: one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise as to legal rights and obligations in other matters
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their lawyers told them that they couldn't use the park for the concert without permission from the city
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Still, his lawyers claimed that prison officers denied him the ability to get surgery and removed him from the hospital.
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Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 17 June 2025
Rodriguez’s conduct didn’t disrupt the Jan. 28 meeting, her lawyer Mark Streiff said in his closing remarks.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2025
His lawyer John Cantrell said he was found dead at home on June 5.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
One afternoon in February of 2024, Grant Ford, an art adviser and dealer in the English town of Marlborough, received a phone call from a local lawyer named David J. Goldsmith.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
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Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 17 June 2025
Rodriguez’s conduct didn’t disrupt the Jan. 28 meeting, her lawyer Mark Streiff said in his closing remarks.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2025
His lawyer John Cantrell said he was found dead at home on June 5.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
One afternoon in February of 2024, Grant Ford, an art adviser and dealer in the English town of Marlborough, received a phone call from a local lawyer named David J. Goldsmith.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
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“Lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lawyer. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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lawyer
noun
law·yer
ˈlȯ-yər 
: one whose profession is to advise clients as to legal rights and obligations and to represent clients in legal proceedings
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