41.   US Attorney Donald Stern and his staff have come under fire in the political community and in some legal circles for what some say is an overly aggressive probe.

42.   William C. Powers Jr. is well-known and well-respected in legal circles.

43.   While that principle is largely agreed upon in legal circles, many who participated in the Lawyers Weekly survey said the terrorist attacks present extenuating circumstances.

44.   Within legal circles, a debate is raging about how public expectations over e-mail privacy do not match the law, and whether the law should be changed.

45.   But it sends the matter into the highest legal circles.

46.   Many in legal circles, however, expressed little surprise at the ruling.

47.   Nevertheless, the situation has caused a debate in legal circles.

48.   The judge, known in legal circles for a keen wit, never missed an opportunity to lighten up the testimony with a quick pun.

49.   The romance had been known in Trenton legal circles for years.

50.   Yohanes is an almost unknown in prominent legal circles.