Sentences with phrase «thought being a lawyer»

You don't think they're lawyered up the ass too?

I used to do a lot of dinghy sailing and occasionally I think it would be nice to teach sailing in a hot climate but realistically, I think I am a lawyer for life.

Sam Glover: What bugs me about getting challenged on that point is, I think it's lawyers who are trying to save their consciousness and justify continuing to do almost nothing.

That is a question that one might not want to ask, as one might fear that the person hearing it might well think, «I thought you were a lawyer.

This «misdemeanor» status was kind of insulting when you think about it, almost as if New York State was saying: «The penalty for impersonating a lawyer is that people will think you're a lawyer.»

I think being a lawyer, I was very focused on that we have to help people when they get in a courtroom, but there's a lot that happens before you get to the courtroom.

If you think it is the lawyers, then you are about as naïve as can be.

The judge was also a little ahead of the lawyer, and he proposed what he thought was the lawyer's best argument.

Acknowledging a pitfall of her professional, she wrly admits: «I played a lawyer in a movie so many times I think I am a lawyer.

Not exact matches

«We think it's a very strong judgment, and a cautionary tale for people who make or use sound - alikes around the world,» said Adam Simpson, a Sydney - based lawyer who represented Eminem publisher Eight Mile Style.

«I think there's some lag with the FEC catching up with the times,» says political lawyer Troy McCurry, who served as counsel to the FEC's Republican commissioners at times from 2010 until this year.

That changed when his lawyer misheard him and thought the business was called Cadaver.

Justice Department lawyers said in the brief that they had refrained from pursuing the iOS source code and signing key because they thought «such a request would be less palatable to Apple.

Many wouldn't think a conversation with a lawyer would be fun, but given how quickly video games are changing thanks to digital distribution and interaction over the Internet, Gagne is covering some particularly poignant areas.

Gordon's basic argument is essentially that lawyers play too important a role in modern society for them to think of themselves as solely beholden to their clients.

«I spent all this time hiring lawyers and half of them worked out and half didn't,» she says, «I thought, «there must be a better way to think about this.

In Europe, some think the American reaction to the scandal is overwrought, driven by contingency - fee lawyers and politicians eager to help domestic automakers gain ground against a European rival.

A lot of people think they're supposed to be a doctor or a lawyer as their parents told them to be, and it doesn't work for them.

Once you've filled your plastic cup — this affair is more backyard barbecue than society event — there's the meet and greet, an opportunity to check out the credentials of those around you: an aerospace industry executive, the economic development chief for a western U.S. state, a dean of engineering for a prestigious American university, several D.C. think tankers, lobbyists, lawyers.

For some crazy reason, we think it is more expensive to call a lawyer and have them review a contract for one hour than risk a multi-thousand-dollar investment to an email chain or a handshake.

Corporate lawyers typically charge $ 250 an hour or more, but some attorneys are willing to reduce their fees or scrap them altogether if they think you're sitting on a million - dollar idea.

But, I think that if we first gather some self - awareness and realize that doctor / lawyer / engineer aren't the only good career choices, most of us would probably want to do something different anyway.

'' [Fast - food and fast - casual] restaurants are eating these sit - down restaurants» lunch all across the board, I think,» Harold Kestenbaum, a restaurant - franchise lawyer, told FSR Magazine.

«But I think she's obviously a very, very good lawyer,» said Koenigsberg, who is a partner at Menz Bonner Komar & Koenigsberg.

I was a lawyer before joining ING Direct, as Tangerine was called then, and when I started my new job at the bank, I was trying to be something I thought I was supposed to be.

«I do think clarity is particularly important in this context, and right now there is a lack of clarity,» said Stephen Ascher, a lawyer at Jenner & Block who backs a broad definition.

«I think there's a big shift that has to happen, especially in the Bay Street area to allow me to be able to wear something like that,» said one lawyer who said he would consider wearing the short suit.

Parton said the lawyers and accountants that were advising her at the time thought she had «lost her mind».

Her first American teacher thought she was deaf, but by age 7 she was the family's main translator, involved in discussions with accountants, lawyers, and property managers.

Those who think the SEC will approve the ETF point to the skillful work carried out by the Winklevoss lawyers, and to the fact that bitcoin is far more mainstream than it was even two years ago.

I think management skipped consulting with the corporate lawyer about the legalities of docking employees» pay; this company has had compensation policies result in a class - action lawsuit once before that I'm aware of.

«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.

Historically, there's always been a problem of lawyers thinking they know everything, which is in fact a problem in life with lawyers... There's been a culture of activism of making it clear to lawyers that the support is necessary and appreciated, but they weren't necessarily the leaders of the movement.

«The three senior guys in the campaign thought it was a good idea to meet with a foreign government inside Trump Tower in the conference room on the 25th floor — with no lawyers,» Bannon is quoted as saying in the book, according to The Guardian.

You'd be forgiven for thinking that a renegade lawyer going up against one of the biggest bands in the world in court only has a tiny chance of prevailing.

Henry Klingeman, Gross» lawyer, likewise said his client «never thought, at the time these things were happening, that he was doing anything illegal.»

Non-Jewish lawyers have themselves to thank if they think the trend of judicial decisions has recently been contrary to the spirit of Anglo Saxon law.

After 44 such responses (including two instances in which Redstone blurted out «I don't remember» before the IRS lawyer had even finished asking her question), the judge finally interrupted and suggested to the government attorney that her queries were futile: «I don't think you — he's not going to be able to give you anything.»

«I think that this transaction was deliberately structured to attempt to disguise self - dealing,» tax lawyer Marc Owens told STAT News.

My Rotman Executive MBA class was a diverse group of forward - thinking, hard - working individuals from surprising backgrounds: in a team of doctors, lawyers, general managers, senior executives, financial whizzes and real estate directors, we also had musicians, artists and educators.

Ruwe, the employment lawyer, said people tend to think that because their «Facebook friends» are people they know, that they are talking to a friendly audience.

David Elder, a lawyer at Stikeman Elliott, doesn't think the giveaway would be considered a violation of CASL because it does not touch at the core of the legislation's intent, which is to limit spam.

Antitrust approval has become an interesting question in the Trump administration, which bankers and lawyers had thought would be more tolerant of consolidation than its predecessor.

«I think that everybody agrees, except the lawyers, that it's in everyone's best interest to settle in advance than go to war,» says Jonathan Feldman, partner with Goodmans LLP in Toronto.

This thought system has been embraced not only by hedge fund activists like Ackman but also by institutional investors more generally, along with many boards, managers, lawyers, academics, and even some regulators and lawmakers.

Think doctors, scientists, lawyers, college professors etc. for these people it's a long - term commitment and the wealth starts when they finally get a career in their chosen field, not whilst they are still learning.

As the Judge would summarize the case and after he listened to all the witnesses and heard arguments from the lawyers, I would think, he is going to find this guy guilty, and then the Judge starts talking another way and then I think ooohh he is going to find this guy not guilty...... then the Judge keeps talking and then I think, I have no idea what his finding is going to be....

Broken down further, Ethereum's smart contracts can be thought of as a vending machine, where instead of seeking out a lawyer, notary, or transcriptionist — just one of the industries blockchain technolog tackles — users spend their cryptocurrency (tokens) in exchange for a drafted contract, escrowed transaction, or other transactional function.

That lawyer guy from the Sierra Club who got chewed on by the polar bear last week on his trip to the North is probably thinking just how lucky the helicopter runs on gas (made from oil) and not solar,.............

Lighthizer is expected to try to nix another transnational court for investment disputes, and he has backing from a wide variety of constitutional lawyers, environmental and labor groups, and conservative think tanks that say the special courts encroach on U.S. sovereignty.