lawyering
noun
law·yer·ing
| \ ˈlȯ-yə-riŋ
, ˈlȯi-ə-\
, ˈlȯi-ə-\
Definition of lawyering
often disparaging
: the profession or work of a lawyer
Examples of lawyering in a Sentence
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In fact, the federal death penalty is arbitrary, racially-biased, and rife with poor lawyering and junk science. — Mark Berman, Washington Post, "Justice Department plans to restart capital punishment after long hiatus," 25 July 2019 Years ago, after much lawyering, Epstein pleaded guilty to state charges of solicitation of prostitution from a minor. — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, "Column: Labor Secretary Alex Acosta should resign over the Jeffrey Epstein deal," 12 July 2019 For years, Haynes lobbed appeals based on claims of bad lawyering earlier in his case – at one point even winning a last-minute stay when the Supreme Court called off his execution in 2017, hours before he was slated to die. — Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, "Houston cop killer Anthony Haynes loses federal appeal over bad lawyering claims," 8 May 2018 No, there is more to the demise of unions than K-street lawyering. — Michael Hicks, Indianapolis Star, "Hicks: Ruling against public-sector unions makes us freer," 1 July 2018 Paul and Ed: Blessed with the best formal educations of any of the characters, Madigan’s tutoring Paul and Phillips’ lawyering Ed are two sides of the same coin. — Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "'Born Yesterday' heroine calls her own shots in American Players Theatre remake," 26 June 2018 Still able to do enough crypto deals thanks to clever lawyering. — Theodore Schleifer, Recode, "Why are big VCs opening up crypto funds?," 21 June 2018 Cattlemen and dairy farmers are saddling up, and lawyering up, in response. — Jacob Bunge And Heather Haddon, WSJ, "A Stampede of Meatless Products Overrun Grocery Store Meat Cases," 10 June 2018 In the years since his conviction, Garcia has raised a number of appeals based on claims of bad lawyering. — Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, "Convicted killer from infamous “Texas 7” prison escape gets execution date," 24 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'lawyering.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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