Philadelphia lawyer

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Noun
  • Reiner’s lawyers may plead insanity as part of his defense in connection with a long history of drug use and other mental health disorders.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The third, a former FBI lawyer, pleaded guilty.
    Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The fears are not unfounded, according to staff attorney Lisa Femia of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
    Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Messages seeking comment were left Tuesday for attorneys with the defense and prosecution.
    Hannah Schoenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 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
  • Walker began holding regular demonstrations in front of the courthouse, trying to persuade the district attorney to reinvestigate the case.
    Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Some of that activity involved opening new credit accounts in the names of unsuspecting victims, the district attorney's office said.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Over two decades, Sandler has built his reputation as a trial lawyer, first and foremost.
    Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • But Meyer, a trial lawyer hired by MLBPA in 2018, was the lead negotiator for the current CBA.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The network’s 62 unionized staff members, including teachers, paraprofessionals, counselors and social workers, are represented by the Chicago Teachers Union.
    Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Bird's victim protection bill would allow crime victim counselors to share information currently kept confidential with law enforcement when there is immediate risk of harm to a victim or third party, a provision that saw mixed feedback from victim advocates.
    Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 20 Feb. 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 26 Feb. 2026.

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