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Recent Examples of public defender
Two of them are lawyers — one in Big Law and one a public defender.
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Jane C. Murphy, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2025
He was appointed a public defender, but the lawyer was not named in court records.
—Megan Forrester, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2025
McClatchy News reached out to her public defender April 8 and did not immediately receive a response.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025
Jiang has been appointed a public defender.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
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Jane C. Murphy, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2025
He was appointed a public defender, but the lawyer was not named in court records.
—Megan Forrester, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2025
McClatchy News reached out to her public defender April 8 and did not immediately receive a response.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025
Jiang has been appointed a public defender.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public defender
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His trial is expected to last four to six weeks once testimony begins, prosecutors at the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Wednesday.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2025
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Fourteen months after Robbins' settlement, his sister Paige, 19, was fearful that the images captured of her could be inappropriate and could damage her own ambitions of one day being district attorney.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
8 Apr. 2025
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The argument between the two marked the latest phase in a quarter-century-old battle between Texans for Lawsuit Reform and the state’s trial lawyers, one that contributed to Texas’s emergence as a Republican stronghold.—
Saul Elbein,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
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Johnny Depp’s trial lawyers Vasquez and Samuel Moniz, another member of Conrad’s legal defense team, were among the attorneys who represented movie star Johnny Depp who sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for defamation.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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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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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
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Honolulu’s prosecuting attorney’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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In spite of a dearth of evidence, the judge in the case sent it back to the Pulaski County prosecuting attorney's office.—
Tony Holt,
Arkansas Online,
7 Apr. 2025
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Wagner matched the physical description of the suspects at both scenes and owns a white 2015 Hyundai Accent, prosecutors said.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Her co-conspirators then put 18 migrants onto the small fishing boat on Nov. 16, 2022, prosecutors said.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Public defender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20defender. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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