"I saw this area of the law as one that would be growing and dynamic, and it satisfied my professional interests in being a criminal defense lawyer and also my personal interest in computers, " she says.
The Lib Dems are conducting two inquiries - one into the specific complaints against Lord Rennard, which will be chaired by Alistair Webster QC, a criminal lawyer and former head of the Lib Dem Lawyers Association.
The Lib Dems are now conducting two inquiries - one into the specific complaints against Lord Rennard, which will be chaired by Alistair Webster QC, a criminal lawyer and former head of the Lib Dem Lawyers Association, and the other - which will be independently chaired - into how the allegations were handled in the past.
Also on Team Mega are two independent lawyers capable of handling the most difficult work: Queen's Counsel Paul Davison (often cited as the most expensive lawyer in New Zealand) and Guyon Foley a criminal lawyer who made his mark prosecuting cases for the police before "switching sides, " so to speak.
Karen Steinhauser, a criminal-defense lawyer and former prosecutor in the Denver District Attorney's Office, said the state often files multiple murder charges if the nature of a crime matches more than one definition under state law.
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He and Laura, a former corporate lawyer, created their own foundation to improve the criminal justice, education and pension systems.
Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, and others at the investment bank have hired a white-collar criminal defense lawyer whose past clients include an Enron accounting officer and former WorldCom CEO, Bernard Ebber.
His co-accused, ICC lawyer Melinda Taylor and another colleague from the International Criminal Court in The Hague, were absent from the courtroom during Thursday's appearance in court in the western town of Zintan.
The charges mean the Nigerian can only be interrogated like any other defendant in a criminal case, subject to having a lawyer present and his Miranda rights read.
The lawyer has an absolute duty to his client to warn of civil and criminal liability exposure when such exposure exists.
Another lawyer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said "no respected plaintiff class-action lawyer would raise" the issue of the criminal investigation to try and knock Lerach Coughlin out of the Refco case.
He was able to get out of this, but people wind up having to go to criminal courts and fight these charges, hire a lawyer and then have to try to find out if their civil rights have been violated.
"I've seen gross negligence, and this conduct is criminal, " said Steve Gordon, the lawyer representing the men.
Mr. ANDREW PATEL (Criminal Defense Attorney): And with some trepidation, the lawyer said, your honor, I'm supposed to be on vacation.
But one account of the trial says the government vetoed her choice, and she had to be represented by a local lawyer with no known experience in criminal law.
The next morning, he dressed in a dark suit, a white shirt, and a red tie, and went downtown, to Duane Street, to meet with his criminal lawyer, Georges Lederman.
John Whittingdale has asked that Speakers Counsel is present, because no member of the committee is a lawyer, and Mr Whittingdale feels he may need advice on whether a line of questioning might prejudice criminal investigations or future trials in some way.
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