AMBULANCE CHASER Synonyms: 26 Similar Words

ambulance chaser

noun

Definition of ambulance chaser

as in lawyer

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Recent Examples of ambulance chaser 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 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 My heart and support goes out to true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit. — Shannon Power, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024 My heart and support goes out to the true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit. — Jordana Comiter, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024 This results in people who use astrology as an excuse to be an ambulance chaser or to create viral, fear-mongering social media content. — Diana Rose Harper, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022 On the one hand, people have referred to you as Black America’s attorney general, helping David fight Goliath, while on the other, critics have called you an opportunist or ambulance chaser. — Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2020

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Noun

Defense lawyer Lawrence Obonyo, who represents Mackenzie and almost all of the others convicted, said he had been instructed to appeal.

— Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Among the 105 people who were ultimately arrested, 75 are believed to have been deported to their home countries, according to local media, and 26 were released from ICE custody after their lawyers filed habeas corpus petitions.

— Philip Wang, Time, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of lawyer

Noun

The group said the man’s daughter provided documents confirming his death, which have been turned over to the district attorney.

— Lekan Oyekanmi, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Jeffrey Royer was an FBI agent from 1996 to 2001 and defrauded investors by falsely representing how their funds would be used and fabricating documents about their investments' performance, according to the district attorney's office.

— Karma Sabbah, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of district attorney

Noun

Clay County’s deputy chief prosecuting attorney, Spencer Curtis, was appointed by the North Kansas City Council to fill the position, effective as of midnight on Wednesday.

— Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026
In exchange, the state agreed to drop a murder charge, according to the Franklin County prosecuting attorney.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of prosecuting attorney

Noun

In addition to the return of her property, Omar's attorneys are demanding that the Justice Department preserve any audio and video that was taken during the search, according to the letter.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Sims, an attorney was 34th District representative from 2012 to 2018.

— Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of attorney

Noun

The despicable Lindsay Clancy lawyer, using a repulsive alternative defense, shows the egregious chutzpah some shysters resort to to get a client off.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026
The filmmaker has likened his perspective in this project to that of Dorothy’s dog Toto in The Wizard of Oz, alert to the shuffling feet beneath the curtain rather than being bamboozled by the shyster title character’s techno showmanship.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of shyster

Noun

Before giving up law completely, Ponder still dipped her toes in the craft, pulling double duty as a trial lawyer by day and moonlighting in projects like Danielle Ponder & the Tomorrow People by night.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 14 Oct. 2026
In August, the State Department announced sanctions against ICC President Tomoko Akane of Japan and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye of Senegal over their involvement in the court’s investigation of Israel’s war in Gaza.

— Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of trial lawyer

Noun

Purdue has a longstanding connection to Earhart, who served as a career counselor and adviser to women students at the university in the 1930s.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Kotch and Parnevik, as the negligently canoodling counselors, inspire the opposite reaction as two characters whose destiny is inevitable and earned.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of counselor

Noun

Hill is the one consistently going for the laughs as the legal eagle who has seen it all and likes to share the anecdotes.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
As its title implies, Suits LA moved the action of the original from the Big Apple to Tinseltown, and followed a new group of legal eagles led by Amell's Ted, who was revealed to have a connection to Suits' Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht, who recurred in several episodes on the spinoff).

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026

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