criminal lawyer

noun

Definition of criminal lawyernext
as in trial lawyer

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Recent Examples of criminal lawyer Jack Goldberger, the West Palm Beach criminal lawyer who represented Epstein in 2008, was a frequent guest, requesting various weekends for him and his wife to visit their daughter in the city. — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 13 Feb. 2026 Tautly written, this first novel by a former criminal lawyer who spent 17 years in the Arctic is a hard look at the desolate lives of people resigned to life in the bleak far north. — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026 Burke’s criminal lawyer has not responded to multiple requests for comment from Rolling Stone. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025 As a new three-month excavation begins at the temple and underwater site, Martínez, a criminal lawyer from the Dominican Republic who has turned to diplomacy and archaeology, believes the find is a promising next step in her 20-year search for the tomb of Queen Cleopatra VII. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for criminal lawyer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for criminal lawyer
  1. trial lawyer
  2. public defender
  3. prosecuting attorney
  4. district attorney
Noun
  • 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
  • The problem is that Kevin is not a trial lawyer and only has his intern niece Paige (Lana Condor) and partners Sal Maltese (Tone Bell) and Dottie Jones (Martha Kelly) to assist him.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of trial lawyer
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  • Tryfman said the heavy caseload of a public defender has prepared her for the bench’s rigors.
    — Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • In addition to familiar faces from Season 1, he’ll be joined by series newcomers Tommy Lee Jones and Betty Gilpin, who respectively play his estranged father and a public defender who enters his orbit.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of public defender
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  • 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
  • The local district attorney declined to seek criminal charges, but the criminal case was reopened after the lawsuit was filed.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The district attorney's office opposed Mangione's attempt to dismiss his state indictment, which charged him with murdering UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson in December 2024.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of district attorney

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“Criminal lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminal%20lawyer. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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