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Attorney at law
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who is legally qualified to prosecute and defend actions in such court on
the retainer of clients. Alternative terms include attorney-at-law,
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and counselor (or counsellor) at law, attorney, and lawyer.[1]
The U.S. legal system has a united legal
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profession, and does not draw a distinction between lawyers who plead in
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and those who do not. Many other common law
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jurisdictions, as well as some civil law jurisdictions, have a separation,
such as the solicitor and barrister/advocate split in the United Kingdom
and the power of attorney for land titling Philippines
advocate/civil law notary split in France. There is also no delegation of
routine work to notaries public or their civil law equivalent in the
American system.
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Strictly speaking, an "attorney" is one who acts on behalf of another
person in some capacity. An "attorney-in-fact" is akin to an agent
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who acts on behalf of
another person, typically with respect to business, property,
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or personal matters. Such an agent does not have to be licensed to
practice law and may not need to have any license at all.
By contrast an attorney-at-law,
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or lawyer, is a person
trained and licensed by a relevant jurisdiction to practice law by
representing clients in legal matters and giving legal advice. In the
United States, the term attorney, standing alone, generally refers to this
meaning rather than to "attorney-in-fact".
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The term "attorney-in-fact" is mostly seen in the context of someone
representing another person's interest in business negotiations or
regarding signature pages on documents where the person signing is doing
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. The term power of attorney generally relates to an attorney-in-fact, not
an attorney-at-law. Alternative titles for "power of attorney" type
documents in non-U.S. jurisdictions include the French "Pouvoir", the
German "Vollmacht" and the Portuguese "Procuração".
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The term Attorney General is used to designate the chief law enforcement
officer of a state or other political jurisdiction. The Attorney General
is a lawyer who represents the government, prosecutes criminal cases,
defends the government from lawsuits against it, and brings civil lawsuits
to enforce consumer protection, antitrust, and other laws
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.
[edit] Older U.S. terminology and non-U.S. terminology
In common law jurisdictions
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outside the United States (e.g., England, Canada, Australia), attorney is
incorrect as a general term, and lawyer, barrister, or solicitor is used
instead. In these areas, the specific terms Crown attorney, power of
attorney, and Attorney General, are also used. In intellectual property,
the term patent attorney is commonly used.
In earlier times, some states, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court,
maintained a divided legal profession, as can still be found in the United
Kingdom, consisting of attorneys (who practised in courts of equity),
solicitors (who practised in courts of law)
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and barristers, also known as counsel, whom solicitors and attorneys
instructed to appear in the higher courts. In deference to this practice,
when an attorney at law is admitted to practice in some states, his or her
certificate of admission bears the title Attorney and Counselor-at-Law in
recognition of his inheritance of both of these roles.
[edit] The job of an attorney
Once admitted to practice by the highest court of a state (a function
sometimes administered by the state's bar association), an American
attorney may file legal pleadings and argue cases in any state court
(federal courts usually require separate admission), provide legal advice
to clients, and draft important legal documents such as wills, trusts,
deeds, and contracts.
In some states, real estate closings may be performed only by attorneys,
even though the attorney's role in a closing may involve primarily
notarization of documents and disbursement of settlement funds through an
escrow account.
Practicing law includes interviewing a client to identify the legal
question, analyzing the question, researching relevant law, devising legal
solutions to problems, and executing such solutions through specific tasks
such as drafting a contract or filing a motion with a court.
Most academic legal training is directed to identifying legal issues,
researching facts and law, and arguing both the facts and law in favor of
either side in any case.
Plaintiff v. Defense Attorneys (some attorneys do both plaintiff and
defense work, others only handle certain types of cases, like personal
injury, business, etc.)
Transactional (or "office practice") attorneys (who negotiate and draft
documents and advise clients, rarely going to court) v. litigators (who
advise clients in the context of legal disputes both in and out of court,
including lawsuits, arbitrations and negotiated settlements)
Trial attorneys (who argue the facts, such as the late Johnnie Cochran) v.
appellate attorneys (who argue the law, such as David Boies)
Outside counsel (law firms) v. in-house counsel (corporate legal
department)
Despite these descriptions, most states forbid or discourage claims of
specialization in particular areas of law unless the attorney has been
certified by his or her state bar[1] or state board of legal
specialization. Other states allow indirect indications of specialization
(in the form of advertisement language such as "our practice is limited to
. . .") but require that the lawyer state that he or she is not certified
by a state board of legal specialization in the advertised practice area.
Patent attorneys are allowed to advertise their specialization in all
jurisdictions, since registration for patent law is administered by the
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) instead of a state-level
body.
Manila, Cebu, Davao, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas,
Tagaytay, Isabela, Tuguegarao, Laoag, Ilocos, Baguio, La Union, Pangasinan,
Pampanga, Angeles, Zambales, Subic, Olongapo, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Malolos,
Rizal, Antipolo, Metro Manila, Makati, Imus, Quezon, BICOL, Samar, Albay,
Legaspi, Iloilo, Boracay, Negros, Dumaguete, Bacolod, Camotes Island, Leyte,
Tacloban, Ormoc, Maasin, Bohol, Tagbilaran, Panglao, Iligan City, Cagayan de
Oro, General Santos, Cotabato, Zamboanga, Davao, Samal, Tagum, Butuan, Palawan,
Agusan, Surigao etc.
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