Sentences with phrase «women lawyers who»

OnRamp places talented women lawyers who have taken an extended hiatus from practice in one - year, paid fellowships with top legal departments.

I've dealt with women lawyers who dressed professionally without wearing heels or jewelry, but they still dressed professionally.

«These figures stress the importance of the Bar Council's on - going training and coaching programmes for BAME and women lawyers who wish to serve as members of the judiciary.

A recent Ontario study found that almost all women lawyers who were singled out as notably successful or rising stars in their firms identified a strong mentor who championed them to the firm and provided valuable training and client introductions.

I had just left a safe, small firm to start a new firm with two other women lawyers who practiced in different but complementary areas.

Contribution to Dear Daughters, Dear Sisters: Letters from Multicultural Women lawyers who have been there and done that (American Bar Association 2000).

Dear Daughters, Dear Sisters: Letters from Multicultural Women lawyers who have been there and done that

There are particular challenges for women lawyers who must find clients in what is still a largely male business world.

I traveled to India and spent some time meeting with legal process outsourcers, visiting the knowledge centre of an international firm, and conferring with women lawyers who are facing considerable challenges as they try to advance in their careers.

Another resource we'd like to highlight for women lawyers who are also moms is Mommy Track'd - a goldmine of resources for working mothers, including books, products, a message board, a weekly email newsletter, a «survival guide» (with tips on topics such as «Staying Connected» and «Getting Organized»), and interviews with working mothers who share their secrets about balancing work and family (unfortunately, no lawyers among the interviewees yet).

The awards luncheon will be held Sunday, August 10, 2008, from 11:30 am until 1:30 pm at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers, and will recognize and celebrate «the accomplishments of women lawyers who have excelled in their field and have paved the way to success for other women lawyers.»

In addition to individual law firm initiatives, some bar associations are starting various efforts to support non-practicing women lawyers who want to return to law practice.

I am pleased to be working with OnRamp Fellowship, a new, exciting and unique opportunity for experienced women lawyers who have taken a break from practicing law and now want to re-enter the profession.

Many women lawyers who are as well - known as Dershowitz and Tribe are judges or public officials, which means they don't have Avvo ratings.

Women - at - Law provides a wealth of practical guidance and direction from experienced women lawyers who share their life stories... Read More»

Bob Ambrogi: Well, and it's worth noted that you are a winner yourself of the Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award which recognizes the accomplishment of women lawyers who have excelled in their field, so of course, a past winner of that, so congratulations for that.

Loretta is in Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers ™ - exclusively for women lawyers who have received the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards from their peers.

And the article mentions several other women lawyers who've gone in - house or moved to government.

The knowledge and skills she acquired practicing law proved invaluable in building a jewelry design company, but it took years for her to seek out and speak with fascinating women lawyers who forged their own path.

Not surprisingly, it is women lawyers who are sole practitioners or who work in smaller firms who have the most difficult time maintaining their practice.

In 2010, she was selected by South Florida's Legal Guide as one of eight women lawyers who had excelled in their legal careers.

One of my favourites, I heard from a woman lawyer who found that people's eyes glazed over when she described herself as a strata - counsel lawyer.

The award in her honour recognizes the achievements of a woman lawyer who opened doors for others and encouraged or mentored women in their legal careers.

But, if I've made an egregious omission of a famous woman lawyer who has an Avvo rating lower than mine, please let me know.

Not exact matches

• Speaking of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a lawyer, too.»

«This case is of particular importance because so many working women are now working well into their pregnancy,» says Katherine Kimpel, a lawyer at Sanford Heisler who specializes in gender and race discrimination and who filed an amicus brief in the case supporting Young.

Bloom, a lawyer who built a reputation on representing women in high - profile sexual harassment cases against powerful men, came under fire from critics.

This year our mentee class includes an Indonesian woman whose company manufactures leather goods; an Egyptian who founded a survey research company; a lawyer and media personality from Ghana; and the co-founder of an online money transfer company from Poland.

Speaking to the New York Times, Ari Wilkenfeld, acivl rights lawyer who said he represented the woman who made the complaint to NBC said:

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, is potentially facing years in prison as federal agents look into payoffs to a pair of women who claim they had affairs with Trump before he won the White House.

The Calgary Herald called Marilyn «a sincere, committed - to - the - cause woman; a single mom who waited until her four kids were older before studying to become a lawyer.»

WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. agents who raided the office of President Trump's personal lawyer on Monday were looking for records about payments to two women who claim they had affairs with Mr. Trump as well as information related to the role of the publisher of The National Enquirer in silencing one of the women, according to several people briefed on the investigation.

In a letter to Justice Minister Mohammed al - Issa seen by Reuters, eight judges complained about foreign trainers who shave their beards contrary to purist Islam, the minister's meetings with diplomats of «infidel» states and plans to let women practice as lawyers.

Maybe justice and the good society are brought about precisely by lawyers and judges sending the jury out of the courtroom while they decide whether to admit the testimony of an old black woman who has been listening in on the whole trial of her son.

Again, it is recorded that on one occasion a group of lawyers brought before him a woman detected in adultery, with the hope that he would take the responsibility of pronouncing the ferocious sentence laid down in the Law of Moses (not enforced at that period), or alternatively, would by refusing to do so expose himself as one who condoned immorality.

Mr Courney's lawyers said their client was reported to police by a Muslim woman who claimed she had been branded a member of Islamic State and told to «go back to your country» - claims Mr Courney always denied.

That lawsuit led to the current subpoena, in which Zervos» lawyers are demanding all documents the Trump campaign has concerning Zervos and «other women who have accused Trump of groping them, including Jessica Leeds, Mindy McGillivray, Rachel Crooks, Natasha Stoynoff, Temple Taggart, Kristin Anderson, Cathy Heller, Jill Harth, and Jessica Drake.»

Outdone Legendary courtroom orator William Jennings Bryan, by lawyer Bill Diehl, who in defending Charlotte Hornets owner George Shinn against charges that Shinn had sexually assaulted a woman, argued that the alleged oral sex was consensual, saying, «If she ain't bitin», she ain't fightin».»

[14] New England Patriots running back Dave Meggett's reaction, according to his lawyer, after being arrested on charges of sexual assault and robbery of a 33 - year - old Toronto woman, who said Meggett continued to have sex with her after his condom broke and then «took back» some cash he had given her «as a gift.»

Gop says she'd like to be a lawyer who advocates for women.

On paper, Mechem, a Yale - educated lawyer with 24 years of experience in the television business, appears to be exactly what the LPGA needs — someone who can persuade corporate sponsors and network executives to give women's golf a bigger slice of the action that is now dominated by the PGA and Senior PGA tours.

«We have a dynamic role model in the White House, a black woman who gets the idea that she can go to work, be a lawyer and still provide milk for her baby,» said Napiera Loveless, co-founder of MamaTotoMatema, a Cincinnati - based organization committed to educating and encouraging leaders and health care professionals to adopt different approaches to promoting breastfeeding in African American families.

Growing up in the nineties, I associated postpartum depression with Susan Smith [a woman now serving life in prison for killing her two sons; her lawyer argued that she suffered from a long history of depression], with people who didn't like their babies or felt like they had to harm their children.

FAMILIES of a woman lawyer, Mrs Yewande Oyediran, who was accused of killing her husband, late Oyelowo Oyediran and that of the deceased, yesterday, clashed within the premises of an Ibadan Magistrate Court after the arraignment of the accused in an Iyaganku Magistrate Court.

Barbara Underwood, 73, the state solicitor general and the woman who will temporarily replace Schneiderman as attorney general, is a highly experienced professional lawyer who has argued 20 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Gillibrand, in Troy to promote women - owned small businesses, is facing off against Long, a Manhattan lawyer who is little known beyond Republican circles.

FBI agents who raided the office of Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, were looking for records about payments to two women who claim they had affairs with the president, and information related to the publisher of The National Enquirer's role in silencing one of the women.

Just a quarter of lawyers who have leadership roles in New York state and federal courtrooms are women, according to a new analysis by the New York State Bar Association.

Bill Clinton — who has been accused of sexually abusing women, who has been disbarred as a lawyer, and who was impeached as the President of the United States by the Congress — continues to serve as the hero of the same group that condemns Vito Lopez.»

Silda Spitzer, wife of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer who had a long career as a lawyer, is now focusing her professional work on teaching women how to invest money.