Those disputes -- involving issues like detainee rights and secrecy -- throw into sharp relief the differences in the records of several leading contenders for the nomination, including Solicitor General Elena Kagan and two appeals court judges, Merrick B. Garland and Diane P. Wood.
Obama is known to have had three personal interviews with likely nominees, including Solicitor General Elena Kagan on Friday, and federal appeals judges Merrick Garland and Sidney Thomas earlier.
The privatisation plans have drawn criticism from a wide range of organisations, including solicitors and the News Media Association, which warned it was a threat to investigative journalism.
Baird, who represented miners throughout the strike, said witnesses during the trial of the acquitted miners, including solicitors, have not yet been approached by the IPCC or asked for their court notes.
The banking royal commission has a budget of $75m, and 54 personnel, including solicitors assisting and staff, who have reviewed more than 770,000 documents, including documents produced in response to notices, and submissions from parties and members of the public.
Butler had some of the top lawyers in the country representing him, including solicitors from Bindmans, the London practice best known for high-profile human rights and immigration cases.
Other potential nominees included Solicitor General Donald Verrilli and Labor Secretary Tom Perez.
Other places to find financial experts include vouchedfor.co.uk - which includes reviews of advisers - and unbiased.co.uk - which includes solicitors and accountants as well as independent financial advisers.
In the first set of estimated equations I use exactly the same variables as Landry et al., a vector that includes solicitors' beauty as evaluated by ten raters whose assessments were normalized and then averaged.
Prior to being appointed Solicitor General, he served in a number of other positions in the Department of Justice, including Acting Solicitor General, Acting Deputy Attorney General, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, and Associate Deputy Attorney General.
Others were considering it, including the Solicitor General, Charles Fried.
