criminal lawyer

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Recent Examples of criminal lawyer Amid Adams’ absence, Adams’ criminal lawyers were in talks last week with President Trump’s Justice Department about potentially dropping his indictment, as first reported by the New York Times. Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025 Kraven tracks down Calypso (Ariana DeBose), the girl who gave him that life-saving elixir way back when and is now a criminal lawyer in London. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024 Greenhalgh’s father, the late criminal lawyer and Georgetown University Law School associate dean William Greenhalgh, died before she was murdered. Kc Baker, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024 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. Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for criminal lawyer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for criminal lawyer
Noun
  • In the report shared exclusively with National Review, AFC outlines the web of federal political action committees (PACs) funded by major trial lawyers, including the AAJ PAC, the Justice 2018–2024 PACs, and the Truth and Justice Fund Company.
    Kayla Bartsch, National Review, 14 May 2025
  • And another much talked about potential no party affiliation/independent candidate for governor, the trial lawyer John Morgan, whose firm is ubiquitous on TV ads and on billboards, is set to deliver a major speech Wednesday in Tallahassee.
    Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • His public defender, Daniel Hutchinson, argued Dominguez was in a psychotic state due to schizophrenia and should be convicted only of involuntary manslaughter.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2025
  • The couple had been running a foster home since 2018 and had no prior allegations of abuse, Sampaguita Jones’ public defender said during the hearing.
    Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Shue said the conflict of interest was such that the circuit court granted his motion of designation and appointment of a special prosecuting attorney.
    River Valley Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 10 June 2025
  • The charges were the result of a monthslong investigation in which the county's prosecuting attorney's office worked with six police jurisdictions.
    CBS News, CBS News, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • Soliman, a 45-year-old from Egypt, is now facing two first-degree murder charges – one for extreme indifference and the other with intent and after deliberation, the district attorney’s office said.
    Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
  • The district attorney's office said the additional charges are being filed after consultation with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the FBI and the Boulder Police Department.
    Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2025

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“Criminal lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminal%20lawyer. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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