trial lawyer
noun
: a lawyer who engages chiefly in the trial of cases before courts of original jurisdiction
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According to her website, Shapiro is a trial lawyer who began her career as a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Opposing the legislation were Texas trial lawyers and a long line of Texans who had lost family members or suffered grievous injury in accidents on Texas’s increasingly dangerous roads.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
She is set to work alongside Xavier Robert Donaldson, and his leading trial lawyers Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos, who is the daughter of Mark Geragos.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 7 May 2025
Farmer spent three decades as a trial lawyer and reported his financial worth as $4.37 million as of Dec. 31, 2021, according to state records.
—Dara Kam, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2025
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Opposing the legislation were Texas trial lawyers and a long line of Texans who had lost family members or suffered grievous injury in accidents on Texas’s increasingly dangerous roads.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
She is set to work alongside Xavier Robert Donaldson, and his leading trial lawyers Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos, who is the daughter of Mark Geragos.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 7 May 2025
Farmer spent three decades as a trial lawyer and reported his financial worth as $4.37 million as of Dec. 31, 2021, according to state records.
—Dara Kam, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2025
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“Trial lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trial%20lawyer. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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