I took his presence at the hearing as an implicit threat that my uncle's lawyer might propose him for the job.

For example, the company agreed to settle the cattle case for more than three times what the plaintiffs' lawyers had originally proposed just a few months ago.

Singson's lawyer proposed a sentence of less than two years.

At the same time, lawyers for the department and the institute proposed an agreement that, if accepted by a Federal district judge, would settle the Government's lawsuit.

The boy had tickets in a half-dozen Franklin County towns, and his lawyer proposed combining the cases in another court.

When the lawyers for the Johns Hopkins doctors proposed it, she said, she "became very angry and hung up the phone on them."

To help them achieve that goal, the lawyer proposed that the leagues make workout facilities and trainers available to umpires in each city.

His lawyer, Mr. Lundsten, had proposed a prison term of 30 to 40 months, and no fine.

And then the lawyer coughed, proposed a study, and named a substantial figure for a two-year research grant.

Instead of the shelters, the lawyers have proposed a settlement that would require the Governor to budget for special housing for 10,000 people.