Appointed counsel definition

Appointed counsel or “appointed attorney” means an attorney appointed to
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Appointed counsel or “appointed attorney” means an attorney appointed by the court under Probate Code section 1470 or 1471 who assumes direct personal responsibility for representing a ward or proposed ward, a conservatee or proposed conservatee, or a person alleged to lack legal capacity in a proceeding under division 4 of the Probate Code.
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Appointed counsel or “appointed attorney” means an attorney appointed to represent a person in a death penalty appeal, death penalty–related habeas corpus proceedings, or an appeal of a decision in death penalty–related habeas corpus proceedings. Appointed counsel may be either lead counsel or associate counsel.
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Examples of Appointed counsel in a sentence

  • Appointed counsel shall fulfill applicable state and national standards of performance, including those of the Oregon State Bar, American Bar Association, National Juvenile Defender Center and National Legal Aid and Defender Association.

  • Appointed counsel shall fulfill applicable state and national standards of performance, including those of the Oregon State Bar, American Bar Association, National Juvenile Defender Center, and National Legal Aid and Defender Association.

  • Appointed counsel representing a prevailing party may apply for an award of reasonable attorney’s fees and costs against the opposing party, where such an award is authorized by applicable statute, rule or other provision of law.

  • Appointed counsel may not condition the undertaking or continuation of the party’s representation on the making of such an agreement.

  • Appointed counsel shall represent the interests of both the employee and the Employer.


More Definitions of Appointed counsel

Appointed counsel means an attorney appointed to represent an indigent party in a death penalty case;
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Related to Appointed counsel

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  • Independent Counsel as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement. In either event, Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, may, within ten (10) days after such written notice of selection shall have been received, deliver to the Company or to Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is so made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court of competent jurisdiction has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within twenty (20) days after submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 11(b) hereof, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the Delaware Court for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the Delaware Court, and the person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 12(a) hereof. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 14(a) of this Agreement, Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).

  • Counsel means a barrister and/or solicitor or a firm of barristers and/or solicitors retained by the Warrant Agent or retained by the Corporation, which may or may not be counsel for the Corporation;