: 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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Ideas By Rosemary Salomone April 7, 2024 6:00 AM EDT
Rosemary Salomone, a linguist and a lawyer, is a professor of law at St. John’s University in New York.
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Rosemary Salomone, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
In 2022 City Council voted unanimously to require the city to fund free lawyers for low-income Detroiters facing eviction.
—Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
Coleman also served as president of the John M. Langston Bar Assn. of Los Angeles, founded in the 1920s to serve and support Black lawyers excluded from other bar associations.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
The lawyers never filed paperwork alerting the appeals court.
—Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2024
The lawyers filed a motion in February seeking to enforce those terms for children at open-air sites.
—arkansasonline.com, 5 Apr. 2024
Auerbach further testified that he was advised by lawyer Richard Keegan to delete material from his phone and computer that could be damaging to Seven.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche filed a 37-page motion filed Friday afternoon.
—Brooke Singman, Fox News, 5 Apr. 2024
Documents provided by Synan’s lawyers show a trail of tense encounters between the two relating to their ongoing disagreements over the years.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 26 Mar. 2024
Rosemary Salomone, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
In 2022 City Council voted unanimously to require the city to fund free lawyers for low-income Detroiters facing eviction.
—Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
Coleman also served as president of the John M. Langston Bar Assn. of Los Angeles, founded in the 1920s to serve and support Black lawyers excluded from other bar associations.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
The lawyers never filed paperwork alerting the appeals court.
—Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2024
The lawyers filed a motion in February seeking to enforce those terms for children at open-air sites.
—arkansasonline.com, 5 Apr. 2024
Auerbach further testified that he was advised by lawyer Richard Keegan to delete material from his phone and computer that could be damaging to Seven.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche filed a 37-page motion filed Friday afternoon.
—Brooke Singman, Fox News, 5 Apr. 2024
Documents provided by Synan’s lawyers show a trail of tense encounters between the two relating to their ongoing disagreements over the years.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 26 Mar. 2024
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“Lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lawyer. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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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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