lawyering
noun
law·yer·ing
ˈlȯ-yə-riŋ 
ˈlȯi-ə-
often disparaging
: the profession or work of a lawyer
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Glen Banfield, who Schrunk hired into his first lawyering job in 2003, said Schrunk was supportive of new lawyers and understanding that making mistakes was part of growing to be a better prosecutor.
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oregonlive, 30 Jan. 2023
This is the audacious lawyering that landed the producers their greatest coup.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2023
But she was not destined for lawyering and instead made an early career out of a skill her dad imparted.
—oregonlive, 25 Sep. 2022
Heck, civil cases going to trial are so rare that such circumstances are sometimes outsourced to attorneys specializing in trial lawyering.
—Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
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oregonlive, 30 Jan. 2023
This is the audacious lawyering that landed the producers their greatest coup.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2023
But she was not destined for lawyering and instead made an early career out of a skill her dad imparted.
—oregonlive, 25 Sep. 2022
Heck, civil cases going to trial are so rare that such circumstances are sometimes outsourced to attorneys specializing in trial lawyering.
—Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
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“Lawyering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lawyering. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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