trial lawyer
noun
: a lawyer who engages chiefly in the trial of cases before courts of original jurisdiction
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In its short, inglorious history, the CFPB harassed businesses with hundreds of millions of dollars of frivolous complaints that enriched trial lawyers, while doing nothing of consequence to actually help consumers.
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Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
Top 40 Under 40 Trial Lawyer: An award highlighting young trial lawyers who demonstrate exceptional skill, dedication, and leadership in the courtroom.
—William Jones, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
Witnesses said the attacker had run away, and Lewis found that his trial lawyer, Thomas Lee, didn’t present evidence that Brown had been previously shot in the leg one year earlier in January 1998, which prevented him from running from the scene.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
Besides, the Caribbean strife was thwarting trade and endangering American lives and livelihoods in the region.
McKinley, sympathetic toward the rebels but not wanting war with Spain, dispatched a prominent Illinois trial lawyer to Cuba to study the situation and report back.
—Robert W. Merry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
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Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
Top 40 Under 40 Trial Lawyer: An award highlighting young trial lawyers who demonstrate exceptional skill, dedication, and leadership in the courtroom.
—William Jones, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
Witnesses said the attacker had run away, and Lewis found that his trial lawyer, Thomas Lee, didn’t present evidence that Brown had been previously shot in the leg one year earlier in January 1998, which prevented him from running from the scene.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
Besides, the Caribbean strife was thwarting trade and endangering American lives and livelihoods in the region.
McKinley, sympathetic toward the rebels but not wanting war with Spain, dispatched a prominent Illinois trial lawyer to Cuba to study the situation and report back.
—Robert W. Merry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Trial lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trial%20lawyer. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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