legal eagle

noun

: lawyer

Examples of legal eagle in a Sentence

the actor hired a dream team of high-priced legal eagles to defend him against the charges
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The startup, called Human Native AI, has recently hired a number of prominent former Google executives with experience in striking content licensing deals and partnership as well as top legal eagles experienced in intellectual property and copyright issues. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024 For legal eagles who want gavel-to-gavel access, nothing hits quite like Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney's livestream. Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024 The firm is nominally run by Beau Bridges between putts, with Jason Ritter as the boss’ son and Skye P. Marshall as Ritter’s estranged legal eagle wife. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024 Other legal eagles say the constitutionality of special counsels was established decades ago, when the Supreme Court turned away President Richard Nixon’s challenge to a special counsel investigating the Watergate affair. Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 20 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for legal eagle 

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of legal eagle was in 1869

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“Legal eagle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legal%20eagle. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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