Legal gold.In addition to the athletic competitors, Los Angeles will have legal representation in the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino Torino: see Turin, Italy.. Local sports marketing attorney Maidie E. Oliveau was tapped to be one of nine attorneys on the ad hoc ad hoc adj. Latin shorthand meaning "for this purpose only." Thus, an ad hoc committee is formed for a specific purpose, usually appointed to solve a particular problem. An ad hoc attorney is one hired to handle one problem only often is a specialist in a particular area or considered especially able to argue a key point. division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, an international panel that settles disputes that arise from such issues as drug tests, eligibility and judging. This will be Oliveau's fourth time on the panel, but she will be serving as its only woman. The ad hoc division was established by the International Council of Arbitration for Sport and is the final arbiter arbiter n. in some jurisdictions the name for a referee appointed by the court to decide a question and report back to the court which must confirm the arbiter's finding before it is binding on the parties. of all Olympic Games-related disputes. Staff reporter Emily Bryson York can be reached at (323) 549-5225. ext. 235, or at eyork@labusines.sjournal.com |
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