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a hired translator between you and the language laws were written to confuse you with
means A person legally qualified and authorized to act on someone else's behalf, especially a lawyer who represents clients in legal matters.
from From Old French 'atorné,' the past participle of 'atorner,' meaning 'to appoint or assign' (literally 'to turn to' a task). The core idea is delegation: an attorney is one turned toward your business in your place. The same root survives in 'power of attorney,' that document granting someone the right to stand in for you. English borrowed it in the medieval period through the courts of Norman-ruled England, where legal French was the language of law — fitting, given the word still names the gap between you and that language.
- origin word
- From Old French meaning one appointed to act
- latin motto
- Lawyers built whole careers on dead Latin phrases
- billable minute
- Many bill time in six-minute increments
- client privilege
- Confessing to them is legally protected secrecy
- esquire title
- The suffix Esq. signals admission to the bar
johnnie cochran — defended o.j. simpson in the 1995 trial, famous for 'if it doesn't fit, you must acquit'
thurgood marshall — argued brown v. board of education in 1954, ended school segregation
gloria allred — represented harvey weinstein accusers and numerous sexual harassment victims since the 1970s