: one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise as to legal rights and obligations in other matters
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their lawyers told them that they couldn't use the park for the concert without permission from the city
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McMahon has gutted the Education Department’s civil rights division, where lawyers and other federal employees work to ensure all students can access public school, free from discrimination.
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Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 8 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors further expressed concerns about the department's ability to take the case to trial quickly due to problems identifying all the relevant materials that would need to be handed over to Comey's lawyers, sources said.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
Clemency attorney Mark Olser says lawyers had to file applications to the Department of Justice’s Pardon Attorney in the past, which would need several approvals before reaching the White House.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2025
In their roles as brutal, unrelenting divorce lawyers, Kim Kardashian and Sarah Paulson go to war while their clients fall out of love in the latest trailer for All’s Fair.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
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Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 8 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors further expressed concerns about the department's ability to take the case to trial quickly due to problems identifying all the relevant materials that would need to be handed over to Comey's lawyers, sources said.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
Clemency attorney Mark Olser says lawyers had to file applications to the Department of Justice’s Pardon Attorney in the past, which would need several approvals before reaching the White House.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2025
In their roles as brutal, unrelenting divorce lawyers, Kim Kardashian and Sarah Paulson go to war while their clients fall out of love in the latest trailer for All’s Fair.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lawyer. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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lawyer
noun
law·yer
ˈlȯ-yər 
: one whose profession is to advise clients as to legal rights and obligations and to represent clients in legal proceedings
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