2006-07-01 15:23:51 · 10 answers · asked by BlkBeauty24 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
When I was sworn in as an attorney in 1993, they told us that a lawyer was someone who had graduated law school and an attorney was someone who was admitted to practice law. In society, most people use the terms to mean the same thing. Personally, I prefer the term attorney.
2006-07-01 15:49:01 · answer #1 · answered by Carl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a lawyer is a person who is in a capacity to advise his clients their legal rights and of course pleads their cases in the courts by filing suits. but an attorney is a person who is authorized or empowered to act on someones behalf. he need not necessarily be a qualified lawyer. to be clear, lawyer is a person who is admitted as a member into the bar and a general attorney is not a member of the bar. but if he is authorized by some judicial authority as an attorney, then the better word would be "attorney at law". ALL ATTORNEYS ARE NOT LAWYERS. BUT ALL LAWYERS ARE ATTORNEYS.
2006-07-02 04:17:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An attorney is anyone appointed legally by another to transact business for him, including a person who is licensed to act in and on behalf of someone in court.
So some "attorneys" are not lawyers, but all lawyers are attorneys.
2006-07-01 15:32:10 · answer #3 · answered by sonyack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all lawyers went to school, got a degree and took the bar exam and passed it, recieving a license to practice law.
not all attorneys pass the bar exam, thats why they call themselves attorneys at law. not of law.
they might know just as much, but they just didnt get the license.
they can use their degree in law to give legal advice.
so
all lawyers can be attorneys, but not all attorneys can be lawyers
2006-07-07 19:19:33 · answer #4 · answered by meld1707 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Attorney is primarily an American term for lawyer.
In Canada and the UK, we use the terms Barrister & Solicitor. Attorney has a completely different meaning here.
2006-07-01 17:02:44 · answer #5 · answered by Angela B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing they are 2 names for the same profession. It is just like physician and doctor.
2006-07-01 15:27:42 · answer #6 · answered by dcbowls 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when u look it up in any dicitionary u should b faced with the same meaning no matter which way u put it!! they both mean licensed by the state n authorized to give legal advice.
2006-07-01 15:54:48 · answer #7 · answered by Lovemylifefriendsfamily 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
about $200 an hour
2006-07-01 17:07:36 · answer #8 · answered by Top 99% 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just another name for the same thing
2006-07-01 15:27:23 · answer #9 · answered by sp20060709 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing.
2006-07-01 15:26:54 · answer #10 · answered by D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋