How to Use legal eagle in a Sentence

legal eagle

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• Surrey and his team of legal eagles promoted this idea through a series of studies and books that showed just how vast this spending was.
  — Julian E. Zelizer, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2017
• Clearly there’s much more to learn about this theoretical legal eagle thanks to the files, emails, recordings, and who knows what now in law enforcement’s hands.
  — Frank Rich, Daily Intelligencer, 19 Apr. 2018
• The best attorneys are not only your legal eagle, but also your consigliere.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2021
• For whatever reason, the legal eagles at the Disney/Lucasfilm trust have stood back and let custom saber makers run amok.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 25 Dec. 2018
• These days, that legal eagle would likely tout the suite of services he’s contracted to keep his digital footprint scandal-free.
  — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 4 June 2022
• Rhys is no stranger to returning series, but slipping back in the legal eagle's suit had a particular appeal.
  — Simon Thompson, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2023
• With a mountain of debt, Giuliani apparently cannot afford to pay his legal fees let alone fork over the kind of hefty retainer such a legal eagle would command.
  — Dave Goldiner New York Daily News (tns), al, 17 Aug. 2023
• Hired by Adam Driver for what promises to be a tough custody battle, Liotta’s slick legal eagle is, in animal-kingdom terms, closer to a great white shark.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2022
• Forte will play the legal eagle, with Cena playing his formidable part employer.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2022
• So my legal eagle daughter created cake magic, baking two fantastic cakes.
  — Fox News, 31 July 2018
• Penn praised his legal eagle for managing to stay very involved in his life and CORE non-profit that aims to provide disaster and humanitarian relief around the world, despite being in the thick of an all-consuming case that drew worldwide attention.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 20 Apr. 2022
• Congratulations to these two legal eagles on their victory and zealously representing their client.
  — Elizabeth Zavala, ExpressNews.com, 8 Apr. 2020
• But the hypocritical media-hungry legal eagle wasn’t alone, Fertik continues, laughing.
  — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 4 June 2022

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