What is the difference between: Lawyer vs. Attorney

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Lawyer vs. Attorney: are the two any similar or any different?

I would like to know the basic difference please.

ASHOOR
 
They are actually a synonym ashoor.


According to Googles dictionary at least. Both are "A professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice"
 
To my knowledge, Canadians say lawyer and Americans say attorney (basic difference)

A different example of Canadian legal terms vs American legal terms:

Canadians say examination-in-chief
Americans say direct examination

Both mean asking questions to your client during trial; however, the terms are expressed differently.
 
i thought attorney are most of the time being appointed by the Public Prosecutor or the state. And lawyers are well from the other party.

You are the Canadians and American i don't know hehe.

When i translate the dutch word advocaat ( lawyers) i get these results:

lawyer [the ~]
solicitor [the ~]
advocate [the ~]
counsellor [the ~]
barrister [the ~]
counsel [the ~]
pleader [the ~]

And for attorney:

dutch word: procureur ( prosecutor)

translating that into english:

attorney [the ~]
solicitor [the ~]

It's just a guess
 
In England you have solicitors and Barristers and they are collectively known as lawyers. That's probably no help at all - sorry!
 
I personally think a lawyer is one who works in office and other places, while an attorney is the one who is actually in the court doing the defence.

ASHOOR
 
ashoor said:
I personally think a lawyer is one who works in office and other places, while an attorney is the one who is actually in the court doing the defence.

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All lawyers can attend trial; every law firm will have the terms Barristors and Solicitors under the firm name. However, the difference between a barristor and a solicior is that a barrister is the one who attends trial while a solicitor is the one that does work in the office.

Canadian lawyers who are appointed by the government are referred as Crowns; however, American attorneys are referred as Prosecutors.
 
The difference is that a lawyer works out of a strip mall and steals your money, while an attorney is a shark in a $1,000 Armani suit who makes sure you get to keep the money you stole from other people. Its a matter of degrees.
 
Here in the great land of Oz we have Solicitors and Barresters. The thing i don't get is Lawyers, coz we see to have them too...we have all these 'Lawyers' requesting meidcal reords from our hospital but i always thought Australia didn't have Lawyers. We also have Queen's Council, boy do I wish I earned the kind of money they do LOL
 
There is no difference....

and juju... :ROFLMAO:

We say lawyer here... lmao..... :bangin:

I never say attorney... ive always used lawyer... :lol:
 
Renee,

Solicitors and barristers are lawyers, much the same like bananas and oranges are fruits.

Barristers are like "specialists" whereas solicitors are like "general practitioners" if we compare to the medical field.
 
Renee said:
Here in the great land of Oz we have Solicitors and Barresters. The thing i don't get is Lawyers, coz we see to have them too...we have all these 'Lawyers' requesting meidcal reords from our hospital but i always thought Australia didn't have Lawyers. We also have Queen's Council, boy do I wish I earned the kind of money they do LOL
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Australia is such a try hard, they just want to be different like Americans :mrgreen:


What kind of words are Barresters and Solicitors.



I dont think you guys followed the right yellow brick road (Please excuse this cheap line).
 
LOL prince! I thought Americans say attorney?

I would always say attorney because it sounds better than lawyer until someone told me that Americans say attorney :mad:
 
It's all semantics. Lawyer, Attorney, Counsel..it's all basically the same thing. Lawyer is the profession, Attorney is the appointed, Counsel is just another word for Defence Counsel, Crown Counsel whatever.
 
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