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the actor hired a dream team of high-priced legal eagles to defend him against the charges
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As its title implies, Suits LA moved the action of the original from the Big Apple to Tinseltown, and followed a new group of legal eagles led by Amell's Ted, who was revealed to have a connection to Suits' Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht, who recurred in several episodes on the spinoff).
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026
Alan Jackson, the celebrity legal eagle, doesn’t recommend clients entrust their social media accounts to third parties —even if those clients crave commutations.
—Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
Hartley will be joined this fall only by returning series regular Fiona Rene, who continues to play legal eagle Reenie Green.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 25 Aug. 2025
That’s a fairly wide net in alerting Waukegan legal eagles of what the basis of any lawsuit may entail.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026
Alan Jackson, the celebrity legal eagle, doesn’t recommend clients entrust their social media accounts to third parties —even if those clients crave commutations.
—Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
Hartley will be joined this fall only by returning series regular Fiona Rene, who continues to play legal eagle Reenie Green.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 25 Aug. 2025
That’s a fairly wide net in alerting Waukegan legal eagles of what the basis of any lawsuit may entail.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for legal eagle
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“Legal eagle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legal%20eagle. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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