Women who choose to settle will receive $1,500 each, far from the amount lawyers had hoped for.

Her lawyers hope to be helped by the Court's holding that victims who suffer no tangible economic harm may still bring a lawsuit.

The lawyer was hoping to find a will but it begins to look as though Matthew died intestate.

Her lawyers hope the lawsuit can help her provide for herself, Andrew and two other children who live with her.

Mr. Johnson wants to testify, and his lawyers hope he doesn't.

The lawyer hoped his client would be found "loony."

Belatedly, his lawyers have taken the case into Federal court, and are hoping a judge will keep it there.

Most new lawyers could only hope that they would win well-known cases to ensure their success.

Every lawyer in the county is secretly hoping I blow it.

But his lawyers are hoping to delay the trial until after the handover, when it would be heard by a Chinese court.