Synonyms of legal eagle

legal eagle

noun

as in lawyer

a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations

the actor hired a dream team of high-priced legal eagles to defend him against the charges

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lawyer
• attorney
• counsellor
• advocate
• counselor
• district attorney
• prosecuting attorney
• counsel
• public defender
• attorney-at-law
• solicitor
• counselor-at-law
• criminal lawyer
• prosecutor
• trial lawyer
• cocounsel
• jurist
• legislator
• ambulance chaser
• Philadelphia lawyer
• mouthpiece
• lawmaker
• lawgiver
• shyster
• pettifogger
• solon

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of legal eagle

The startup, called Human Native AI, has recently hired a number of prominent former Google executives with experience in striking content licensing deals and partnership as well as top legal eagles experienced in intellectual property and copyright issues. —Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024

For legal eagles who want gavel-to-gavel access, nothing hits quite like Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney's livestream. —Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024

The firm is nominally run by Beau Bridges between putts, with Jason Ritter as the boss’ son and Skye P. Marshall as Ritter’s estranged legal eagle wife. —Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024

Other legal eagles say the constitutionality of special counsels was established decades ago, when the Supreme Court turned away President Richard Nixon’s challenge to a special counsel investigating the Watergate affair. —Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 20 July 2024