trial lawyer
nounDefinition of trial lawyer
: a lawyer who engages chiefly in the trial of cases before courts of original jurisdiction
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Olivia, a trial lawyer, and Marguerite, a school psychologist, had been dating for a year and were planning to marry that winter. — ProPublica, "When Transgender Travelers Walk Into Scanners, Invasive Searches Sometimes Wait on the Other Side," 26 Aug. 2019 People United for Medical Marijuana, spent $14 million for the two campaigns, with the prominent Central Florida trial lawyer John Morgan’s law firm providing about half the money. — Aric Chokey, sun-sentinel.com, "Drive to get assault weapons ban on Florida ballot raises big money from handful of wealthy donors," 5 Aug. 2019 In its 3-0 ruling, the court dismissed arguments that Labrie’s trial lawyers were ineffective for failing to mount a defense against the computer charge. — Michael Casey, BostonGlobe.com, "N.H. prep school grad Owen Labrie, convicted in sex assault, released from jail," 24 June 2019 Now the trial lawyers in the case of the five people charged with plotting the Sept. 11 attacks are watching how Mr. Khan’s sentencing judge, Col. — Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, "Guantánamo Case to Test Whether Torture Can Be Put on the Docket," 24 June 2019 The trial lawyer represents more than 100 fellow survivors in litigation related to the shooting. — John Bacon, USA TODAY, "Parkland resource officer Scot Peterson stayed outside as bullets flew. Is he negligent or a scapegoat?," 5 June 2019 Buzbee is a wealthy trial lawyer who has reportedly poured $5.5 million of his own money into unseating incumbent mayor Sylvester Turner, according to reports in the Houston Chronicle. — Peter Dawson, Houston Chronicle, "Mayoral candidate Tony Buzbee doubles reward for vandals painting swastikas on his campaign signs," 24 July 2019 One of them, Seth Bloom, was a trial lawyer in the department’s antitrust division in the late 1990s before going on to work on antitrust issues for the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Democratic staff. — New York Times, "Tech Giants Amass a Lobbying Army for an Epic Washington Battle," 5 June 2019 Mike Danko, a California trial lawyer who represents about 3,000 fire victims, including many homeowners, said the settlement amount reflected the level of destruction wrought by the wildfires. — Erin Ailworth, WSJ, "PG&E Reaches $1 Billion Settlement With Paradise, California Governments," 18 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'trial lawyer.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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