Sentences with phrase «trial than the defense»

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By all accounts, this was a bizarre trial, with the defense rather than the prosecution clamoring to bring in more alleged victims.

The most obvious are that: 1) William Jennings Bryan was a democrat, 2) Bryan ran for president three times and lost, and 3) Bryan's defense of the Christian faith during Dayton's famous Scopes Trial was, by all objective accounts, less than eloquent.

Defense lawyers have recommended that a federal trial be scheduled no earlier than January 2018 for Joseph Percoco, the former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo charged with corruption, and three other defendants including Cor Development executives Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi.

One of the state's most powerful politicians badgered companies reliant upon his legislative support to funnel more than $ 300,000 to his son, a prosecutor told a jury at the start of a corruption trial Tuesday as defense lawyers countered that she was trying to criminalize a typical father - son relationship.

If you're looking for a guide to the upcoming federal corruption trial of former top Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco and businessmen Peter Galbraith Kelly, Jr., Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi, look no further than the jury questionnaire recently agreed to by prosecutors and the defense.

More than 100 prospective jurors filled out questionnaires yesterday, as prosecutors and defense lawyers sought to identify potential bias or conflicts that might disqualify people from serving next week in the corruption trial of ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Caproni's succinct style kept the trial's pace moving at a healthy clip, and she found more than a few reasons to castigate Silver's defense team, too — especially Molo, whom she admonished for arguing, talking over witnesses and editorializing during cross-examination.

The judge opened the door to a potentially later start than May 8, ordering the defense lawyers to report previously existing trial commitments they might have between next May 1 and Sept. 30.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Defense lawyers have recommended that a federal trial be scheduled no earlier than January 2018 for Joseph Percoco, the former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo charged with corruption, and three other defendants including Cor Development executives Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi.

Of course, your firm might not be as avid if it plays the role of defendant rather than defense counsel at trial.

This includes an expert witness database with information on more than 65,000 plaintiff and defense experts — including trial and deposition transcripts, articles and CVs.

And indeed, because firms often use pro bono as training, Skadden may have double - or triple - staffed the case where fewer attorneys might have been necessary (in fact, defendants challenged Skadden's bill for three attorneys at trial, rather than just two, the same number that the defense had).

Even a very incomplete list gives an impression of the large number of significant opinions he has written: seminal administrative law cases such as Chevron v. NRDC and Massachusetts v. EPA, the intellectual property case Sony Corp v. Universal City Studios (which made clear that making individual videotapes of television programs did not constitute copyright infringement), important war on terror precedents such as Rasul v. Bush and Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, important criminal law cases such as Padilla v. Kentucky (holding that defense counsel must inform the defendant if a guilty plea carries a risk of deportation) and Atkins v. Virginia (which reversed precedent to hold it was unconstitutional to impose capital punishment on the mentally retarded), and of course Apprendi v. New Jersey (which revolutionized criminal sentencing by holding that the Sixth Amendment right to jury trial prohibited judges from enhancing criminal sentences beyond statutory maximums based on facts other than those decided by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt).

With more than 35 years of jury trial, product liability, and insurance litigation experience, David focuses his practice on the defense of domestic and international manufacturers of consumer and industrial products.

A lawyer in our personal injury section, Andrew practiced law in Houston for two years as a criminal defense attorney, trying more than 120 jury trials in the metropolitan area prior to joining Zinda Law Group.

After a two - week trial and less than an hour of deliberations, the jury returned a complete defense verdict for our client, finding no conspiracy.

I have worked in the New York criminal justice system for more than 34 years, first as a prosecutor and then as a criminal defense trial lawyer.

Rather than struggle with the different issues presented in each legal matter, we can make the transition seamless between a business formation and a criminal defense trial.

He has personally tried to verdict more than 35 asbestos cases in 20 different states, winning defense verdicts in 31 out of 35 trials.

For one client alone, he has supervised more than 50,000 asbestos cases, coordinating and directing nationwide defense strategies and trials.

Personally, if I'd been on the law firms» pro bono committees, I wouldn't have chosen to represent detainees when there are so many far more compelling, but less sexy cases (such as defense of indigent criminal defendants accused of capital crimes at the trial level rather than up at the Supreme Court, for starters) where litigants desperately need representation.

Mr. Romain is consistently recognized as a celebrated and skilled litigator and trial lawyer, and he has more than 17 years» experience in high - stakes complex civil and corporate litigation, securities litigation and enforcement, and white - collar criminal defense.

- Lead trial and appellate counsel in obtaining and upholding complete defense jury verdict against claim for more than $ 90 million in oil and gas farmout contract damages.

Together, our Meridian lawyers have more than 120 years of experience representing clients in a variety of complex legal matters, including personal injury, personal injury defense, criminal defense, estate planning, and trial work.

Alex Romain is a leading national trial lawyer with more than 18 years» experience in high - stakes complex civil and commercial litigation, securities litigation and enforcement, and white - collar criminal defense.

The Brownsville insurance defense, corporate & product liability attorneys at Colvin, Saenz, Rodriguez & Kennamer L.L.P. are more than just litigators; are trial lawyers.

With more than 40 years of trial experience, he has earned some of the most prestigious accolades in his profession including being listed in «Best Lawyers in America» since 1995 in the practice areas of white collar and general criminal defense and Martindale - Hubbell's AV preeminent rating.

1 For attempts to measure the effect of advocacy quality through other means, see, e.g., Banks Miller et al., Leveling the Odds: The Effect of Quality Legal Representation in Cases of Asymmetrical Capability, 49 Law & Soc» y Rev. 209 (2015)(finding that high quality representation evened the odds for asylum applicants and that asylum seekers fared better when unrepresented than when represented by a poor lawyer); Mitchell J. Frank & Dr. Osvaldo F. Morera, Professionalism and Advocacy at Trial — Real Jurors Speak in Detail About the Performance of Their Advocates, 64 Baylor L. Rev. 1, 38 (2012)(finding statistically significant correlations in criminal cases between jurors» perceptions of closing argument persuasiveness and jury verdict, and finding statistically significant correlations in civil cases between perceptions of defense counsel's closing argument persuasiveness and defense verdict); James M. Anderson & Paul Heaton, How Much Difference Does the Lawyer Make?

These trial victories are highlights of more than five years of our successful defense strategy for Toshiba around the world.

Our Tampa criminal defense lawyers have more than 90 years of combined trial experience and will always be prepared to go to trial if we believe that is the best way to achieve a just outcome.

Served as lead counsel for the defendant and achieved a defense verdict on behalf of a debtor bank holding company following an advisory jury trial involving a claim by the FDIC for more than US$ 500 million.

With more than 19 years of litigation and appellate experience as both a former New York City homicide prosecutor and a criminal defense counsel in the United States Army, Mr. Smith has served as lead counsel on more than one hundred trials on charges to include murder, manslaughter, vehicular homicides, armed robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, drug distribution, rape, child molestation, child pornography, rape and aggravated sexual offenses, grand larceny, embezzlement and fraud on the...

With respect to the amount of fees, the defense made no specific objection other than «we spent only one third of what you did,» with the trial judge confirming this was only counter-salvo in the defense arsenal — a salvo which was rejected.

Over the course of more than six days of trial in which a number of police officers were cross-examined, Vancouver Criminal Defense Lawyer Emmet J. Duncan persuaded the Court that there was INSUFFICIENT evidence to support a conclusion that Client KNEW the drugs were in the vehicle, despite the fact that Client was driving and the car was registered to him.

An experienced trial attorney, Miner has been representing individuals and businesses in all forms of civil litigation and white collar criminal defense for more than 20 years.