litigator

noun

lit·​i·​ga·​tor ˈli-tə-ˌgā-tər 

plural litigators

: one who carries on a legal contest by judicial process : one who litigates legal cases

As a civil-rights litigator, Payton had argued a Richmond, Va., case before the Supreme Court …

—William Greider

For thirty years he had been a ruthless litigator, the meanest, nastiest, and without a doubt one of the most effective courtroom brawlers in Chicago.

—John Grisham

In the 1950's and 60's, he became known as the consummate litigator. Lawyers and judges describe him in the courtroom as wily, charming, eloquent and erudite, with a light but deft touch at cross-examination.

—Jan Hoffman

Examples of litigator in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, there is no single consensus on how to go about this in music, with legislators, litigators and industry figures all racing to develop answers through different channels. —Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025

Harrison Dossick, a longtime entertainment and media litigator and partner at Glaser Weil, died unexpectedly August 14 in Los Angeles. —Lynette Rice, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025

Another was Erez Reuveni, a veteran government litigator freshly promoted to the job of acting deputy director of the Office of Immigration Litigation. —Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025

So will superstar surgeons and elite litigators — people whose rarefied expertise and skills can’t be replicated remotely. —Matt K. Lewis, Twin Cities, 19 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1778, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for litigator

• activator
• actuator
• agitator
• alligator
• allocator
• alternator
• animator
• annotator
• applicator
• arbitrator
• aspirator
• aviator

Legal Definition

litigator

noun

lit·​i·​ga·​tor ˈli-tə-ˌgā-tər 

: one that litigates

especially : a lawyer skilled at litigation