Sentences with phrase «see a lawyer because»

Sometimes passengers are reluctant to see a lawyer because family members or friends may be responsible for the accident.

Often parents come to see lawyers because they have tried and been unsuccessful in resolving these issues directly with the other parent.

Not exact matches

And because credit - card rewards aren't seen as currency in the eyes of the law, they're often glanced over by judges and lawyers during divorce negotiations.

Now his lawyer says: «Dr. Briggs was harassed, mistreated, and robbed of his career because he refused to overlook the shoddy care that Catholic Charities provided to many of its patients and because he refused to remain silent in the face of the serious patient risks he saw day after day.

They were published, they made it into stores, which was very cool... I remember going into stores in my lunch hour, because I was a lawyer at the time, and seeing the books on the shelves, but it was disappointing because they were on the wrong shelves, so they were too low or too high.

And because credit - card rewards aren't seen as currency in the eyes of the law, they're often glanced over by judges and lawyers during divorce negotiations.

We hope the soon - to - be-wealthy lawyer committed the note to memory because Hill's strict instructions are to fixate on the desired money, with eyes closed, at least once a day, until the bundles of bills can clearly be seen in the mind.

Because if you send it to us, our lawyers will jump on it like a hand grenade and not ever let us see it, for reasons only they understand.

I plan on getting one of my lawyer friends to take a look at this game and see how they do, because as much fun as it is, and as beautiful as the artwork is, I'd like to have an expert help me actually win.

Steven Cohen, the billionaire hedge fund manager of SAC Capital Advisors, didn't see a key email because he gets 1,000 messages a day, his lawyers say.

«What that means is that at least some tort lawyers see this as a potential winner because they're taking their time and they see an opportunity to win a big case.»

Aside from the merits of the decision, which puts the cost of the courts not just on the users but on all the taxpayers (which may be the appropriate place for them), it is amusing to see high - priced lawyers say that access to justice is greatly improved because of the abolition of hearng fees that are less per day than the lawyers charge per hour.

«Rather than seeing the Avvo ratings for what they are — «that and $ 1.50 will get you a ride on Seattle's new South Lake Union Streetcar» — plaintiffs Browne and Wenokur want to make a federal case out of the number assigned to them because (a) it could harm their reputation, (b) it could cost them customers / fees, or (c) it could mislead the lawyer - hiring public into retaining poor lawyers or bypassing better lawyers.

Alice Woolley has written thoughtfully about the questionable claims often contained in these letters and the important ethical questions raised by the practice of some «lawyers sending out demand letters based on spurious claims in the hope of extracting funds because of the fear and ignorance of those who receive them» (see, e.g., here, here and here).

Increasingly what we see in the courts is a rising number of people who represent themselves with measurably worse outcomes than if they had retained a lawyer, and many more who are just not seeking justice at all because of legal costs.

I've seen that some lawyers don't call clients back because nothing has happened in the case.

My skepticism comes from seeing legal - vertical site after legal - vertical site fail because of the inability to build up a critical mass of lawyer users.

«A lot of my clients are farmers and owners / operators of businesses in Windsor and would never in their life hire a lawyer at $ 750 an hour or any hourly rate like that and don't see why they should be obligated to pay those kinds of fees just because they're in a bit of a financial bind.»

This is not the worst contract I've seen written by a non-lawyer, and I expect to see more people trying failing to create an enforceable contract because they think it will save them the money of hiring a lawyer; I believe the theoretical aspect (not my specific situation, which is more of an example) will be generally useful for employers to be aware of what penalties their company may risk facing later on.

I see that Enrico Schaefer made this comment on Morrison's blog:»... or maybe its because lawyers can charge twice as much for the same hour of time.

But the lawyers I see graduating with large law school debt are not foregoing lower paying jobs because they can not afford them; there simply are not enough jobs to go around at any rate of pay.

So, as one who works with a saw is a sawyer (because sawer is too hard to say), one who works with the law is a lawyer.

I am not sure when this happened, because I just noticed it, but I see that Justia has added a lawyer directory to its many features.

It may sound trite, but I have seen too many lawyers burn themselves out because they weren't allowing themselves to have personal lives.

There is probably some other lawyer out there who will soon post that he is now retired and sitting on the beach lighting cigars with $ 100 bills because of his wildly successful free Craigslist ads, but I haven't seen that yet.

The policy existed, one member of the Delhi Bar Council explained, because, «We have often seen that lawyers above 45 just get into the profession for time pass.

This is largely because our legal culture seems obsessed with seeing the lawyer as a warrior, lacking empathy for the other side.

Lawyers were seen as fair game, because books were their tools of trade.

Because most clients see lawyers as «rich» professionals, and assume they have adequate insurance coverage, just like doctors do.

Lawyers who participate in these activities, law firms that participate, who become part of the thought leadership and who are seen by their clients as investing in thought leadership and partnering with law schools like ours to help to better train and educate the next generation of lawyers who are thought to be thinking seriously about the challenges facing not just lawyers of the legal profession but our clients, I think those kinds of lawyers will be rewarded because clients at all levels know that it's an increasingly complex and sophisticated and challenging world and they're looking for lawyers who understand that and can help them with their prLawyers who participate in these activities, law firms that participate, who become part of the thought leadership and who are seen by their clients as investing in thought leadership and partnering with law schools like ours to help to better train and educate the next generation of lawyers who are thought to be thinking seriously about the challenges facing not just lawyers of the legal profession but our clients, I think those kinds of lawyers will be rewarded because clients at all levels know that it's an increasingly complex and sophisticated and challenging world and they're looking for lawyers who understand that and can help them with their prlawyers who are thought to be thinking seriously about the challenges facing not just lawyers of the legal profession but our clients, I think those kinds of lawyers will be rewarded because clients at all levels know that it's an increasingly complex and sophisticated and challenging world and they're looking for lawyers who understand that and can help them with their prlawyers of the legal profession but our clients, I think those kinds of lawyers will be rewarded because clients at all levels know that it's an increasingly complex and sophisticated and challenging world and they're looking for lawyers who understand that and can help them with their prlawyers will be rewarded because clients at all levels know that it's an increasingly complex and sophisticated and challenging world and they're looking for lawyers who understand that and can help them with their prlawyers who understand that and can help them with their problems.

On the plus side for these technology providers, smart lawyers and smart law firms are just beginning to embrace it because they can see an opportunity to monetise their unique algorithm creations.

I think Jonathan Fields said it best when claiming that lawyers often make terrible entrepreneurs «because the way you are taught to think, see the world and operate as a lawyer shuts down nearly every entrepreneurial instinct.»

Whether you are guilty, innocent, negligent, or reckless is not relevant at this point because clients see a high net worth target (possibly with a big legal malpractice policy) as do some of their lawyers, media outlets can run sensational headlined «news» pieces, and although your are technically presumed innocent, police investigations operate under a presumption of guilt not so subtle premise — especially when the media spotlight is involved.

I have heard many litigants express concern to me that because lawyers are seen to belong to a private club «members of the legal profession», they don't feel they can trust that their own lawyer is truly acting in their best interest.

The most important thing to do is to make contact with the auto accident lawyers at Ketchmark and McCreight, P.C. without further delay, because every single auto accident claim is different to any other and we won't be able to give you any definitive answers about your claim until we see the specifics of your situation and have time to digest those specifics first hand.

Cemex also refused to accept delivery of some of the documents it had requested from Network Rail because Network Rail required them to be seen by lawyers only (i.e. not the client's technical team).

when claiming that lawyers often make terrible entrepreneurs «because the way you are taught to think, see the world and operate as a lawyer shuts down nearly every entrepreneurial instinct.»

Of course you have no obligation to choose the personal injury lawyers you may see on this site, but please know this site is made possible because of their involvement.

It can be scary because I do see new lawyers come out of law school, and take jobs, and work in the offices where I know that they're not getting good training.

What this means is that lawyers who resist process improvements because they see each matter as different and think that things like process improvement initiatives and firm price estimating are not appropriate for complex legal matters have a point.

And because KM is seen as nothing more than a landfill site, firms see KM as nothing more than a software solution to assist lawyers sift through the debris.

Blackmun found that the absence of lawyer ads hurt the legal profession, holding that «the absence of advertising may be seen to reflect the profession's failure to reach out and serve the community,» and that many people in need of legal services do not contact an attorney because they worry about pricing or finding a competent lawyer.

Many lawyers just don't see the need, maybe because we often don't really get clients.

She's an avowed modern natural lawyer, so you can sort of see how Mr. Vellacot got things twisted in his head the way he did, because your classic, historical natural law theory was espoused by people like St. Thomas Aquinas, who's views on law were certainly well - integrated with his religious beliefs.

Because legal services are increasingly seen as an «industry» with many players (Stephen Allen has made this comment before) only one of which happens to be lawyers, perhaps it is also time for law firms to take the same approach.

Not only in that the lawyer's withdrawal may delay issuance of the mortgage, but also because lenders may make assumptions unfavourable to the purchaser if the lawyer withdraws: See the «Duty to Inform Lender» section of the Canadian Bar Association's Mortgage Instructions Toolkit.

I fall into the former category on this subject as most Maryland accident lawyers do because they have seen what a projectile a person can become when launched from a back seat because they were not wearing their rear safety belt.

But laypersons don't see it that way, because, really, everybody's a lawyer, even if they don't know it.

It's kind of an obvious thing, because any lawyer who's practiced long enough will see stress in their clients that come in.

And that's why it's so important to have paying clients and to collect those fees hopefully before the matter has concluded, because what I see typically happens is... So a lawyer will file a collection action and will get counsel to handle that matter for him or her.