Both became lawyers. They each served in the Illinois state legislature before serving one term in the United States Congress.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

Or a newspaper might report that "defense lawyers were 'battening down the hatches' for testimony by someone who observed the crime."

VOA: special.2009.05.24

American government lawyers this week brought criminal charges against a young Somali man in connection with a ship hijacking earlier this month.

VOA: special.2009.04.25

Brown's lawyers then argued that he was not guilty of the three crimes with which he was charged.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

He did not answer the charges himself but his lawyers entered a plea of not guilty.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

He said the trial was a contest between the defense lawyers and the whole United States.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

And their lawyers. And the relatives and the teachers and all are proud of these kids.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

So did storekeepers,hotel workers,lawyers, blacksmiths -- all the people needed to expand the young nation.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

Committee chairman William Weisenberg says the lawyers group is for greater use of merit-based selections.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

That could create a problem for government lawyers seeking the most severe punishment for the accused C spending the rest of his life in prison.

VOA: special.2009.04.25

Lawyers try to choose those they think will be more sympathetic to their side.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

John Brown's lawyers tried to show that his family had a history of madness.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

Very few parents urged their daughters to become lawyers or doctors or professors.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

Brown protested. He said the lawyers were just trying to save his life.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

The judge and lawyers for both sides in a case question possible jurors.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

During a trial, lawyers for the opposing sides question the witnesses who testify.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

The judge finally stops the loud argument and calls the two lawyers forward.

VOA: special.2010.07.04

Lawyers,doctors,writers and artists were among the winners of this year's MacArthur Fellowship.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

She interviewed many doctors, scientists,lawyers, reporters and experts on medical ethics.

VOA: special.2010.07.21