Sentences with phrase «record as an attorney»

It's about having another choice,» he said, adding that he felt Mr. Spitzer had an «unparalleled» record as attorney general and may have gone on to become a great governor had he not been forced to resign in he wake of a prostitution scandal.

She has an incredible record as an attorney, having clerked as a Supreme Court of the United States.»

He ran slick ads promoting his record as attorney general probing Wall Street firms and standing up for workers and immigrants.

Not exact matches

The Dow, S&P 500 and Russell 2000 hit record highs this week as investors put the congressional testimony of former FBI Director James Comey and Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the back burner and await what could be the fourth rate hike in more than a decade on Wednesday.

In defending his record, Sessions is likely to point to his vote to confirm Eric Holder as the country's first black attorney general and to his co-sponsorship of the Fair Sentencing Act, which sought to reduce racial disparities in how black and white drug offenders are treated.

Crown Attorney Sandy Tse attempted to persuade Judge Ian Nordheimer that memos describing 2004 interviews with the defendants should be treated as normal business records and admitted as evidence.

(Chicago constructed this story from thousands of pages of federal court records, police reports, and court testimony from related cases, as well as from official government reports and dozens of interviews with federal and local law enforcement officials and attorneys for some of the defendants; through a spokesman, prosecutors in the Zambada case declined comment.)

Deputy attorney general James Cole defended the bulk collection of Americans» phone records as outside the scope of the fourth amendment's protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.

Bart Schwartz, a former head of the criminal division in the U.S. attorney's office, has a lengthy track record of conducting internal audits or acting as an independent monitor.

Peter MacKay, Canada's Attorney General in the Harper government has gone on record as opposing any immunity for sex traffickers as a result of Section 230 changes brought in through NAFTA negotiations.

The Society of Jesus» Pacific Northwest unit and its insurers have agreed to pay a record $ 166.1 million to about 470 people who were sexually and psychologically abused as children by Jesuit priests from the 1940s to the 1990s, the victims» attorneys said Friday.

Here are some details about that November 2004 ballot proposal: 1) there was already in place a Utah law strictly banning same - sex marriage, which I fully supported; 2) all three candidates for the office of attorney general of Utah (the chief law - enforcement officer in the state) opposed the amendment, including the LDS (Mormon) Republican incumbent, Mark Shurtleff, mostly because they considered it a poorly drafted amendment; 3) I refused to endorse the amendment, but I did not urge people to vote «no»; 4) the leadership of the LDS Church, which has a record for being as strongly opposed to same - sex marriage as the Catholic Church, did not issue a statement urging its members to vote one way or the other; 5) inasmuch as two thirds of Utahans belong to the LDS Church, this means that the leadership of at least 80 percent of Utah churchgoers did not urge a «yes» vote on the amendment.

He had trouble when Sheppard pointed out that Francis Sullivan was the attorney of record for both groups — he later resigned his Bucks County role — and that both groups listed Sullivan's office as their office in their license applications.

A one - minute call made from the university - issued phone of Ole Miss football coach Hugh Freeze to a number associated with a female escort service was raised as a potential issue in the back - and - forth between the university's legal counsel and the attorney for former Rebels football coach Houston Nutt, according to records and correspondence obtained by USA TODAY Sports.

But attorneys for Smith and Tabone opted to accept a mistrial due to a procedural error having to do with Yiddish phone recordings, while Halloran's attorney decided to proceed as scheduled.

CSEA said in a statement the support for the scandal - scarred former governor stemmed from his «strong record» as attorney general and governor.

The decision was based on Spitzer's strong record of accomplishment as the «Sheriff of Wall Street» during his time as New York State Attorney General and Governor.

At least Christie had amassed an impressive record of public corruption convictions as U.S. Attorney in Newark before running for Governor.

For the record, Cuomo has only been a statewide elected official since wining the 2006 race to succeed Eliot Spitzer as attorney general.

NEW YORK — As the Schneiderman campaign continues its surge, Assemblymember Dov Hikind endorsed Eric Schneiderman for Attorney General, citing his «proven track record» and naming him as the «clear choice for the Jewish community.&raquAs the Schneiderman campaign continues its surge, Assemblymember Dov Hikind endorsed Eric Schneiderman for Attorney General, citing his «proven track record» and naming him as the «clear choice for the Jewish community.&raquas the «clear choice for the Jewish community.»

DeFrancisco, an attorney, was first elected to the Senate in 1992 and has emerged as a leading critic of Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's record on taxes, spending and economic development.

Had Silver's lawyers made any attempt to portray Silver as a man of character at the trial, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara would have undoubtedly seen to it that the Sheldon E. Silver farce had made it into the court record, probably during the testimony of Michael Whyland, Silver's spokesman who led the media attack on the Times story.

Babylon Town Supervisor Richard Schaffer declined to say whether he reviewed the records when he offered Henry, a former Babylon Town councilman, the $ 50,000 - a-year job as a part - time assistant town attorney.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in April subpoenaed Cuomo's office for records related to contracts given to COR Development as part of the prosecutor's investigation into Cuomo's marquee economic development projects in Upstate New York.

After all, it was Cuomo's scalding report, as attorney general, that thrust Eliot Spitzer's use of the state police to gather then - Senate Majority leader Joe Bruno's travel records into the spotlight.

Speaking about politics and about «public service,» Spitzer continuously pointed to his time as attorney general — rather than his time as governor — as the office of record he hoped voters would examine.

After the break, Assistant U.S. Attorney Catherine Mirabile submitted as evidence Savino's own notes, billing invoices and phone records to encourage more detailed testimony.

State Senator Adriano Espaillat and Adam Clayton Powell said they are returning the donations their campaign received in 2014 from businessman Jona Rechnitz, the businessman whose name came up as part of the US Attorney's probe of alleged pay - for - favor corruption in the NYPD, records show.

The state senator's campaign also took nearly $ 15,000 in 2014 from businessman Jona Rechnitz, whose name has also come up as part of the US Attorney's probe of alleged pay - for - favor corruption in the NYPD, records show.

While some other attorney general candidates also had voting lapses, none had voting records as thin as Rice's, records show.

Most recently, this focus on secrecy was shown in the extraordinary efforts of the governor's aides to shield some of his records from public scrutiny in the State Archives, where a top Cuomo lieutenant spent nearly eight hours screening documents from Cuomo's years as attorney general that were sought by the Times Union under the Freedom of Information Law.

In the government's motion, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lara Treinis Gatz, Catherine Mirabile and Raymond Tierney said the other material turned over to the defense includes: 35,000 pages of Town of Oyster Bay documents and emails; 30,000 pages of bank account records and 5,000 pages of phone records of unidentified people; 3,250 pages of what is described as «miscellaneous documents,» and 550 pages of documents involving unspecified loans.

The report comes as government reform groups and some media organizations are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign a bill that would bolster the ability of plaintiffs in FOIL cases to be awarded attorneys» fees when they are successful in suing over access to government records.

Defense attorneys thus far have attacked Singh's credibility as a government witness and sought to use his own words against him — in part by playing secretly made recordings in which Singh says he has no story about politicians to share with federal investigators and Mangano gave him «nothing» for gestures such as hiring Linda Mangano.

«We expect this number to increase significantly as the Cahill campaign continues to educate voters on Schnedierman's record of corruption and incompetence as attorney general,» the campaign memo says.

A limited liability company that has the same ownership group as the Mercedes - Benz of Buffalo dealership at 8185 Main St. has purchased the office building at 8171 Main St., just east of Transit Road, according to public records and the LLC's attorney,...

But with high name recognition — thanks to his family and his high - profile tenure as attorney general — strong poll ratings and a massive campaign treasury, Cuomo manages to sit atop the race without ever actually declaring, on the record, that he is running.

He points out that Cunningham played a major role in his 2006 campaign for attorney general - also as an unpaid volunteer - and, as promised back then, he still went after Medicaid fraud with record - setting results.

Cuomo, meanwhile, aimed to distance himself from the corruption in Albany while touting his record as the state's attorney general.

We sat down for a one - on - one conversation with Attorney General Schneiderman where we talked about these issues as well as his opinion on the recent news that the governor's administration has been editing his records as New York attorney Attorney General Schneiderman where we talked about these issues as well as his opinion on the recent news that the governor's administration has been editing his records as New York attorney attorney general.

Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota, who came into office as a corruption buster but whose own office reportedly is under federal scrutiny, will not seek re-election this November, ending a record 16 years as the county's top prosecutor.

But Singas, who has worked as a prosecutor in Queens and Nassau and served as former District Attorney Kathleen Rice's chief deputy, contrasted her 24 years of trying criminal cases with Murray's record, and said she was best suited to tackle public corruption.

No member of the Executive Committee during his or her tenure in office shall simultaneously: (a) hold any state - wide elective public office; or (b) hold any city - wide elective public office in New York City or the Presidency of the Borough of Manhattan; or (c) serve as a judge of any court of record, attorney general or deputy or assistant attorney general or solicitor general, district attorney or assistant district attorney.

«Because they will look at the substantive record of what I did as attorney general, what I did as governor, what I did as a prosecutor,» said Spitzer.

ALBANY — The state attorney general's office and a federal prosecutor are both looking into the payouts of thousands of dollars in questionable stipends to state senators who were identified in pay records as committee chairs when they weren't, the Daily News has learned.

Newsday analyzed 2013 asset forfeiture records for the Nassau and Suffolk police departments, as well as the Nassau County district attorney's office.

A review of internal Buffalo police records and state law raises questions over the refusal of two officers to cooperate with the attorney general's office as it investigated the death of Wardel Davis during an encounter with the police in February.

«I hope the record I had as attorney general, standing up in the public interest, will be enough to persuade the public to give me a second shot,» Spitzer told WCBS 880's Alex Silverman.

As part of a probe into former top Cuomo aide and friend Joseph Percoco and others close to the governor, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara issued a subpoena to the administration for records and communications pertaining to various economic development and nano - tech projects.

«The state archives has received boxes of records from Governor Cuomo's term as Attorney General,» Burnman said.