defense attorney

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The president said he thought the confirmation of his onetime personal defense attorney would go “very quickly,” according to a video posted from the dinner.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Law enforcement in San Diego has been mum about the possibility of charging parents in the Islamic center shooting, but defense attorney Elmira Yousufi raised the possibility to Fox 5, a local news station.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

Judge Rebecca Robinson granted a motion to dismiss made by Parker’s defense attorney, finding that the arguments made by prosecutors were legal theories, not a solid law on which to charge someone with a crime.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Burke’s lead defense attorney, Blair Berk, has not responded to the new filing or returned a request for comment.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The defense attorney in that trial argued that 1/12,000,000 was not the relevant probability.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos