Philadelphia lawyer

Definition of Philadelphia lawyernext

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Noun
  • The group contains multiple doctors and lawyers.
    R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Horner’s mother was one of the first defense witnesses to testify last week as Horner’s lawyers try to convince the jury that he should be sentenced to life in prison without parole instead of the death penalty.
    Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • MacArthur continues to be represented by Innovative Artists Entertainment and attorney Todd Rubenstein of Yorn, Levine, Barnes.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The attorney said Bjornstad had once hoped to pilot the app with Oregon State, but the ongoing situation has complicated those plans.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The prosecuting attorney provided additional details to PEOPLE about the sequence of events in the murders Rodriguez admitted to in his plea.
    Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The prosecuting attorney requested that the judge sentence Delisle to 40 years fixed in prison.
    Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 15 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
  • The department processed 330 district attorney service requests and 324 dispositions, totaling 654 actions, or about 327 staff hours.
    Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Nathan Hochman, the Los Angeles county district attorney, has said that Reiner could face the death penalty, though no decision has been made on that question.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The Florida Justice Association — the trial lawyer lobby — spent millions to stop the reforms Maxwell now blames for failing consumers.
    David Wilson, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Courtesy Robert Madden Madden studied archaeology as an undergraduate, then spent 25 years as a trial lawyer.
    Evan Bush, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The case counsellor shook my hand.
    Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
  • As a result, educators are leaving the profession, classrooms are overcrowded, and mental health counselors and other critical supports are disappearing.
    Kevin Vick, Denver Post, 26 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 30 Apr. 2026.

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