How to Use lawyer in a Sentence

lawyer

noun
  • The father sent the video to the lawyer, according to the report.
    Bailey Allen, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • That status allows the lawyers to litigate on behalf of the state.
    Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The couple has two sons: Matthew, a lawyer, and John, an actor and writer.
    Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 18 Apr. 2023
  • His son, Robert, a thirtysomething tax lawyer, probably won’t take it over.
    Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • But before all that, Clark was an environmental lawyer.
    Hannah Story Brown, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2023
  • While the lawyers conferenced inside, everyone else waited in the hallway.
    The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Like all matters involving the grand jury, Mr. Trump’s lawyers filed their appeal under seal.
    Alan Feuer, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Finding the Lord and founding the charity Lambert set out to be a real estate lawyer and make stacks of money.
    Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2023
  • In a nearly two-hour speech, Kenney, 69, talked about his career as an environmental lawyer.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Tribal officials and their associates also would pay $37.4 million to consumers and the lawyers who brought the suit.
    Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Suzie Miller, herself a former lawyer, takes this to task in the powerful final third of Prima Facie.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2023
  • What's next: Venu has yet to announce a launch date but Fubo's lawyers revealed during the trial that it was slated for Aug. 23.
    Tim Baysinger, Axios, 16 Aug. 2024
  • News coverage makes up 40% to 60% of Google's search results, said the group's top lawyer, Brittney Barsotti.
    Ethan Baron The Mercury News (tns), arkansasonline.com, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Just one year earlier, Beaudreau had been a corporate lawyer, earning part of his $2.4 million income from offshore wind developers.
    Will Sennott, ProPublica, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The veteran lawyer didn’t know what to make of Dirschel.
    Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The court documents did not provide the name of a lawyer for him.
    Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2024
  • His lawyers have also sounded the alarm over his health.
    Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
  • None of the teens have had any prior contact with the juvenile court, the lawyer said.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 5 May 2023
  • His lawyer, along with the United States Attorney, were the ones who discussed the terms.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Charged with retail fraud, the NYT report states that Williams had to hire a lawyer to defend him.
    Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 1 July 2024
  • The lawyer, Joseph D. McBride, did not respond to requests for comment.
    Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
  • The lawyer popped the question while the two were enjoying sunset at a beach in Aruba.
    Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
  • That's because the British-Lebanese lawyer's trusty hair stylist, Dimitris Giannetos, is on the case.
    Ana Morales, Vogue, 12 July 2024
  • The first line of the 2014 document was also used in the trial by another of their lawyers, Craig Smith.
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • But even finding lawyers to do the work is a challenge, advocates said.
    Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • But the Gordon lawyers said the state constitution requires more than that.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Instead, the council would hire a lawyer to handle those duties.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The lawyers also reiterate the supervisor’s claim that the first bruise was caused when the boy was jumping on the bed.
    Julianne McShane, NBC news, 9 June 2023
  • On Wednesday, the teen's lawyer again argued for him to be released from detention.
    The Enquirer, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The lawyers argued that no trial date be set for the time being, while the two sides work through pre-trial motions and hearings.
    Devlin Barrett, Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2023

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