member of the bar

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"Some upstanding member of the bar... who everyone looks up to as a paragon of legal ethics?"

From BBC • May 7, 2024

Mr. Glessner is an attorney and member of the bar for the states of Washington and Virginia and for the Supreme Court.

From Washington Times • Jan. 18, 2023

He called Constantine a “longstanding member of the bar with what I believe is a stellar record as an attorney.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2021

“For someone who is a member of the bar, he’s not going to stay there long, because he’s advocating disobedience to the law, and lawyers aren’t supposed to be doing that,” Vladick said.

From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2015

I have seen him lose cases of the plainest justice, which the most inexperienced member of the bar would have gained without effort.

From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life by Herndon, William H.