trial lawyer
noun
: a lawyer who engages chiefly in the trial of cases before courts of original jurisdiction
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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.
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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
Sabrina Haake is a columnist and 25-year trial lawyer specializing in 1st and 14th Amendment defense.
—Sabrina Haake, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
After twenty years as a trial lawyer, Mr Kray walked away from his career because the stress was killing him.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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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
Sabrina Haake is a columnist and 25-year trial lawyer specializing in 1st and 14th Amendment defense.
—Sabrina Haake, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
After twenty years as a trial lawyer, Mr Kray walked away from his career because the stress was killing him.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Trial lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trial%20lawyer. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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