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Recent Examples of criminal lawyer
César Gutiérrez Priego, a criminal lawyer in Mexico City running for a seat on the country’s Supreme Court, told CNN he’s been campaigning this spring with a bulletproof vest under his suit.
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David Culver, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
Greenhalgh’s father, the late criminal lawyer and Georgetown University Law School associate dean William Greenhalgh, died before she was murdered.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Amid Adams’ absence, Adams’ criminal lawyers were in talks last week with President Trump’s Justice Department about potentially dropping his indictment, as first reported by the New York Times.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
Kraven tracks down Calypso (Ariana DeBose), the girl who gave him that life-saving elixir way back when and is now a criminal lawyer in London.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
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David Culver, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
Greenhalgh’s father, the late criminal lawyer and Georgetown University Law School associate dean William Greenhalgh, died before she was murdered.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Amid Adams’ absence, Adams’ criminal lawyers were in talks last week with President Trump’s Justice Department about potentially dropping his indictment, as first reported by the New York Times.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
Kraven tracks down Calypso (Ariana DeBose), the girl who gave him that life-saving elixir way back when and is now a criminal lawyer in London.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for criminal lawyer
Noun
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Larsen was one of the few women in Hamilton County to work as a trial lawyer in the 1970s.—
Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
21 Aug. 2025
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While Sacramento politicians protect their trial lawyer allies, small businesses are left to fend for themselves.—
Steve Hilton,
Oc Register,
5 July 2025
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Bolles owns a second phone dedicated solely to kids in the juvenile system, working with their public defender to be put on their professional call list.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
17 Aug. 2025
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Over nine years, Lyon was represented by three defense attorneys — a public defender, then private counsel, then a different public defender.—
Teri Figueroa,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
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It's run by supervising assistant prosecuting attorney Mary Weston.—
July 13,
CBS News,
13 July 2025
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So how that has evolved for me is becoming an assistant prosecuting attorney back in 2014.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2025
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After months of pressure from media organizations, the district attorney’s office released the entire list last September.—
Ashley Luthern,
jsonline.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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The case was prosecuted by the California Automatic Renewal Task Force, which was led by the district attorney offices of Santa Clara and Los Angeles counties, according to the news release.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Criminal lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminal%20lawyer. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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