counsel
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“In all our dealings with Mr. Sanberg, both directly and through his counsel, he provided information that was consistent with our review of contemporaneous documents and other evidence,” wrote Dave Anders of Wachtell Lipton.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
He immediately got on the line with his company’s general counsel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Defence counsel Michael Anderson KC, for Thompson, said he continued to maintain that he was innocent.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
As the United States Supreme Court explained in 1942, the Sixth Amendment right to the assistance of counsel implicitly embodies a “correlative right to dispense with a lawyer’s help.”
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
He couldn't find volunteer counsel for his postconviction appeals, so most of his legal claims were procedurally barred because he had missed the filing deadlines.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing counsel
The Bill of Rights
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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