defense lawyer
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As spectators filed through security screening then streamed into the courtroom, they gossiped as key players strode by as though in a stage play, including Dick Harpootlian, the lead defense lawyer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
One prominent criminal tax defense lawyer said he would give his clients a copy of Ver’s agreement and tell them, “These are the guys who got this done.”
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026
“That’s obviously the very first and most important part of the case,” said Frank Rubino, a South Florida criminal defense lawyer who represented Noriega.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
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
