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trial lawyer

noun

  1. a lawyer who specializes in appearing before trial courts.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of trial lawyer1

First recorded in 1910–15

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Example Sentences

He is running as a centrist alternative to Tea Party-aligned GOP candidate Ben Sasse and Democrat Dave Domina, a trial lawyer.

Olson praises Boies as “better at cross-examination than any trial lawyer I have ever seen.”

Ferdinand Pecora, later a famous judge, then an assistant D.A. and a strong trial lawyer, moved in on Titanic confidently.

I saw first hand when I was a trial lawyer that a jury —and even a judge- could be swayed by any one piece of evidence.

He'd have been well served to be a trial lawyer for 10 years.

Fairness was the predominating quality of Mr. Lincoln as a trial lawyer.

A fine-looking trial lawyer who thoroughly knew his business once had a hard case.

The great success of Abraham Lincoln as a trial lawyer was due to a number of facts.

He was not a profound lawyer, however, and hardly the equal of the most mediocre trial lawyer in the examination of witnesses.

He was a veteran of the Civil war, an orator and an excellent trial lawyer.

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