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Attorney at law or attorney-at-law, usually abbreviated in everyday speech to attorney, is the preferred term for a practising lawyer in certain jurisdictions, including South Africa (for certain lawyers), Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and the United States. In Canada, it is used only in Quebec as the English term for avocat.
An attorney at law (or counsellor-at-law) in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute and defend actions in court on the retainer of clients. [1] As of January 1, 2023, there were 1,331,290 active lawyers in the United States. [ 2 ]
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In Poland, the title Mecenas is used to refer to advocates and attorneys at law, [29] although as an informal title its status is not protected by law. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] In South Africa and India, lawyers who have been admitted to the bar may use the title "Advocate", abbreviated to "Adv" in written correspondence.
According to American Bar Association Formal Opinion 90-357, the term "of counsel" is used to describe a "close, personal, continuous, and regular relationship" between the firm and counsel lawyer. [1] In large law firms, the title generally denotes a lawyer with the experience of a partner, but who does not carry the same workload or business ...
A counsel or a counsellor at law is a person who gives advice and deals with various issues, particularly in legal matters. It is a title often used interchangeably with the title of lawyer . The word counsel can also mean advice given outside of the context of the legal profession.
MERCER, Pa. (WKBN) – Charges against a Mercer County attorney and a woman who owns a title company have been dismissed. Charges of theft by deception were dismissed against Attorney Dustin Cole ...
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