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Recent Examples of criminal lawyer
Abrego Garcia’s criminal lawyers, from the Federal Public Defender’s office in Nashville, argue the government has not given enough evidence to warrant his detention.
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Evan Mealins, USA Today, 14 June 2025
César Gutiérrez Priego, a criminal lawyer in Mexico City running for a seat on the country’s Supreme Court, told CNN he’s been campaigning this spring with a bulletproof vest under his suit.
—David Culver, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
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
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Evan Mealins, USA Today, 14 June 2025
César Gutiérrez Priego, a criminal lawyer in Mexico City running for a seat on the country’s Supreme Court, told CNN he’s been campaigning this spring with a bulletproof vest under his suit.
—David Culver, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for criminal lawyer
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Larsen was one of the few women in Hamilton County to work as a trial lawyer in the 1970s.—
Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
21 Aug. 2025
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Gerry Spence, the fringe jacket-wearing trial lawyer from Wyoming known for a string of major court wins starting with a multimillion-dollar judgment against a plutonium processor in the landmark Karen Silkwood case, has died.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
15 Aug. 2025
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Buggs’ public defender also suggested that Alameda County prosecutors’ case was tainted by that bias.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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But a grand jury composed of Washington residents refused to indict her based on evidence presented by Justice Department prosecutors, according to her attorney, assistant federal public defender Mary Manning Petras.—
Michael Kunzelman,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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Dateline spoke with Vicki Becker, the prosecuting attorney in Elkhart, who confirmed Kristyana’s case is still open but would not answer additional questions to protect the integrity of the case.—
Mackenzie Matwick,
NBC news,
24 Aug. 2025
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Thompson, the Latah County prosecuting attorney, led the case.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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He was released in 2021 after serving nearly three years because a previous district attorney had made a non-prosecution agreement with Cosby in exchange for his testimony in a civil case against him.—
Jeremy Helligar,
People.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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As part of his agreement with prosecutors, Wright pleaded guilty in exchange for having his original charge of malice murder reduced to second-degree murder and one of two counts of first-degree cruelty to children reduced to second-degree, according to the district attorney.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Criminal lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminal%20lawyer. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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