as in lawyer
a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations
the actor hired a dream team of high-priced legal eagles to defend him against the charges
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Recent Examples of legal eagle
That’s a fairly wide net in alerting Waukegan legal eagles of what the basis of any lawsuit may entail.
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Produced by original film star Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine company, the prequel series will rewind to the high school days of her character, the fashionable legal eagle Elle.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 16 May 2025
Oh, the legal eagles up at the GTW offices get that, too.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025
Will viewers welcome this new roster of legal eagles even when this is not a character from the parent series around?
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Produced by original film star Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine company, the prequel series will rewind to the high school days of her character, the fashionable legal eagle Elle.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 16 May 2025
Oh, the legal eagles up at the GTW offices get that, too.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025
Will viewers welcome this new roster of legal eagles even when this is not a character from the parent series around?
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for legal eagle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legal eagle
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Reporters interviewed dozens of former regime officials, many of whom spoke on condition of anonymity for their safety, as well as Syrian human rights lawyers, European law enforcement, civil society groups and members of the new Syrian government.—
Danny Makki,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The Right to Counsel program has since boosted the percentage of those with lawyers from 4% before the pandemic to up to 70% this year, a nonprofit involved said.—
Violet Ikonomova,
Freep.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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At the time, Robach was still married to actor Andrew Shue and Holmes was still married to attorney Marilee Fiebig.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Oct. 2025
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Scott, an attorney and former aspiring politician, was previously married to Ronna Romney from 1967 to 1992 and Sheri Jelalian from 2011 to 2016.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Legal eagle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legal%20eagle. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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