counsel

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The city’s legal counsel later advised that Charleston no longer had a say in the matter because the monument now sat on private property.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

About the author: J. Marc Wheat is the general counsel for Advancing American Freedom.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

“In all our dealings with Mr. Sanberg, both directly and through his counsel, he provided information that was consistent with our review of contemporaneous documents and other evidence,” Anders wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

In a conversation with Andrew Cozart, the hospital’s director of risk management, and Thomas Olmstead, its general counsel, Olmstead told her, “We cannot rule out the possibility of an overzealous prosecutor,” she recalled.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

"My learned counsel was blind, too. I say this is a gloomy subject. Are we going down and see these bulls unloaded or not?"

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway