a high-powered attorney
She's an attorney who advises companies about mergers and takeovers.
They paid a high-powered attorney to plead their case.
She was asked to take the witness stand and was then cross-examined by the state attorney.
The plaintiff (most probably at the suggestion of her attorney) changed strategy and decided to employ a procedural argument rather than substantive one.
We encourage families to obtain durable power of attorney for health care for their demented relatives and avoid the cost and procedures of guardianship.
In this instance, the cemetery's attorneys almost welcomed defeat as a way to end their ' ' untenable legal position.
