Philadelphia lawyer

noun

Definition of Philadelphia lawyernext
as in lawyer

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  1. lawyer
  2. attorney
  3. prosecuting attorney
  4. ambulance chaser
  5. district attorney
  6. trial lawyer
  7. counselor
  8. shyster
Noun
  • Blinken and the White House turned to lawyers at the State Department and the National Security Council, who took a highly technical approach.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • His lawyers said others had access to his devices and cited signs of hacking.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Definition of lawyer
Noun
  • Patrick Clancy appears to share a similar perspective to the one put forward by his wife’s attorney and the lawsuit.
    — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • The Innocence Project persuaded a top trial attorney, Hubert Santos, to advocate for Smith’s release.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
Definition of attorney
Noun
  • His arrest on the misdemeanor charge comes after a state police investigation requested by Sonia Hagood, 2nd Judicial Disitrict prosecuting attorney, on June 2, the release says.
    — Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 17 July 2026
  • However, the Clay County prosecuting attorney warned this behavior goes far beyond large events and contributes to more exploitation, including human trafficking.
    — Alexa Newsom, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026
Definition of prosecuting attorney
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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
Definition of ambulance chaser
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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
Definition of district attorney
Noun
  • 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
Definition of trial lawyer
Noun
  • The counselor at the helm of the Hobie stood up and tried to alert the tug crew before impact, prosecutors say.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
  • But God also gives us physicians, counselors, medications, caring teachers, parents and trusted friends.
    — Geri McGinn Kerger, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Definition of counselor
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
Definition of shyster
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