Sentences with phrase «things about this lawyer»

Known to post unflattering things about lawyers, all of who pay an ABA membership fee and receive the ABA Journal, seems a likely cause to be dumped.

While some of the clients quoted said positive things about their lawyers, many repeated a variation of the oft - heard refrain: Too expensive, too shifty and too incompetent.

Not taking credit cards is «just another thing about lawyers that consumers don't like,» said Jeffrey S. Krause, a founding partner of legal consultancy Solfecta LLC, in a later panel on empowering your client through technology.

The thing about lawyers is that they are like doctors who have their specialization.

That's the one good thing about our lawyers, that they explained everything that was going to happen before it happened.

Not exact matches

Now, Trump is furious that the FBI «broke into» his lawyer's office, acting in part on a referral from the office of special counsel Robert Mueller, looking for information about the payment to Daniels, among other things.

«People think of talking about salary as kind of taboo, but it's a good thing,» said Donna Ballman, an employment lawyer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Things must be truly getting out of hand when even senior members of the legal profession complain about high lawyer fees.

Equifax's lawyers at Choate, Hall & Stewart had argued (among many other things) that the AG can't wield the state consumer protection law, which prohibits businesses from making false, deceptive or unfair claims, without showing anyone was harmed by Equifax's supposedly false assurances about data security.

MH: Like lawyers defending a guilty client, the Chicago Boys only look for good things to say about their pet project.

It is messy and convoluted and falls apart when you spell it out: Trump didn't know about the specifics, but he did repay because he did know about the general arrangement, but he didn't really know because it's just the sort of things lawyers do for clients and Mr. Cohen didn't want to burden him since he's a busy man.

Polk's article did two things: it introduced the public to Nixon's personal lawyer Kalmbach and it provided many new details about the Townhouse fund.

And it's probably about trying to set her up to fail — look at that May 12th lawyer letter the day after the court order, the humongous list of things she would have to try to do.

When Bob told the audience about juvenile prisoners in Uganda languishing for two years with no lawyer, no trial date, and no hope, my heretofore steely resolve to preserve all - things - clean - and - comfortable simply dissolved.

Bettina — this reminds me of Alton Brown and «Good Eats» where the food safety version of the MiB shows up and give him all sorts of grief, probably in cases where risk - averse regulatory types and litigation - nervous lawyers, about things he wants to do (like making hollandaise or even carpaccio.)

In the larger scheme of things, it matters little what one lawyer says about another.

«I'm a lawyer and I have that thing about «innocent until proven guilty»... I know with the political world a lot of accusations go out and then they sort of fizzle away by the end of the day.»

Things got a little testy at an unofficial meeting (no quorum) of the city's Heritage Commission, as dueling lawyers shouted over each other before a gathering of about 40 interested parties at City Hall.

For one thing, lawmakers are allowed to hold part - time jobs, and a number of them work as lawyers, an arrangement that has prompted concerns about possible conflicts of interest.

What Gingrich apparently didn't realise, but certainly will once he hears from some of his corporate funders, is that such views put him in league with crusading lawyer Ralph Nader, a man who's made a living saying very nasty things about the free enterprise system.

10 Things You Need To Know About Dating Lawyers.

As Netflix continues to enjoy great success by latching onto big brands and making shows like Marvel's Daredevil, Amazon is building up its own streaming service by enlisting famous people to make things that aren't about blind superheroes / lawyers.

With well - meaning but troubling advice coming from his wife and his lawyer, Abel struggles to keep everything he's worked for from being taken from him while not violating his own personal sense of what it means to do the right thing, a sense that has everything to do with practicality, and not so much about ethics.

It stars Robert Duvall and Robert Downey, Jr. in a drama about a a big - shot city lawyer who is a part of a disconnected family coming together to do the right thing.

«Our movie is really about a working leader who must make tough decisions and get things done in the face of overwhelming opposition... [The film begins with] Lincoln's realization that the Emancipation Proclamation, the thing he is most known for, was simply a war powers act that would easily be struck down by any number of lawyers after the cessation of hostilities after the Civil War.

There are few things Hollywood loves more than an underdog tale about a down - and - out lawyer trying the case of a lifetime.

We've seen Samantha Jackson in professional lawyer mode, trying to teach Ted and John (Mark Wahlberg) a few things about winning the case, but here she's clearly got no problem taking part in their antics.

In an Education Week commentary essay about school boards in 2009, I wrote, «[M] y sense of things, after two stints on my local school board... is that school boards have been overtaken by the «educatocracy,» by powerful trade unions, certified specialists, certification agencies, state and federal rule - makers and legislators, grants with strings, billion - dollar - contractor lobbyists, textbook mega-companies, professional associations, and lawyers — the list could go on.»

I'm very apprehensive about the entire «sales» environment and, being a lawyer, I have in the past found myself in super-charged debates with salespeople over all sorts on upcharges or suspect things on sales contracts.

My favorite lawyer said that to me, before telling a few tales about things that have gone horribly, horribly awry with contracts, and the parties in them.

John Grisham's books sold far above their original expectations, and he wrote about lawyers, so the Publishing Powers That Be decreed that courtroom dramas about lawyers must be The Next Big Thing.

I really liked what you said about all the things a lawyer does behind the scenes to rep the client.

We started things off with letting you know to vote for ReFocus Tech games in the NGF Awards, moved on to an epic app sale by Max Secure Software, and then told you about a former NSA lawyer claims BlackBerry limited their sales.

That's an oversight from Apple's lawyers or the judge's staff, but since the Wi - Fi version of the tablet has been found to infringe on software patents «381, «915 and «163, the same thing can be said about the LTE version.

The best thing you can do is to consult your lawyer about your specific circumstances.

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These are the things your bankruptcy lawyer is thinking about when she advises you, and that are important for you to consider as well.

One more thing about renters insurance liability coverage... There are exactly two people who should be aware of your liability limits: Your apartment management (if they mandate the coverage) and a lawyer who represents you / your insurer.

Our Minneapolis Bankruptcy Lawyers have seen a thing or two about the reasons that hold people back from filing bankruptcy.

About Mishcon de Reya New York LLP Mishcon de Reya New York LLP opened in 2010 with a small group of lawyers having two things in common: a proven track record in New York City and a desire to create a new kind of law firm in the city.

The stunning thing about all of this is that most of the games in the spotlight here have been rereleased in Japan where apparently copyright laws are weaker, lawyers are smarter, or sales expectations are more realistic.

Money-wise I think I did better on my own... Education-wise, possibly I learned more from working with others... Although much of what I learned from others were negative lessons I could have avoided by not putting my work in jeopardy in the first place... By jeopardy, I mean leaving valuable things in a rental space where the gallery owner failed to pay rent - causing me to learn about lawyers & bailiffs & landlords seizing contents to try to sell my work to get their rent money... (you can't sell consignment work to recoup rent money but that doesn't stop them from trying)...

The first thing that any business lawyer would ask a corporation in a similar dispute is: even if you're right about FOI and IPR, is there any point to getting into this fight?

Indeed, while doctors bury their mistakes, and lawyers — well, let's not go there — the great thing about science is that if you lie, and it is important, sooner or later you will be found out.

In conversation after conversation, I encountered entrepreneurial young lawyers and developers who came to LegalTech not to exhibit or to present seminars — because those kinds of things are not in their budgets — but to network and to engage in a kind of guerrilla marketing to spread the word about their ideas or their start - ups.

We've talked about how big data of legal information or legal research might change the way that lawyers do things, but as I've noted, the collection of enough data for proper insights remains the main obstacle.

Email encryption is one of those things lawyers talk about far more than they do.

It may be that the «skepticism» trait, so highly scored amongst lawyers, is exactly the approach needed; to take a step back and think critically about the automation that's coming and how we can use machines to do things that deepen and strengthen the services we provide to clients.

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Both of these things seem great, but they don't quite get into territory lawyers should be deeply concerned about, job loss-wise, only because most people probably don't hire lawyers to beat a parking ticket or get a few hundred dollars back from an airline.