What type of lawyer/attorney goes to court?
Saturday, March 7th, 2009 at
9:10 am
Buttbutt Peterson asked:
I hear corporate lawyers hardly go to court. What do they do?
what are the differences from corporate, commercial, drugs without a prescription and criminal lawyer? are there any other types of lawyers?
I hear corporate lawyers hardly go to court. What do they do?
what are the differences from corporate, commercial, drugs without a prescription and criminal lawyer? are there any other types of lawyers?
corporate lawyers work for entities, companies, businesses
criminal lawyers are like DA, prosecute, or defend criminals
Trial attorneys go to court
It depends on where you are. In some countries lawyers are split into two groups – Barristers and Solicitors.
Barristers are those who do trial work, such as criminal, family, and civil. Criminal trials are those where the Crown (or the State) is prosecuting a person for a crime and the lawyers involved can be representing the Crown (or the State) or the accused. Family law lawyers represent people in family disputes such as divorce or guardianship matters. Civil matters are those where persons or companies are suing each other.
Solicitors are those lawyers who do their work in their offices. These are the corporate/commercial lawyers, tax lawyers, real estate lawyers and the like. They do things like contracts where they do not need to go to court and argue before a judge.