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trial lawyer
noun
: a lawyer who engages chiefly in the trial of cases before courts of original jurisdiction
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Maryland taxpayers should be assured that state leadership is working in their best interests and not those of entrepreneurial trial lawyers.
—Lauren Sheets Jarrell, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
Prosecutors never told Porter’s defense about this sequence as required under the law, his trial lawyer Edwin Schulman confirmed in an affidavit.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2024
This contest is marked by the impact of outside money and negative advertising, much of it paid for by one interest group: trial lawyers.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 26 July 2024
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Following her clerkships, Usha Vance joined the law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson as a trial lawyer, working in their San Francisco and Washington, D.C., offices.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 17 July 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1914, in the meaning defined above
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“Trial lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trial%20lawyer. Accessed 22 Aug. 2024.
Legal Definition
trial lawyer
noun
: a lawyer who engages chiefly in trying especially plaintiff's cases before courts of original jurisdiction
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