defense attorney
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3.4
- noun
- /dɪˈfɛns əˈtɜrni/
- US
:
abogado defensor
- Gordon's defense attorney is trying to use it to build a case for a mistrial.
- criminal defense attorney
- prosecutors and defense attorneys
- defense attorney at trial
Mark Iglarsh is a criminal defense attorney at Iglarsh Law.
- Mark Iglarsh is a criminal defense attorney at Iglarsh Law.
- You'll hear Todd Blanche, he's the Trump defense attorney.
- And they're very good for the prosecutor, not very good for the defense attorneys.
- And then on cross examination, the defense attorney starts using that very same language.
- And so, like, I write as a defence attorney, OK, I'm going to take something that would go against the grain of the audience.
- And then that's simply an exchange between the defense attorney and the US attorney's office say, hey, here are the six things that we took out of scope erroneously.
- However, Jeffrey Epstein was taken off suicide watch in part at the urging of his defense attorney, apparently, sources familiar told ABC News.
- When he was convicted, his defense attorney was trying to get his prison record and they wouldn't release it to him.
- And sadly, our justice system plays on that with defense attorneys painting victims as confused, self-serving and to blame.
- And then as my work became known, defense attorneys would send me people who did really bad things and their brains were so damaged.
- He is a partner at Brown, White and Osborne, a defense attorney firm in California.
- I have a my bit, my law partner is a criminal defense attorney.
- How there's no possible way that a defense attorney would be so incompetent as to have zero evidence at all.
- he gave me some advice one time and it was, he was a good guy. Most of the, the, the lawyers and the judges and the DA's, the defence attorneys
- And juxtapose that with this bad ass criminal defense attorney, then you start shaping a person.
- Take Trump defense attorney and spokesman for Crest yellow strips Alan Dershowitz.
Examples
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Something came up in a meeting with the defense attorney.
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"Your Honor, may we approach the bench?" the defense attorney spoke.
Fiction book (1992) -
I'm a criminal defense attorney.
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You're a defense attorney now.
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The firm hired an experienced criminal defense attorney for guidance and researched obligations to clients.
Academic text (1999) -
Mark Iglarsh is a criminal defense attorney at Iglarsh Law.
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At sentencing, his defense attorney argued that the victimless nature of the crime warranted a lesser sentence.
Academic text (1999) -
Veteran defense attorney Clarence Darrow avoided the jury by admitting the guilt of his clients.
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During the 1970s and '80s, Lionel Barrett was widely recognized as the premier murder defense attorney in Middle Tennessee.
Academic text (2011) -
Mr Young, I will be acting as your defense attorney during the trial.
Synonyms
713
4.3
A lawyer who speaks for someone in court
146
5.8
A lawyer who speaks for a client in court
57
3.2
A lawyer who helps someone accused of a crime in court
55
3.8
A lawyer who represents people who cannot pay for one in criminal cases
3
3.2
Lawyers who represent a person accused of a crime in court
Antonyms
789
4.6
A lawyer who represents the government and brings charges against someone accused of a crime
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'defense attorney' is transparently built from 'defense' (the side arguing to protect the accused) and 'attorney' (a legal representative), so a learner who knows both words can infer it means the lawyer representing the accused. This head–modifier noun phrase pattern is common across languages and follows standard English composition, making the meaning predictable for B1 learners.
Etymology
Defense attorney comes from the image of a lawyer standing like a protector in court: defense means protecting and attorney is a person who works with the law. That's why it means 'a lawyer who represents the person accused'.