Sentences with phrase «times an attorney told»

Attorneys personal opinions are generally worth two cents to me, I can't tell you how many times an attorney told me I can't do something, and their advice was just based on personal opinion and preferences on how they wanted things to be.

Not exact matches

The case could still go to trial, but Irwindale officials would like to see a settlement outside court and do not want to shut down Sriracha altogether, City Attorney Fred Galante told the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/17SSD2h).

His aunt told Time: «Why do we even need defense attorneys if they just tell the jury he is guilty?

Disney shareholders lost their case but the final ruling set a new bar for directors when approving these kinds of exit packages: «If a director acts with conscious disregard — in other words, a looking away — rather than a deliberate intent to violate his duties, he can still be held liable for acting in bad faith,» plaintiffs» attorney Steven G. Schullman told the New York Times back in 2006.

(A spokesperson for Schneiderman rejects the notion that the A.G. «did not take any time to understand» DraftKings; he tells Fortune that Schneiderman met with CEO Jason Robins on October 9 and then met with DraftKings attorneys on October 23.)

Juan Rocha, an attorney representing the suspect, told the New Times.

On Wednesday, Trump told The New York Times that he wouldn't have hired Attorney General Jeff Sessions if he had known Sessions would recuse himself from the investigation into Russia's election interference and whether his campaign team collaborated at all.

«Candidly, it seems like a really minor thing, and we thought twice or three times about whether to bring a lawsuit or not,» Polanik's attorney, Thomas Shapiro, told the Globe.

Cohen's attorney, David Schwartz, told the court the voluntary decision to drop the lawsuits was needed «given the events that have unfolded, and the time, attention, and resources needed to prosecute these matters, we have dismissed the matters, despite their merits.»

Giuliani, a former U.S. attorney, later told the New York Times that Cohen had made the payment to Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, «on his own authority.»

Cohen's lawyer, Stephen Ryan, told the Times that Mueller had made a «referral» on the matter to the US attorney's office for the Southern District of New York.

At the same time, it is likely that Cohen's attorney will send New York prosecutors a list of names of clients or people associated with clients, telling the prosecutors that any material related to those individuals is protected by the attorney - client privilege.

«They are clearly sending a signal,» former SEC attorney Nick Morgan told the Financial Times.

Rochester Town Supervisor Carl Chipman told the Shawangunk Journal at the time that he had a meeting with an attorney representing an anonymous buyer, who asked if the property could be rezoned to become a retreat center and whether the buyer could build a heliport.

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?

In short, as someone who has been writing on concussions in sports for over a decade, I agree with Michael Hausfeld, a Washington - based attorney representing some former players in concussion - related lawsuits against the league, who told the New York Times that the commercial «obscured reality.»

Buffalo - area attorney Steven Cohen told Time Warner Cable News reporter Ryan Whalen Friday night he's representing Cheektowaga Republican Angela Wozniak after she learned a man was making unspecified claims against her.

Buffalo - based attorney Steven Cohen told Time Warner Cable News Reporter Ryan Whalen, who broke the story last week, that Wozniak has turned over her cell phone, email and copies of all her hard drives to the Ethics Committee.

«At the time, the attorney general's report, Andrew's report ginned up some overwrought response,» Spitzer told Zack.

This is designed to highlight the fact that Rice, who is single and has no children, drew widespread criticism when she took office in 2006 for telling a dozen attorneys in her office who had been working part - time — mostly to care for their kids — to either come back full - time or not come back at all — a departure from the policy of the Republican man she had ousted.

Buffalo - based attorney Terry Connors told Time Warner Cable News Buffalo a judge dismissed the cases of Trina Tardone, Emily Trimper and former TV host Kristy Mazurek.

The fact is, the momentum is in my favor and people I'm meeting are telling me to keep going — because it's time for new voices and new leadership in Albany, and to ensure that the next Attorney General is an experienced and independent advocate to fight against misconduct on Wall Street.»

She's been publicly silent on reports that Cuomo and his staff interfered with the Commission, but its been reported that Rice and other Commission members have told U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's investigators that Cuomo and his staff «intervened...» in a manner that, at times, led them to question the independence» of the panel.»

On Tuesday, Carman, of Garden City, asked Singh about an October 2015 text message that Carman later told reporters Singh had sent to his attorney at the time, Joseph Conway of Mineola.

A spokeswoman for EYP told the Times Union in a statement, «While we normally do not comment on legal or regulatory matters, we are cooperating fully with the requests from the New York Attorney General's Office.

«In order to sustain our burden of proof, we needed the assistance of a civilian witness who initially told police that he saw the defendant behind the wheel at the time the vehicle crashed into the guardrail,» a spokesman for the district attorney said.

Terry Cummings, a Manhattan attorney who works extensively on insurance regulation issues, told the Times Union it was «unusual» for a New York insurer to buy management services from an affiliate based on a cut of premiums — instead of simply getting paid for the cost of services.

And while the district attorney is probing a large cast of de Blasio intimates, including fundraiser Ross Offinger, at the time the mayor told Kramer the practice was «normal.»

Maura Healey, the Massachusetts attorney general, also told the Times that they «don't have a stronger or smarter ally,» referring to Schneiderman.

The top county attorney at the time told the county's chief auditor to request any documents through the county's Freedom of Information process, like any member of the public.

«The city has the ability to designate a developer and tie the hands of the incoming administration,» Steven Banks, attorney - in - chief of the Legal Aid Society, which is representing the tenants, told the New York Times.

In July, as part of a pretrial filing in the Silver case, Bharara submitted a letter to Silver's defense attorneys (who submitted it to the court in early September) asserting that Rice and another Moreland co-chair, Milton Williams Jr., as well as Perry, had told prosecutors «they believed the governor and his staff were intervening in the activities of the Moreland Commission in a manner that, at times, led them to question the independence of the Moreland Commission.»

Neal Kwatra, a colleague when DeRosa worked for Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, told The New York Times that DeRosa is a «quadruple threat» who «does policy, strategy, messaging and organizing.»

His attorney, Dan Pagano, told a Daily News reporter that he was at a baseball game and didn't have time to talk.

«I am not going to provide piecemeal responses to questions regarding individuals, clients or projects,» Howe's attorney, Richard Morvillo, told the Times Union last week.

Greenberg recently told the New York Times that he has declared war on the Martin Act, which gives the New York state Attorney General broad reach in securities fraud probes.

Rumors circulating in Rockland County that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman utilized FBI informant Mark / Moses / Moshe Stern as a go - between with the Rockland Hasidic community in the recent past are greatly exaggerated, Schneiderman's office told the Rockland County Times.

I'm thinking at the time, «the mayor wants to get somebody elected up in that county,»» said Catsimatidis, who told POLITICO New York he had not been contacted or subpoenaed by the U.S. Attorney's office.

«Rick Hartunian ran the U.S. attorney's office much like his beloved mentor, Sol Greenberg, ran the Albany County DA's office many years ago,» Albany defense attorney Michael McDermott, a former prosecutor, told the Times Union.

But I told Ayine in a written statement in 2013 when he was basking in his new appointment to take his time and to learn the ropes of the job in the Attorney General's office before beginning to run, else, he may break a leg.

Sources tell Time Warner Cable News a former female staffer from Panepinto's office has retained attorney Jennifer Stergion.

After Leibell learned the attorney — unnamed by prosecutors — had been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury, the senator met with him several times between April and June 2010, and told him to lie about the payments.

The Nassau County district attorney told the Daily News she did the drugs «a handful» of times in her early 20s.

(Franco's attorney told the Times that Paley's account was «not accurate.»)

«This is a parental responsibility program,» Deputy District Attorney John Carols Tosello told the Los Angeles Times.

Molly Tack - Hooper, an attorney with the ACLU of Pennsylvania who represented the student, told Public News Service that the court's opinion was clear: «There is no question that in Pennsylvania, schools just don't have the power to punish kids because they use the «F - word» on social media if they do it on their own time.»

Schwartz told participants that on Monday, November 2, the last day of set - up, SEMA will have an intellectual property attorney in the Show office, full - time.

Finally, I told them that I'd heard them say «I'm sorry» for the last time and would contact an attorney.

Frank's attorney told him that if his estate was large enough, it could be subject to federal and state estate taxes, depending on the applicable law at the time of his death.

This is another one of those points the tax settlement process where I would recommend getting the help of a tax attorney, CPA, or a debt settlement agency to sort out what you should tell the IRS, and how you should proceed, because getting any parts of this process wrong can risk massive penalties, fines, or even jail time.