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Owens earned his juris doctorate from the University of California’s Hastings College of the Law and is now a partner at NBO Law in Orange County.
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Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
At the time, I was engaged in my own (considerably less scenic) ecological pursuit of finishing a doctorate, and no longer finding much opportunity to ride my bike.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Gehman, then a graduate student earning a doctorate in disease ecology, had heard about a mysterious illness sweeping through the Pacific coast’s iconic invertebrates.
—JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
The firm has defended its work, which included flagging a discrepancy involving a doctorate degree falsely claimed by Roberts on one resume.
—Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
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Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
At the time, I was engaged in my own (considerably less scenic) ecological pursuit of finishing a doctorate, and no longer finding much opportunity to ride my bike.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Gehman, then a graduate student earning a doctorate in disease ecology, had heard about a mysterious illness sweeping through the Pacific coast’s iconic invertebrates.
—JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
The firm has defended its work, which included flagging a discrepancy involving a doctorate degree falsely claimed by Roberts on one resume.
—Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Doctorate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doctorate. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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doctorate
noun
doc·tor·ate
ˈdäk-t(ə-)rət 
: the degree, title, or rank of a doctor
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