defense lawyer
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Hernández is innocent and was set up by convicted narco traffickers, said Renato Stabile, Hernández’s defense lawyer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025
In spring 2024, Willis took the stand to defend her decision-making in a rare and tense courtroom showdown between a state district attorney and a defense lawyer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025
In the same year he ran for mayor, Hillquit was also the defense lawyer for several left-leaning publications that Woodrow Wilson’s administration tried to ban or shut down.
From Salon • Oct. 26, 2025
Plasencia will remain out on bail until his sentencing on Dec. 3 on request from his defense lawyer, who argued that he is one of the primary caretakers of a 2-year-old son.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
Even Nathaniel Blackwood, the high-priced criminal defense lawyer hired by his dad, told Cole he might be tried as an adult.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
