http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/lawyer/ en-us Sat, 2 Jan 2010 14:07:25 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419463/posts ... [M]eet Umar Abdulmutallab’s lawyer, Miriam Siefer, whose salary you are paying. [...] During the Detroit terror cell case, she represented Karim Koubriti, an Islamic terrorist in a cell, which plotted to blow up the U.S. Air Force Base in Turkey, where U.S. AWACS and Israeli F-16s are based and from where they took off. They also plotted to blow up hotels and casinos in Las Vegas and planned to detonate in Disneyland. During the course of her “representation” of terrorist Koubriti, Siefer and her fellow public defender, Richard Helfrick a/k/a Rick Helfrick (who will probably also assist her in... DebbieSchlussel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419463/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 14:07:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419443/posts The lawyer appointed to represent the man accused of attempting to bomb Northwest Flight 253 had prior success helping to defend an alleged terrorist. Miriam Siefer, the chief public defender in Detroit, also has handled cases involving disturbances on other Northwest flights, including one in which a man pleaded guilty after illegally transporting ammunition and saying he was traveling overseas to kill Osama bin Laden. Defense lawyers with experience in terrorism-related cases say Ms. Siefer's latest job -- representing 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who was charged with trying to blow up a Christmas Day flight to Detroit -- will be... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419443/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:28:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417967/posts Heard something about it on CNN but missed the name. Anybody hear something or was I imagining it. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417967/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:18:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412509/posts   MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - A Memphis attorney has admitted to biting off part of a man's nose during a confrontation at a popular Midtown restaurant.According to a lawsuit filed by Greg Herbers, Mark Lambert bit off and swallowed part of his nose during a dispute last June at Dish on South Cooper Street.Lambert is a trial attorney with the Cochran Firm.      The incident at Dish began in the men's room when Herbers became annoyed because the urinal and stalls were occupied.Herbers says two men were together inside the same stall. He says Lambert carried on a conversation with... WMCTC / New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412509/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:05:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404581/posts A hiring lawyer from Greenwich, Conn., wrote to The Ethicist of the New York Times with this question: Is it ethical to recommend rejection of members of the Federalist Society simply because you disagree with their conservative politics? The Ethicist, Randy Cohen, said politics should not be a factor.... The lawyer, who made recommendations on summer and full-time associates, had noted the review was intended to take account of judgment and personality. The Ethicist countered that reasonable people differ over politics. “I am tempted to believe that those whose politics differ from mine lack ‘judgment and personality’ and taste in... ABA Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404581/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:09:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388275/posts A federal appeals court has ordered a civil rights lawyer convicted in a terrorism case that originated in Minnesota to begin serving her prison sentence. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan today also upheld Lynne Stewart's conviction, which was based in part on illegally aiding her client, Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, during a visit with him at the federal prison in Rochester, Minn., in May 2000. She was convicted of smuggling messages between Abdel-Rahman and a terrorist group. Stewart was sentenced to a little more than two years in prison. StarTribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388275/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:37:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384581/posts BELTON - Fort Hood shooting suspect Nidal Malik Hasan's high profile civilian attorney, a retired army judge, has a lot of pressure on him John Galligan was an army lawyer for 30 years before retiring. He officially became Hasan's representative Monday. "I never, ever regretted a decision to support our uniform service members," Galligan said. However, Galligan told New Channel 25 he never expected the level of publicity that now surrounds him. More importantly, he was not ready for the death threats that started coming his way in recent days. "There's people condemning my acceptance of the case," he said.... KXXV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384581/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:40:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382452/posts KILLEEN, Texas – The attorney for a man suspected in a deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, says he's heading to San Antonio to meet his client. Retired Col. John P. Galligan says he was retained by Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's family on Monday. He says he has asked investigators not to question Hasan and doesn't know if he's been medically cleared to talk. Hasan is accused of opening fire on the Army post on Thursday, killing 13 people and wounding 29 before civilian police shot him. He remains at a U.S. Army hospital in San Antonio, where a... Yahoo-AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382452/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 22:14:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375414/posts Scottish lawyer denies reports Lockerbie bomber deadThu, Oct 22, 2009 AFP LONDON, UK- A lawyer for Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi denied Wednesday a report that he had died, two months after being freed from a Scottish jail. Sky News television, quoting unidentified sources, said there were reports that Megrahi had died. He was freed from a Scottish prison and returned to Libya on August 20, on the grounds that he was dying of prostate cancer. "It's not true... he's alive and I know that for a fact," Scottish lawyer Tony Kelly told AFP, while declining to give details... Asia One http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375414/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:22:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2370504/posts "...White House Lawyer for “ethics and government regulation,” Norman Eisen, had this to say, "We think it is no accident that we have had one of the most scandal-free starts of any administration in modern history.” ...Eisen said there have been only three waivers in some 2000 posts filled...Mr. Eisen, check your math, sir. Lobbyists working for the Obama Administration include…Bill Lynn, William Corr, Mark Patterson, Jocelyn Frye, Cecilia Munoz, Naomi Walker and Patrick Gaspard... Assistant Secretary of State Richard Verma was a lobbyist (team Obama decided he didn’t need a waiver because…well, because they decided he didn’t need one),..... ConservativeAmerican.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2370504/posts#comment Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:16:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369228/posts Lawyer accused of demanding sex for job October 23, 2009 4:21 AM A Chicago immigration attorney is facing sanctions after he demanded "sexual interaction with me and my partner" as a job condition from a woman seeking a position as legal assistant at their firm. After the woman responded to an ad that Samir Z. Chowhan placed in the "Adult Gigs" section of Craigslist, he told her in a follow-up e-mail that she would also need to "perform for us sexually" as "part of the interview process." Chowhan is accused of lying to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission... Chicago breaking news.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369228/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:38:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359146/posts NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawyer for the Obama administration said on Friday it had no position on the legality of the former Bush administration's program to intercept Americans' e-mails and phone calls without a warrant. The lawyer spoke at a 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hearing on a lawsuit in which 16 lawyers representing Guantanamo Bay detainees demanded the government release records of electronic surveillance they believe was conducted without a warrant concerning their clients' cases. Rueters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359146/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 23:20:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347083/posts Bronx hospital employees, lawyer charged in insurance fraud scam Employees of the city's Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) received bribes to deliver confidential patient information to personal injury lawyers, city and state officials allege. Six HHC employees and a former HHC employee who worked at Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, and a private attorney, were arrested today on bribery charges in connection with the insurance scheme. According to the office of Attorney General Andrew Cuomo -- who filed the charges -- the information was allegedly used to lure patients into receiving unnecessary treatment and then submitting over a million dollars in phony... silive.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347083/posts#comment Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:14:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2345146/posts Obama missed chance to set ‘Full Ginsburg’ record The "Full Ginsburg" refers to an appearance by one person on five major television Sunday morning interview shows on the same day. While Monica Lewinsky’s lawyer, William Ginsburg, was the first person to accomplish the task others have completed the 'Full Ginsburg'. By not including the Fox network, Obama missed the chance to set a new record. If the talker-in-chief had included Fox, the 'Full Ginsburg Plus One' would present a formidable challenge to any future president. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2345146/posts#comment Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:43:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326457/posts Lawyers Worldwide Struggling Under Recession During the Great Depression of the 1930s, U.S. law firms downsized by laying off their attorneys. Lawyers who lost lucrative contracts to big law firms went after petty dispute claims, such as divorce settlements, but work was hard to find. They were lawyers in title only, and their life was no better than that of beggars. In New York, 1,500 lawyers were only able to receive social welfare benefits after they formally declared they were destitute. Perhaps that is why American lawyers are infamous for jumping at any opportunity if money is there. Harvard Law... Chosun Ilbo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326457/posts#comment Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:00:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303755/posts A lawyer for Goldman Sachs has been accused of luring an underage teenager with explicit internet chat and then trying to consummate the cyber-affair by traveling to Westchester. Todd Genger, was caught in a sting operation aimed at perverts who solicit young girls for sex, the Daily News reports. From the Daily News: In reality, the "girl" Genger was chasing was an undercover investigator posing as a teen in the chat room, the Westchester County district attorney's office said. Genger, a Manhattan resident who is married and has three children, was snared after a series of Internet conversations that began... The Business Insider http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303755/posts#comment Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:11:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303660/posts A lawyer for Wall Street powerhouse Goldman Sachs was caught in a sting operation aimed at perverts who solicit young girls for sex, officials said Tuesday. Todd Genger, 33, is accused of trying to lure an underage teen with explicit chat on the Internet and then traveling to Westchester to consummate the cyber-affair. In reality, the "girl" Genger was chasing was an undercover investigator posing as a teen in the chat room, the Westchester County district attorney's office said. Genger, a Manhattan resident who is married and has three children, was snared after a series of Internet conversations that began... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303660/posts#comment Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:41:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2296791/posts Lawyer Leads Local Fight Against Illegal Immigration JULIA PRESTON July 20, 2009 DALLAS — On a recent morning, Kris W. Kobach, a conservative law professor, rushed late into a federal courtroom here with his suit slightly rumpled and little more than a laptop under his arm. His mission was to persuade the judge to uphold an ordinance adopted by a Dallas suburb that would bar landlords from renting housing to illegal immigrants. Kris Kobach outside the Dallas courthouse, where he argued that an ordinance barring landlords from renting to illegal immigrants should be upheld. A team of lawyers from a... NYTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2296791/posts#comment Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:13:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287152/posts By NORM PATTIS Candor is more than a cardinal virtue among lawyers. It is a professional requirement, something like the air we breathe. Whether dealing with the court or third parties, lawyers are expected to be truthful and fair. Perhaps that makes us quaint. It certainly makes us easy marks for those who view deception as part of their craft. A young lawyer in my office was recently made the dupe of some liars. And when the lawyer confronted the liar, things got even worse. I wish that jurors could see what the lawyer has seen: Truth sacrificed to tactical... Conneticut Law Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287152/posts#comment Tue, 7 Jul 2009 12:03:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271324/posts A convicted terrorist can sue a former Bush administration lawyer for drafting the legal theories that led to his alleged torture, ruled a federal judge has ruled who said he was trying to balance a clash between war and the defense of personal freedoms. Foxnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271324/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:56:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270759/posts CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, Iraq, June 12, 2009 – Thousands of years ago, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers was the site where Hammurabi created one of the first written codes of law in recorded history, making plain the laws of the land to the people of the land. Army Capt. David Peterson, right, engages in a discussion with Iraqi judges and lawyers in a training session held by the Romanian judge advocate in Talil, Iraq. Courtesy photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Army Capt. David Peterson of the 34th Infantry Division is helping to restore... Face of Defence http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270759/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:41:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249123/posts NEW YORK — High-profile New York lawyer Marc Dreier pleaded guilty on Monday to criminal charges of running a $400 million investment fraud involving fake promissory notes, and a judge released him into house arrest until sentencing. The Harvard-educated Dreier, once head of 250-member law firm Dreier LLP on New York's exclusive Park Avenue, was arrested last December on charges of swindling hedge funds and investment funds in a four-year-long scheme that unraveled in the financial crisis. Dreier, who turns 59 on Tuesday, said in a prepared statement in Manhattan federal court before U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff that he... Comcast http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249123/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 10:30:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244977/posts WASHINGTON — An internal Justice Department inquiry into the conduct of Bush administration lawyers who wrote secret memorandums authorizing brutal interrogations has concluded that the authors committed serious lapses of judgment but should not be criminally prosecuted, according to government officials briefed on a draft of the findings. The report by the Office of Professional Responsibility, an internal ethics unit within the Justice Department, is also likely to ask that state bar associations consider possible disciplinary action, including reprimands or even disbarment, for some of the lawyers involved in writing the legal opinions, the officials said. New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244977/posts#comment Wed, 6 May 2009 00:46:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232831/posts Elena Kagan, the Obama administration's top Supreme Court lawyer, is passing up the chance to make her first high-court argument in a big case over minority voting rights. Instead, Kagan, confirmed by the Senate last month as solicitor general, will wait until the fall to make her debut, Justice Department spokeswoman Beverley Lumpkin said Tuesday Las Vegas Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232831/posts#comment Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:36:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2220596/posts Ken Wahl, the dude who starred in "Wiseguy," claims he's destitute and blames it on a conspiracy between his former business manager and Wahl's ex-wife. Wahl's lawsuit, filed yesterday in L.A. County Superior Court, claims he hired Henry Levine back in the day to take care of his finances. Wahl says Levine had the dreaded power of attorney. The actor explains how his career was red hot from 1983 to 1991. But things changed radically in '91. Wahl divorced his wife, Corinne Alphen and gave her "ALL of the community property assets." Dumb move. The assets included a Malibu mansion... TMZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2220596/posts#comment Thu, 2 Apr 2009 12:49:58 GMT