legal eagle

noun

, Slang.

1. a lawyer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of legal eagle¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Seattle Times

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.

From Washington Times

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.

From Washington Times

Anti-vaccine groups, conspiracy theory enthusiasts and far-right media have embraced him, and his best-known client, the group America’s Frontline Doctors, calls him part of a “Legal Eagle Dream Team.”

From Washington Post

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