How to Use trial lawyer in a Sentence

trial lawyer

noun
  • And the power of trial lawyers.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
  • If the trial lawyers win, customers are forced to pay higher prices.
    — Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Where there is pain and suffering, there are trial lawyers looking to make a buck.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2017
  • For decades, trial lawyer ads have been a staple of late-night television.
    — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • As a 20-year trial lawyer, the judge called it pretty fairly.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 3 June 2022
  • Not one of them is spent holding trial lawyers accountable.
    — David Wilson, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Hard-pressed to find work, the trial lawyer turned to building playgrounds as a volunteer.
    — Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Earley is a trial lawyer who founded her own law firm and has worked as a public defender.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2026
  • Rovner wrote Coleman’s trial lawyer knew about the video recordings.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
  • Somebody gets hurt and the trial lawyers pounce, seeking assets wherever they may be found.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The lawmaker said legislative attempts to curb the practice at that time were killed by trial lawyers.
    — Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Among those in attendance was Todd Spodek, her trial lawyer, who did not leave with any of the drawings.
    — New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022
  • The judge then retained a high-profile trial lawyer to represent him before the appeals court.
    — Ann E. Marimow, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2020
  • For better or worse, the high profile trial lawyer's address has become an attraction of late.
    — Amber Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 4 June 2018
  • Lopez, a trial lawyer, gave Martin an antique cushion cut stone set on a thin pavé diamond band.
    — Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE.com, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Morgan & Morgan may deserve to be fired, but that is no reason to slander trial lawyers.
    — WSJ, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Justices said in the new ruling that Skakel’s trial lawyer failed to present an alibi witness.
    — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Alex Murdaugh is—or at least was, before he was disbarred—a talented trial lawyer.
    — Valerie Bauerlein, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Over two decades, Sandler has built his reputation as a trial lawyer, first and foremost.
    — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Texas is notably the place where trial lawyers most recently defeated tort reform.
    — Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • Moreover, my career as a trial lawyer, spending each day in court, has exposed me to the vast majority of judges statewide.
    — John "johnny" Weekes, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
  • In an American court, trial lawyers can strike or accept jurors from a pool of the defendant’s peers.
    — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Bobby Barrera said his father’s reputation as a trial lawyer was known across the state.
    — Nancy M. Preyor-Johnson, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Pate’s law firm, Pate, Johnson & Church, described him as a trial lawyer of more than 25 years.
    — Martin Savidge, CNN, 13 Sep. 2022
  • For nearly 20 years, Bailey has been a civil defense trial lawyer in Huntsville.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The Make America Healthy Again movement and trial lawyers lost.
    — Zachary Karabell, Washington Post, 1 July 2026
  • Parris has loomed over Lancaster for decades, first as a trial lawyer and civic leader and for the last 15 years as its mayor.
    — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Larsen was one of the few women in Hamilton County to work as a trial lawyer in the 1970s.
    — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2025
  • George Psoras is a serious trial lawyer who will make the office tougher, fairer and more competent.
    — Clarke Ahlers, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2026

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