How to Use criminal lawyer in a Sentence

criminal lawyer

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  • But independent privacy and criminal lawyers, as well as the police, advised her against doing so due to the implications that could come from waiving her anonymity.
    — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
  • The sentence was a strong one given the charges, said Yan Yiming, a criminal lawyer in Shanghai.
    — New York Times, 10 May 2018
  • Turndorf is one of a handful of criminal lawyers who have defended a client charged under the seldom used law.
    — Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2019
  • If that was the basis for not representing somebody, all of us criminal lawyers would be out of business.
    — Fox News, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Soon after, Foppoli hired a criminal lawyer, Vaghti of Santa Rosa.
    — Alexandria Bordas, Cynthia Dizikes, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 May 2021
  • Isabelle Steyer is a criminal lawyer and has studied this question at length.
    — Laurène Daycard, Marie Claire, 10 Mar. 2018
  • But the legacy of the criminal lawyer and neo-Confederate politician from South Carolina hangs over the 2020 election.
    — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 27 June 2019
  • Martinez, a criminal lawyer turned archaeologist, has believed for many years that the ancient queen was buried at the Taposiris Magna Temple.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Attempts to get comment from Mr. Milano through his criminal lawyer were not successful.
    — Jim Rendon, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Sessions brought only his friend and fellow Alabama lawyer Chuck Cooper, a fact that surprised some criminal lawyers.
    — Samantha Schulz, Bloomberg.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Rotunno was joined by Damon Cheronis, a law-school classmate and an accomplished criminal lawyer.
    — Ken Auletta, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
  • What Cooper isn’t known for is criminal work, a fact that surprised some white-collar criminal lawyers who questioned Sessions’ decision.
    — Tom Schoenberg, Bloomberg.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • One of Broadway's longest-running shows, the musical focuses on the story of 1920s housewife and dancer Roxie Hart who murders her lover and attempts to avoid going to jail by hiring a slick criminal lawyer.
    — Andrea Towers, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2022
  • There was one person conspicuously absent from the meeting: a criminal lawyer.
    — Samantha Schulz, Bloomberg.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Clarence Dass, a criminal lawyer and defense attorney, represents 25 iraqi detainees.
    — Leah Graham and Kaelyn Collins, Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Not a criminal lawyer, not an entertainment lawyer, not a real estate lawyer — a constitutional lawyer.
    — Michael Ames, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Bowman is charged with a felony account of resisting arrest with force or violence and a misdemeanor for simple battery on a police officer, his criminal lawyer, Keith Whiddon, said.
    — NBC News, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Still, prominent criminal lawyers underscored that forgoing a criminal defense lawyer is risky.
    — Tom Schoenberg, Bloomberg.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • That is why criminal lawyers are legally required to inform their clients about the immigration consequences of guilty pleas, Mr. O’Rourke said, in order to provide constitutionally adequate counsel.
    — Amanda Taub, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2017
  • The involvement of multiple countries and organizations does not necessarily lead to a more productive investigation, said Wayne Jordash, a British criminal lawyer who lives in Ukraine.
    — New York Times, 3 July 2022
  • Hospitals have malpractice lawyers but do not typically employ criminal lawyers.
    — Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Peterson’s criminal lawyer in Los Angeles did not immediately return Rolling Stone‘s request for comment.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Benjamin Brafman, a former Manhattan prosecutor, is Mr. Weinstein’s current criminal lawyer.
    — New York Times, 25 May 2018
  • After watching Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, no experienced federal criminal lawyer, speaking candidly, would say otherwise.
    — Samuel W. Buell, Slate Magazine, 6 July 2017

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