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  2. Lawyer - Wikipedia

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    In some jurisdictions descended from the English common law tradition, including England and Wales, there are often two kinds of lawyers. A barrister (also known as an advocate or counselor) is a lawyer who typically specializes in arguing before courts, particularly in higher courts.

  3. List of legislation named for a person - Wikipedia

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    Lucy's Law; Malin's Act (the Married Women's Reversionary Interests Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict c 57)) Palmer's Act; Peel's Acts; Poynings' Law (disambiguation) Preston's Act (55 Geo 3 c 192) (1815) Sarah's Law (officially the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme) Sophia Naturalization Act 1705; Strode's Act; The Thellusson Act

  4. Martin Singer - Wikipedia

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    Martin D. Singer (born 1952) is an American attorney. Considered to be one of Hollywood's foremost and widely recognized lawyers, he has been described as "Hollywood's favorite legal hit man" [1] and the "bane of studio chiefs and tabloid editors" [2] and is recognized as a significant figure in the realm of celebrity legal matters.

  5. Lists of legal terms - Wikipedia

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    Outline of law: Lists; List of Latin phrases This page was last edited on 18 April 2024, at 03 ...

  6. G. Robert Blakey - Wikipedia

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    Blakey served as a law professor at Notre Dame Law School from 1964 to 1969. From 1973 to 1980, he served as a law professor at Cornell Law School, and was director of the Cornell Institute on Organized Crime. In 1980, Blakey returned to teaching law at Notre Dame, and in 1985 was named the William J. and Dorothy K. O'Neill Professor of Law ...

  7. List of eponymous laws - Wikipedia

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    Fourier's law, also known as the law of heat conduction, states that the time rate of heat flow Q through a slab (or a portion of a perfectly insulated wire) is proportional to the gradient of temperature difference; named for Joseph Fourier.

  8. Macon Bolling Allen - Wikipedia

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    Born in Indiana as A. Macon Bolling, he moved to New England at some point in the early 1840s and changed his name to Macon Bolling Allen in Boston in January 1844. [1] Soon after, Allen moved to Portland, Maine and studied law, working as an apprentice to Samuel Fessenden, a local abolitionist and attorney. The Portland District Court rejected ...

  9. Tim Misny - Wikipedia

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    He received his undergraduate degree in pre-law from John Carroll University in 1977, and earned his J.D. degree from Cleveland–Marshall College of Law in 1981. [ 7 ] Misny served as an assistant police prosecutor and as an attorney of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association before becoming a plaintiff personal injury lawyer. [ 8 ]