Sentences with phrase «represents your interests before»

As the leading voice for magnet schools in the nation, Magnet Schools of America represents your interests before Congress, the White House, and federal agencies such as the U.S. Department of Education.

And where an issue does arise, you will have someone to represent your interests before the courts or in arbitration that you are already familiar and comfortable with — and trust.

A litigator represents your interests before the courts and / or during alternative dispute resolution proceedings, such as arbitration, mediation, and administrative tribunals.

Porter Wright works with businesses to help limit risks under the NLRA and represent their interests before the NLRB.

Not exact matches

Liberum analyst Robert Waldschmidt estimates the deal represents a multiple of roughly 20.7 times earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, which he said «feels like quite a top multiple.»

In fact, he's continued to expand margins: Last year's income of $ 11.2 billion before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization represented a 39 % margin, up from 31 % in 2008.

Danone said on Monday that Stonyfield had around $ 370 million in turnover in 2016, and that the sale price represented a multiple of around 20 times the 2016 earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) for Stonyfield.

For each new class which puts itself in the place of one ruling before it, is compelled... to represent its interest as the common interest of all the members of society, that is, expressed in ideal form: it has to give its ideas the form of universality, and represent them as the only rational, universally valid ones.

Folks talk about the soul as a religious item — that it synonymous with religion — But religions don't really explain what a soul is — because they don't know — only a possible destination — Before you get all huffy, please consider where my concept comes from — I am no longer religious — I studied Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs for dozens of years, and determined a different design, for what the glyphs could portend — and found some interesting thought processes hidden within — including what the soul is — for instance: The Ankh symbol represents Life — the charcters for An and kh, I translate as an = thought and kh = soul — Thus Life = the thought of the soul — The soul as described by the AE, is a continuity between 2 or more enti - ties — including the enti - ty Environment — Our environment creates us — some name their environment as god — some believe there is a continuity with their environment — that is soul --

However, FoodDrinkEurope, the lobby that represents the interests of food manufacturers, slammed the Commission for putting «the cart before the horse».

As senior vice president of government affairs for ABA, McGreevy is responsible for shaping advocacy strategies for the beverage industry and representing the interests of ABA members before lawmakers and regulatory bodies.

In that position, he represented client interests before the Minnesota Legislature and administrative agencies.

As senior vice president for political affairs, Bailey - Chapman will shape advocacy strategies for the beverage industry and represent the interests of ABA members before lawmakers and regulatory bodies nationwide.

Although I've found it very cathartic to speak, vent and end occasionally rant about all things Arsenal, we need to act carefully and intelligently right now or we're going to get played by this club even worse than at present... the pro-Wengerites and the suits, who represent a considerable proportion of the season ticket holders, don't want to believe that there is no plan and that Wenger has mailed it in for several years now or that things are going to get much worse before they get better... why would they... many have spent a considerable sum buying some of the highest priced tickets in the World... they want to have a front row seat to see something special and to be seen doing so, which simply provides ample justification for the expense and the time invested... to many of them, Wenger is the sun in their soccer universe... his awkward disposition, misplaced arrogance and his utter lack of balls makes him a rather unusual cult figure, but the cerebral narrative seemed to embolden those who already felt pretty highly of themselves... many might not even of really liked football that much before his arrival and rarely games they weren't attending... as such, they desperately believe that Wenger, and only Wenger, can supply them with their required fix... if he goes, they were wrong and that's a tough pill to swallow... they would have to admit that they were duped... they will definitely resent whoever made them feel this way, but of course it will be too late by then... so when we go overboard with ridiculous comments bordering of anarchy, it scares the shit out of them and they shift their blame towards us rather than at those who really perpetrated this act of treason... we aren't the enemy... we simply woke much earlier and the reason our comments have gotten more vile in recent years is out of utter frustration... in order for any real change to occur at this club we need to bring as many supporters as possible with us or the big money interests will fade and our ultimate objective will be lost... so it's time to focus on the head instead of the heart for now

Section 598.12, beyond authorizing the appointment of an attorney to represent the parties» minor children, provides, «Such attorney shall be empowered to make independent investigations and to cause witnesses to appear and testify before the court on matters pertinent to the interests of the children.»

«That this House commends the Speaker on the action he has taken over the past year to reassert the principle that Ministers ought to make statements to the House before they are made elsewhere; notes that paragraph 9.1 of the Ministerial Code says that when Parliament is in session, the most important announcements of Government policy should be made in the first instance in Parliament; believes that compliance with this principle is essential for backbenchers to be able to represent the interests of their constituents and hold the Government to account; and invites the Procedure Committee to consider how the rules of the House could be better used or, if necessary, changed to ensure compliance with this principle and to develop a protocol for the release of information.»

On a recent People Before Politics Radio Show, Dr. Giulio Cavallo, Chairman of the Westchester Independence Party spoke on the conflict of interest when major party chairman elect themselves to be Commissioners of the Board of Elections that represent their party.

Even before my interests, it's the interests of my people I represent.»

But a deal with the Senate, where a number of lawmakers are lawyers who work for law firms that represent clients with interests before state, has been more difficult to reach for Cuomo.

But the senator has insisted he is not involved with those clients and there is no conflict of interest present because he does not represent any clients with business before the state.

-- Lawyer - legislators would be required to disclose any client who pays them more than $ 5,000 and be prohibited from representing any client who has business interests before the state.

Flanagan says he has not represented any clients that have business before the state, and is unaware of which of his firm's clients have interests before state government.

«I love our community and I am fed up with lawmakers who put the interests of the NRA, the for - profit school industry, and insurance companies before the people they represent.

Provisions of Section 71 - 3 of the ethics law prohibit town officers or employees from representing any private interest before any town agency and from appearing before any agency except on their own behalf or that of the town.

There was an error in the date of the event, and the advisory was not sent by any of the spokespeople who have represented Ms. Moskowitz or related charter interests before, but by someone named Richard Millett.

In part, the relevant provisions prohibit town officers and employees from representing private interests before town agencies or appearing before such agencies except on their own behalf or on behalf of the town.

The students represented diverse backgrounds and academic disciplines, but they all shared a common interest in neural engineering and the desire to put their knowledge to use building something new, something that perhaps has never been attempted or seen before.

Before the career fair, students are given a list of the occupations that will be represented and may select six that interest them.

The ATE office is located in the Washington DC area where it represents its members» interests before governmental agencies and education organizations.

It shall be a routine use of records in this system to disclose them in proceedings before any court or adjudicative or administrative body before which DOT or any agency thereof, appears, when (a) DOT, or any agency thereof, or (b) Any employee of DOT or any agency thereof (including a member of the Coast Guard) in his / her official capacity, or (c) Any employee of DOT or any agency thereof (including a member of the Coast Guard) in his / her individual capacity where DOT has agreed to represent the employee, or (d) The United States or any agency thereof, where DOT determines that the proceeding is likely to affect the United States, is a party to the proceeding or has an interest in such proceeding, and DOT determines that use of such records is relevant and necessary in the proceeding, provided, however, that in each case, DOT determines that disclosure of the records in the proceeding is a use of the information contained in the records that is compatible with the purpose for which the records were collected.

15) As this post points out, and I have said it before, «The vast majority of currency ETFs represent stakes in an interest - bearing bank account denominated in a foreign currency.

As few laws exist that bring the interests of an individual animal before the court, Alaska's new statute represents significant progress for animals in the legal system.

Leonor Antunes said: «I am interested in the dialogue that a specific craftsmanship establishes within a certain perspective of modernity — particularly how architects / designers engaged with the vernacular — revealing not a nostalgia for a world before modernism, but rather a legacy regarding a belief in the artwork as representing an ongoing engagement in a process.»

«There is no doubt there is more interest in Exxon's conduct than ever before,» said the Rev. Michael Crosby, who represents the friars and has called on the company to address climate change for more than a decade.

As New Mexico Watchdog reporter Jim Scarantino has written in a series of articles, the majority of EIB members — including (and especially) its chairman, Gregory Green — have conflicts of interest because they represent (and are paid by) activist groups who jointly brought the petition before the EIB.

The Public Staff of the Utilities Commission, charged with representing the interests of consumers before the Utilities Commission, recently found that eliminating capacity payments would be inappropriate given how utilities calculate long - term capacity costs.

In a March hearing, the federal government and an attorney representing fossil fuel interests asked another federal judge, Thomas Coffin, to dismiss the case before trial.

Before going to the White House in 2001, he was the «climate team leader» and a lobbyist at the American Petroleum Institute, the largest trade group representing the interests of the oil industry.

You belong to a national organization that is there to defend your interests and take care of your interests on a national basis, to not only represent your interests not only before the government but before the public.

We also represent our clients» interests on legislative matters before the Vermont General Assembly.

Our attorneys are experienced in all aspects of Pennsylvania's Right - to Know Law, frequently representing requesters, public agencies and interested third parties in litigation before the Office of Open Records and Pennsylvania's appellate courts concerning requests for, and access to, government records.

Notable mandates: Successfully represented Toronto mayor Rob Ford in a libel and defamation action; representing former Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj in litigation proceeding contesting election in Etobicoke Centre; acting on the establishment of a large residential real estate private equity fund; a complex reorganization of an existing real estate private equity fund into private REIT, the investors in which include several of Canada's largest pension plans and mutual funds; acted for the purchaser in excess of 230 quick service restaurants in Ontario, B.C., and Quebec; acted for management in a proxy dispute involving an interlisted TSX and ASX company, involving various interest holders in several international jurisdictions; represented Pharmascience Inc. at Federal Court of Canada; represented clients such as Apotex Inc. in trademark dispute; represented Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association in matters before the Trademark Opposition Board.

An individual who has incorporated or the members of a partnership can thus be sued and require a lawyer or bringing a motion and having «special circumstances» before they can represent their interests (Special circumstances generally being impecuniosity, or the ability to convince the court that the potential representative has sufficient training and experience to act as counsel.

Actually, two of the most striking things about the current situation seem to me (by comparison with recent history) the convergence of interest by people and institutions traditionally separate within jurisdictions (e.g. inhabiting the worlds of PLE, legal aid, self represented litigants) and the degree of international linking helped by HiiL's entrepreneurialism (you can go to few countries in the world and not find that they have been there the week before) but also exampled by links the licensing of material from the Justice Education Society of British Columbia by California courts.

Bill developed extensive experience spanning several decades handling a myriad of natural gas and electric matters for some of the largest end - users in the State, representing the interests of individual users in a multitude of energy - related projects, transactions, and complaint proceedings, as well as representing groups of customers as intervenors in major utility rate proceedings before the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, the Office of Administrative Law and other bodies.

Chris represents clients» interests at all levels of government oversight and before agencies focused on the environment, land use, public safety and health.

Because a product manufacturer put its own profits before your well - being, now you need a sympathetic advocate who will represent only your interests — and who will make the process of demanding compensation for your injuries as painless as possible.

In addition to her own counsel, counsel for ICBC represented the interests of the unknown driver, whoever that might have been, and thus in some respects at least she had two lawyers representing her interests until shortly before trial.

With worldwide coverage, CLIA represents the interests of cruise lines and travel agents before regulatory and legislative policy makers.

We often hear from self - represented litigants that they are concerned about impartiality and even conflicts of interest in their appearances before a particular judge.