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Recent Examples of public defender
Murphy enjoyed a long prestigious career as a Cook County public defender, a private criminal defense attorney, Cook County’s first female presiding judge and champion for restorative justice.
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Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
Bennett was denied bond and appointed a public defender, court records show, CNN affiliate WBTV reported.
—Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
Murphy worked from 1971-1978 in the Cook County public defender’s office, then in private practice until she was elected judge of the circuit court in 1989.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
While lawyers rising through the ranks of the FBI is fairly common, Veltri’s ascent from a local public defender’s office defending accused indigents to the head of a major FBI field office probing federal crimes is an unusual path.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025
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Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
Bennett was denied bond and appointed a public defender, court records show, CNN affiliate WBTV reported.
—Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
Murphy worked from 1971-1978 in the Cook County public defender’s office, then in private practice until she was elected judge of the circuit court in 1989.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
While lawyers rising through the ranks of the FBI is fairly common, Veltri’s ascent from a local public defender’s office defending accused indigents to the head of a major FBI field office probing federal crimes is an unusual path.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public defender
Noun
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The district attorney’s office shared some of the footage on Facebook and in its release.—
Sara Schilling,
Sacramento Bee,
5 Mar. 2025
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Manuel Monsanto will never fully recover from his injuries, according to the district attorney’s findings.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2025
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Sabrina Haake is a columnist and 25-year trial lawyer specializing in 1st and 14th Amendment defense.—
Sabrina Haake,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2025
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After twenty years as a trial lawyer, Mr Kray walked away from his career because the stress was killing him.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes,
11 Dec. 2024
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Amid Adams’ absence, Adams’ criminal lawyers were in talks last week with President Trump’s Justice Department about potentially dropping his indictment, as first reported by the New York Times.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2025
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Kraven tracks down Calypso (Ariana DeBose), the girl who gave him that life-saving elixir way back when and is now a criminal lawyer in London.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
5 Dec. 2024
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The city’s prosecuting attorney’s office moved to dismiss a citation for battery against Borrenpohl.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Mar. 2025
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Newsweek reached out for comment to the prosecuting attorney's office in Latah County, Idaho, via email on Thursday night.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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The additional term won’t begin until Owens has served his previous term, which began in 2019, prosecutors said.—
Bay City News Service,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
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The troops planned to tie and blindfold the officials, then take them to an underground military bunker for interrogation, prosecutors said.—
Choe Sang-Hun,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Public defender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20defender. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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