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agent, assignee, commissary, delegate, deputy, envoy, factor, minister, procurator, proxy, rep, representative
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An attorney was not listed for Ahern in court files. — Washington Post, "Police in Oregon make more arrests in mass protest," 30 Aug. 2019 No attorney was listed for Brown in electronic court records. — Akira Kyles, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Mount Airy man charged with assault, held without bond," 30 Aug. 2019 Officers seized 24 firearms, 30 kilograms of heroin, 5 kilograms of cocaine and more than $700,000 in cash along with 30 kilograms of fentanyl, according to a press release from the US attorney's office. — Lauren Del Valle, CNN, "Law enforcement seize enough fentanyl to kill 14 million people," 30 Aug. 2019 Flanked by police chiefs and law enforcement from Cleveland and beyond, the Republican U.S. attorney said the vast, vast majority of Americans do not agree with their extremist viewpoints. — Eric Heisig, cleveland.com, "Ohio U.S. attorney to white nationalists: You have a ‘right to be on the losing end of this argument’," 30 Aug. 2019 The poster, created by del Angel, the volunteer attorney at the migrant shelter, provides an eight-step set of instructions detailing what to do if any government officials, especially armed officers or soldiers, try to come inside. — Rafael Carranza, azcentral, "Migrant shelters in Mexico clash with National Guard over immigration enforcement," 30 Aug. 2019 That said, what the plaintiffs’ attorneys are bringing to the table is a wealth of precedence that’s going to be hard for Texas judges to overlook. — Patrick Danner, ExpressNews.com, "San Antonio exotic dancers allege they’ve been stripped of wages," 30 Aug. 2019 In one instance, the attorneys who intend to represent the victims in the New Jersey cases, said that one scoutmaster, convicted of molesting boys in the 1960s was allowed to repeatedly return as a volunteer leading scout groups. — Nicholas Rondinone, courant.com, "Three Connecticut men plan to use New Jersey law to sue Boy Scouts of America for decades-old sexual abuse," 30 Aug. 2019 How, the attorney asked, could Fitzsimmons begin to explain this? — New York Times, "Where Does Affirmative Action Leave Asian-Americans?," 30 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'attorney.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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