How to Use private law in a Sentence

private law

noun

• Mike Feuer farmed the inquiry out to a private law firm.
  — Paul Pringlestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2022
• Chilukuri is a lawyer at Munger, Tolles & Olson, a private law firm.
  — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2022
• The city has retained a private law firm to litigate the case.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
• Gould spent time working for private law firms in Phoenix.
  — Lauren Castle, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2021
• Murell works for the Unglesby law firm, which for a time partnered with Williams' private law firm.
  — Ramon Antonio Vargas, NOLA.com, 15 Jan. 2021
• His fame and impact, though, arose from his private law practice.
  — Samuel G. Freedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2023
• Coomer, who ran a private law practice in Cartersville, was appointed to the Appeals Court bench in 2018 by then-Gov.
  — Bill Rankin, ajc, 6 May 2020
• The county has already paid the private law firm Venable LLP at least $17.6 million to mount a defense in court.
  — Washington Post, 22 July 2021
• Murdaugh was a part-time prosecutor in the office and worked for a private law firm.
  — NBC News, 6 Sep. 2021
• Matsumoto now works for a private law firm in the Treasure Valley.
  — Cynthia Sewell, idahostatesman, 8 Dec. 2017
• He is licensed to practice law in Indiana and Arizona and has a private law practice on the west side of Phoenix.
  — Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2023
• The younger D'Alesandro didn't seek re-election as mayor and went into private law practice.
  — NBC News, 20 Oct. 2019
• The younger D’Alesandro didn’t seek re-election as mayor and went into private law practice.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2019
• That's what this whole fight was about—the culmination of thirty-years war to codify private law for the few.
  — Maya Singer, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2018
• There’s more work to be done in private law practices in particular.
  — Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Feb. 2021
• Last year the city of Aurora hired a private law firm to prosecute drunken driving cases in the city.
  — David Sharos, Aurora Beacon-News, 8 May 2018
• In early October, it was announced that Mueller had returned to work at the private law firm WilmerHale.
  — Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner, 21 Jan. 2020
• The mayor’s office said a private law firm has offered to represent the city at no charge, in case San Jose does face legal pushback from gun rights groups.
  — Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2022
• Isaak left the governor’s office in early March and returned to private law practice.
  — oregonlive, 24 Dec. 2020
• Another departed for a private law firm and has expressed reservations about the merits of the case.
  — Adam Goldman, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2019
• In 1845, he was named supreme judge of the Territorial Supreme Court, but resigned to enter private law practice.
  — Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• Working from a private law firm, Foltz drew maps that later were thrown out, according to local press reports.
  — Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2023
• Yet there is little risk to the school district because a private law firm filed the complaint on a contingency basis in which the firm is paid only if the case succeeds.
  — Gene Johnson, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Jan. 2023
• The adopted budget does not delineate spending on private law firms.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2021
• Young, who is in private law practice, made the announcement just three days after the end of the fourth-quarter fund-raising period for 2017, the results of which will not be made public until the end of the month.
  — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2018
• In addition, two private law firms are serving as pro bono outside counsel.
  — Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2021
• That environment, Biden said, prompted him to quit his job at a private law firm and become a public defender.
  — Emily Larsen, Washington Examiner, 4 June 2020
• Mike Feuer’s office farmed out an inquiry into Mathis’ behavior to a private law firm, a move the critics said was also intended to keep the public in the dark.
  — Paul Pringlestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2022
• Jennifer, 41, is an energy attorney for a private law firm.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• The reporting on the New York lawsuit also disclosed that the climate advocacy groups advanced funds to private law firms to be used to research and prepare the climate lawsuits for the state’s attorneys to file.
  — Ed Hirs, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024