attorney

Example Sentences

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Birotte snapped, questioning if he’d ever been a defense attorney.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has been nominated as the new interim attorney general.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2026

As is standard fare for this administration, Trump announced the staffing change on Truth Social: Pam Bondi is out as attorney general.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

But Alito later pressed the challengers’ attorney about the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which established the first federal rule for birthright citizenship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The guardian whom McAuliffe suspected of killing his grandmother was a prominent attorney working for the tribe who never interfered with the criminal networks operating under his nose.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann