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
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  • Swartz, a Kalamazoo lawyer and Democrat, was making her first run for Congress, having worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs and as deputy general counsel at Western Michigan University.
    Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Deputy Prosecutor Cassandra Washington is assigned and defense lawyer Lakeisha Murdaugh is representing Webb.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of lawyer
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  • Lee’s attorney did not respond to a request for comment, and a call to a number listed for Lee was not returned.
    Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The former city attorney proceeded to send an email to the entire council reminding them of the prohibition.
    Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of attorney
Noun
  • Bush, a second-term lawmaker, was bested by St. Louis prosecuting attorney Wesley Bell, who was backed by a major pro-Israel group.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The suspects returned the following day, around 10 a.m., and were permitted inside and were taken by Murray to inspect the gas leak in the basement, the prosecuting attorney’s office said.
    Christine Pelisek, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of prosecuting attorney
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  • Critics knock 'ambulance chasers at times of racial trauma.
    Neal Justin, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
  • This results in people who use astrology as an excuse to be an ambulance chaser or to create viral, fear-mongering social media content.
    Diana Rose Harper, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022
Definition of ambulance chaser
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  • Boyarsky has worked for the DA’s office for three decades, about half of that time as a trial attorney and supervisor and the other half as chief assistant district attorney, running the day-to-day operations of the office including overseeing hiring and prosecution assignments.
    Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • After Biden won the state in 2020, Atlanta's Democratic district attorney, Fani Willis, indicted Trump and 18 others for allegedly trying to overturn the result.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of district attorney
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  • Groups representing trial lawyers and environmentalists, for example, almost exclusively support Democrats, while those representing businesses and gun owners have thrown their lot in with Republicans.
    James D’Angelo, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
  • Williams' attorneys argued that his DNA was not on the murder weapon and that his 2001 trial was unfair, saying that a trial lawyer dismissed a juror based on race and that there was only one Black juror on the panel.
    Daniella Silva, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2024
Definition of trial lawyer
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  • Bishop said the organization has been connecting with school counselors in the area and tabling at events to get the word out about its mission.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Less than two years later, the new board has implemented policies banning certain instruction, diminishing school counselors’ responsibilities, gutting behavioral supports and hardening student discipline.
    Nick Sullivan, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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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