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Recent Examples of public defender
Messages were left Tuesday for a public defender listed as George’s attorney and at a number listed for George.
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ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
His public defender, Kimberly Greene, entered the not guilty plea on her client's behalf.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
His lead attorney is now deputy public defender Kimberly Greene.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 23 Feb. 2026
Reiner is now represented by the Los Angeles County public defender’s office after parting ways with high-profile defense attorney Alan Jackson.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
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ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
His public defender, Kimberly Greene, entered the not guilty plea on her client's behalf.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
His lead attorney is now deputy public defender Kimberly Greene.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 23 Feb. 2026
Reiner is now represented by the Los Angeles County public defender’s office after parting ways with high-profile defense attorney Alan Jackson.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public defender
Noun
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Ferguson starred as the lawyer–turned–district attorney Mitchell Pritchett for the full series run of the ABC sitcom.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Mar. 2026
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Jeff Rosen, Santa Clara County district attorney, said at a news conference Wednesday afternoon that O’Connor would face at least 30 years in prison pending aggravating factors still to be considered by a judge on March 11.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Los Angeles entertainment and trial lawyer Tre Lovell tells USA TODAY that Reiner will likely plead not guilty by reason of insanity.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
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Working closely with trial lawyer Patty Glaser, Basinger represented such entertainment and business leaders as Snoop Dogg, Keith Olbermann, ICM and PIMCO’s Bill Gross.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
23 Feb. 2026
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My dreams were like, makeup artist, criminal lawyer and singer, that’s it.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Feb. 2026
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Jack Goldberger, the West Palm Beach criminal lawyer who represented Epstein in 2008, was a frequent guest, requesting various weekends for him and his wife to visit their daughter in the city.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
13 Feb. 2026
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The Macomb County Prosecutor's Office doesn't have any paperwork yet from township police, and there are no charges at this time, said Rob Leonetti, chief assistant prosecuting attorney.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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On Friday, the Pettis County prosecuting attorney charged Goodsell with one count of first-degree rape, Germann said.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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The three fathers included a criminal prosecutor, a seismologist, and a real-estate agent.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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Arrests in all of the cases may have shown up on rap sheets visible to law enforcement agencies and prosecutors, but without a conviction, that information couldn’t have been used by employers to disqualify an applicant, at least not in the past eight years.—
Jason Henry,
Daily News,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Public defender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20defender. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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