The most important question on any attorney’s mind, especially when going before a judge or panel of judges is: how do I persuade the judge to my view? Answer? Preparation and practice. Or at least that the opinion of Justice Antonin Scalia, associate justice on the US Supreme Court, and Bryan Garner, president of LawProse, […]
Am I a lawyer or attorney? (or counsel?)
January 5, 2010 by
Beyond the Underground has an interesting, and short, exploration of the uses of “attorney” versus “lawyer.” In part: According to Garner’s “Dictionary of Modern American Usage,” the two “are not generally distinguished even by members of the legal profession.” Once upon a time, a lawyer was defined as a person who practices law, while […]
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