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Recent Examples of public defender
Richardson also approved the appointment of two public defenders, Megan Long and Randall Harper.
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
John Larroquette reprised his role as attorney Dan Fielding, who served as the night court’s public defender.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 9 May 2025
The commission would determine metrics regarding public defender offices, caseloads, staffing and resources.
—Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
Hadi Matar, right, charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack, stands next to public defender Nathaniel Barone in Chautauqua County court in Mayville, N.Y., Feb. 21, 2025.
—CBS News, 16 May 2025
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
John Larroquette reprised his role as attorney Dan Fielding, who served as the night court’s public defender.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 9 May 2025
The commission would determine metrics regarding public defender offices, caseloads, staffing and resources.
—Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
Hadi Matar, right, charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack, stands next to public defender Nathaniel Barone in Chautauqua County court in Mayville, N.Y., Feb. 21, 2025.
—CBS News, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public defender
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The district attorney’s office on Tuesday said that the decision to dismiss the indictment was connected to the opinion of a use-of-force expert.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 May 2025
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The Santa Fe district attorney abandoned an appeal of that ruling in December, after the state attorney general declined to pursue it.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
24 May 2025
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Participants were not allowed to ask questions directly, so the 69-year-old trial lawyer submitted three questions in writing: one about Elon Musk’s critical comments about Social Security and two about Perry’s lack of public access.—
Steve Peoples and Thomas Beaumont,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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There's no guarantee that consumers' costs would fall if tort reform passes, Darren Penn, an Atlanta trial lawyer, told Axios.—
Thomas Wheatley,
Axios,
31 Jan. 2025
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Greenhalgh’s father, the late criminal lawyer and Georgetown University Law School associate dean William Greenhalgh, died before she was murdered.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
16 Oct. 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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The imprisonment of Judge Carmichael and prosecuting attorney Powell had nothing to do with treason but was simply to protect a political ally of the president and to display the power of the federal government.—
Paul Callahan,
Baltimore Sun,
29 May 2025
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Deputy prosecuting attorneys Jonathan Dixon and Madison McEver litigated the case on behalf of the state of Arkansas.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
29 Apr. 2025
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The men fired 20 rounds into the car, killing a 5-year-old boy and wounding a 17-year-old boy along with an 8-year-old girl, prosecutors said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
2 June 2025
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Soliman is being held on a $10 million, cash-only bond, prosecutors said.—
Eric Tucker,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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“Public defender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20defender. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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