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Recent Examples of criminal lawyer
In New York, a bill has been introduced repeatedly in the Albany statehouse to ban campaign funds from being used to cover a public official’s bills for criminal lawyers.
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Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024
To avoid conviction, Roxie hires a criminal lawyer to help her dupe the public, media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by creating shocking headlines.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Aug. 2024
In a recent quantitative meta-analysis, Stetson University’s Christopher Ferguson and Sven Smith found substantial evidence for something conservative scholars and criminal lawyers have long suspected.
—Wilfred Reilly, National Review, 3 Jan. 2024
But some criminal lawyers who have defended female drug bosses in the U.S. told me that women crave fame and power in the drug world as much as men do.
—Deborah Bonello, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
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Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024
To avoid conviction, Roxie hires a criminal lawyer to help her dupe the public, media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by creating shocking headlines.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Aug. 2024
In a recent quantitative meta-analysis, Stetson University’s Christopher Ferguson and Sven Smith found substantial evidence for something conservative scholars and criminal lawyers have long suspected.
—Wilfred Reilly, National Review, 3 Jan. 2024
But some criminal lawyers who have defended female drug bosses in the U.S. told me that women crave fame and power in the drug world as much as men do.
—Deborah Bonello, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for criminal lawyer
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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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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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But Dominguez’s defense attorney, Yolo County deputy public defender Daniel Hutchinson, depicted a man devastated by mental disease — treated, involuntarily at times, by antipsychotic medication since his arrest in the violent attacks.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
5 May 2025
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Sinatra Jordan outside his public defender's office in Jackson, about three weeks after his release.—
Jon Schuppe,
NBC news,
2 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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The charges filed in Santa Clara County reflect a cooperative effort including district attorney’s offices in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Sacramento, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo counties, prosecutors said.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
1 May 2025
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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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“Criminal lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminal%20lawyer. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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