PUBLIC DEFENDER Synonyms: 26 Similar Words

public defender

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Definition of public defender

as in district attorney

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Recent Examples of public defender Bieniemy was not in court Thursday, an NBC Washington story said, but his public defender appeared on his behalf. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026 But Nazira Haji Zada's public defender, Matthew Farley, said the process violates her due process rights. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 31 July 2026 In the first-ever test case before the secretive and never-before-used Alien Terrorist Removal Court, federal public defender Matthew Farley accused the Justice Department of violating Nazira Haji Zada's due process rights. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 30 July 2026 Kaysia Earley, of Parkland, is a lawyer who founded her own law firm and has worked as a public defender. — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for public defender

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The district attorney who put the killer behind bars for the rest of his life and won an unprecedented murder conviction against his father, agreed.

— Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
The district attorney’s office’s community integrity unit discovered the Brady rule violation, according to a news release from the office.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of district attorney

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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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Just as extraordinary was that Friedmann, who knew as much about criminal law as many criminal lawyers do, appeared to have designed the plot precisely to confound prosecutors.

— James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
My dreams were like, makeup artist, criminal lawyer and singer, that’s it.

— Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026

Definition of criminal lawyer

Noun

The prosecuting attorney's office said the teen wasn't charged with murder in the July 29 filings because the investigation is still ongoing.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 30 July 2026
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

Definition of prosecuting attorney

Noun

Since voters returned Worrell to office in 2024, Uthmeier has repeatedly accused her of neglecting her duties as a prosecutor.

— Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026
She’s hired a former Georgia Supreme Court chief justice as a special prosecutor to get the state’s appellate courts to weigh in.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of prosecutor

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