Sentences with phrase «serving as the solicitor»

Underwood, who has served as solicitor general since 2007, in a statement said she would continue the work of the office without interruption.
Ms. Underwood, who had been serving as solicitor general, had been named by Mr. Schneiderman to fill his role in the event of his «absence from office» — per a state law concerning such circumstances.
Underwood was appointed to the position after Eric Schneiderman resigned following accusations that he was physically violent to 4 women, Underwood had been serving as the solicitor general for the last 11 years, she was appointed by then Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
He has represented clients in more than 20 counties throughout Pennsylvania, and he currently serves as solicitor to the Dauphin County Clerk of Courts.
Her nomination garners praise not only because of her credentials, but also because she would be the first woman to serve as solicitor general.
He also previously served as a solicitor in a litigation firm in Sydney, Australia, where the focus of his practice was maritime litigation and cross-border dispute resolution.

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Ted Olson, who served as President George W. Bush's solicitor general, explained his reasoning for declining Trump's offer during an interview Monday on MSNBC.
Morrow Sodali Australia is serving as governance advisor and proxy solicitor for Macmahon Holdings Limited.
Morrow Sodali Australia served as governance advisor and proxy solicitor for Investa Listed Funds Management Limited.
Labour MP Fiona Mactaggart and former Tory solicitor general Edward Garnier were also serving as commissioners.
With political leaders and editorial boards recommending that she serve out the remainder of former state AG Eric Schneiderman's term, which ends in December, the acting AG and former state solicitor general, Barbara Underwood, seemed the prohibitive favorite to get the Legislature's approval as interviews got underway yesterday.
She also worked for the U.S. attorney's office for the Eastern District of New York and served as acting - solicitor general and principal deputy solicitor general of the United States.
Harriet Ruth Harman QC (born 30 July 1950) is a British solicitor and Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament since 1982, first for Peckham, and then for its successor constituency of Camberwell and Peckham since 1997.
«I think that Barbara Underwood, the state solicitor general, should serve as the acting AG.
Nevertheless, it's true: Underwood spent the last decade serving as the state's solicitor general, and was acting solicitor general of the United States under George W. Bush.
Underwood has served as the state's solicitor general for more than a decade.
Underwood, who served as the state's solicitor general for more than a decade, told the New York Daily News she plans to appeal to the state Legislature to stay in her post.
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.
The state Legislature is empowered to name a replacement to fill out the remainder of Mr. Schneiderman's term, but a range of editorial pages called for lawmakers to hold off and keep the interim attorney general, Barbara Underwood, who had served for years as state solicitor general, in the job.
He also served as shadow solicitor general under Ed Miliband.
A bipartisan legislative committee is interviewing 13 applicants including Underwood, the solicitor general, who is serving as acting attorney general.
But as newspaper editorial boards urged lawmakers to keep the interim attorney general, Barbara Underwood, who had served for years as state solicitor general, in the job, Ms. James withdrew her name from consideration to fill out the last seven or so months of Mr. Schneiderman's term.
Halligan served in the same post as well as working as New York's solicitor general.
Barbara Underwood, the state solicitor general, is serving as state attorney general on an interim basis.
Helen previously served as a senior solicitor with the Intellectual Property Department of the Hong Kong Government and was closely involved in the drafting and passage of the current Hong Kong Trade Marks Ordinance.
Ginsburg made hers as an advocate on behalf of the ACLU and womens» groups; after serving as a deputy solicitor general under President George H. W. Bush, Roberts» represented clients across the ideological spectrum in private practice.
As Law Society president Roberts Bourns puts it: «Firms with good diversity, inclusion and social mobility policies have a competitive advantage... Not only do solicitors themselves come from an ever widening pool — reflecting the diverse society of which we are part and which we serve — but new business models are flourishing, allowing us to provide an ever more tailored service to our clients.»
Lord Collins would go on to serve as a Supreme Court justice, but, as a former City law firm partner, was keen on solicitors having the opportunity to work behind the scenes in the judiciary.
We have been well - served by solicitor circuit judges over the years, with HHJ Graham Jones and Hickinbottom J (as he now is) having been our designated civil judges.
YLAL has today (4 March 2016) responded to the consultation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on a proposed Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), which would serve as a common professional assessment for all intending sSolicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on a proposed Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), which would serve as a common professional assessment for all intending sSolicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), which would serve as a common professional assessment for all intending solicitorssolicitors.
He has served on a variety of committees of the Law Society, including as part of the peer review process by which solicitors become accredited specialists in employment and industrial Law.
On 9 January 2017, YLAL responded to the second consultation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on its proposal to introduce a Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), intended to serve as a common professional assessment for all solicitors on the point of qualSolicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on its proposal to introduce a Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), intended to serve as a common professional assessment for all solicitors on the point of qualSolicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), intended to serve as a common professional assessment for all solicitors on the point of qualsolicitors on the point of qualification.
From 2014 through mid-2016, Professor Shapiro took a leave of absence from Chicago - Kent to serve as Illinois solicitor general.
Canadian courts had long held that common - interest privilege served as a defence to an allegation that, by sharing a legal opinion with mutually interested parties in a commercial transaction, the disclosing party had thereby waived solicitor - client privilege to the shared opinion.
As soon as a significant amount of money has been identified as lost or HMRC have served an Accelerated Payment Notice, Follower Notice or Demand for Payment, then the individual concerned should speak to an experienced solicitor to establish whether there is the possibility of a claim for professional negligencAs soon as a significant amount of money has been identified as lost or HMRC have served an Accelerated Payment Notice, Follower Notice or Demand for Payment, then the individual concerned should speak to an experienced solicitor to establish whether there is the possibility of a claim for professional negligencas a significant amount of money has been identified as lost or HMRC have served an Accelerated Payment Notice, Follower Notice or Demand for Payment, then the individual concerned should speak to an experienced solicitor to establish whether there is the possibility of a claim for professional negligencas lost or HMRC have served an Accelerated Payment Notice, Follower Notice or Demand for Payment, then the individual concerned should speak to an experienced solicitor to establish whether there is the possibility of a claim for professional negligence.
They serve as a welcome to the alternative — trudging along to see a solicitor in their town centre offices and then awaiting the shock of the bill.
Let solicitors serve as social workers, if that is their heart's desire.
Maurice served as city solicitor for the City of Holyoke in the early 1960s.
The law school is represented by Paul D. Clement, a former U.S. solicitor general in the George W. Bush administration, who is now a Kirkland & Ellis partner; Viet D. Dinh, another Kirkland partner who served as an assistant attorney general during same administration, and Christopher Bartolomucci, a Kirkland partner who served as White House associate counsel to President George W. Bush and was associate special counsel to the U.S. Senate Whitewater Committee.
Clark v Lucas Solicitors serves as a timely warning for conveyancing solicitors say Mark Sefton & Oliver RadleySolicitors serves as a timely warning for conveyancing solicitors say Mark Sefton & Oliver Radleysolicitors say Mark Sefton & Oliver Radley - Gardner
The Claimant, who had instructed solicitors close to the primary limitation period expiring, sought to extend time to serve her claim as she was still not ready to proceed four months after issuing.
The UK firm Michelmores has gained access to this market of Chinese corporate investors via an agreement with YangTze Law to provide back office legal and regulatory support, and Michelmores's Managing Partner (an English solicitor) also serves as Compliance Officer for Legal Practice (COLP) of YangTze Law.
He is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), and serves on a number of boards and committees, including the Australia Pro Bono Centre.In 2009, Ed was presented with an Australian Leadership Award, and in 2017, he was recognised as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.From 2010 - 2016, Ed was chief executive of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, a leading non-profit organisation that promotes human rights through strategic litigation, policy development and education.Ed was previously a Senior Lecturer at UNSW Law School, a research director at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law and a solicitor in private practice.
«This is a good result for consumers, and should serve as a reminder to solicitors of the importance of acting with integrity in the best interests of each client, and of promptly putting things right for clients where errors are discovered.»
4 The following persons are excluded from serving as jurors: (a) members of the Privy Council, the Senate and the House of Commons of Canada; (b) members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the Executive Council; (c) members of the council of a municipality or members of a board of trustees of a school district or school division; (d) judges of the Provincial Court, justices of the Court of Appeal and Court of Queen's Bench and justices of the peace, whether retired or not; (e) barristers and solicitors, whether or not they are practising, and students ‑ at ‑ law; (f) medical examiners under the Fatality Inquiries Act; (g) officers and employees of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta; (h) persons who (i) have been convicted of a criminal offence for which a pardon has not been granted, or (ii) are currently charged with a criminal offence; (i) witnesses summoned to attend before the Legislative Assembly or a committee of the Legislative Assembly during the period that their attendance is required; (j) persons confined in an institution; (k) persons engaged in the administration of justice, including (i) members and employees of any police service, (ii) probation officers, (iii) employees of the Department of Justice, and (iv) employees of the Department of Justice of Canada or the Department of the Solicitor General of Canada.
Therefore we see for example, LSUC embracing apps, with no assessment as to: (1) their relation to, and impact upon solving the problem; (2) their ability to bring about the economies - of - scale so badly needed in the production of legal services; (3) their ability to serve and sustain the continued existence of the general practitioner; (4) the prevalence (frequency and availability) of the solicitor - client relationship among all of the many and fast - moving developments in the provision of legal services; and, (5) the issues set out above.
2.1.23 Documents such as applications for permission to appeal and notices of appeal must be served by the party or their solicitors on the respondents or their solicitors, in accordance with rule 6 or with any relevant statutory provisions (5), before they are filed.
To suggest that the «discriminatry principles» reflected in the TWU covenant are incompatible with the principles reflected in the Barristers» and Solicitors» oath is to suggest the conservative Christians (or others who share their views on sexuality such as devout Muslims) can not serve as lawyers in the province of British Columbia.
Kim Ott, solicitor and counsel, legal services, BC Hydro; Randall Milner, senior vice-president, general counsel, corporate secretary, Methanex Corp., and Karen Corraini, general counsel, corporate secretary, Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. will serve as board members at - large.
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