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Recent Examples of criminal lawyer
In New York, a bill has been introduced repeatedly in the Albany statehouse to ban campaign funds from being used to cover a public official’s bills for criminal lawyers.
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Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024
To avoid conviction, Roxie hires a criminal lawyer to help her dupe the public, media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by creating shocking headlines.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Aug. 2024
In a recent quantitative meta-analysis, Stetson University’s Christopher Ferguson and Sven Smith found substantial evidence for something conservative scholars and criminal lawyers have long suspected.
—Wilfred Reilly, National Review, 3 Jan. 2024
But some criminal lawyers who have defended female drug bosses in the U.S. told me that women crave fame and power in the drug world as much as men do.
—Deborah Bonello, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
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Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024
To avoid conviction, Roxie hires a criminal lawyer to help her dupe the public, media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by creating shocking headlines.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Aug. 2024
In a recent quantitative meta-analysis, Stetson University’s Christopher Ferguson and Sven Smith found substantial evidence for something conservative scholars and criminal lawyers have long suspected.
—Wilfred Reilly, National Review, 3 Jan. 2024
But some criminal lawyers who have defended female drug bosses in the U.S. told me that women crave fame and power in the drug world as much as men do.
—Deborah Bonello, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for criminal lawyer
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According to her website, Shapiro is a trial lawyer who began her career as a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
7 May 2025
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Opposing the legislation were Texas trial lawyers and a long line of Texans who had lost family members or suffered grievous injury in accidents on Texas’s increasingly dangerous roads.—
Saul Elbein,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
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The commission would determine metrics regarding public defender offices, caseloads, staffing and resources.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
20 May 2025
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Matar’s public defender, Nathaniel Barone, pushed for a 12-year sentence, pointing to his client’s clean criminal record.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
16 May 2025
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The prosecuting attorney and Vallow’s two advisory attorneys did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The other attorneys for the prosecution include Deputy Attorney General Jeff Nye and Ashley Jennings, Thompson’s senior deputy prosecuting attorney in Latah County.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Apr. 2025
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The only categories of crime brought to the district attorney’s office that have fallen are felony burglary, felony motor vehicle theft, and felony narcotics, which decreased by 13%, 10%, and 2%, respectively.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
16 May 2025
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Prosecutor Tracy Prior, chief of the district attorney’s Family Protection Division, said the office has long worked with Olive Crest, which provides help from toy drives to lining up foster parents.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2025
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“Criminal lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminal%20lawyer. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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