How to Use criminal lawyer in a Sentence

criminal lawyer

noun
  • My dreams were like, makeup artist, criminal lawyer and singer, that’s it.
    — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Isabelle Steyer is a criminal lawyer and has studied this question at length.
    — Laurène Daycard, Marie Claire, 10 Mar. 2018
  • If that was the basis for not representing somebody, all of us criminal lawyers would be out of business.
    — Fox News, 23 Mar. 2018
  • The sentence was a strong one given the charges, said Yan Yiming, a criminal lawyer in Shanghai.
    — New York Times, 10 May 2018
  • Soon after, Foppoli hired a criminal lawyer, Vaghti of Santa Rosa.
    — Alexandria Bordas, Cynthia Dizikes, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 May 2021
  • Burke’s criminal lawyer has not responded to multiple requests for comment from Rolling Stone.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Not a criminal lawyer, not an entertainment lawyer, not a real estate lawyer — a constitutional lawyer.
    — Michael Ames, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Rotunno was joined by Damon Cheronis, a law-school classmate and an accomplished criminal lawyer.
    — Ken Auletta, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
  • Sessions brought only his friend and fellow Alabama lawyer Chuck Cooper, a fact that surprised some criminal lawyers.
    — Samantha Schulz, Bloomberg.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Still, prominent criminal lawyers underscored that forgoing a criminal defense lawyer is risky.
    — Tom Schoenberg, Bloomberg.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Hospitals have malpractice lawyers but do not typically employ criminal lawyers.
    — Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Martinez has a degree in archaeology but initially became a criminal lawyer.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Clarence Dass, a criminal lawyer and defense attorney, represents 25 iraqi detainees.
    — Leah Graham and Kaelyn Collins, Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2017
  • But independent privacy and criminal lawyers, as well as the police, advised her against doing so due to the implications that could come from waiving her anonymity.
    — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
  • What Cooper isn’t known for is criminal work, a fact that surprised some white-collar criminal lawyers who questioned Sessions’ decision.
    — Tom Schoenberg, Bloomberg.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Martinez, a criminal lawyer turned archaeologist, has believed for many years that the ancient queen was buried at the Taposiris Magna Temple.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Tautly written, this first novel by a former criminal lawyer who spent 17 years in the Arctic is a hard look at the desolate lives of people resigned to life in the bleak far north.
    — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Martínez, a criminal lawyer-turned-archaeologist, has spent nearly 20 years searching for the final resting place of Cleopatra.
    — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The elite criminal lawyer handles cases for defendants as well as victims and has worked with clients including Hammer and Darren Sharper.
    — Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Just as extraordinary was that Friedmann, who knew as much about criminal law as many criminal lawyers do, appeared to have designed the plot precisely to confound prosecutors.
    — James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • But the legacy of the criminal lawyer and neo-Confederate politician from South Carolina hangs over the 2020 election.
    — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 27 June 2019
  • In New York, a bill has been introduced repeatedly in the Albany statehouse to ban campaign funds from being used to cover a public official’s bills for criminal lawyers.
    — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024
  • To avoid conviction, Roxie hires a criminal lawyer to help her dupe the public, media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by creating shocking headlines.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Bowman is charged with a felony account of resisting arrest with force or violence and a misdemeanor for simple battery on a police officer, his criminal lawyer, Keith Whiddon, said.
    — NBC News, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Peterson’s criminal lawyer in Los Angeles did not immediately return Rolling Stone‘s request for comment.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2022
  • One of Broadway's longest-running shows, the musical focuses on the story of 1920s housewife and dancer Roxie Hart who murders her lover and attempts to avoid going to jail by hiring a slick criminal lawyer.
    — Andrea Towers, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Prominent criminal lawyers and college professors in a similar vein likened the plea bargains at the heart of Operation Car Wash to torture, and other maneuvers included smear campaigns against judges and prosecutors.
    — Eduardo Mello, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2018
  • The involvement of multiple countries and organizations does not necessarily lead to a more productive investigation, said Wayne Jordash, a British criminal lawyer who lives in Ukraine.
    — New York Times, 3 July 2022
  • Abrego Garcia’s criminal lawyers, from the Federal Public Defender’s office in Nashville, argue the government has not given enough evidence to warrant his detention.
    — Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Jack Goldberger, the West Palm Beach criminal lawyer who represented Epstein in 2008, was a frequent guest, requesting various weekends for him and his wife to visit their daughter in the city.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 13 Feb. 2026

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