verb
- past tense and past participle of cocounsel; to serve as a joint counsel or co-attorney with another lawyer in a legal case
Usage: legal/professional context; chiefly North American
Examples
- The two attorneys cocounselled the defendant throughout the trial.
- She cocounselled with her senior partner on the complex corporate merger.
- They cocounselled the client to ensure comprehensive legal representation.
- The firm cocounselled multiple cases simultaneously last year.