PHILADELPHIA LAWYER Synonyms: 26 Similar Words

Philadelphia lawyer

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The judge limited the ability of a second lawyer, Daniel Epstein, to practice in the Southern District of Florida.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Front Office Sports reported in April that firms were offering seven-figures in annual compensation to poach top lawyers, with some packages exceeded $10 million.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 13 July 2026

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News cameras will be allowed to record and broadcast much of the hearing, the judge ruled last week over the objections of Robinson’s attorneys.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
The crucial pretrial hearing was pushed back as prosecutors and defense attorneys sparred over what evidence could be presented and if cameras would be allowed in the courtroom.

— N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 6 July 2026

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Findings will be presented to the Yell County prosecuting attorney, who will determine how to proceed, the release says.

— Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 2 July 2026
The prosecuting attorney's office for King County, Washington, which includes Seattle, publishes some of the most detailed regional reports on shootings in the country.

— Martin Kaste, NPR, 30 June 2026

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And while the titular ambulance chaser naturally holds court for six seasons (beating Breaking Bad by one), equally excellent turns by Jonathan Banks and Rhea Seehorn ensure this multi-award-winning series works as both the perfect prequel and a bingeable standalone drama.

— Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 22 June 2026
Maybe their ambulance chasers can prevail against the dive bars of Canton, but Karen should skate.

— Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 6 Aug. 2025

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Nearly five years ago, the district attorney of Onondaga County, William Fitzpatrick, stood up in court and excoriated his county’s decision decades earlier to prosecute Anthony Broadwater for the rape of author Alice Sebold.

— Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 17 July 2026
Regina Cantrell is accused of reviewing her son’s arrest warrants while the investigation into him was ongoing, according to the district attorney’s office.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026

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Pahlmeyer is named for Jayson Pahlmeyer, a former trial lawyer who founded his eponymous winery in 1981.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 17 July 2026
One night in early 1973, Michael heard that a trial lawyer named Louis Nizer, who had not been involved in the Rosenberg case, was reading out loud from his parents’ prison letters on TV.

— Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

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The area facing additional downpours includes Texas Hill Country, which saw devastating flash flooding last July that left more than 130 dead, including 25 girls and two counselors at Camp Mystic.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
In the mornings, our counselors still walk, slowly now, through the stench of bodies decomposing under the ruins of schools, mosques, and homes.

— James Gordon, Time, 14 July 2026

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The bubble-ists think that the Coreweave people are hopeless dreamers at best and shysters at worst.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
To demonstrate that point in a video, a researcher told a robot arm to put a bunch of plastic grapes into a clear Tupperware container, then proceeded to shift three containers around on the table in an approximation of a shyster’s shell game.

— Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 12 Mar. 2025

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