Sentences with phrase «where civil matters»

In El Cajon there is a courthouse where civil matters are heard but they are mostly family related matters and restraining orders.

Not exact matches

I generally agree with the adversarial process but this situation is where justice breaks down... no public defenders for civil matters, so if you can't afford an attorney, you just get slammed?

Once we get to a point in this country where people like you can't march to the ballot box and restrict my CIVIL rights (while notably leaving your own intact, no matter how «unscriptural» those rights are), then we'll talk.

Petty apartheid, the public facilities Jim Crow practices that are truly being phased out in the larger cities (where they matter), are trivial and largely irrelevant to the grander strategies of both apartheid and liberation: A point sometimes lost on American liberals who remember the U.S. civil rights activism of the sixties.

I was also beaten by random girls for no reason, put into a dumpster, tied up in an abandoned rv by some sick teens who thought that was funny, almost raped by a man while walking down the street at the age of 17 but because I screamed he only made me jack him off (at knife point), almost raped at a friend of a friend's house when we just dropped in for a minute, was impovershed growing up, even to the point where we didn't have power in the middle of winter, had to sleep all in the same bed to stay warm and used our pantry as a refrigerator, lived (and I mean LIVED) with roaches for years no matter where we moved to, was a child during the time when we had our own civil rights movement here and went through a few horrible experiences at the time.

A group of city high school students disrupted a NYC Council hearing where Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña was about to speak, chanting «civil rights matter» to protest a lack of sports programs at their schools.

Less than two months later, Keefe was transferred from City Court on Morton Avenue, where he presided over criminal matters, to handle traffic court and civil cases at City Hall.

«The late submission of accounts is a serious matter and where parties have failed to meet the statutory deadline we will be imposing civil penalties.»

A group of city high school students disrupted a City Council hearing where Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña was about to speak, chanting «civil rights matter» to protest a lack of sports programs at their schools.

It's a world for all of us, no matter where we are or what civil borders separate us.

No matter where the civil rights office is located, its twelve regional offices, which employ most of the agency's personnel, will continue to perform their main task, which is investigating the roughly 10,000 complaints filed with the agency each year.

Prior to jOST - Civil Rights Sheryl Williams Photo.jpgoining DOCR, Ms. Williams was a supervisory attorney in the Federal Highway Administration's Office of the Chief Counsel where she was selected to serve as the first Special Counsel Employment Law where she oversaw the processing of all FHWA employment law matters and was instrumental in establishing the FHWA Employment Law Team.

Mark didn't write much more scornfully about Mann's scientific impersonation of Rocket Richard and Wayne Gretzky than I did, so let me be clear that in these matters Michael Mann is a sleazy charlatan, and he is welcome to try the same legal trick on me, in Canada, where there is a civil legal sanction against defamation, for which, as for much else in this country, I am grateful.

The Cerillo case is a good example of how a criminal matter can assist in the civil lawsuit where the crime victim is seeking money damages based upon harm sustained in the crime.

In those instances, civil courts have the ability to stay an action pending resolution of the criminal matter in «exceptional or extraordinary circumstances where there is a real risk that the right to a fair criminal trial will be seriously prejudiced by the continuation of the civil case.»

John G. Browning is the managing partner of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, L.L.P., in Dallas, where he handles civil litigation in state and federal courts in areas ranging from employment and intellectual property to commercial cases and defense of products liability, professional liability, media law, and general negligence matters.

«The term «pro bono» refers to activities of the firm undertaken normally without expectation of fee and not in the course of ordinary commercial practice and consisting of (i) the delivery of legal services to persons of limited means or to charitable, religious, civic, community, governmental, and educational organizations in matters which are designed primarily to address the needs of persons of limited means; (ii) the provision of legal assistance to individuals, groups, or organizations seeking to secure or protect civil rights, civil liberties, or public rights; and (iii) the provision of legal assistance to charitable, religious, civic, community, governmental, or educational organizations in matters in furtherance of their organizational purposes, where the payment of standard legal fees would significantly deplete the organization's economic resources or would be otherwise inappropriate.»

Sayuri is an associate in WSHB's Orange County office, where her broad - based practice is focused on a variety of civil litigation matters, including professional liability, construction, elder and dependent abuse matters, and catastrophic injury.

However, the case law is clear that it is a matter of discretion for the trial judge in the civil proceedings to decide whether to adjourn (Jefferson v Betcha [1979] 2 All ER 1108) and one to be exercised «with great care» only where there is «a real risk of serious prejudice» (R v Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, ex parte Fayed [1992] BCLC 938).

While there appears to be no case law directly on point, there is substantial case law concerning the analogous situation where civil proceedings are brought in parallel with criminal proceedings concerning the same matter.

Prior to joining Nagel Rice in 2016, Michael was an associate at a New Jersey law firm where he exclusively focused his practice representing plaintiffs in civil litigation, including personal injury and medical malpractice matters.

Prior to joining Williams Montgomery & John, he practiced for four years at another Chicago - based civil litigation firm where he represented real property developers, motor vehicle dealers, lending companies, food manufacturers and family owned businesses as both plaintiff and defendant in commercial litigation matters involving breach of contract, fraud and disputes under the Uniform Commercial Code, and defended his clients in consumer class action litigation.

It is also one of those matters where the outcome does not immediately appear to have significant consequences for potential civil claims.

In 2006, the American Bar Association house of delegates unanimously approved a report calling for a national civil Gideon to «provide legal counsel as a matter of right at public expense to low - income persons in those categories of adversarial proceedings where basic human needs are at stake, such as those involving shelter, sustenance, safety, health or child custody.»

E.g. Bloggs v. Snooks is quite evidently a civil matter involving mostly likely a private law dispute between two parties where there needs to be a judgment and a legal remedy; Re Bloggs Estate on the other hand is an equitable cause of action where this is no lis between the parties, and is mostly likely calling on the court for the interpretation of the terms of a will.

For this discussion I am assuming a civil litigation practice, as civil litigation matters have clear monetary outcomes where it is possible to win or lose.

The common law also requires the enforcement of a foreign civil judgment where there is a real and substantial connection between the subject matter of the litigation and the foreign court.

In cases that I've been involved with where an employee or personal relation is believed to have gained access to e-mails and the like without authority, the police have consistently said that it would be a civil matter and have turned the complainant away.

Amy's practice extends into the civil courts where she has represented clients in claims of discrimination, wrongful dismissal and matters involving breaches of covenant such as confidentiality and restraint of trade.

Prior to joining Levin Papantonio, Ms. Dunning practiced with Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker in Birmingham, Alabama, where her nationwide civil litigation practice concentrated on securities matters in state and federal courts as well as AAA and FINRA arbitration.

Technology is present less often in civil cases, however there is a growing trend in its use in financial litigation matters, particularly where there is a strong reliance in native Excel spreadsheets and other such documents.

For that reason, he has acted in cases across the widest possible range of sectors and subject - matters, particularly where civil and criminal law overlap and in commercial cases with a matrimonial element.

Doyle noted that Wilson has been a partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York City since 1992 «where he has handled a wide variety of cases, including complex commercial and civil rights matters.

Prior to ACLI, he was assistant attorney general and general counsel of the Alabama Insurance Department, where he litigated numerous civil matters at the trial and appellate levels.

Prior to joining Fitzgerald Knaier LLP, Mr. Cochran practiced with the San Diego law firm of Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP where he defended clients in complex civil litigation matters.

For starters, to maximize courtroom and staff utilization, most civil cases involving a broad range of personal injury, collection, eviction, small claims and probate matters will be shifted from the closed courtrooms to the downtown central civil courthouse, or to a limited number of designated courthouses where various types of cases will be grouped.

Jeff is also the representative of the Federation on Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin's Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, where he is a member of the Steering Committee.

There are instances where Florida law will block (or «collaterally estop» or «preclude the issue») the defendant in the civil injury case from contesting certain fact issues because those facts have already been proven in the criminal matter.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Basaria was a civil litigation attorney at a national law firm where she represented clients in a variety of matters, including commercial litigation, construction litigation, professional liability, land use / zoning litigation, and employment disputes and counseling.

Where criminal proceedings follow civil proceedings, ordinarily findings of a civil court on the matters in issue in the criminal case will not be admissible in those subsequent criminal proceedings, although in some circumstances civil judgments may be admissible pursuant to the rules concerning evidence of bad character.

Prior to this, Alexander practiced in Germany where he represented clients in general civil and commercial litigation matters.

She then moved into private practice where she continues to handle a variety of complex civil litigation matters both in the state of Florida and nationwide.

Where the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 are not applicable, Article 15 of the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the service abroad of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters shall apply if the document instituting the proceedings or an equivalent document had to be transmitted abroad pursuant to that Convention.

These are the courts where criminal, civil, family, and juvenile matters are generally resolved through arbitration, mediation, and bench or jury trials.

David Westfall is currently the Ouray County Court judge, where he handles traffic matters, misdemeanors, criminal cases, civil cases under $ 15,000, small claims, and temporary restraining orders.

The rules of practice and procedure, in civil matters, of the court in which proceedings are commenced by way of application apply to those proceedings, but where those rules do not provide for the proceedings to be heard and determined without delay and in a summary way, the court may give such directions as it considers necessary in order to so provide.

Ms. Sedney was previously associated with the firm of Ely, Guess and Rudd in Anchorage, Alaska where she represented clients in bankruptcy matters, civil litigation and employment litigation.

Judge Reyes was appointed to the district court in 1998, where his docket includes domestic, juvenile, criminal, civil, and probate matters.

Prior to joining McCarthy & Schultz, he practiced law for eleven years with the Wall Street firm Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, where he litigated a wide range of civil litigation matters for corporate clients.

Brian R. Holmes is an associate attorney with George Sink, P.A. Injury Lawyers where he focuses primarily on civil plaintiff's law and personal injury matters.