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Recent Examples of criminal lawyer
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.
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David Culver, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
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
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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David Culver, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
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
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
Noun
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While Sacramento politicians protect their trial lawyer allies, small businesses are left to fend for themselves.—
Steve Hilton,
Oc Register,
5 July 2025
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The court ruled that Conley's first trial lawyer was ineffective and failed to prevent her cell phone from being a primary source of evidence, according to Syracuse.com.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
22 July 2025
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These types of roles typically require advanced degrees (such as law degrees for attorneys working as prosecutors or public defenders, or nursing degrees for nurses working in community health) but often pay much less than comparable private sector jobs.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Over nine years, Lyon was represented by three defense attorneys — a public defender, then private counsel, then a different public defender.—
Teri Figueroa,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Detectives presented the case to the prosecuting attorney's office and concurred that no applicable charges were warranted in this case.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
25 July 2025
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The local police department and prosecuting attorney dismissed charges against her related to the mistaken traffic stop, though she was detained by ICE agents for being in the country illegally.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
21 May 2025
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In 2020, the city council voted unanimously to give the Orleans Public Defenders office funding parity with the district attorney's office.—
Sarah Handel,
NPR,
5 Aug. 2025
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Jeff Swain, the Parker County district attorney, confirmed that the criminal charges against Waldrop are pending review and had not been submitted to the grand jury as of July 28.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Criminal lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminal%20lawyer. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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