Attorney at law

An attorney at law (or attorney-at-law) in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute and defend actions in such court on the retainer of clients. Alternative terms include counselor (or counsellor-at-law) and lawyer. There are currently 760,000 people earning a living as lawyers in the United States. The United States legal system does not draw a distinction between lawyers who plead in court and ... More

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