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defense attorney n. 1) the attorney representing the defendant in a lawsuit or criminal prosecution. 2) a lawyer who regularly represents defendants who have insurance and who is chosen by the insurance company. 3) a lawyer who regularly represents criminal defendants. Attorneys who regularly represent clients in actions for damages are often called "plaintiff's attorneys." (See: defendant, plaintiff's attorney) |
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In Poor Old God, He Always Gets the Blame, author Arlene Claire Cartwright dares to take the role of His defense attorney, and questions whether He really is to blame for everything that goes wrong. Woods stars as Sebastian Stark, a brilliant defense attorney who loses his stomach for the game when a client he successfully represents murders his wife, sending him into paroxysms of self-doubt and, eventually, to assisting L. Yet Foxx's defense attorney had her testify because she was a sympathetic suspect: her estranged husband, Herman Bullock, had beaten her frequently and caused her to seek restraining orders against him, file criminal charges against him, and change her phone number. |
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