Philadelphia lawyer

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Noun
  • And a federal law enforcement official told Chung’s lawyers her lawful permanent resident status was being revoked.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
  • To be sure, the memo represents provisional legal advice exchanged between outside counsel and Duke’s in-house lawyers, and was not written for public consumption.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The attorneys have requested a temporary restraining order from the court, which would halt the law’s enforcement while the legal challenge plays out.
    David Williams, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Prekoski, O’Connor’s attorney, said the defense had a tough battle to wage.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Macomb County Prosecutor's Office doesn't have any paperwork yet from township police, and there are no charges at this time, said Rob Leonetti, chief assistant prosecuting attorney.
    Christina Hall, Freep.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • On Friday, the Pettis County prosecuting attorney charged Goodsell with one count of first-degree rape, Germann said.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 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
  • Ferguson starred as the lawyer–turned–district attorney Mitchell Pritchett for the full series run of the ABC sitcom.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Jeff Rosen, Santa Clara County district attorney, said at a news conference Wednesday afternoon that O’Connor would face at least 30 years in prison pending aggravating factors still to be considered by a judge on March 11.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Los Angeles entertainment and trial lawyer Tre Lovell tells USA TODAY that Reiner will likely plead not guilty by reason of insanity.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Working closely with trial lawyer Patty Glaser, Basinger represented such entertainment and business leaders as Snoop Dogg, Keith Olbermann, ICM and PIMCO’s Bill Gross.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Certain positions would be protected from the cuts, Cassellius said, including classroom teachers, counselors, social workers, psychologists and nurses.
    Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Mottaki’s daughter, Zahra Assadi Nazari, is married to Nasser Assadi Nazari, who is listed as a third counselor at Iran’s mission to the United Nations in New York.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Mar. 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 9 Mar. 2026.

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