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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The legal eagles who are allowed to pore over the aggregated documents will do so under a stringent need-to-know basis.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 June 2024
He is known among friends for his brilliance, for having navigated the straits between artist and legal eagle without losing an oar.
—Nicolaia Rips, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
No legal eagle in America analyzed the 14th Amendment issue more comprehensively than our Dan McLaughlin.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 11 Mar. 2024
Gendler, Kelly and Cunningham have been recognized as top entertainment legal eagles by Variety in its annual Legal Impact Report issue in 2022 and 2023.
—William Earl, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 June 2024
He is known among friends for his brilliance, for having navigated the straits between artist and legal eagle without losing an oar.
—Nicolaia Rips, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
No legal eagle in America analyzed the 14th Amendment issue more comprehensively than our Dan McLaughlin.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 11 Mar. 2024
Gendler, Kelly and Cunningham have been recognized as top entertainment legal eagles by Variety in its annual Legal Impact Report issue in 2022 and 2023.
—William Earl, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
See all Example Sentences for legal eagle
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“Legal eagle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legal%20eagle. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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