Sentences with phrase «with defense counsel»

Experienced in working with defense counsel to direct proper resolution of claims in suit.

Collaborate with defense counsel on all suit files, and attend on all trials, mediations and arbitrations on litigated files.

According to this article, prosecutors are working with defense counsel to resolve the charges short of trial.

After the execution, the ABA completely reformed court rules, including requiring the sharing of evidence with defense counsels and elimination of cameras in court (until recently) and labeling suspects guilty to the press before trial.

Not exact matches

The curriculum will be developed in consultation with a number of prominent African American organizations and figures including Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative; Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director - counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund; and former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

The curriculum will be developed with guidance from several national and local experts confronting racial bias, including Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative; Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director - counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund; Heather McGhee, president of Demos; former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder; and Jonathan Greenblatt, ceo of the Anti-Defamation League.

Starbucks said it would develop the curriculum for the training with guidance from experts including Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative; Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director - counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund; Heather McGhee, president of Demos; former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder; and Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League.

SGM evoked a religious freedom defense in 2013 when the confidentiality of its pastoral counseling was challenged, stating, «SGM believes that allowing courts to second - guess pastoral guidance would represent a blow to the First Amendment that would hinder, not help, families seeking spiritual direction among other resources in dealing with the trauma related to any sin including child sexual abuse.»

Yet defense counsel's improper questioning, some of which is described above, may well have left the jury with the opposite impression.

Cognisant of these challenges, yet reluctant to relinquish its most prized prisoner, the NTC understood that another acrimonious meeting with ICC defense counsel would be detrimental to its goal of trying the younger Qadhafi in Libya.

President Donald Trump's legal defense team is arguing that he can not be charged with collusion or obstruction of justice, the central threads of the special counsel's Russia investigation.

At the same time, the defense argued that Silver's actions were never criminal — sometimes with clear success, as when the government turned to Lisa Reid, the executive director and counsel to the state's bipartisan Legislative Ethics Commission, to shed light on Silver's annual financial disclosure filings.

State comptroller's office records show that SUNY Polytechnic entered into a $ 1.5 million contract in July with a criminal defense law firm to act as «special counsel.»

Shellow also argued that the decryption order was improper because the previous proceedings were held before a magistrate judge with only prosecutors — not defense counsel — permitted to attend.

Elba, Molly's defense attorney, is also great in a supporting capacity, especially as he sparred with his opposing counsel.

with Education Law Center Executive Director David Sciarra, Rutgers University Graduate School of Education Professor Bruce Baker, HGSE Professor Andres Alonso, and Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund Southwest Regional Counsel David Hinojosa.

As the first Black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar, she directed the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund office in Jackson, Miss.; worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as counsel for his Poor People's Campaign; and dedicated her early career to defending the civil liberties of people struggling to overcome poverty and discrimination.

In addition to the expert opinion, legal arguments pertaining to mootness and ripeness, as well as a strong defense of CCJEF's legitimate standing in the case, the reply brief was offered by counsel for the plaintiffs, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (New York), with assistance from the Yale Law School Education Adequacy Clinic, both of which serve pro bono in this action.

We will be entitled, at our expense, to participate in the defense and settlement of the claim or action with counsel of our own choosing.

In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustee, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in such Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

Article VIII of Registrant's Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust (Exhibit (a) hereto, which is incorporated by reference) provides in effect that Registrant will indemnify its officers and trustees against all liabilities and expenses, including but not limited to amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise, or as fines and penalties, and counsel fees reasonably incurred by any such officer or trustee in connection with the defense or disposition of any action, suit, or other proceeding.

In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustee, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

Heidi Chen, General Counsel for Zoetis, was recently presented with the 2016 Justice in Action Award by the Asian American Legal Defense Fund, which recognizes outstanding achievements and efforts in advancing social justice in the U.S. Below is an adaptation of Heidi's remarks from the event.

If consumers want to avoid plastic beads, the Natural Resources Defense Counsel recommends not purchasing products with «polyethylene» or «polypropylene» on their labels.

Since he was involved with the founding and legal counsel to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, I think twisting his observation about internet conversations into a defense of what places like RC and Romm's blog do is a bit of distortion.

«This is significant because it is the first time scientists have demonstrated the human fingerprint on a particular weather event with the kind of certainty that would stand up in court,» said Annie Petsonk, Environmental Defense's international counsel.

It added that the case was being «fought with the litigation support services of SDD Global Solutions, the India arm of Channel 4's U.S. counsel, SmithDehn LLP, in a groundbreaking case where «outsourcing» has proved to be a creative solution to running a robust defense.»

Perhaps in some instances, providing ineffective assistance of counsel provides the accused with the most effective defense against a death sentence.

Founded by former CEOs, CCOs and general counsel to FINRA members, our broker - dealer practice is more than just defense with services designed to be proactive.

He remains active with the Illinois State Bar Association, the DuPage County Bar Association, and the Illinois Defense Counsel.

Drinker Biddle & Reath has bolstered its white - collar criminal defense and corporate investigations practice with the addition of partner SCOTT COFFINA, who will be based in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Coffina is a former assistant U.S. attorney and a former associate counsel to President George W. Bush.

Cohen Milstein, along with co-counsel, represents a large union, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, as defense counsel in this lawsuit filed on June 14, 2017.

• Homicide crimes, felony murder, murder cases Criminal vehicular homicide (CVH) • Sex crime charges • Drug Crime Charges • Minnesota Marijuana Laws & Defenses • Federal Court Charges • Domestic Crime Charges • Assault Charges • Theft and Property Crimes • White Collar Crimes • Guns Firearms Crimes Defense • DWI and Driving - Related Legal Problems • Juvenile Delinquency Cases • Pre-Charge Counsel, target counsel, dealing with police, etc. • Witness Representation, asserting Fifth Amendment, iCounsel, target counsel, dealing with police, etc. • Witness Representation, asserting Fifth Amendment, icounsel, dealing with police, etc. • Witness Representation, asserting Fifth Amendment, immunity

We provide comprehensive criminal defense counsel to clients charged with everything from motor vehicle violations and DUIs to sexual assault and murder.

The cases are expected to be combined with both Heymann and civil rights attorney David Lane as defense counsel.

In a complex products liability action involving alleged PCB contamination of a state office building, the Appellate Practice Group joined forces with litigation counsel to convert a $ 60 million judgment to a defense verdict for a large, multinational company.

Held: The Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments require that no indigent criminal defendant be sentenced to a term of imprisonment unless the State has afforded him the right to assistance of appointed counsel in his defense, but do not require a state trial court to appoint counsel for a criminal defendant, such as petitioner, who is charged with a statutory offense for which imprisonment upon conviction is authorized but not imposed.

Greenberg was one of the lawyers, along with Thurgood Marshall, who argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court in 1954, when he was assistant counsel to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (and Marshall was its chief counsel).

For example, I had launched my practice about two years before I attended a state bar annual meeting in California where I manned a booth for a while in the exhibit hall with some colleagues who do the same exact work that I do, the small group of us that are part of a trade association in California, the Association of Discipline Defense Counsel.

Nevada's Indigent Defense Commission is tasked with making sure that the state's system for providing counsel to criminal defendants who can not afford to retain their own lawyers is adequately staffed and running as smoothly as possible.

Arriving with my client at defense counsel's office for his deposition, I could see immediately that he was struck by the elegance of its furnishings and design.

We provide aggressive defense counsel to people charged with any type of white collar crime, including

At trial plaintiff's counsel attempted to impeach a defense expert with his history of payment from a medical malpractice insurer, by whom he had been paid on several occasions for testimony or opinions.

Our lawyers assist individuals and businesses with obtaining visas, provide legal counsel concerning deportation, corporate regulatory compliance and internal audits and legal defense of criminal immigration charges.

Defense counsel argued that he was an illegal immigrant whose immigration status was relevant because, as an illegal, he had a motive to cooperate with the police to influence them to not report him to what was then the Immigration and Naturalization Service, where he could face possible removal from the country.

And this duty also constrains the defense counsel in sexual assault cases who would attack the complainant with all they've got, including sexual histories and therapeutic records.

In case any such action is brought against an Indemnified Party, and it notifies the Indemnifying Party of the commencement thereof, the Indemnifying Party will be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other Indemnifying Party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, subject to the provisions herein stated, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, and after notice from the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party of its election to so assume the defense thereof, the Indemnifying Party will not be liable to the Indemnified Party under this Section 9 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.

So then what happens next, then the insured has to put their carrier on notice and carrier's going to again, to find defense counsel, because there would be a conflict with collection counsel, of course.

The Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall not be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party if the Indemnifying Party has assumed the defense of the action with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party; provided that the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party if (i) the employment of such counsel has been specifically authorized in writing by the Indemnifying Party or (ii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnified Party or parties and the Indemnifying Party and, in the judgement of counsel for the Indemnified Party, it is advisable for the Indemnified Party or parties to be represented by separate counsel (in which case the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of the Indemnified Party or parties, it being understood, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys for the Indemnified Party or parties.

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