defense lawyer
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It’s easy to be the candidate lobbing criticisms, or even the defense lawyer arguing the facts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Reiner’s former defense lawyer, Alan Jackson, quit the case in January.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Andrew Proto, a defense lawyer, said “a 15-second clip” isn’t worth a criminal record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Fresh off a razor-thin runoff victory, the flamboyant millionaire defense lawyer and political outsider Abelardo de la Espriella is set to take office on Aug. 7.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Playing the role of Powers’s defense lawyer was Mikhail Grinev, a wispy-goateed attorney whose job was to lose important cases to the government.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
