The term "opposing lawyer" is grammatically correct and is commonly used in written English.
For example: "The opposing lawyer was able to argue that the defendant was not guilty."
The expert was about to give his opinion when the opposing lawyer spoke up.
Asked a prospect if he knew either himself or the opposing lawyer.
In another, he wrestled with an opposing lawyer who had used a racial epithet.
The opposing lawyer, Charles Cooper, insisted to the court that he bore neither "ill will nor animosity for gays and lesbians".
If a firm publishes a high estimate of what a particular type of lawsuit might cost it, no opposing lawyer will settle for less.
"You've seen all the research and the data," Bettman said, responding to an opposing lawyer during his July 2015 examination, which lasted several hours.
Opposing lawyers disagree, calling it an outright money grab.
They become opposing lawyers in a murder case.
There have been bitter confrontations between the opposing lawyers.
Private Manning, now 25, sat quietly as the opposing lawyers questioned Mr. Lamo.
Despite the esprit de corps, the opposing lawyers have clashing worldviews about the system.
