0 someone whose job is to give advice to people about the law and speak for them in court: --
1 someone whose job is to give advice to people about the law and speak for them in court: --
2 someone whose job is to give advice about the law and prepare court cases or speak for one side of a case in court: --
a lawyer defends/represents/sues sb/sth A lawyer representing the firms said they would ask the court to disqualify the government's witness.
a bankruptcy/divorce/tax lawyer
a civil/corporate/government lawyer
He is a trial lawyer specializing in industrial injuries cases.
defence/prosecution lawyer The family hired a prominent defence lawyer.
A lawyer for the company said there were grounds to appeal the ruling.
The reporter watched the lawyers of the criminals who was speaking to the judge.
Undoubtedly some lawyers are trying to eradicate legalese in response to the siren voices of customer care, quality improvement and positive image.
The significance of this for lawyers may not yet have been grasped.
Only in 1820 were the crown lawyers statutorily obliged to bring a libel information to trial within a year of the filing date.
The media now are dominantly visual and lawyers are in these pictures.
Sometimes singularly, often in the company of prominent lawyers, he took on cases that involved the great and the prominent.
While the names of 225 different lawyers were extracted from the 360 files, some appeared more than once.
But it can scarcely be employed by the lawyer for the reason that it has been already appropriated by the philosopher.
