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Recent Examples of public defender
El Dorado Chief Assistant District Attorney Lisette Suder, who is prosecuting the case against McFarlin, said in court that her office was responding to a large request from McFarlin’s public defender, Tim Pappas, for evidence gathered during the investigation.
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Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Novak served as a deputy federal public defender for six years and also worked as a referee for the Los Angeles Superior Court, with a focus on juvenile dependency and delinquency proceedings.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Role as federal public defender Nachmanoff formerly served as a federal public defender from 2002 to 2015.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Brown’s public defender in that case requested an evaluation of his mental competency.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2025
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Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Novak served as a deputy federal public defender for six years and also worked as a referee for the Los Angeles Superior Court, with a focus on juvenile dependency and delinquency proceedings.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Role as federal public defender Nachmanoff formerly served as a federal public defender from 2002 to 2015.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Brown’s public defender in that case requested an evaluation of his mental competency.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public defender
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Scott’s new lawyer, former Orange County Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders, had brought the case to the district attorney and pushed for his release.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
30 Sep. 2025
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The heart of the First Amendment disagreement between Chung and Rosen was whether Chung was writing in his personal capacity or as a representative of the district attorney’s office.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Wetzel is a trial lawyer who represents social media platforms and legacy media companies on music licensing and copyright issues, and reps a wide range of AI firms, including Suno and Udio, in copyright infringement lawsuits brought by the major record labels.—
Claudia Rosenbaum,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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White was named 2013 trial lawyer of the year by the San Diego County Criminal Defense Bar Association and is a past president of the Criminal Defense Lawyers Club.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
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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
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Martinez has a degree in archaeology but initially became a criminal lawyer.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
24 Sep. 2025
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Following the verdict, neither the defense or prosecuting attorneys were willing to comment on the outcome of the trial.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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One person was taken into custody but was released with no criminal charges filed, according to Melissa Price Smith, St. Louis County prosecuting attorney.—
Susannah Cullinane,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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The federal prosecutors who had worked to bring the bosses to justice asked a judge to release two of them.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Mary Collins, a 20-year-old with a cognitive disability, died in 2020 after prosecutors said she was lured to an apartment and stabbed 133 times, the Observer previously reported.—
Mary Ramsey
Updated September 30,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Public defender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20defender. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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