prominent lawyer

collocation in English

meaningsofprominentandlawyer

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prominent
adjective
uk
/ˈprɒm.ɪ.nənt/us
/ˈprɑː.mə.nənt/
very well known ...
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lawyer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlɔɪ.ər/us
/ˈlɔɪ.jɚ/
someone whose job is to give advice to people about the law and speak for them ...
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(Definition ofprominentandlawyerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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His father was aprominentlawyerand politician.
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As aprominentlawyer, he explained what was intended by the clause.
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For example, a town clerk or a county clerk is usually quite aprominentlawyer.
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He was aprominentlawyer, a senior partner in a large and thriving law firm.
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She is said to have grown up in a trying childhood during nationwide strife to become aprominentlawyerand prominent politician's wife.
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He eventually became aprominentlawyerin the area.
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Sometimes singularly, often in the company of prominent lawyers, he took on cases that involved the great and the prominent.
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As the dispute continued, prominent lawyers took over a large portion of this task.
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Chrisman had served as a member of the first school board in 1866 and was also aprominentlawyerand banker in the community.
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Forrest became aprominentlawyer, specialising in corporate law.
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Williams was a self-made gentleman farmer, and aprominentlawyerand politician.
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Many times he would take up cases without charging a fee from resourceless, poor and needy persons and fight for them against prominent lawyers.
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Two of his grandsons also became prominent lawyers.
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Wade, at that time one of the most prominent lawyers in the state, is considered to have been the most important advocate for codification.
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Constructed in the middle of the nineteenth century for a local medical official, it was for many years the home of one of the city's prominent lawyers.
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