Sentences with phrase «time the attorneys spending»

Forgetting about the physical and mental stress that is involved in getting a divorce — which is a cost that people don't often think about — the true «cost» of a divorce depends on how much time the attorneys spending working on the file.

On average, companies dedicate 3.2 full time attorneys to handle class action litigation, and the amount of time those attorneys spend each week on the management of class actions increased for the fourth consecutive year.

Just as a matter of efficiency and ensuring all of a law firm's time is billed, all of the time an attorney spends on a matter should be accounted for as the attorney is actually putting the work in on that matter.

Forgetting about the physical and mental stress that is involved in getting a divorce — which is a cost that people don't often think about — the true «cost» of a divorce depends on how much time the attorneys spending working on the file.

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Find out how much of an attorney's time is spent battling it out in court and how much is devoted to mediating disputes.

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However, some venture funds and attorneys seem to spend a long time negotiating these provisions, when they have little practical impact.

During his ten years as state senator and four as attorney general, Earley spent most of his time «working on how to put more people in jail and keeping them there longer,» he said in a speech at the Washington Convention Center.

In addition, in the event the criminal case went to trial, one of the defense attorneys would have spent a little time on the plaintiff being in a bar at age 18, «Tell me, miss, how did you get into the bar?

Strategies for improving marriages mentioned by spouses ranged from arranging dates or other ways to spend more time together, to enlisting the help and advice of relatives or in - laws, consulting clergy or secular counselors, or threatening divorce and consulting divorce attorneys.

Adoption facilitators and attorneys still spend hours «nudging and convincing» a young women at one of the most vulnerable times in her life.

For example, if a father works from home while the mother works a 60 + hour a week job as a corporate attorney, a judge may decide that the best interests of the child are to be with the parent that can spend the most time with the child, which would be the father in this example.

At about the same time Maziarz announced his retirement, reports surfaced the U.S. Attorney's Office was looking into his campaign spending.

A source forwarded a copy of attorney Wendy Long's filing, which shows the first - time candidate is burning through her campaign cash at a significant rate, spending half of what she has taken in so far, with the bulk of that going to high - priced consultants.

«It's possible they had informally started investigations that had gone further, but anybody who picks this up, like the U.S. Attorney, will probably need to spend a lot of time starting these investigations from scratch,» Mahoney said.

Most recently, this focus on secrecy was shown in the extraordinary efforts of the governor's aides to shield some of his records from public scrutiny in the State Archives, where a top Cuomo lieutenant spent nearly eight hours screening documents from Cuomo's years as attorney general that were sought by the Times Union under the Freedom of Information Law.

The problems with Lee became public in a 2014 Times Union report that detailed how Kent and Garcia allegedly sought to have the spending questions investigated internally rather than turning it over to the Rockland County District Attorney.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Goldstein spent hours summing up the prosecution's case — with the help of «slides with titles like Nine Reasons You Know Sheldon Silver is Guilty,» according to the New York Times.

At the same time, Cuomo said the state could potentially adjust how it spends economic development money based on the findings of Bart Schwartz, the former prosecutor hired to review contracting in the program, which is under scrutiny by the U.S. attorney's office.

This time around, Paterson didn't spend any money on attorneys.

In the last election cycle, the money raised in direct contributions by Cuomo's campaign committee was almost three times as much as the total Super PACs spent on every gubernatorial, attorney general, comptroller, Senate, and Assembly candidate combined.

His departure from the Senate was announced in July 2014, and at the time, The Buffalo News reported that Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney from New York City, was looking into Maziarz's campaign spending.

A separate investigation by the Bronx district attorney was underway into where he really lived — in his ranch house in leafy Westchester County where he spent most of his time, or in the small Bronx apartment he claimed as his legal residence.

Democrats acknowledge Maloney has some weaknesses — he spent a good bit of time as a Manhattan attorney — but they think those disadvantages can be overcome with his fundraising.

7:50 pm: Liz asks Gillibrand: After spending time working for Andrew Cuomo at the us department of housing and urban development, you have a unique view into his management style, which has come under criticism by some former members of the attorney general's office.

Attorneys for the state Assembly and Senate have negotiated an extension on a deadline set by the Moreland Commission — though it appears unlikely the extra time will be spent collecting what the watchdog panel wants.

Members of the Erie County Legislature quizzed County Attorney Michael Siragusa Thursday afternoon about public dollars spent on outside legal advice regarding a part - time job pursued by one legislator.

Linda Mangano's attorney, John Carman, asked Delgais about how much time he had spent investigating the case, including when his work started and how many other projects he had going on at the same time.

The attorney general also called for more power to be delegated to individual members of the legislature, in a strike at Albany's «three men in a room» culture, and for longer terms for Assembly members to cut down on time spent campaigning and fundraising — the latter requiring an amendment to the state constitution.

Before her time on the bench, Susan Eagan spent five years as a prosecutor in the District Attorney's office and eight years on the NYS Attorney Grievance Committee.

Columbia has given the group $ 3.55 million so far, but only $ 700,000 has been spent at the time the attorney general subpoenaed the group.

Though Niagara County's most powerful politician said he no longer harbors «passion» for the job and wants to spend more time with his family, his departure exactly coincides with a widening probe that sources say stems from the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan.

I always wanted to be an in - house attorney or work for a company as opposed to an attorney who litigated and spent time in court; so I thought the extra degree would be really interesting and increase my marketability once I finished school.

I am a recently retired attorney who now has time and wants to meet someone to spend my life with.

The actor spent some time talking to defense attorneys, specifically L.A. defense attorneys, to get a handle on his role.

Martin stars as Peter, a divorced tax attorney who spends much of his spare time in a large but lonely house, still a bit hung up on his ex-wife (Smart, Sweet Home Alabama).

Also, make sure an attorney looks over any contract before you sign it, or you will end up spending a lot of time and effort arguing about contracts.

Representatives from Lockheed Martin, the Onondaga County District Attorney's office, local law enforcement, the Syracuse City School District and a number of other professions spent time speaking with the students about the education they would need to succeed in a particular job.

They fail to mention that Connecticut's Attorney General George Jepsen, a former state representative and state senator from Stamford, is fully aware of the problems with Connecticut's school funding formula and yet is spending massive amounts of public funds and staff time in an immoral and unethical fight against the interests of Connecticut's children and property taxpayers.

Even if you're self - employed, unless you're an attorney you probably don't realize how much time you spend on your business.

We're talking credit reports, phone bills, photocopies, notary and certified mail fees, legal or attorney fees (sometimes) and even lost wages related to all the time you spent fixing the fraud.

How a simple letter can cause debt collectors and collection attorneys to spend their time pursuing consumers less sophisticated than you.

In general, attorneys are paid hourly, meaning the more time an attorney has to spend on your case, the more you'll pay.

The reality, however, is that «the credit bureaus actually spend very little time — only a few minutes, at best — investigating a consumer's dispute,» says DeVonna Joy, an attorney with the Consumer Justice Law Center in Big Bend, Wis..

Pruitt is a known denier of the science of anthropogenic global warming, and in fact has spent much of his time as attorney general suing the EPA over the issue.

«Having a tool that could automate this process would free up skilled attorneys to spend their time on higher - level tasks without having to hire paralegal support.»

Attorneys spend a great deal of time speaking in public.

I think the last reason attorneys are spending so much time doing administrative tasks... [more]

A study concludes that automation has enabled attorneys in the U.S. Justice Dept. to increase the time they spend on «thought work» from 49 to 69 percent.

I now spend much of my time coaching attorneys on all types of career issues.