Without knowing it, he was the private, personal counsel to a professional assassin.

The victims usually knew no lawyers and could not afford private counsel.

Laurel is a client of status in this hotel, private counsel, and the subject of more than a few news stories.

I am certain you would agree that the President deserves the same right to the informed assistance of private counsel as does every other citizen.

But, you might ask, do criminal defendants ever really have a choice between public defenders and private counsel?

"He has instructed his private counsel to continue to cooperate fully with the department."

He would be a private counsel for that purpose.

"We will take private counsel with our Elder of the god."

H-2A aliens lack financial resources to retain private counsel.

"He kept him with him as his private counsel until the time of his death."