How to Use private law in a Sentence

private law

noun

• Mike Feuer farmed the inquiry out to a private law firm.
  — Paul Pringlestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2022
• Chilukuri is a lawyer at Munger, Tolles & Olson, a private law firm.
  — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2022
• The city has retained a private law firm to litigate the case.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
• Gould spent time working for private law firms in Phoenix.
  — Lauren Castle, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2021
• Murell works for the Unglesby law firm, which for a time partnered with Williams' private law firm.
  — Ramon Antonio Vargas, NOLA.com, 15 Jan. 2021
• His fame and impact, though, arose from his private law practice.
  — Samuel G. Freedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2023
• Coomer, who ran a private law practice in Cartersville, was appointed to the Appeals Court bench in 2018 by then-Gov.
  — Bill Rankin, ajc, 6 May 2020
• The county has already paid the private law firm Venable LLP at least $17.6 million to mount a defense in court.
  — Washington Post, 22 July 2021
• Murdaugh was a part-time prosecutor in the office and worked for a private law firm.
  — NBC News, 6 Sep. 2021
• Matsumoto now works for a private law firm in the Treasure Valley.
  — Cynthia Sewell, idahostatesman, 8 Dec. 2017
• He is licensed to practice law in Indiana and Arizona and has a private law practice on the west side of Phoenix.
  — Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2023
• The younger D'Alesandro didn't seek re-election as mayor and went into private law practice.
  — NBC News, 20 Oct. 2019
• The younger D’Alesandro didn’t seek re-election as mayor and went into private law practice.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2019
• That's what this whole fight was about—the culmination of thirty-years war to codify private law for the few.
  — Maya Singer, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2018
• There’s more work to be done in private law practices in particular.
  — Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Feb. 2021
• Last year the city of Aurora hired a private law firm to prosecute drunken driving cases in the city.
  — David Sharos, Aurora Beacon-News, 8 May 2018
• In early October, it was announced that Mueller had returned to work at the private law firm WilmerHale.
  — Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner, 21 Jan. 2020
• The mayor’s office said a private law firm has offered to represent the city at no charge, in case San Jose does face legal pushback from gun rights groups.
  — Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2022
• Isaak left the governor’s office in early March and returned to private law practice.
  — oregonlive, 24 Dec. 2020
• Another departed for a private law firm and has expressed reservations about the merits of the case.
  — Adam Goldman, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2019
• In 1845, he was named supreme judge of the Territorial Supreme Court, but resigned to enter private law practice.
  — Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• Working from a private law firm, Foltz drew maps that later were thrown out, according to local press reports.
  — Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2023
• Yet there is little risk to the school district because a private law firm filed the complaint on a contingency basis in which the firm is paid only if the case succeeds.
  — Gene Johnson, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Jan. 2023
• The adopted budget does not delineate spending on private law firms.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2021
• Young, who is in private law practice, made the announcement just three days after the end of the fourth-quarter fund-raising period for 2017, the results of which will not be made public until the end of the month.
  — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2018
• In addition, two private law firms are serving as pro bono outside counsel.
  — Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2021
• That environment, Biden said, prompted him to quit his job at a private law firm and become a public defender.
  — Emily Larsen, Washington Examiner, 4 June 2020
• Mike Feuer’s office farmed out an inquiry into Mathis’ behavior to a private law firm, a move the critics said was also intended to keep the public in the dark.
  — Paul Pringlestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2022
• Her private law firm also represents a key lieutenant of Cuomo’s.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2021
• And a columnist wonders why Utah taxpayers are on the hook for millions of dollars to private law firms to defend controversial laws.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024