criminal lawyer
Definition
A lawyer who specializes in criminal law, representing clients accused of crimes in court, often focusing on defense strategies to challenge prosecutions.
Informally, an attorney skilled in navigating the complexities of criminal cases, from misdemeanors to felonies, with a reputation for getting clients off the hook.
Examples
After the botched bank heist involving a clown costume, he called his trusty criminal lawyer to spin it as performance art.
The criminal lawyer argued that his client's shoplifting spree was just aggressive window shopping gone wrong.
She hired a criminal lawyer so slick, he convinced the jury the evidence was planted by time-traveling squirrels.
My uncle the criminal lawyer once defended a guy for stealing identities—said it was just extreme LinkedIn networking.