legal eagle

noun

Slang.

1. a lawyer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of legal eagle¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

As Slate legal eagle Mark Joseph Stern puts it, the Roberts decision is an attempt at compromise that will do nothing to settle the issue, instead inviting more bitter conflict.

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The firm is nominally run by Beau Bridges between putts, with Jason Ritter as the boss’ son and Skye P. Marshall as Ritter’s estranged legal eagle wife.

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With a mountain of debt, Giuliani apparently cannot afford to pay his legal fees let alone fork over the kind of hefty retainer such a legal eagle would command.

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Fox News legal eagle Shannon Bream says her new book, “The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today,” reflects both her evangelical Christian experience and the research skills she honed in law school.

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Goodell has added another female legal eagle to the team — former Obama Attorney General Loretta Lynch — to represent the NFL in the discrimination lawsuit filed by former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores.

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