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Recent Examples of criminal lawyer
Burke’s criminal lawyer has not responded to multiple requests for comment from Rolling Stone.
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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
Martinez has a degree in archaeology but initially became a criminal lawyer.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Martínez, a criminal lawyer-turned-archaeologist, has spent nearly 20 years searching for the final resting place of Cleopatra.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
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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
Martinez has a degree in archaeology but initially became a criminal lawyer.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Martínez, a criminal lawyer-turned-archaeologist, has spent nearly 20 years searching for the final resting place of Cleopatra.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for criminal lawyer
Noun
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The Florida Justice Association — the trial lawyer lobby — spent millions to stop the reforms Maxwell now blames for failing consumers.—
David Wilson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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Courtesy Robert Madden Madden studied archaeology as an undergraduate, then spent 25 years as a trial lawyer.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Kate will be represented by a public defender in court.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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Court records reviewed by USA TODAY show she was being held without bond, and that a judge appointed a public defender from that county to represent her on the charge in The Sunshine State.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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The prosecuting attorney requested that the judge sentence Delisle to 40 years fixed in prison.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
15 Apr. 2026
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According to the prosecuting attorney’s office, he was previously charged in 2019 with assault in the second degree – domestic violence.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
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The woman, now in her early 40s, sat down for a follow-up interview with a pair of detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department and two prosecutors from the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office in Long Beach late last month, according to Escoto’s affidavit.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Aida Ashouri, a human rights attorney, John McKinney, a deputy district attorney, and Marissa Roy, a deputy attorney general, are challenging Feldstein Soto to be the city’s top prosecutor and legal adviser.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Criminal lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminal%20lawyer. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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