Sentences with phrase «time as a litigator»

«Litigation is great for people who like to fix certain types of problems,» says Paul Saguil, thinking back on his time as a litigator for Bay Street law firm Stockwoods.

From her time as a litigator and her work at major law firms to her consulting practices, Marie Lefton has understood th...

From her time as a litigator and her work at major law firms to her consulting practices, Marie Lefton has understood the need for strategic planning.

Not exact matches

Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (D - Maine) spoke to aspiring litigators at the Albany Law School this month where he discussed his time on Capitol Hill and his role serving the country as special envoy overseas.

Bertram alleges in the amended complaint that Ralph C. Ferrara, described as a «prominent securities litigator» in the firm's Washington office, has made inappropriate comments about her appearance «almost every time he saw plaintiff in the office.»

As more and more firms have entered the eDiscovery marketplace, competition among them for technological advancement has resulted in lower costs to litigators and shortened review time.

To meet the needs of commercial litigators, Lex Machina has added new features with practice area - specific tags such as expanded case timing analytics, new damages categories and new breach of contract and business tort findings.

The idea came from her own experience of a lack of suitable options for case management systems, during both her time as a law firm litigator and when trying to source technology for her own practice.

Now Principal of Newman ADR, retired Justice Sandra Schultz Newman, is respected and highly qualified from her time as a former judge and justice as well as a litigator and assistant district attorney.

Litigators can also work some «crazy hours» thanks to the amount of travel in their schedules, as well as the need to accommodate other time zones: «When we're working with China we stagger our working days to cover the full 24 - hour period.»

Some of Canada's top litigators volunteer their time to act as judges:

As I reported at the time, Asay and Integreon CEO Bob Rowe told me that one of their goals was to develop a true end - to - end solution for litigators and in - house legal departments.

CHOWN: I was just going to say that I remember, as a young litigator, the women in our group noticed that every time the men came back from court doing a motion, they would say, standing in the middle of the hall very loudly, «I was great.

or David Lepofsky who share brilliance, wit and blindness, but in all honesty, it's probably my first law teacher, then a part time litigator known as Lennie Hoffmann, who taught us Roman Law, Criminal Law, Land Law and Torts.

I thought I was a litigator, I was in court all the time, I thought I'd seen what there was to see, but I think the distinct difference is seeing what there is to see from the eyes of somebody who's going through it as a participant and not as a lawyer, or a judge, or a clerk.

But making time for the building blocks of your narrative is one of the most critical things you can do as a litigator — particularly when there is a very real risk of (or opportunity for) going to trial.

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Often, this type of work for the civil litigator is pushed over to a firm undertaking criminal law as a full time practice.

As a litigator for a great many years I can not recall the last time I thought about justice or whether something was a just result.

repeatedly used as an example of a barrier to access to justice when the litigator saying it has nothing at all to say about the ruinously high cost of litigation, to have the Law Society spend all this time and effort on ABS while spending comparatively little time on investigating how to realistically reduce the cost of litigation.

My background was in corporate law as a corporate attorney and litigator, and then transitioned over to being a realtor and a real estate attorney at the same time because it allowed me a little bit of more of an entrepreneurial feel where I can actually do what I want to do.

In that time, I have gained extensive experience as a litigator, negotiator and counsel in several focused practice areas, including:

As a full - time litigator, Scott has been involved in the trial of some of the largest cases taken to trial at Keesal, Young & Logan.

Litigators will often tell us that this step was critical to their success as it was the first time they had to try to convince someone of the merits of the case, and we helped them do this much earlier than they would have naturally done.

She obtained an «AV» rating from Martindale Hubbell, which is the highest rating for skills and ethics, and has been featured in the New York Times «Super Lawyers» section since 2007 as one of the finest plaintiff's product liability litigators in New York.

Prior to joining Parker + Lynch, Lauren was a litigator with a top national law firm in D.C. for five years, then worked as in house counsel for a real estate company in Los Angeles, after which time she returned to D.C. and practiced for a boutique intellectual property firm.

Litigators can compare two judges in terms the timing of key events in their commercial cases, such as the median time to summary judgment.

At the time, most of my legal experience was in the corporate world as a litigator at a mid-sized downtown law firm and as in - house counsel.

As an experienced litigator practising today you would not have been exposed to e-discovery either at law school, or at any time in your legal career, except perhaps if you were dragooned into a document review.

Preface: When I (Eugene) was a younger laywer (Parlee Irving Henning Mustard and Rodney, as it then was, Edmonton; then Honeywell Wotherspoon as it also was, Ottawa) I did, to speak plainly, a crapola worth of Affidavits of Documents — came a time that's what I thought all litigators did.

They reject the type of cost - effective and timely advice a litigator has given them — and although represented are often pointed to as examples of people ill - served by the «system» even though none of the studies (that at least I have seen) have allowed us to distinguish whether they got good advice relative to the nature and amount of the claim at a time that could have allowed for a successful settlement discussion.

As a civil and commercial litigator, I can not begin to count the number of times a shareholder dispute or a land co-owner dispute has come to me where there was no written agreement — because the parties wanted to «save» $ 2,500 — $ 4,000 when they started up their business or bought real estate together.

As one of the largest law practices in the world, our services cover a variety of litigation disciplines, and our litigators have been repeatedly recognized as leaders in their fields by publications such as the National Law Journal, Chambers USA, Legal Times and Legal 50As one of the largest law practices in the world, our services cover a variety of litigation disciplines, and our litigators have been repeatedly recognized as leaders in their fields by publications such as the National Law Journal, Chambers USA, Legal Times and Legal 50as leaders in their fields by publications such as the National Law Journal, Chambers USA, Legal Times and Legal 50as the National Law Journal, Chambers USA, Legal Times and Legal 500.

Given her age, Misir's pregnancy was considered «high risk» — much of her work as a federal litigator would have to be put on hold for a time.

As a veteran patent litigator, he can distill complicated facts into precise strategies that often resolve matters by summary judgement, saving his clients valuable time and expense.

Her time with Legal Aid Ontario and as a junior associate at a small firm has allowed Erika to work directly with clients and gain valuable experience as a litigator and negotiator.

As a practicing lawyer, he was named one of the «40 under 40 most successful young litigators in America» by the National Law Journal (2002) and one of the «90 Greatest Washington Lawyers of the Last 30 Years» by the Legal Times (2008).

Hal Marcus, a former litigator who now works as an «e-discovery evangelist» for San Francisco - based Recommind, says some law firms may spend too much time focusing on the production side of e-discovery, or getting documents ready to be turned over to the court or opposing counsel.

It seems to be well - past time that the number of litigators who may be elected as benchers should be strictly limited.

They need to also warn the client in writing that there may be an applicable limitation period that could expire at any time and that they are unable to opine as to when the limitation period expires or take steps to prevent it from expiring because they are not litigators.

For ourselves we ask for clarity as to what was wrong with our previous submissions, the strength to prepare amendment and the time to get the revised prayers, if you will, filed before the record is closed — secure, however, in the knowledge that such rectification, if pled both artfully and with appropriate candor, can be effective in the manner we litigators call nunc pro tunc — and then some.

However, we are more than litigators: we understand the real estate industry and take the time to learn the complexities of our clients» businesses as well.

As a divorce litigator, I'd felt for a long time that I was living in a siege mentality, merely waiting for the next battle to start, and finally got to the point where I was ready to quit the practice of law.