Sentences with phrase «time staff lawyer»

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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.»

«Some of what they're doing borders on the edge of magic,» Gene Russianoff, the staff lawyer for a subway rider advocacy group, told the New York Times» Matt Flegenheimer.

Cobb had told White House Chief of Staff John Kelly several weeks ago that he was interested in stepping back from his role as the lead lawyer within the White House handling requests from Mueller, but the timing of his replacement took some by surprise.

At the time, Trump's entire political staff consisted of his lawyer Michael Cohen, veteran operative Roger Stone, and all - purpose aide Sam Nunberg.

The New York Times reported yesterday that one of Silver's top staff lawyers, Bill Collins, failed to take the proper steps after learning that Democratic Assemblyman Micah Kellner was sexually harassing staffers.

Police spokesman, Don Awunah, told PREMIUM TIMES the raid and the arrests were carried out following complaints filed by lawyers for the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai.

According to the lawyer for the aggrieved former NDC accountant, Nii Prince Ashie Kotey of Azinyo Chambers, the court bailiff had gone to the NDC headquarters three times with intent to serve the writ on the party but had not succeeded as the staff had been running away from the service.

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.

Other Time's Up members include actors Ashley Judd, Eva Longoria, America Ferrera, Natalie Portman, Rashida Jones, Emma Stone, Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon; showrunner Jill Soloway; Universal Pictures Chairwoman Donna Langley; lawyers Nina L. Shaw and Tina Tchen, who served as Michelle Obama's chief of staff; and Maria Eitel, an expert in corporate responsibility who is co-chairwoman of the Nike Foundation.

Despite this there's an awful lot of people — including IP lawyers — who are pretty sure the * real * reason the publishers settled was because if a forensic accountant ever got hold of those books there'd be a LOT of editorial and other staff doing time.

We are Canada's only national, non-profit, investor - focused organization with a full - time staff of securities lawyers.

I know small firms that are staffed with just a few paralegals who are kept fully busy with legal work and have no time left over to help a lawyer with day to day tasks.

You are wasting your time and the client» smoney if you or others at your firmare consistently doingtasks that lawyers with a lower hourly rate or staff can complete.

That would require having experienced lawyers appointed to full - time positions on the law school staff to develop curriculum.

I still recall the first time I ever covered an event as a staff writer for The Lawyers Weekly, many years ago.

And lest the question go unasked: Why should lawyers strive to be on time with clients, prospects, fellow counsel and staff?

Not many people love having their photo taken, so try to make it a pleasant experience by hiring a professional photographer, and giving your lawyers and staff lots of notice and time to prepare.

Having his own firm gave Nixon access to deep - pocketed clients, allowed him to travel internationally and burnish his foreign policy credentials and, most importantly, helped build a formidable staff of top - notch lawyers, researchers and writers — a staff that did just about everything for him when it came time to ramp up for the 1968 campaign.

The team is situated in the New York Times Building, where lawyers share a cafeteria with the paper's staff.

The firm has four offices, 20 lawyers, a full - time physician, three nurses, and more than 60 support staff.

Founded in 1981, it consists of ~ 30 full - time staff, 200 part - time volunteer lawyers, and 100 volunteer law students.

By Terri Mottershead — For a long time now, law firms have categorized their staff into two broad groups: lawyers and non-lawyers or professional and support / general staff.

For that reason, Bejtlich recommends that every law firm larger than 100 lawyers should have a full - time cyber security officer on staff.

Every time you open your mouth, forget about the judge, other lawyers, and court staff.

Two staff attorneys — full - time lawyers hired by the law firm to oversee the temp document reviewers — sat at a table in the front of the room, watching us click in this quiet, quiet room.

With virtually no accountability to anyone, perhaps its time for the justice system to take a page out of the private sector and make the system operate for the clients (litigants) as opposed to the judges, court staff and lawyers who operate in it.

Under the terms of the deal, MPH's five directors and a team of 24 lawyers and support staff will transfer to Irwin Mitchell, which broke the # 200m turnover barrier for the first time in 2012 - 13.

Provided that client work is completed in a timely and efficient manner and sufficient notice is given of absences and time off, lawyers and staff are welcome to structure their individual schedules as they see fit.

Leading South African firm Webber Wentzel, which has a total staff of approximately 800, including over 450 lawyers and offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town, has selected Intapp Time as its new time recording sysTime as its new time recording systime recording system.

My staff have been whatever, but around the same time, we began to guess a growing series of options available to purchasers of legal services and you had this in terms of what I would call substitute for lawyers.

Firms like Heritage Law are predicated on the reality that any lawyer or staff member can work effectively from practically any remote office on a full time basis with nothing more than a Voice Over IP (VoIP) telephone, a broadband internet connection, a netbook grade PC, and combined printer / scanner.

Where staff assists in arranging title insurance policies, the lawyer must provide training about the application process, including disclosure and timing requirements.

I think I've heard you mention this and this is what I think is even like the second or third level of cleverness of this is that I think you said that you feel like the callers are more likely to sign up with your firm not just because the staff have been empathetic but because by the time they get off the phone 45 minutes later they're so exhausted that they can't get their head around calling another lawyer.

The main reasons for this are that law firms are struggling with getting the right information into their CRM systems and keeping them up - to - date — and time pressured lawyers or support staff are simply failing record accurate information.

While the name has changed a few times over the years, Hart Legal has been in business since 1992 when it first opened its office in Victoria, British Columbia on upper Fort Street with two lawyers and one support staff member on the second floor of an old character home that had been converted into office space.

«If we get shorter trials and reduce time worked by judges, court staff and lawyers, it pays for itself quickly,» she adds.

These are fully staffed offices with lawyers and other legal professionals ready to serve you at a time and location convenient to YOU.

While the name has changed a few times over the years, HART Legal has been in business since 1992 when it first opened its office in Victoria, British Columbia on upper Fort Street with two lawyers and one support staff member on the second floor of an old character home that had been converted into office space.

It offers clients lawyers who can assist from their own home or on a secondment model as well as on a project basis, part - time or to cover for absent staff, including those on maternity.

Three law firms have broken into the top ten for the first time in this year's list of the 100 leading UK employers for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) staff by charity Stonewall as client pressure for more diverse lawyers rises.

Staff will have more time, because they won't be interrupted by lawyer requests to scan or fax short documents.

First, the company's lawyers staff the «escalated call team,» handling calls from customers who are not satisfied with the response they get from customer service (note to self: ask to speak to power company's lawyer next time my power goes out for days).

Both lawyers and staff are working long hours just when friends and family are free to spend time with you.

What about the displacement of lawyers, staff and clients when a large ABS collapses or heads for the hills as has happened several times already in the short history of ABS?

To do so, a lawyer must first assess the case, determine the time that will likely be involved, apply the rate for the lawyer's time per hour and the rate for an associate lawyer time per hour (or determine whether an alternative fee arrangement is appropriate), charge for staff time, and estimate any other likely expenses.

And instead of hiring full - time office staff, lawyers can rely on virtual assistants and / or receptionists.

That being said, depending on the lawyer and the firm, they may be able to work a number of cases at the same time, leveraging their staff to move paperwork forward and do the necessary research to push your case along.

I've had several recent conversations with senior lawyers who are reluctant to delegate work to part - time administrative staff.

Since that time, the firm has progressively grown to more than 125 lawyers and 400 support staff.

The show, which follows the personal and professional lives of the law firm's staff, is still top of mind with 24 per cent of lawyers deeming it their all - time favourite TV legal drama.