private practice
noun
: a professional business (such as that of a lawyer or doctor) that is not controlled or paid for by the government or a larger company (such as a hospital)
After years as attorney general, he returned to private practice.
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Most, like Phillips, leave for higher pay in private practice.
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Eleanor Klibanoff, Austin American-Statesman, 30 Dec. 2024
Working in private practice since 2021, Friedman Agnifilo had served under then-DA Cyrus Vance Jr. for seven years as chief assistant district attorney in Manhattan, the same jurisdiction prosecuting her new client.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
Drawing on her experience in private practice and as an appellate attorney at the US Department of Justice’s Tax Division, Shepard advises on a broad range of domestic and international tax issues.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
An experienced trial lawyer in his 41st year of private practice, Dickey graduated from Altoona High School and Saint Francis University before obtaining his law degree from Ohio Northern University.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Eleanor Klibanoff, Austin American-Statesman, 30 Dec. 2024
Working in private practice since 2021, Friedman Agnifilo had served under then-DA Cyrus Vance Jr. for seven years as chief assistant district attorney in Manhattan, the same jurisdiction prosecuting her new client.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
Drawing on her experience in private practice and as an appellate attorney at the US Department of Justice’s Tax Division, Shepard advises on a broad range of domestic and international tax issues.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
An experienced trial lawyer in his 41st year of private practice, Dickey graduated from Altoona High School and Saint Francis University before obtaining his law degree from Ohio Northern University.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Private practice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20practice. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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