trial lawyer
noun
: a lawyer who engages chiefly in the trial of cases before courts of original jurisdiction
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Participants were not allowed to ask questions directly, so the 69-year-old trial lawyer submitted three questions in writing: one about Elon Musk’s critical comments about Social Security and two about Perry’s lack of public access.
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Steve Peoples and Thomas Beaumont, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
There's no guarantee that consumers' costs would fall if tort reform passes, Darren Penn, an Atlanta trial lawyer, told Axios.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
According to her website, Shapiro is a trial lawyer who began her career as a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
—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
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Steve Peoples and Thomas Beaumont, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
There's no guarantee that consumers' costs would fall if tort reform passes, Darren Penn, an Atlanta trial lawyer, told Axios.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
According to her website, Shapiro is a trial lawyer who began her career as a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
—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
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“Trial lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trial%20lawyer. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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