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Recent Examples of criminal lawyer
Greenhalgh’s father, the late criminal lawyer and Georgetown University Law School associate dean William Greenhalgh, died before she was murdered.
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Kc Baker, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Amid Adams’ absence, Adams’ criminal lawyers were in talks last week with President Trump’s Justice Department about potentially dropping his indictment, as first reported by the New York Times.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
Kraven tracks down Calypso (Ariana DeBose), the girl who gave him that life-saving elixir way back when and is now a criminal lawyer in London.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
Greenhalgh’s father, the late criminal lawyer and Georgetown University Law School associate dean William Greenhalgh, died before she was murdered.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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Kc Baker, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Amid Adams’ absence, Adams’ criminal lawyers were in talks last week with President Trump’s Justice Department about potentially dropping his indictment, as first reported by the New York Times.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
Kraven tracks down Calypso (Ariana DeBose), the girl who gave him that life-saving elixir way back when and is now a criminal lawyer in London.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
Greenhalgh’s father, the late criminal lawyer and Georgetown University Law School associate dean William Greenhalgh, died before she was murdered.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for criminal lawyer
Noun
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Thompson repeatedly clashed with his trial lawyers Michael Campbell and Ferdinand Alvarez over his legal strategy.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
1 July 2025
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Matter of fact, at least 43 such lawsuits have been filed by Louisiana parishes in partnership with prominent trial lawyers to sue oil and gas companies over questionable claims that their operations have caused coastal erosion issues south of the Mississippi River.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
Noun
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He is being represented by a public defender and undertook a cognitive evaluation this week.—
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
10 July 2025
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Vickers said many camping cases are resolved during the person’s initial appearance, which means a public defender is never assigned.—
Christie Zizo,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 July 2025
Noun
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His 1913 trial led to his conviction despite shoddy evidence and the manipulations of an ambitious prosecuting attorney, who shamelessly preyed on the prejudices of the jury.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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Carter, of Springdale, is the prosecuting attorney for Washington and Madison counties.—
Miceala Morano,
Arkansas Online,
18 June 2025
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The home invasion that Muller was most recently convicted of happened just two weeks after that of Huskins and Quinn, but it was never reported to authorities at the time, according to the district attorney’s statement.—
Annie Goodykoontz
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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Her brothers, ages 3 and 5, were hospitalized for the same issues, according to the district attorney’s office.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
11 July 2025
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“Criminal lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminal%20lawyer. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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