Lawyers for once - powerful former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver asked a judge on Tuesday to throw out federal corruption charges against him because a top prosecutor made «prejudicial» public statements about his guilt.

The remarks followed claims by former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's lawyers that he had made «improper statements» that will bias the public against Mr. Silver in his fight against corruption charges, and a Slate piece by Pace University Professor Bennett Gershman that Mr. Bharara's critiques of New York's state government are inappropriate for his role.

In an email made public last week, Assembly lawyer William Collins indicated the decision to seek mediation was made after «extensive dialogue» with attorneys for the accusers.

The lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the charges — which allege Silver lined his pockets with nearly $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks in a stunning abuse of power dating to at least 2000 — claiming public statements that Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara made about the case «caused irreparable harm by tainting» the grand jury that indicted him on Feb. 19.

Three candidates couldn't make through the National Assembly hearing process under the current president for the last four years because of (1) his speculative investment in real estate using secret information, (2) earning too much money when working as a lawyer, and (3) his historical viewpoint that lawmakers and general public don't endorse or agree to.

Although Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, has made Albany corruption a staple of public speeches and news conferences, his prosecutors kept the broader issue out of their opening argument, while Mr. Silver's lawyer touched on it more to suggest that the government had criminalized longstanding political actions that were not crimes.

Osborne, a lawyer specializing in family law who lives in Simsbury, was making her first run for public office.

That means the public still does not know how much Senate President Malcolm Smith (D - Queens) makes with his title insurance company, Great Abstract Title Co., or how much Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson (D - Brooklyn), Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) and other lawyer - legislators make from their legal practices.

Huntley's lawyer said her client's family «has been terrorized» since her cooperation with investigators was made public.

That we have absolute confidence and trust in the credibility of our MP, the honourable Mahama Ayariga That as a lawyer of repute it will be far fetched for the honourable MP to make such allegation in vacuum That after following the issues as being dicussed we fully associate ourselve with the letter written by the hon. Mahama Ayariga, hon. Alhassan Suhuyini and Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa for an investigation by the right honourable speaker of parliament and to add that any such investigation must either be public or it's findings be made public

The Director Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, who made the disclosure urged Nigerians to ask the younger brother and lawyer to the IPOB leader, Ifeanyi Ejiofor of Kanu's whereabouts.

a) is of good character as attested to by two Ghanaians who are notaries public, lawyers, senior public officers or other class of persons approved of by the Minister; b) has not been convicted of any criminal offence and been sentenced to imprisonment for a term of twelve months or more; c) is of independent means; d) is in the opinion of the Minister capable of making a substantial contribution to the development of Ghana; and e) has attained the age of eighteen years.

The judge's decision to make the documents public, with some redactions, followed a vigorous and ultimately unsuccessful legal fight by lawyers for Mr. Silver and the two women to block the release of the materials.

Quinn said he intends to hire a lawyer to file a complaint against Nevergold for organizing a secret meeting that should have been made public.

Antonacci stressed his background as a certified public account and lawyer as well as county comptroller, which he said makes him the most qualified comptroller candidate.Cahill also cited Cuomo's Moreland Commission, which was charged with ferreting out corruption in Albany.

«He's a smart guy, he's a sharp lawyer, he's got credentials from years in public service, and it makes him an appropriate person» to help make the News Corporation's case, she said.

Reinvent Albany congratulates Council Member Brewer, Council Speaker Christine Quinn, council lawyer Jeff Baker, DOITT Commissioner Carole Post, and the Bloomberg administration for negotiating a workable way forward for making vast amounts of city data usable by the public.

Batra, a Brooklyn lawyer, said that at times, his service on the Joint Commission on Public Ethics created last year «made me feel I was in the midst of something sinister.»

The lawyers, represented by the Public Employees Federation union, are protesting the demand, which would make public some of their and their spouses's financial details — such as the value of stock holdings, rental income or money earned from outsidePublic Employees Federation union, are protesting the demand, which would make public some of their and their spouses's financial details — such as the value of stock holdings, rental income or money earned from outsidepublic some of their and their spouses's financial details — such as the value of stock holdings, rental income or money earned from outside jobs.

A spokesman said the applications will be made public after lawyers have reviewed the documents.

While some lawyers argue that certain shapes and phrases fall under public domain, given the specific combination of shapes, colors and phrases used by these independent designers and the sheer number of allegations, it seems as though Bassen and her cohort could make a compelling case.

«Down here you make enemies for life,» spits the young public defender who's muffed Dee's case, bristling at the questions of her ACLU attorney (Tim Blake Nelson) and the conflicted local lawyer who's signed on to represent her (Will Patton, in the film's best performance).

In early 2017, Tecmo Koei's lawyers sent 3DM a takedown warning, demanding the group delete the downloadable content uploaded on its forums and make a public apology for copyright infringement.

«This group of school attorney leaders is made up of not only excellent, accomplished lawyers, but they are also energetic proponents of public education.»

Claims the lawsuit would harm public schools were purely «speculative,» Reynolds wrote, siding with arguments made by lawyers for the state and parents who intervened in the case.

Effective public lawyers counsel their clients to make decisions based on research and valid statistics, not emotion.

Adam Findlay, a lawyer representing Doodles and Suds, told the village board that he was not happy that public speakers were allowed to make leading comments about his client.

Between the lawyers on both sides of Cariou vs. Prince et al, about 275 pages of the transcript of Richard Prince's 7 - hour deposition had been made public as footnotes to various briefs and memos, but there were 101 pages left out.

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This point, frequently made by lawyers from Earthjustice, a nonprofit environmental legal group, combined with widely expressed public opposition to any more coal - fired power plants in Florida, led to the quiet withdrawal of four other coal plant proposals in the state.

Jeff Condon — who resorted to his lawyers about LOG 12, Lewandowsky et al, has made this comment at the Making Science Public blog (Dr Warren Pearce — Nottingham university)

If John O'Sullivan were a lawyer or a competent legal analyst, he would have read the Penn State investigation and the NSF investigation, and he would not be making allegations that are contradicted in the public record.

When the Boulder Daily Camera first reported on Boulder officials finally making the suit public, EID was quick to point out the lack of support for the Boulder - led effort, telling the Camera, «It's telling they were only able to get one other county in the state to go along with this scheme brought by D.C. trial lawyers.»

http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa437.pdf The settlement of the tobacco litigation, in November 1998, was a legal and public policy debacle of truly historic proportions.5 The tobacco companies agreed to abide by a new set of regulatory constraints and to make multibillion - dollar payments annually to the states (and the trial lawyers from private practice who were hired to represent most of them) in perpetuity.