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Recent Examples of public defender
Court records show that Schubert is being represented by a public defender.
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Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Suspect’s first court appearance Rinderknecht appeared in federal court before a judge who appointed him a public defender and continued the detention hearing to Thursday morning.
—Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Aisha Nash, the federal public defender assigned to represent Rinderknecht, has not responded to Associated Press requests for comment.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Rocha’s public defender, Stephen Reynolds, urged the jury to have mercy on him because of the trauma throughout his life and his impairments.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
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Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Suspect’s first court appearance Rinderknecht appeared in federal court before a judge who appointed him a public defender and continued the detention hearing to Thursday morning.
—Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Aisha Nash, the federal public defender assigned to represent Rinderknecht, has not responded to Associated Press requests for comment.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Rocha’s public defender, Stephen Reynolds, urged the jury to have mercy on him because of the trauma throughout his life and his impairments.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public defender
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The district attorney's office is now pursuing two lesser charges against him — vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and child abuse/endangerment under circumstances or conditions likely to cause GBI or death — per the district attorney's news release.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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After graduating from Harvard and earning a law degree from Stanford, Torrez returned to Albuquerque to be an assistant district attorney.—
Charlotte Alter,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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Perczak has over 30 years of experience representing homeowners and homeowner associations in construction defect claims and litigation across a 40-year career as a trial lawyer.—
Sponsored Content,
Denver Post,
16 Oct. 2025
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For decades, trial lawyer ads have been a staple of late-night television.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 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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Nimish Ganatra, senior assistant prosecuting attorney in Washtenaw County, alleges Savit suspended him and placed him under investigation for filing a Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission complaint against an unnamed Washtenaw assistant prosecutor Ganatra supervised.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Minor pleaded guilty Monday to DWI and was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 89 days suspended and credit for one day jail time served, fined $500 and assessed $360 in court fees, according to deputy prosecuting attorney Charles Duell.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Oct. 2025
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At the site, investigators found a screwdriver, saws, the blowtorch and three gas canisters used to power the blowtorch, according to the prosecutor’s office.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Charges The obstruction charge centers on allegations that Comey directed subordinates to remove or conceal those memos from FBI systems after his dismissal in May 2017, actions prosecutors claim impeded a lawful investigation into the unauthorized disclosure of classified material.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Public defender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20defender. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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