Thesaurus results for LEGAL EAGLE

legal eagle

noun

Definition of legal eagle

as in lawyer

a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations the actor hired a dream team of high-priced legal eagles to defend him against the charges

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Recent Examples of legal eagle Alan Jackson, the celebrity legal eagle, doesn’t recommend clients entrust their social media accounts to third parties —even if those clients crave commutations. — Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026 Hartley will be joined this fall only by returning series regular Fiona Rene, who continues to play legal eagle Reenie Green. — Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 25 Aug. 2025 That’s a fairly wide net in alerting Waukegan legal eagles of what the basis of any lawsuit may entail. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025 Produced by original film star Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine company, the prequel series will rewind to the high school days of her character, the fashionable legal eagle Elle. — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for legal eagle

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Defense lawyer Lawrence Obonyo, who represents Mackenzie and almost all of the others convicted, said he had been instructed to appeal.

— Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Among the 105 people who were ultimately arrested, 75 are believed to have been deported to their home countries, according to local media, and 26 were released from ICE custody after their lawyers filed habeas corpus petitions.

— Philip Wang, Time, 19 Oct. 2026

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In addition to the return of her property, Omar's attorneys are demanding that the Justice Department preserve any audio and video that was taken during the search, according to the letter.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Sims, an attorney was 34th District representative from 2012 to 2018.

— Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

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