Sentence examples for harsh lawyer from inspiring English sources

But once upon a time, he had a mentor: Roy Cohn, a notoriously harsh lawyer who rose to prominence in the mid-1950s alongside the communist-baiting senator Joseph McCarthy.

As always in a British production, there is pleasure to be had in the performances, including Ray Winstone as the menacing Magwitch; David Suchet as the harsh lawyer, Jaggers; and Paul Ritter (the hilarious father in "Friday Night Dinner") as the clerk, Wemmick.

"Over four years later, it appears there has been, or may have been, a further deterioration, perhaps attributable to sleep deprivation and the continued confinement of the appellant in an unrelentingly harsh environment," the lawyer said.

In my opinion, the sentence is too harsh," said his lawyer, Ha Huy Son.

But the committee also worked to protect other industry documents from being released, a practice that drew harsh criticism from lawyers and others who took on the industry.

Her husband, Reza Khandan, told the BBC's Persian Service that the sentence was unduly harsh and her lawyers intended to appeal.

The action against the lawyers is the latest move in an increasingly harsh government crackdown on lawyers who take on human rights cases.

It can help to be blunt about previous management, even harsh — like a defense lawyer pleading for a new trial for his client on the basis that the previous attorney was incompetent.

Mr. Yoo's harshest critics — including lawyers for Jose Padilla, the convicted Qaeda operative who is suing Mr. Yoo for $1 and a judicial declaration that he authorized illegal detention and interrogation practices — note that Nazi lawyers and judges were tried for war crimes at Nuremberg.

After hours of harsh questioning from a defense lawyer, the psychologist testifying for prosecutors twisted ever so slightly in the witness stand.

"These guidelines are extremely harsh," said James Felman, a defense lawyer in Tampa, Fla., who serves on an advisory panel to the sentencing commission.