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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Martin has worked in private practice for about two decades and recently served as president of the conservative nonprofit Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund.
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Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Feb. 2025
In 1986, as a lawyer in private practice without a political base, Justice Chin Brandt lost a Civil Court race in Manhattan by 138 votes out of about 100,000 cast.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Goldstein, who has argued before the Supreme Court more than nearly any other attorney in private practice in modern times, is accused of willfully failing to pay more than $5.3 million in taxes.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, Linda is working full time as a therapist in private practice, while also shuttling her daughter to the hospital for examinations and treatments and laboriously preparing the special diet that she is fed through her tube.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2025
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Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Feb. 2025
In 1986, as a lawyer in private practice without a political base, Justice Chin Brandt lost a Civil Court race in Manhattan by 138 votes out of about 100,000 cast.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Goldstein, who has argued before the Supreme Court more than nearly any other attorney in private practice in modern times, is accused of willfully failing to pay more than $5.3 million in taxes.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, Linda is working full time as a therapist in private practice, while also shuttling her daughter to the hospital for examinations and treatments and laboriously preparing the special diet that she is fed through her tube.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Private practice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20practice. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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