"She's a brilliant jurist," Sara said defensively.

He's a brilliant jurist.

If Judge Thomas were a brilliant jurist, a Holmes or a Brandeis, the gamble might be justified.

"I think she is a brilliant jurist."

He was indeed a brilliant jurist and lawyer," Kimball said.

Indeed, one may wonder whether it is really desirable to have a "brilliant" jurist.

But lawyers from both sides of the case, and others, describe Judge Posner as a brilliant jurist, among the most respected in the United States.

Only a quick sketch of a brilliant jurist.

Fellow judge Stephen Trott said she was a "brilliant jurist" and "a joy to work with".

Taft, a brilliant jurist as Attorney General, successfully negotiated for bipartisan panel to peacefully settle the controversial Election of 1876.