: 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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Examples of lawyer in a Sentence
their lawyers told them that they couldn't use the park for the concert without permission from the city
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But her tenure, along with Biden’s appointment of three labor-friendly lawyers to the board, has had clear effects.
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Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2024
The most notable investigation came from Barry County, Michigan, Sheriff Dar Leaf, who partnered with a pro-Trump lawyer bent on overturning Michigan’s election results.
—Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024
Maui County has rejected that assertion, as have some lawyers representing fire victims.
—Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
The dismissal leaves six on the panel so far, including a software engineer, an information technology professional, a sales professional, an English teacher and two lawyers.
—TIME, 18 Apr. 2024
The jurors, whose identities are known to lawyers in the case but otherwise kept secret, will be tasked with deciding the outcome of the first criminal trial of a former president in U.S. history.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2024
And with a quick dismissal almost inevitable, the Senate never even set up the chamber for the occasion, which usually includes tables on each side for the impeachment managers and defense lawyers.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 18 Apr. 2024
The murder and violent crime rates in New York City are lower than the national average, lower than most other large cities, and well below the rates during the 1990s when Trump's former lawyer Rudy Giuliani was mayor.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
Proctor, through a lawyer, and the state police have each denied these allegations, and Proctor has remained on active duty.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 17 Apr. 2024
Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2024
The most notable investigation came from Barry County, Michigan, Sheriff Dar Leaf, who partnered with a pro-Trump lawyer bent on overturning Michigan’s election results.
—Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024
Maui County has rejected that assertion, as have some lawyers representing fire victims.
—Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
The dismissal leaves six on the panel so far, including a software engineer, an information technology professional, a sales professional, an English teacher and two lawyers.
—TIME, 18 Apr. 2024
The jurors, whose identities are known to lawyers in the case but otherwise kept secret, will be tasked with deciding the outcome of the first criminal trial of a former president in U.S. history.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2024
And with a quick dismissal almost inevitable, the Senate never even set up the chamber for the occasion, which usually includes tables on each side for the impeachment managers and defense lawyers.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 18 Apr. 2024
The murder and violent crime rates in New York City are lower than the national average, lower than most other large cities, and well below the rates during the 1990s when Trump's former lawyer Rudy Giuliani was mayor.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
Proctor, through a lawyer, and the state police have each denied these allegations, and Proctor has remained on active duty.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 17 Apr. 2024
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“Lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lawyer. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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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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