criminal lawyer
noun
: a lawyer who specializes in criminal law
especially
: a lawyer who represents defendants in criminal cases
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Prominent criminal lawyers and college professors in a similar vein likened the plea bargains at the heart of Operation Car Wash to torture, and other maneuvers included smear campaigns against judges and prosecutors.
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Eduardo Mello, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2018
In a recent quantitative meta-analysis, Stetson University’s Christopher Ferguson and Sven Smith found substantial evidence for something conservative scholars and criminal lawyers have long suspected.
—Wilfred Reilly, National Review, 3 Jan. 2024
But some criminal lawyers who have defended female drug bosses in the U.S. told me that women crave fame and power in the drug world as much as men do.
—Deborah Bonello, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
The elite criminal lawyer handles cases for defendants as well as victims and has worked with clients including Hammer and Darren Sharper.
—Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2023
The first, in 1972, in which criminal lawyer F. Lee Bailey defended Mr. Phillips, ended in a mistrial, with the jury deadlocked 10-2 for acquittal.
—Robert D. McFadden, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
Trailer | Better Call Saul Watch on A spin-off of Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul is a prequel series focusing on Saul Goodman, a criminal lawyer who puts aside his morals to work alongside various drug lords.
—Milan Polk, Men's Health, 13 Aug. 2023
But independent privacy and criminal lawyers, as well as the police, advised her against doing so due to the implications that could come from waiving her anonymity.
—Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
Gene Rossi, a 30-year civil and criminal lawyer at the Justice Department, said the case is much stronger than the indictment suggests, especially when reading between the lines of the Statement of Facts.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2023
Eduardo Mello, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2018
In a recent quantitative meta-analysis, Stetson University’s Christopher Ferguson and Sven Smith found substantial evidence for something conservative scholars and criminal lawyers have long suspected.
—Wilfred Reilly, National Review, 3 Jan. 2024
But some criminal lawyers who have defended female drug bosses in the U.S. told me that women crave fame and power in the drug world as much as men do.
—Deborah Bonello, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
The elite criminal lawyer handles cases for defendants as well as victims and has worked with clients including Hammer and Darren Sharper.
—Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2023
The first, in 1972, in which criminal lawyer F. Lee Bailey defended Mr. Phillips, ended in a mistrial, with the jury deadlocked 10-2 for acquittal.
—Robert D. McFadden, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
Trailer | Better Call Saul Watch on A spin-off of Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul is a prequel series focusing on Saul Goodman, a criminal lawyer who puts aside his morals to work alongside various drug lords.
—Milan Polk, Men's Health, 13 Aug. 2023
But independent privacy and criminal lawyers, as well as the police, advised her against doing so due to the implications that could come from waiving her anonymity.
—Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
Gene Rossi, a 30-year civil and criminal lawyer at the Justice Department, said the case is much stronger than the indictment suggests, especially when reading between the lines of the Statement of Facts.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2023
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“Criminal lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/criminal%20lawyer. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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