counsel
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“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,” wrote Dave Anders of Wachtell Lipton.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
He immediately got on the line with his company’s general counsel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
As the United States Supreme Court explained in 1942, the Sixth Amendment right to the assistance of counsel implicitly embodies a “correlative right to dispense with a lawyer’s help.”
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Her counsel, Rashad Mohammed KC, said: "She herself says she deserves to be punished."
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
But for this choice he could recall no counsel.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing counsel
The Bill of Rights
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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