2006-09-03 12:56:24 · 18 answers · asked by BARD 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
The technical difference is simple, the lawyer is a person knowledgeable in law, while the attorney has passed a Bar Exam and can arepresent you in your absence... not so with the lawyer, who must have you present during your defence. That's why you have such a document as a Power of Attorney, but not a Power of Lawyer. The proper title is actually "Attorney and Counselor at Law," which means he is duly qualified and certified by the State he has passed the Bar Exam to give advice and to represent in his/her specialty of law (Bankruptcy, Divorce, Criminal, etc).
Once a lawyer passes the State Bar Exam and pays the required fees, he/she is also a legal witness and can notarize documents signed in his/her presence and most often in most states without taking an additional exam.
A doctor and a Physician are not the same, either. I can be a Doctor of Literature or Philosophy or Law but a physician is a person who has studied and graduated and can dispense medications that are regulated and can, if so trained, make incisions and operations in accordance with his/her specialized training.
2006-09-03 12:59:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2014-10-11 03:53:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're different terms for the same profession. But you can get more technical: "The meaning of the word "lawyer" varies slightly between English dialects. In American English, the term is synonymous with licensed attorneys who practice law; attorneys who serve as judges, law clerks or legislators do not practice for the duration of their service. For consistency, this narrower definition is generally used throughout this article.
"In British English, the word "lawyer" is used loosely to refer to a broad variety of law-trained persons. It includes practitioners such as barristers, solicitors, and legal executives; and people who are involved with the law but do not practice it on behalf of individual clients, such as judges, law clerks, and legislators."
2006-09-03 13:10:56 · answer #3 · answered by Moe 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Attorney:
A person legally appointed by another to act as his or her agent in the transaction of business, specifically one qualified and licensed to act for plaintiffs and defendants in legal proceedings.
Lawyer:
Person trained and licensed to prepare, manage, and either prosecute or defend a court action as an agent for another and who also gives advice on legal matters that may or may not require court action. Legal practice varies from country to country. In Britain, for example, lawyers are divided into barristers and solicitors. In the U.S. attorneys often specialize in limited areas of the law (e.g., criminal law, divorce, or probate). In France the most important type of legal professional is the avocat, roughly comparable to the English barrister. In Germany the chief distinction is between lawyers and notaries.
2006-09-03 13:00:06 · answer #4 · answered by Trilochan Kaur 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Attorney is just a fancy way of saying the same thing.
Actually the entire title is Attorney at Law.
2006-09-03 12:58:21 · answer #5 · answered by WendyD1999 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they're the comparable, yet lawyer has extra energetic status than criminal expert. human beings can study to be a criminal expert, yet training they're an lawyer. in case you had a regulation degree and surpassed the bar, yet did no longer prepare, you will possibly desire to be seen a criminal expert, counselor or regulation professor etc. that would sum as a criminal expert.
2016-11-06 08:58:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally none. Though some states use one term or the other as an official title for someone licensed through that state's bar.
2006-09-03 12:58:22 · answer #7 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
None. In England the separate between barrister and solicitor, the former appears in court, the latter does not.
2006-09-03 13:33:31 · answer #8 · answered by bigjohn B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing. The terms mean the same thing, just like doctor and physician.
2006-09-03 12:58:21 · answer #9 · answered by rockinout 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The same as vase and Vase.
Attorney at Law...
Vaya con DIOS
2006-09-03 13:21:05 · answer #10 · answered by chrisbrown_222 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋