trial lawyer

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Recent Examples of trial lawyer In 2022, Avery's trial lawyers, Dean Strang and Jerome Buting wrote a letter to Evers requesting clemency for Dassey. Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025 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 Larsen was one of the few women in Hamilton County to work as a trial lawyer in the 1970s. Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2025 Gerry Spence, the fringe jacket-wearing trial lawyer from Wyoming known for a string of major court wins starting with a multimillion-dollar judgment against a plutonium processor in the landmark Karen Silkwood case, has died. Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trial lawyer
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Noun
  • 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
  • Martinez has a degree in archaeology but initially became a criminal lawyer.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The attorney was identified by police as 51-year-old public defender Renato Campos Pinto de Vitto.
    Joseph Wilkinson, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Her opponent, Garrett Burton, a public defender at the Michigan State Appellate Defender Office, garnered about 44%.
    Andrea May Sahouri, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Elsewhere in the state, the Democrats retained their Supreme Court seats and the Democrats won the Pittsburgh mayoral race, the Philadelphia district attorney election and other key races.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Billboard has reached out to the Ventura County Police Department, the district attorney’s office and Madden.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Sherrill, also a former federal prosecutor and attorney, entered politics less than a decade ago when she was elected to Congress in 2018.
    Joe Hernandez, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Sherrill, 53, a former Navy helicopter pilot and federal prosecutor who was elected to Congress in the Democratic wave of 2018, emerged victorious after a bruising campaign that tested her reputation as a moderate in a state that has shifted towards Republicans in recent years.
    Nik Popli, Time, 5 Nov. 2025

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“Trial lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trial%20lawyer. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.

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