Sentences with phrase «staff attorneys who»

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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.

But now we have a reason to return to the Twin Cities, as Swanson has fired one of the staff attorneys who was active in that campaign, Amy Lawler.

Remember Yolanda Young (whom we've previously written about here and here), the former Covington & Burling staff attorney who exposed what she called the «Jim Crow» - like practices of her former employer in this Huffington Post story?

«Jon's dedication to pro bono has been nothing short of exceptional,» wrote Erin Rackauskas, the Bay Area Legal Services staff attorney who nominated Gatto.

But Matt Gaudin, an NCLC staff attorney who works with referrals from HVAF, said the ABA's new national initiative will shine a greater spotlight on the need for legal service providers to address veterans» concerns.

In some cases where the child is coming into Wyoming from another state, your adoption may be finalized in the sending state and the sending agency may have a staff attorney who will facilitate the finalization of the adoption on your behalf.

Not exact matches

• Speaking of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a lawyer, too.»

In messages to staff, tech companies sometimes conflate conversations employees are allowed to have, such as complaining about working conditions, with sharing trade secrets, said Chris Baker, an attorney with Baker Curtis and Schwartz, PC, who represents the fired Googler.

Sen. Richard Burr, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, subsequently turned the floor over to the attorney general, who went on to say that he had consulted with senior Justice Department staff prior to his testimony about what he called a «longstanding policy» regarding communications with the president.

«It was obvious, from the start, that the DoJ attorneys viewed state officials and the legislative majority and their staffs as a bunch of backwoods hayseed bigots who bemoan the abolition of the poll tax and pine for the days of literacy tests and lynchings,» Smith wrote.

Before reporting an incident of sexual harassment to a higher authority, Gillian Thomas, who is a senior staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union Women's Rights Project, says it's always best to speak with the person affected by the incident first.

Cummings was referring to President Donald Trump's lawyer's assertion Sunday that the meeting between the president's son, top campaign staff, and a lawyer who's been described as a «Russian government attorney» was innocent.

These centers provide an experienced staff of highly credentialed professionals, including former trust and estate attorneys who remain current with tax rules, regulations and practices.

Christopher Cohen, attorney for the gun club who also is former 46th Ward alderman, said that the gun club in the past had tried, but failed, to meet with members of the park district board and staff.

The ACF staff is comprised of adoption attorneys, licensed mental health professionals and support staff who are specially trained in the field of adoption.

Attorneys working for Bharara, who is also probing two of Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign donors in an unrelated case, attended a recent meeting about the deed restriction change with staff from other investigating agencies, according to a source with knowledge of the meeting and confirmed by two other sources.

Cuomo sent his chief counsel, Alphonso David, who earlier in his career was a staff attorney at Lambda Legal, to address the demonstrators and describe the new review plan.

Joseph D'Amico, who oversees 300 criminal and civil investigators, joined the attorney general's staff in early 2007.

Melissa DeRosa, the first woman to serve as secretary to the governor — the equivalent of the chief of staff post for a president in the executive chamber — recounted that despite her resume as a top official in Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office and role in the state campaign for President Barack Obama, she has been defined in the media by her relationship to her lobbyist father and husband, a former Cuomo spokesman who now works for Uber.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, the same federal prosecutor who brought down the leaders of the legislature, has been investigating, and on Friday evening Governor Cuomo revealed that subpoenas had been issued to a former top member of his staff, and a lobbyist who used to work for the governor when Cuomo was at the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The message was sent directly to Elana Leopold, a mayoral «special assistant» who's now on leave working for his re-election campaign, and cc'd to aides including Avi Fink, now deputy chief of staff, and Amy Spitalnick, who left City Hall in October to become press secretary for state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

After I had given the President and the Chief of Staff the update and was leaving his office on the 23 rd December, 2011, the Minister of Finance who was going in to have a discussion with the President while I was leaving the President's office, held my hands and pulled me back to the President's office for the President to confirm to me that it was he who first reported to the President about his misgivings concerning paying the money to Woyome when the Attorney General first submitted her approval for payment.

«It's critical that the office offers competitive salaries in order to maintain a roster of experienced attorneys and staff to help prosecute the most dangerous criminals represented by the most experienced defense teams,» said Tarek, who received a $ 4,950 pay increase, to $ 136,950.

Both cases were prosecuted by the staff of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who is also investigating Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development projects in Upstate New York.

I can not believe that all those attorneys who are Senators (especially sanctimonious jerks like DeFran) sit idly by and let staff people submit public documents to the Comptroller that are blatantly fraudulent.

«We've had clients in Russia who've been beaten by police, but more often it's vigilante groups and thugs engaging in social cleansing and unfortunately the police don't do anything to offer protection,» said Aaron Morris, senior staff attorney for Immigration Equality, a national organization that advocates for LGBT equality under US immigration law and offers legal counsel to those seeking asylum.

In an email to staff today, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced one promotion and two departures from his office, including that of the leader of the AG's communications team, Damien LaVera, who is departing for the private sector

He is a strong supporter of disability issues and has a staff member who is an attorney with bi-polar disorder and mental health advocate.

Another candidate, Micah C. Lasher, 34, is a former chief of staff to the state attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman (who held the Senate seat before Mr. Espaillat), and also served as the city's legislative director in Albany when Michael R. Bloomberg was mayor.

Gov. Cuomo's former chief of staff, Lawrence Schwartz — who is under scrutiny in Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara's explosive public - corruption probe and supposedly off the state payroll — is,...

In July, as part of a pretrial filing in the Silver case, Bharara submitted a letter to Silver's defense attorneys (who submitted it to the court in early September) asserting that Rice and another Moreland co-chair, Milton Williams Jr., as well as Perry, had told prosecutors «they believed the governor and his staff were intervening in the activities of the Moreland Commission in a manner that, at times, led them to question the independence of the Moreland Commission.»

«This is a scheme by landlords to evade the rent laws,» said Legal Aid staff attorney Kathleen Brennan, who brought the case on behalf of a group of homeless occupants at 60 Clarkson Ave.

«It's very bad for the system if they do that,» said Gene Russianoff, staff attorney at NYPIRG's Straphangers Campaign, who supports the Schwartz proposal as the «best» of the available options.

Besides the incumbent Linares, among the declared candidates seeking the Assembly seat is District Leader Manny de los Santos, while candidates for the State Senate include Robert Jackson, the former Councilmember; Micah Lasher, who served as Chief of Staff to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman; and housing activist Luis Tejada.

Lasher, who most recently served as Chief of Staff to New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, was also Director of State Legislative Affairs for former Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan, who served as special prosecutor for the case, wrote in a statement released on Wednesday morning that his investigation did not find Lopez's alleged harassment of two female staff members rose to the level of a criminal offense.

The commission will not require public funds, and instead will be staffed by attorneys from Lippman's firm, Latham & Watkins who will do the work pro bono as they explore a «community based justice model,» the speaker said.

Mr. Molo, meanwhile, said Mr. Silver and his staff believed the commission was «illegal» and an over-reach of the governor's power, and as such sued to stop it — a suit led by a lawyer in private practice who was once the U.S. attorney.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today will unveil a new policy that affirms the right of an employee «to openly be who you are» and maps out a process for staff and supervisors to follow in dealing with gender transition.

The U.S. Attorney's office today announced that Mr. Sampson, who once led the Senate Democrats, is accused of «making false statements to FBI agents about directing members of his Senate staff to take actions to benefit a Brooklyn liquor store in which Sampson secretly held an ownership interest.»

Trump's campaign said in a statement: «Corey Lewandowski is gratified by the decision to drop the misdemeanor charge and appreciates the thoughtful consideration and professionalism by the Palm Beach state attorney and his staff who carefully reviewed this matter, as well as Mr. Trump's loyalty and the support of his colleagues and family during this time.

Mr. Cahill — former chief - of - staff to Gov. George Pataki — has repeatedly hit Mr. Schneiderman for not turning over to the press his office's internal correspondence with consultant Jennifer Cunningham, a partner in the powerful firm SKD Knickerbocker who happens to also be the attorney general's ex-wife.

I immediately engaged senior staff including the County Attorney and the Personnel Commissioner, who was and still is in the United Kingdom on vacation, in reviewing the allegation and to examine relevant county personnel policies.

«I immediately engaged senior staff, including the county attorney and the personnel commissioner — who was and still is in the United Kingdom on vacation — in reviewing the allegation and to examine relevant county personnel policies,» said Poloncarz.

When Scott Walker was the County Executive, he and Chief of Staff Tom Nardelli were the ones who brought this criminal activity to the attention of Milwaukee District Attorney John Chisholm in the first place!

Under an agreement with state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office, Kinney is installing listening devices to help deaf and hard - of - hearing customers understand pharmacy staff and developing a list of qualified interpreters who can help when the technology isn't enough.

That's hard to predict, said lawyer Amy Lavine, who researched municipal consolidation in 2007 while she was a staff attorney at the Government Law Center of Albany Law School.

The attorney general alleges Maziarz used a «pass - through scheme» that directed money from his Senate campaign account and the Niagara County GOP to make «secret campaign payments» to a former Senate staff who left the state payroll in the midst of a sexual harassment case.

James, who has a background as an attorney and has hired several lawyers to her staff since taking office in 2014, has fought the city and its agencies in the