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Critics knock 'ambulance chasers at times of racial trauma.
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Neal Justin, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
This results in people who use astrology as an excuse to be an ambulance chaser or to create viral, fear-mongering social media content.
—Diana Rose Harper, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022
On the one hand, people have referred to you as Black America’s attorney general, helping David fight Goliath, while on the other, critics have called you an opportunist or ambulance chaser.
—Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2020
Corporations portrayed tort lawyers as ambulance chasers seeking to make a buck through frivolous litigation.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2019
Then, after Notre Dame cathedral burned in April, architects played ambulance chasers, rushing in with drawings that proposed rebuilding the landmark with such nonsensical features as a rooftop swimming pool and a twisting spire.
—Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2019
The once obvious distinction between white-shoe-firm lawyer and ambulance chaser is no longer so clear.
—James Atlas, Town & Country, 3 Dec. 2018
And her lawyer, who a couple of months ago might have been dismissed as a flash-in-the-pan ambulance chaser, turns out to be a guy who graduated from a top-tier law school at the top of his class.
—Rachel Dodes, Vanities, 17 May 2018
And Jeff Wall, who has done a creditable job of making Trump seem normal, is reduced to little more than an ambulance chaser in a powder-blue suit—someone whose lying client is making a mockery of the court.
—Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Magazine, 5 June 2017
Neal Justin, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
This results in people who use astrology as an excuse to be an ambulance chaser or to create viral, fear-mongering social media content.
—Diana Rose Harper, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022
On the one hand, people have referred to you as Black America’s attorney general, helping David fight Goliath, while on the other, critics have called you an opportunist or ambulance chaser.
—Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2020
Corporations portrayed tort lawyers as ambulance chasers seeking to make a buck through frivolous litigation.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2019
Then, after Notre Dame cathedral burned in April, architects played ambulance chasers, rushing in with drawings that proposed rebuilding the landmark with such nonsensical features as a rooftop swimming pool and a twisting spire.
—Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2019
The once obvious distinction between white-shoe-firm lawyer and ambulance chaser is no longer so clear.
—James Atlas, Town & Country, 3 Dec. 2018
And her lawyer, who a couple of months ago might have been dismissed as a flash-in-the-pan ambulance chaser, turns out to be a guy who graduated from a top-tier law school at the top of his class.
—Rachel Dodes, Vanities, 17 May 2018
And Jeff Wall, who has done a creditable job of making Trump seem normal, is reduced to little more than an ambulance chaser in a powder-blue suit—someone whose lying client is making a mockery of the court.
—Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Magazine, 5 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambulance chaser
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The lawyer also claimed Jackson was fraudulently induced into signing the contract.Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
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Hye-jin, who got pulled into this business by becoming Jung-ja’s lawyer in Season 1, is able to reunite Jung-ja with her son, who is now an adult.Kayti Burt, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
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According to the district attorney's office, the incident occurred at about 12:15 a.m. on July 31.Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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The Manhattan district attorney’s office filed a motion accusing the defense of eliminating certain potential jurors based on race.Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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The suspects returned the following day, around 10 a.m., and were permitted inside and were taken by Murray to inspect the gas leak in the basement, the prosecuting attorney’s office said.Christine Pelisek, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
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Murray’s body was discovered in the basement, with his wrists and ankles also duct-taped, the prosecuting attorney’s office said.Zoe Sottile, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
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The titular role is a star-making turn for Karla Sofía Gascón, who shares the screen with Zoe Saldaña (as an attorney forced to help Gascón's character into hiding and get gender-affirming surgery to become Emilia Pérez) and Selena Gomez in a role unlike any she's played before.EW Staff, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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The attorney assaulted his fiancée's daughter, who then stabbed him in the torso with a kitchen knife.Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2024
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Holmes is another shyster whose story has been dissected in several documentaries and in dramatizations like Hulu’s The Dropout, but Gibney brings specific insights and a fresh perspective to this truly unbelievable story.Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 31 July 2024
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And there’s a character on there who is—plays kind of a shyster attorney.Nick Sibilla, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
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Williams' attorneys argued that his DNA was not on the murder weapon and that his 2001 trial was unfair, saying that a trial lawyer dismissed a juror based on race and that there was only one Black juror on the panel.Daniella Silva, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2024
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In preparation for Tuesday’s meeting, Vance has reportedly been working with a team of advisers including his wife, trial lawyer Usha Vance, and Tom Emmer, who has represented Minnesota’s 6th congressional district since 2015 and served as majority whip in the House of Representatives since 2023.Emma Specter, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2024
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Probably enough to make sure some beleaguered districts had a full staff of counselors, and maybe better food.Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024
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Death doulas, a widening field of counselors and hospice/social workers, act similarly to labor doulas — professionals who support and ease life transitions, in this case, out instead of in.Anna Spiegel, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
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The startup, called Human Native AI, has recently hired a number of prominent former Google executives with experience in striking content licensing deals and partnership as well as top legal eagles experienced in intellectual property and copyright issues.Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
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For legal eagles who want gavel-to-gavel access, nothing hits quite like Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney's livestream.Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Ambulance chaser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambulance%20chaser. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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