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Recent Examples of criminal lawyer
César Gutiérrez Priego, a criminal lawyer in Mexico City running for a seat on the country’s Supreme Court, told CNN he’s been campaigning this spring with a bulletproof vest under his suit.
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David Culver, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
Greenhalgh’s father, the late criminal lawyer and Georgetown University Law School associate dean William Greenhalgh, died before she was murdered.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Amid Adams’ absence, Adams’ criminal lawyers were in talks last week with President Trump’s Justice Department about potentially dropping his indictment, as first reported by the New York Times.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
Kraven tracks down Calypso (Ariana DeBose), the girl who gave him that life-saving elixir way back when and is now a criminal lawyer in London.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
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David Culver, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
Greenhalgh’s father, the late criminal lawyer and Georgetown University Law School associate dean William Greenhalgh, died before she was murdered.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Amid Adams’ absence, Adams’ criminal lawyers were in talks last week with President Trump’s Justice Department about potentially dropping his indictment, as first reported by the New York Times.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
Kraven tracks down Calypso (Ariana DeBose), the girl who gave him that life-saving elixir way back when and is now a criminal lawyer in London.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for criminal lawyer
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The court ruled that Conley's first trial lawyer was ineffective and failed to prevent her cell phone from being a primary source of evidence, according to Syracuse.com.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
22 July 2025
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In spite of his advocacy, Keefe never lost sight that the goal of litigation was justice, according to U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who faced Keefe very early in his career, first as a trial lawyer and later as U.S. Attorney.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
11 July 2025
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Diop's public defender could not be immediately reached for comment on Aug. 3.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
3 Aug. 2025
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His lawyer, Kelley Henry, a supervisory assistant federal public defender, hopes the U.S. Supreme Court will weigh in.—
Kelly Puente,
Nashville Tennessean,
30 July 2025
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Once the investigation is completed, its reports will be forwarded to the Saline County prosecuting attorney for review.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2025
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In June, Brandon Carter of Springdale, 4th Judicial District prosecuting attorney, and Sarah Capp, the district judge for the 7th Judicial District, each announced their intention to run for the Arkansas Court of Appeals District 3, Position 1 post in 2026.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
14 July 2025
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The home invasion that Muller was most recently convicted of happened just two weeks after that of Huskins and Quinn, but it was never reported to authorities at the time, according to the district attorney’s statement.—
Annie Goodykoontz
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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Her brothers, ages 3 and 5, were hospitalized for the same issues, according to the district attorney’s office.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
11 July 2025
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“Criminal lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminal%20lawyer. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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