Sentences with phrase «staff attorney»
A "staff attorney" is a lawyer who works for a company or organization, rather than having their own private practice. They provide legal advice and handle legal matters on behalf of their employer. Full definition
Staff attorneys at public interest groups, who earn the same or even less pay, don't receive overtime pay.
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As staff attorney, she is assisting victims of crime who face civil legal issues.
While men and women served in equal numbers as contract attorneys, 55 percent of staff attorneys were women.
They are hired initially for a one - year term, and there are opportunities for more senior and staff attorney positions.
In addition, we have full - time staff attorneys providing assistance to domestic violence survivors.
They have a team of on - staff attorneys who make a living doing this every day, and who are ready to go to battle at a moment's notice.
Over the course of his 35 - year career he was a solo practitioner, corporate lawyer, legal editor, Legal Aid staff attorney and insurance risk manager.
I suspect many other staff attorneys have been let go, albeit without the press coverage.
The 2012 survey saw those numbers rise to 80 percent of firms employing staff attorneys, 70 percent of which were women.
But this information was secured through law firm staff attorneys and we are still trying to confirm.
It's rare, but it's not unheard of for a document reviewer to be made staff attorney.
Many of them do this not with paid staff attorneys but in reliance upon volunteer attorneys who work on a pro bono basis.
Some firms are now creating hybrid positions, like staff attorneys or litigation analysts.
The news has also revealed some bitter feelings toward staff attorneys from another group: temporary attorneys.
Because staff attorneys offer mentorship and limited supervision in many of the cases, we encourage all attorneys to volunteer to represent clients directly.
The business of law doesn't have much use for the function of staff attorney.
She later returned to the Second District Court of Appeal to serve as Senior Staff Attorney for the Honorable Thomas E. Stringer, and ultimately established her own law firm in 2004 - Tanya P. O'Connor, PA..
As a Senior Staff Attorney at EFF, he regularly litigated issues surrounding free expression and electronic surveillance, and was a lead counsel in EFF's lawsuits against the National Security Agency and AT&T, challenging the legality of the NSA warrantless wiretapping program first revealed in 2005.
Kristen Jackson is a Senior Staff Attorney in Public Counsel's Immigrants» Rights Project in Los Angeles.
«If the court does not step in, more than 5,200 Planned Parenthood patients who access health care through Louisiana's Medicaid program could lose access to their trusted health care provider and possibly these essential services altogether,» said Carrie Flaxman, senior staff attorney with Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
So that's why part of my donation funds a new title for EFF Staff Attorney Julie Samuels: «The Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents».»
Nate Cardozo is a Senior Staff Attorney on EFF's civil liberties team where he focuses on cybersecurity policy and defending coders» rights.
«More and more people are using the Internet to exercise free speech and other individual rights,» said Staff Attorney Jason Schultz, one of the authors of the EFF brief.
Dale Meyer Team / Unit: Municipal Defense Unit Position: Staff Attorney Year Started: 1990 Practice Area: Municipal Defense Central Missouri State University — BA
«As we cited in our petition, podcasts were being done long before Personal Audio claims to have invented podcasting, by CNN, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and Carl Malamud's Geek of the Week online radio show,» said EFF staff attorney Daniel Nazer, who also holds the EFF's Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents.
It seems that temporary or «contract» attorneys are commonly supervised by staff attorneys on the massive document reviews and other projects they take on for BigLaw, and some temporary attorneys are not - so - secretly pleased at the recent turn of events.
We now have four full time staff attorneys providing immediate legal services for low - income King County residents.
«Finally, after decades of problems and complaints, supervision by the CFPB has resulted in the big three credit reporting companies starting to fix, or to develop, systems to promote accurate reporting and properly correct errors,» National Consumer Law Center staff attorney Chi Chi Wu said in a statement.
«We really can't have this patchwork system anymore, where agencies get to decide on an ad hoc basis how privacy - protective they're going to be,» says Nathan Wessler, an ACLU staff attorney specializing in privacy topics who obtained the documents through open government laws.
As it stands, many defendants can be hauled into court in any corner of the country, regardless of whether the location has anything to do with either party,» said EFF Staff Attorney Vera Ranieri.
In welcoming the CFPB's action, National Consumer Law Center staff attorney Chi Chi Wu put forward a do - it - yourself, free «credit monitoring» strategy for consumers.
NYCLU Staff Attorney Erin Harrist joined us to discuss the case.
Also at 6 p.m., the League of Women Voters of NYC and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams present «JUSTICE DENIED: Putting An End To Wrongful Convictions,» Innocence Project Staff Attorney Jane Pucher and Jabbar Collins, an exonerated victim of a wrongful conviction are scheduled to attend, Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St., Brooklyn.
«The new reports underscore the incredibly close collaboration between the NSA and the country's major telecommunications companies, which has allowed the NSA to embed itself in the very fabric of the Internet, and exposes the communications of innocent Americans to routine spying,» American Civil Liberties Union Staff Attorney Patrick Toomey told the E-Commerce Times.
«EPA's new data confirm that cement plants are among the worst mercury polluters in this country,» said James Pew, Earthjustice staff attorney.
Alley Cat Allies Staff Attorney Molly Arums, Bob Rude of Rude Ranch Animal Rescue, and Alley Cat Allies President and Founder Becky Robinson celebrate community cats.
He also served as Judicial Staff Attorney for the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, assisting Judge Harry Hanna, Judge Leo Spellacy, and former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Francis E. Sweeney.
Skadden - Just IRONIC that skadden prides itself on devoting so much resources, including staff attorney resources, for pro bono cases - helping those in need to seek justice — yet allows continued injustice to its powerless SAs!
Yolanda Young, author of the blog On Being A Black Lawyer, stirred up some controversy in the blogosphere last year with an exposé in the Huffington Post describing her treatment as a black staff attorney at Covington and Burling as «reminiscent of Jim Crow.»
The various Boards are often represented by Deputy Attorney Generals from the California Attorney General's Office, but sometimes by their own staff attorneys as well.
Under the pilot project, Emmott and Trusch first trained the HVL staff attorneys in the collaborative law process, and prepared standardized forms based on those provided by CDT for use in the process.
She is a sought - after speaker on issues ranging from workplace laws and rights to protecting children in divorce proceedings and has served as an expert witness in fee cases for CLSMF staff attorneys.
«The Second Circuit found the government incorrect in many of its arguments, and the government collection of bulk metadata is not authorized under Section 215 of the Patriot Act,» ACLU Staff Attorney Patrick Toomey told the E-Commerce Times.