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As lawyers on either side attempted to find a class of people unbiased enough to deliver a fair verdict for one of the most famous men in music, potential candidates were struck down for a host of different reasons.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
13 May 2025 -
While on trial, defense lawyer Megan Kau argued that others, including Anna or Abigail’s father, could have given diphenhydramine to the infant.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
12 May 2025
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Donald Sterling, former US attorney for the District of Massachusetts, said hiring Burroughs as an assistant US attorney years ago was an easy decision.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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The latest claim was leveled by Adam Schleifer, formerly an assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, in a filing last week with the Merit Systems Protection Board, which handles wrongful termination appeals from federal workers.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2025
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In August 2023, Labrador appointed Boyd, who is now Canyon County’s prosecuting attorney, as a special prosecutor in the investigation.—
Kyle Pfannenstiel,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Apr. 2025
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Brandon Carter will also be sworn in Wednesday as prosecuting attorney for Washington and Madison counties.—
Tracy Neal,
arkansasonline.com,
31 Dec. 2024
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In the case of Jay-Z, the billionaire has come out swinging against attorney Tony Buzbee, branding him an ambulance chaser and calling him a 1-800 lawyer.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
15 Jan. 2025
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My heart and support goes out to true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit.—
Shannon Power,
Newsweek,
13 Dec. 2024
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The district attorney’s office confirmed the backlog was a factor in delaying charges against Garcia-Aquino this week.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
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On Wednesday, the district attorney’s office confirmed to ABC affiliate WSYR that the 11 students, all members of the Westhill High School boys’ lacrosse team, had surrendered to local authorities.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2025
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She is set to work alongside Xavier Robert Donaldson, and his leading trial lawyers Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos, who is the daughter of Mark Geragos.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
7 May 2025
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Farmer spent three decades as a trial lawyer and reported his financial worth as $4.37 million as of Dec. 31, 2021, according to state records.—
Dara Kam,
Sun Sentinel,
7 May 2025
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There are other solutions for debt, including a debt management plan through a credit counselor, debt settlement or a consolidation loan.—
Liz Weston,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2025
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Erickson, the show’s first openly autistic player, opened this week’s episode by consoling Kinne’s ally, substance abuse counselor Mary Zheng.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
1 May 2025
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To demonstrate that point in a video, a researcher told a robot arm to put a bunch of plastic grapes into a clear Tupperware container, then proceeded to shift three containers around on the table in an approximation of a shyster’s shell game.—
Eliza Strickland,
IEEE Spectrum,
12 Mar. 2025
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Holmes is another shyster whose story has been dissected in several documentaries and in dramatizations like Hulu’s The Dropout, but Gibney brings specific insights and a fresh perspective to this truly unbelievable story.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
31 July 2024
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“Philadelphia lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Philadelphia%20lawyer. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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