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For nearly three years now, I’ve been fascinated by the performance art of this blustering pettifogger.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
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Swartz, a Kalamazoo lawyer and Democrat, was making her first run for Congress, having worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs and as deputy general counsel at Western Michigan University.Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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Roe's lawyers – Douglas H. Wigdor, Jeanne M. Christensen and Hayley Baker – denounced Brooks for naming their client in his filing in a statement to USA TODAY at the time.Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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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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And there’s a character on there who is—plays kind of a shyster attorney.Nick Sibilla, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
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Your thoughts on that trend, as a purist and pro surfer?Jim Clash, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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Powers has also written novels of greater subtlety, driven by a purist’s fascination with the inner workings of complex systems and instruments: The Gold Bug Variations, Galatea 2.2, Orfeo,Plowing the Dark.Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
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Among the lawyers arguing this case was Alex Kaufman, an attorney in private practice who was representing the state Republican Party.Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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The titular role is a star-making turn for Karla Sofía Gascón, who shares the screen with Zoe Saldaña (as an attorney forced to help Gascón's character into hiding and get gender-affirming surgery to become Emilia Pérez) and Selena Gomez in a role unlike any she's played before.EW Staff, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Pettifogger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pettifogger. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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