CRIMINAL LAWYER Synonyms: 26 Similar Words

criminal lawyer

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as in trial lawyer

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Recent Examples of criminal lawyer 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 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 See All Example Sentences for criminal lawyer

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Noun

Pahlmeyer is named for Jayson Pahlmeyer, a former trial lawyer who founded his eponymous winery in 1981.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 17 July 2026
One night in early 1973, Michael heard that a trial lawyer named Louis Nizer, who had not been involved in the Rosenberg case, was reading out loud from his parents’ prison letters on TV.

— Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

Definition of trial lawyer

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To his public defender, Hurtado-Cariaco’s case is yet another instance where video footage or other evidence largely undercuts the government’s account of immigration enforcement actions.

— Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Best appeared in court Thursday accompanied by his attorney, federal public defender Shea Lynn Watts, to hear whether his plea was accepted and what his sentence would be, according to court records.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 July 2026

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His arrest on the misdemeanor charge comes after a state police investigation requested by Sonia Hagood, 2nd Judicial Disitrict prosecuting attorney, on June 2, the release says.

— Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 17 July 2026
However, the Clay County prosecuting attorney warned this behavior goes far beyond large events and contributes to more exploitation, including human trafficking.

— Alexa Newsom, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026

Definition of prosecuting attorney

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Nearly five years ago, the district attorney of Onondaga County, William Fitzpatrick, stood up in court and excoriated his county’s decision decades earlier to prosecute Anthony Broadwater for the rape of author Alice Sebold.

— Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 17 July 2026
Regina Cantrell is accused of reviewing her son’s arrest warrants while the investigation into him was ongoing, according to the district attorney’s office.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026

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