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Examples of legal eagle in a Sentence
the actor hired a dream team of high-priced legal eagles to defend him against the charges
Recent Examples on the Web
The legal eagles who are allowed to pore over the aggregated documents will do so under a stringent need-to-know basis.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 June 2024
He is known among friends for his brilliance, for having navigated the straits between artist and legal eagle without losing an oar.
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Nicolaia Rips, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
No legal eagle in America analyzed the 14th Amendment issue more comprehensively than our Dan McLaughlin.
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Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 11 Mar. 2024
Gendler, Kelly and Cunningham have been recognized as top entertainment legal eagles by Variety in its annual Legal Impact Report issue in 2022 and 2023.
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William Earl, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
Veteran Hollywood attorney Craig Emanuel has retired from law firm Paul Hastings after more than 40 years an entertainment legal eagle.
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William Earl, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023
With a mountain of debt, Giuliani apparently cannot afford to pay his legal fees let alone fork over the kind of hefty retainer such a legal eagle would command.
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Dave Goldiner New York Daily News (tns), al, 17 Aug. 2023
Rhys is no stranger to returning series, but slipping back in the legal eagle's suit had a particular appeal.
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Simon Thompson, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2023
Penn praised his legal eagle for managing to stay very involved in his life and CORE non-profit that aims to provide disaster and humanitarian relief around the world, despite being in the thick of an all-consuming case that drew worldwide attention.
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 20 Apr. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1869, in the meaning defined above
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“Legal eagle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legal%20eagle. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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