Word: counsell
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...members of the Legal Aid Bureau, Hartigan and Haller act as legal counsel to many tenants of foreclosed properties, sometimes winning settlements that represent a significant percentage of the property’s original price...
...Fond of pulling pranks, even in the courtroom. During a case against the Gambino crime family, he interrupted co-counsel with a playful note asking: "Is there beer in the fridge?" He also once faked an appellate ruling to convince a friend that the defense...
...949d(a)(2), and 949d(b), in particular) is unequivocal: except for clearly defined situations, the accused "shall be present at all sessions." Article 39, UCMJ, is even more stringent; the only provision for conducting a session outside the accused's presence is if the accused is accompanied by counsel at a VTC location for an Article 39(a) session. Nonetheless, based on early military case law, a court-martial is permitted by RCM 804 to proceed, even through findings and sentence, in the event of post-arraignment, voluntary absence of the accused...
...possibility of departing from the field manual standard comes at a critical time. Senior members of Obama's transition staff, including future White House counsel Greg Craig, Attorney General nominee Eric Holder and Democratic Senate staffer Mary DeRosa, have been holding wide-ranging meetings to gather opinions about interrogation policy. Obama does not require Congress's approval to pull back on Bush's current interrogation policies, and an executive order reversing them could be released as early as next January...
...prayer and James B. Onstad ’09 sang “America the Beautiful.” Onstad also performed “Fair Harvard” later in the ceremony.Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer, a former Harvard Law School professor who served as chief counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee when Kennedy was chair, spoke about what he had learned working for the Massachusetts senator. Breyer described Kennedy’s strong commitments to bipartisanship and helping others.“I’m proud to be here as Harvard says ‘Well...