Lawyers and people who work in courts

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Lawyers and people who work in courts
Norbu Chinchi, 421 group

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What you need to know if you're going to court
• advocate (n) - a lawyer
• AG (n) - Attorney General: the most senior lawyer for the government in some countries
• AG (n) - Attorney General: the head of the US Department of Justice
• ambulance chaser (n) - a lawyer who contacts injury victims to offer to represent them in a
compensation claim
• arbitrator (n) - a person who sits as a judge in arbitration cases
• attorney (n) MAINLY AMERICAN - a lawyer
• bailiff (n) AMERICAN - someone whose job is to guard prisoners in a court
• barrister (n) - a lawyer in England or Wales who is allowed to speak in the higher law courts
• brief (n) BRITISH INFORMAL - a lawyer

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• chief justice (n) - the most senior judge in a court of law, especially the US Supreme Court
• circuit judge (n) - a judge who visits a number of courts of law in an area regularly in order to deal with local
cases
• claims farmer (n) INFORMAL - a person or company that encourages people to make claims for payment,
especially compensation, and then sells these claims to a law firm
• clerk (n) - someone whose job is to look after the documents in an office, court, etc
• counsel (n) LEGAL - a lawyer who gives someone legal advice and represents them in a court of law. In the
UK, counsel is a barrister.
• court-appointed lawyer (n) - a public defender
• DA (n) - district attorney: a lawyer in the US who represents a state against a person or organization accused
of committing a crime
• the defence (n) LEGAL - the people in a court case who try to prove that someone is not guilty. The people
who try to prove that someone is guilty are called the prosecution. The defence can be followed by a singular
or plural verb
• dock officer (n) - in a UK court, a person similar to a police officer who sits next to the accused to make sure
everyone is safe

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• duty solicitor (n) - a solicitor who is available to criminal suspects free of charge if they do not have their own
lawyer; also known as a public defender
• fiscal (n) - in some countries, a public prosecutor (=lawyer for the government)
• judge (n) - someone whose job is to make decisions in a court of law
• judicial assistant (n) - in the UK Supreme Court, a newly qualified lawyer who temporarily works as an
assistant to a Supreme Court Justice, undertaking tasks such as researching and summarizing cases
• jury – the group of people (usually 12 people) who decide if a defendant is guilty or innocent
• jurist (n) FORMAL - a legal expert, usually a judge
• justice (n) - a judge in a law court, especially in the US
• law firm (n) - a company consisting of a group of lawyers who provide legal advice and services
• litigator (n) - in the US, a lawyer who specializes in taking legal action against people or organizations
• lawyer (n) - someone whose profession is to provide people with legal advice and services
• magistrate (n) - a judge in a court for minor crimes
• marshal (n) AMERICAN - a government officer whose job is to make certain that the laws of a place or orders
of a court are obeyed

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• mouthpiece (n) AMERICAN INFORMAL - a lawyer, especially one who defends someone accused of a crime
• notary (n) - someone who has the legal authority to make a document official
• paralegal (n) - someone with legal training whose job is to help a lawyer
• patent attorney (n) - a lawyer who is qualified to represent clients in all aspects of patent law
• the people (n) LEGAL - the lawyers representing the US government or a US state in a criminal case
• personal injury lawyer (n) - a lawyer working in the field of personal injury law
• PI lawyer (n) - a personal injury lawyer
• the prosecution (n) - the lawyers who try to prove in court that someone accused of a crime is guilty. The
people who try to prove that someone is not guilty are called the defence. The prosecution can be followed
by a singular or plural verb.
• prosecutor (n) - a lawyer whose job is to prove in court that someone accused of a crime is guilty
• public defender (n) - a lawyer who is paid by the government to defend people in court if they cannot pay for
themselves
• public prosecutor (n) - in the UK, a lawyer who works for the government and tries to prove that someone
has done something illegal. The usual American word is district attorney.
• recorder (n) BRITISH - someone whose job is to make an official record of what is said in a court

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• serjeant at arms (n) - an official in a court of law or in parliament in the UK whose job is to make certain that
the people there do not behave badly
• solicitor (n) - in the UK, a lawyer who gives legal advice, writes legal contracts, and represents people in the
lower courts of law
• solicitor advocate (n) - a solicitor who has special training to be able to represent clients in the UK’s higher
courts
• Solicitor General (n) - in the UK, the second most important legal officer, below the Attorney General in
England and Wales and the Lord Advocate in Scotland
• state attorney (n) AMERICAN - a state’s attorney
• state’s attorney (n) - a lawyer who works for the state in US legal cases
• usher (n) LEGAL - an official in a UK law court who carries out many duties in the courtroom
• Your Honour PHRASE - used when talking to a judge in a court of law

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A prosecutor is a lawyer that works for
a prosecutors office, which is essentially a government
law firm whose only client is the State, and the State
pays the prosecutors office to uphold it's laws.

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What is the difference between
an arbitrator and a judge?
Arbitrators take an oath to be fair and impartial, and apply
the law as do judges, however, arbitrators answer first and
foremost to the parties and their business needs.

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Bailiffs are law enforcement officers who are responsible
for maintaining order in a courtroom during trials. While
their duties do vary from a police officer, bailiffs also play
an important role in the justice system.

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Most lawyers don't go to court. There is a long list of
practice area where lawyer don't go to court.

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• Does everyone facing legal issues need a
lawyer?

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