Definition of "defense attorney" [defense attorney]

• The lawyer representing the defendant (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Even if Marvin had harmed Clete and Zerelda and was in possession of the nine-millimeter that had killed Frankie Dogs, the right defense attorney could put him and his scarred back and his hush-puppy accent on the stand and have a jury of daytime soap-opera fans touching tears from their cheeks."
• "His name was well known, for he assisted the renowned defense attorney Clarence Darrow in the Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb murder trial of 1924."
• "Carlson knew that Crimstein, like many a natty defense attorney in this post-OJ era, clung to the claims of police incompetence and/or misconduct like a desperate suitor."