Sentences with phrase «time a lawyer works»

Firms that used to collect on average about 92 cents for every dollar of standard time their lawyers worked in 2007, before the economic downturn, now are getting less than 85 cents, a «historic low» according to a Georgetown Law Center for the Study of the Legal Profession senior fellow; and

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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.»

Most people work a Monday to Friday week and have a hard time taking time off work to meet with their lawyer.

«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.

«Everybody worries about making mistakes,» he says, «but when it comes to choosing between working 24 hours [and risking] having your mental faculties function at less efficiency, and spreading that out over more time, most lawyers would tell you the former is more likely to result in fewer mistakes.

However, Sokol failed to disclose the law firm he worked for as a part - time lawyer represents Google.

«Sometimes issues involving non-bank dealers overlap with end - user issues and in those cases, they can be working with the banks and against the banks at the same time,» the lawyer said.

You're working as a lawyer for the first time since graduating law school, right?

«I selfishly wanted to spend more time working on product, which is my passion, and I found myself increasingly spending time talking to lawyers and accountants.

In 1980, as part of his Harvard reunion, Blankfein wrote that in his «spare time,» he worked «as a tax lawyer, the only career for a real man of action.»

Thankfully, at the time, I was a consultant for one of the «Big Four» accounting firms who could afford lawyers for the work visa process.

If an artist chases 5 infringers in a year and only one works out for $ 3,000, that barely covers the artist's and lawyer's time.

The trial team's proposed departure from the case comes after lawyers who've worked for Gates behind the scenes visited special counsel Robert Mueller's office several times, suggesting an ongoing negotiation between the prosecutors and the criminal defendant.

In addition, if you work as a federal employee or for a specific not - for - profit employer, such as a teachers, lawyers, or doctors, you may be eligible for student loan forgiveness after making consistent payments over a set period of time.

For lawyers, fully automatic time tracking, time accounting software, that works in the background and assigns your activites to cases.

Automation, robotics, algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) in recent times have shown they can do equal or sometimes even better work than humans who are dermatologists, insurance claims adjusters, lawyers, seismic testers in oil fields, sports journalists and financial reporters, crew members on guided - missile destroyers, hiring managers, psychological testers, retail salespeople, and border patrol agents.

Then, when it comes time to working with a lawyer, the focus can be on those aspects of the deal or docs that really need advice or hand - crafting.

Having worked as a lawyer in Brazil's biggest law firm Pinheiro Neto she is now working full time on educating companies and individuals about Blockchain technology.

While I spent a considerable amount of time knocking on doors for candidates in Edmonton, I was also working with a group of MLAs, lawyers and former PC cabinet ministers on what would have been the plan to transition the Liberals into government if the party had won that election ten years ago today.

That means my friends can have time, their lawyers will have more time to work on their cases.

If someone has a Phd in Physics and works in advertising (with no science on the side as a hobby), is he more of a scientist than a lawyer who does amature astronomy full time after retiring?

During this time, it should also be noted that Potts, who is a lawyer, began working with the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild in its efforts to amend the laws that kept breweries from distributing their own beer, which greatly changed the craft beer landscape in Illinois.

For my Mom who was working full time as a lawyer from the time I was 6 weeks old on, breastfeeding me when she got home from work was our special time each day.

I have great respect for stay - at - home parents, and I think it's fine if journalists or chefs or lawyers choose to work part time or quit their jobs altogether.

Some of us work part time out of the house, as teachers, lawyers, doctors, or nurses.

The lawyer wrote; «Second Lady, Samira Bawumia should refocus, enough of the glitz and glamour, it's time to work».

The lawyers keep billing to get all the work done in time, and they allow the client to come to that conclusion on their own.

Defense lawyers said the payments Percoco received, including $ 35,000 in cash and a $ 90,000 - per - year job for his wife, were legitimate fees for consulting work performed at a time when he was out of state government.

At the same time as he held those two government jobs, he was the lawyer for the Industrial Development Agency (whose leadership was appointed by Mangano) and worked for Mangano's former law firm.

The New York Times has reported that Paul Grand — the Morvillo Abramowitz lawyer who worked on the Trump defense team — did not meet directly with Vance about the case.

Defense lawyers said the payments Percoco received, including $ 35,000 in cash, were legitimate fees for consulting work performed at a time when he was out of state government.

«This is the first time they ever didn't appeal a one of these to the court,» Arthur Schwartz, a labor lawyer who worked on the case, said.

As a defense lawyer, Clegg said he has fought for a rehabilitative approach in the treatment of nonviolent criminals and has worked to help clients with addictions to heroin and other street drugs get treatment instead of jail time.

Those bribes at times came through an intermediary, bank accounts and a shell company set up by Howe, a lawyer and lobbyist who first met Percoco and Cuomo while working for the future governor's father, the late Gov. Mario Cuomo.

Klieman, a criminal defense lawyer and CBS legal expert, told the group she would be working in her free time to promote nonprofits the New York City Police Foundation, which improves public safety, and the youth development agency the Police Athletic League.

Carey Gabay, a 43 - year - old lawyer who works in Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration, was shot in the head and critically wounded around 3:40 a.m., two blocks from Prospect Park, the New York Times reports.

Defense lawyers had said the payments Percoco and his wife received were legitimate fees for consulting work performed at a time when he was out of state government.

The newspaper also reported that Mr Brown's lawyers were tricked into handing over details by a conman working for the Sunday Times, that someone acting for the same newspaper posed as Mr Brown to gain details of his bank account and that Mr Brown and his wife, Sarah, were mentioned in paperwork seized from Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator at the heart of the phone - hacking row.

Mr. Cuomo met with Republican senators on Tuesday to discuss his proposal for new ethics laws, particularly a measure requiring legislators who work part time as lawyers to reveal more of their clients, which has prompted concerns among the Republicans.

Experience: A member of The New York Times editorial board from 2002 - 2010, Cohen has worked as both a journalist and a lawyer, including work as a law fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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.

Jay Sekulow is the only personal lawyer for President Trump who is working full time on the special counsel's investigation as Mr. Trump faces a significant decision: whether to sit for an interview.

That leaves the president with just one personal lawyer who is working full time on the special counsel's investigation as Mr. Trump is facing one of the most significant decisions related to it: whether to sit for an interview.

Lawyers from Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, the Albany law and lobbying firm retained by LPCiminelli and that employed lobbyist Todd Howe, who did work at the same time for the state - created not - for - profit corporation that awarded the Buffalo Billion contract.

In addition to those full - time lawyers, the city corporation counsel this month hired Meghan Ryan, the 26 - year - old daughter of Miner's chief of staff, Bill Ryan, to work as a part - time law clerk for $ 8 an hour.

His lawyer wife, who works part time, likes the family to eat its dinner together, which means Darmofal skips most evening on - campus activities.

You know you work for the Spinoff King (SK) when the university patent lawyer spends more time in your boss's office than you do.

When Yvette Carmon Davis worked full - time as a lawyer in Columbus, Ohio, her jam - packed schedule made it so that her physical activities were sporadic at best.

Lawyers regularly spend so much time at work that they inevitably have to reschedule dates.

Otherwise ten years later, we may find ourselves lawyered up, and clinging to that last hard earned dollar that we spent so much time working for, wondering where it all went wrong.