Philadelphia lawyer

Definition of Philadelphia lawyernext

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Noun
  • Paul and Mortensen are expected to participate in the hearing remotely while their lawyers appear in person at the Salt Lake City courthouse.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • One night, Nathan Calvin, a twenty-nine-year-old lawyer who worked at the nonprofit Encode and had helped craft the bill, was at home having dinner with his wife when a process server arrived to deliver a subpoena from OpenAI.
    Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Stephen Cook, the group’s attorney, is based in the Irvine office of the multinational law firm Brown Rudnick.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Defense attorneys requested the change of venue to Tarrant County, arguing that Horner could not get a fair trial in Wise County.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • According to the prosecuting attorney’s office, he was previously charged in 2019 with assault in the second degree – domestic violence.
    Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Deputy prosecuting attorney Joel Garner said Gerhardt Konig, an anesthesiologist, came at her with a syringe and hit her in the head with a rock.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Maybe their ambulance chasers can prevail against the dive bars of Canton, but Karen should skate.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
  • In the case of Jay-Z, the billionaire has come out swinging against attorney Tony Buzbee, branding him an ambulance chaser and calling him a 1-800 lawyer.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • That was a five-year low, approximate data provided by the Mecklenburg district attorney shows.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The additional killing of Vergata is covered by Heuermann's plea agreement, the district attorney said.
    April 8, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Courtesy Robert Madden Madden studied archaeology as an undergraduate, then spent 25 years as a trial lawyer.
    Evan Bush, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
  • By prohibiting attorneys from suggesting a value for non-economic damages, the measure blocks victims from telling a jury what their claims are worth, trial lawyer Jeff Wilson told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee at a hearing on the proposal last month.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Rachel Acres, a substance abuse counselor, draws parallels between loyalty programs and addiction.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Grief counselors were sent to the scene.
    CBS News, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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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“Philadelphia lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Philadelphia%20lawyer. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.

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