trial lawyer

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Recent Examples of trial lawyer For decades, trial lawyer ads have been a staple of late-night television. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025 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 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 See All Example Sentences for trial lawyer
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Noun
  • Burke’s criminal lawyer has not responded to multiple requests for comment from Rolling Stone.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The 19-year-old, who had completed three semesters of college before the incident, appeared in court on Monday and was appointed a public defender, CNN reported.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
  • McKee’s public defender indicated to the judge that his client intends to plead not guilty in Ohio.
    Elise Hammond, CNN Money, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • According to Victoria Burton-Harris, the chief assistant prosecuting attorney in Washtenaw County, the home invasion charge is punishable by up to five years in prison and a $2,000 fine.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The prosecution’s case was built from the more than three years of investigative work from over 20 people in the prosecuting attorney’s office and countless law enforcement officers in the Kansas City metro, Thompson said.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 25 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Trump has lambasted both Polis and the Republican district attorney who brought the charges, Dan Rubinstein, for keeping Peters in prison.
    CBS News, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Now that possibility of a Republican district attorney, no matter how remote, is gone.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Martinez was charged with assault of a federal employee, but prosecutors dropped the charges six weeks later.
    WCCO Staff, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Police, prosecutors and the family of Gastonia homicide victim John Luke Moore gathered at police headquarters Wednesday to plead with the public for information in the 2021 case.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026

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“Trial lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trial%20lawyer. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.

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