Sentences with phrase «staffed by an attorney»

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.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that he has a hotline staffed by attorneys and staff in his Civil Rights Bureau for Tuesday's primary.

ALDF's Criminal Justice Program is staffed by attorneys, including former prosecutors, with expertise in animal protection law.

The program is staffed by an attorney with extensive experience in low income legal issues.

Each office is staffed by attorneys and support staff, trained to assist you with your legal questions and problems.

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• 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.»

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.

Jennifer Moreno, a staff attorney with the Berkeley Law death penalty clinic, said that by choosing to use midazolam, Arkansas had opted for a protocol that had no margin of error.

The Solicitor is the chief attorney for the United States Department of the Interior, principal legal adviser to the Secretary of the Interior, and is assisted by a Deputy Solicitor, Special Assistant, Ethics Director, Senior Counsel for Collaborative Action and Dispute Resolution, six Associate Solicitors, eight Regional Solicitors, and a staff of more than three hundred attorneys and four hundred total employees.

The break - even price of tar sands oil is around $ 100 per barrel if transported by rail, according to Anthony Swift, a staff attorney at NRDC (which publishes

The announcement came moments before Uber held a staff meeting to discuss recommendations from a months - long investigation into Uber's office culture conducted by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

Shortly after the Newtown massacre, a task force created by the Ohio attorney general's office released a report encouraging school staff to be more aggressive:

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.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was reportedly assured by the White House, receiving a personal call from new chief of staff John Kelly — that his gig at the Justice Department is safe — despite the barrage of attacks coming from the president.

We are satisfied to note that the Chief of Staff asked for a legal opinion from the Attorney - General, not on whether or not Ghana had committed to acquire that 24 % stake (which would be false), but on whether the government could issue the directive to SSNIT as demanded by Woyome.

An opinion dated 30th September 2016 and signed by Dr. Dominic Ayine, Deputy Attorney - General stated that the Chief of Staff «can issue directives with respect to SSNIT to take up the 24 % stake in the Project,» but «subject to compliance with the investment guidelines established by the National Pensions Act (2008).»

A letter directing SSNIT to «strictly» comply and take 24 % shares in the bizarre SEZ project was signed by Ambassador William Ntow Boahene, a presidential staffer, on behalf of the Chief of Staff on October 4, 2016, and had said it was being done following the Attorney General's advice.

Host Alan Chartock is joined by John Cahill, the GOP candidate for New York attorney general and a former Chief of Staff to Governor Pataki and Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation.

At a press conference yesterday I asked Attorney General Schneiderman when he became aware of such efforts by the governor's staff and what his reaction was.

She was replaced as chief of staff formally last week by Linda Lacewell, a longtime aide to the governor dating back to his time as attorney general.

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.

Gearing up for the re-election campaign, he has retained Metropolitan Public Strategies for communications and strategy, the shop founded by Neal Kwatra, a former chief of staff for Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone has asked state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli to determine if $ 2.7 million in bonuses given by District Attorney Thomas Spota to staff prosecutors is legal.

Schneiderman's staff is looking to see if it falls within the guidelines of a July 8 executive order by Gov. Andrew Cuomo which requires the attorney general's office to investigate all police - involved deaths of unarmed civilians, sources told the Daily News.

This follows a damning article written by a former Chief of Staff Dr. Valery Sawyer against Mr. Amidu and former President Rawlings and a subsequent petition asking the party to sanction the former Attorney General.

The briefing took place in the office of the President on 23 rd December 2011 in the presence of the then Chief of Staff, Mr. Newman, at which I produced a copy of the approval letter dated 9th December 2010 by the Attorney General addressed to the Minister of Finance.

The indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in New York City, which heard evidence presented by the staff of Preet Bharara, former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.

«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.

According to a statement released by Timothy Adewale, SERAP Senior Staff Attorney the organization said the bill would regulate and bring transparency to any future presidential library fundraising process.

At 11 a.m., NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman and staff attorney Samantha Pownall, joined by parents whose children were arrested and suspended in city public schools, discuss a new report titled «A, B, C, D, STPP: How School Discipline Feeds the School - to - Prison Pipeline»; 19th floor, 125 Broad St., Manhattan.

The Ekiti state government has raised an alarm over alleged plot by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami to charge Governor Ayodele Fayose's Chief of Staff, Barrister Dipo Anisulowo; House of Assembly members; Samuel Omotoso, Segun Adewumi and Gboyega Aribisogan to court for treason.

The coalition, which is being coordinated by the state Business Council, has spent $ 125,000 on «digital advertising» with the Global Strategy Group and $ 45,000 in consulting fees with Metropolitan Public Strategies, the company founded by former chief of staff to Attorney Generla Eric Schneiderman Neal Kwatra.

Taxpayers spent nearly $ 650,000 last year to defend Cuomo and his staff during an investigation by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, according to records released by the state comptroller's office.

«You know that the Moreland Commission is staffed by people from the governor's office and the attorney general's office.

«It was an honor to serve as his Chief of Staff, in the finest Attorney General's Office in the nation, and I am humbled by his support.

The Board of Elections commissioners have said they changed the original language sent to them by the state attorney general, which was more neutral, after discussions with staff from the governor's office and the legislature.

After the report drew the interest of Moreland Commission staff in their investigation of legislative corruption that was later picked up by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, both former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Majority Leader Dean Skelos were indicted on federal corruption charges brought by Bharara's office.

«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.

The chairman of the board of Bronx Human Services was a special assistant on Espada's Senate staff; Green Eco Energy was incorporated by Espada's own attorney.

The group was led by the former Cheif of Staff, Julius Debrah and included former Attorney General, Marietta Brew Oppong;...

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.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone has asked state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli to determine if $ 2.7 million in bonuses given by District Attorney Thomas Spota to staff prosecutors is legal.

The organization, in the petition signed by its senior staff attorney, Timothy Adewale, said, «The allegation that N500m has been lost to corruption has resulted in denying the girls access to education, and shows the failure of the former President Goodluck Jonathan government to live up to Nigeria's commitments under the global Safe School Declaration.»

DALLAS — State Senator Royce West (D - Dallas) met with Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, Dallas County Schools Interim Director Alan King, Dallas» city attorney and city manager and staff for those agencies to discuss solutions to pay for school crossing guards currently employed by Dallas County Schools.

We reject Klein's preposterous assertion that the defense prepared by his attorneys based on interviews with his staff qualifies as «an investigation» of Ms. Vladimer's account of her experience of sexual assault at the hands of the senator.

As admitted on the public record by the Budget and Appropriations Chair and staff, the additions and deletions were not even discussed with the Budget Director, County Attorney or affected Commissioners.

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.