Four thousand lawyers from across the state applied for the openings in his office.

But today his lawyers applied for the company to be compulsorily wound-up.

More than 40 lawyers applied for the positions, which pay $110,000 a year and carry four-year terms.

But many lawyers, including Mr. Quayle, apply their skills outside the practice of law.

But Irwin was a grown man now - albeit a lawyer, so perhaps the sobriquet still applied.

I've had more lawyers apply now than I've ever seen.

In 2001 it was revealed that Brown's lawyer had applied for a section 613 verdict (unfit to be tried) from the jury.

The lawyers must also apply to the judges for state money to hire experts and investigators.

Brown's July 2000 trial was delayed after his lawyer applied for a section 613 verdict (unfit to be tried) from the jury.

At Columbia, 8,020 would-be lawyers applied to start law school last fall, compared with 8,355 a year earlier.