criminal lawyer

noun

Updated on: 31 Mar 2018

Definition of criminal lawyer

: a lawyer who specializes in criminal law; especially : a lawyer who represents defendants in criminal cases

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Isabelle Steyer is a criminal lawyer and has studied this question at length.

— laurène daycard, Marie Claire, "The Abuse Epidemic Hiding in Idyllic French Towns Is Flat-Out Frightening," 10 Mar. 2018
What Cooper isn’t known for is criminal work, a fact that surprised some white-collar criminal lawyers who questioned Sessions’ decision.

— tom schoenberg, Bloomberg.com, "Missing From Mueller’s Interview of Sessions: A Criminal Lawyer," 23 Jan. 2018
Sessions brought only his friend and fellow Alabama lawyer Chuck Cooper, a fact that surprised some criminal lawyers.

— samantha schulz, Bloomberg.com, "Your Evening Briefing," 23 Jan. 2018
That is why criminal lawyers are legally required to inform their clients about the immigration consequences of guilty pleas, Mr. O’Rourke said, in order to provide constitutionally adequate counsel.

— amanda taub, New York Times, "The Word May Be Toxic, but Amnesty Is Everywhere," 11 Oct. 2017
The former criminal lawyer wants to create jobs but her decision to have city hall declared insolvent, with a deficit of 102 million euros ($120 million), has frozen public works contracts.

— john follain, Bloomberg.com, "It Takes More Than Mafia Threats and Populists to Scare Sicily," 22 Oct. 2017
Bill Wiley, a Canadian criminal lawyer, is CIJA's founder.

— jomana karadsheh and chris jackson, CNN, "Fighting to bring ISIS to justice for war crimes against Yazidis," 11 Oct. 2017
Clarence Dass, a criminal lawyer and defense attorney, represents 25 iraqi detainees.

— leah graham and kaelyn collins, Detroit Free Press, "Iraqi detainees from metro Detroit face obstacles in legal representation," 31 Aug. 2017
After watching Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, no experienced federal criminal lawyer, speaking candidly, would say otherwise.

— samuel w. buell, Slate Magazine, "The obstruction of justice case against Trump is already a slam dunk.," 6 July 2017

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