counsel
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About the author: J. Marc Wheat is the general counsel for Advancing American Freedom.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Michael Li, senior counsel in the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, said California is a “big part of the story” this election cycle, thanks to Proposition 50.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
“He was certainly calm under pressure,” said Thomas Russo, former general counsel at AIG.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
The issue was brought up during the case's appeal, and the court found that Carroll had "plausibly represented" in her deposition "that she had forgotten about the limited outside funding counsel obtained".
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Once the property was seized, the owner had no right of counsel, and the burden was placed on him to prove the property’s “innocence.”
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing counsel
The Bill of Rights
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Some Tricky Homonyms
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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