Philadelphia lawyer

noun

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  1. lawyer
  2. attorney
  3. prosecuting attorney
  4. ambulance chaser
  5. district attorney
  6. trial lawyer
  7. counselor
  8. shyster
Noun
  • His own lawyer is being investigated for criminal conduct directly related to her work as his attorney.
    Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Stanley also has the backing of the Justice Department, which is joining her lawyers in arguing on her behalf in Monday’s oral arguments.
    Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of lawyer
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  • The Los Angeles city attorney’s office declined to pursue charges in both instances.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Newsweek reached out to Trump's attorney for comment via email on Tuesday.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of attorney
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  • The budget also covers the Health Department, sheriff's office, circuit court divisions, prosecuting attorney, coroner, constables, Office of Emergency Management, museum, Veterans Services and Cooperative Extension.
    Eplunus Colvin, arkansasonline.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • In 2018, Bell ran for and won the position of St. Louis prosecuting attorney, defeating an incumbent who had served in the role for nearly three decades, in a race that voters viewed as a referendum on Brown’s death and the Ferguson protests.
    The Hill, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of prosecuting attorney
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  • My heart and support goes out to true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit.
    Shannon Power, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
  • My heart and support goes out to the true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of ambulance chaser
Noun
  • The district attorney’s offices in both counties review every search warrant application before it’s sent to a judge.
    Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Prosecutors sent notifications this week to defense attorneys representing subjects in 3,600 open cases involving drug evidence, explaining that rats have been eating drugs held in the downtown evidence room, Rafael Lemaitre, a spokesperson for the district attorney’s office, said Wednesday.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of district attorney
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  • Other Justice Department Jobs Todd Blanche, Trump’s hush money trial lawyer, was tapped as the president-elect’s deputy attorney general.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • An experienced trial lawyer in his 41st year of private practice, Dickey graduated from Altoona High School and Saint Francis University before obtaining his law degree from Ohio Northern University.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of trial lawyer
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  • Joanna Jaimes, Mano a Mano’s engaged citizens program manager, is certified as a counselor by the U.S. Department of Justice.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
  • At Jesuit College Preparatory School in Dallas, counselor Corey Marr has seen a clear shift in his students’ willingness to talk about their own mental health since Jesuit’s Hope Squad formed there five years ago.
    Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of counselor
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  • Holmes is another shyster whose story has been dissected in several documentaries and in dramatizations like Hulu’s The Dropout, but Gibney brings specific insights and a fresh perspective to this truly unbelievable story.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 31 July 2024
  • And there’s a character on there who is—plays kind of a shyster attorney.
    Nick Sibilla, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
Definition of shyster
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