private practice
noun
: a professional business (such as that of a lawyer or doctor) that is not controlled or paid for by the government or a larger company (such as a hospital)
After years as attorney general, he returned to private practice.
Examples of private practice in a Sentence
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The lead prosecutor on the case, now in private practice, did not return a request for comment.
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Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2024
As an attorney in private practice, Bernhardt had sued the government on behalf of the giant Westlands Water District to challenge its enforcement of the Endangered Species Act, which conflicted with Westlands’ interests.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
His early accomplishments included recruiting OB-GYN Yvette Gentry, M.D., from private practice.
—Vanessa Grubbs, STAT, 16 Apr. 2024
McBride was an alder on the Common Council for 10 years and worked as an attorney for more than 30 years in government and private practice.
—Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024
Duprat went into private practice in 1982, while also running a nursery and garden shop in the Jardins neighborhood, and within a decade had as many clients in Rio as in São Paulo.
—Michael Snyder Pedro Kok, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
With the help of just one other attorney and an investigator, Pye’s lawyer was responsible for hundreds of felony cases at the same time – in addition to his private practice, the petition says.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
Bragg started out as a lawyer in private practice representing, among other clients, Native American tribal members who said they had been abused by the police.
—Michael Rothfeld Emily Woo Zeller Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
He ping-ponged between the U.S. attorney’s office and private practice throughout his career, focusing on organized crime in the former position and civil rights in the latter.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2024
As an attorney in private practice, Bernhardt had sued the government on behalf of the giant Westlands Water District to challenge its enforcement of the Endangered Species Act, which conflicted with Westlands’ interests.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
His early accomplishments included recruiting OB-GYN Yvette Gentry, M.D., from private practice.
—Vanessa Grubbs, STAT, 16 Apr. 2024
McBride was an alder on the Common Council for 10 years and worked as an attorney for more than 30 years in government and private practice.
—Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024
Duprat went into private practice in 1982, while also running a nursery and garden shop in the Jardins neighborhood, and within a decade had as many clients in Rio as in São Paulo.
—Michael Snyder Pedro Kok, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
With the help of just one other attorney and an investigator, Pye’s lawyer was responsible for hundreds of felony cases at the same time – in addition to his private practice, the petition says.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
Bragg started out as a lawyer in private practice representing, among other clients, Native American tribal members who said they had been abused by the police.
—Michael Rothfeld Emily Woo Zeller Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
He ping-ponged between the U.S. attorney’s office and private practice throughout his career, focusing on organized crime in the former position and civil rights in the latter.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Private practice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20practice. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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