Lawyer

• Advise and represent clients in courts, before government agencies, and in private legal matters
• Communicate with their clients and others
• Conduct research and analysis of legal problems
• Interpret laws, rulings, and regulations for individuals and businesses
• Present facts in writing and verbally to their clients or others and argue on their behalf
• Prepare and file legal documents, such as lawsuits, contracts,…
Lawyers, also called attorneys, act as both advocates and advisors.
• As advocates, they represent one of the parties in criminal or civil trials by presenting evidence and arguing in support of their client.
• As advisors, lawyers counsel their clients about their legal rights and obligations and suggest courses of action in business and personal matters. All attorneys research the intent of laws and judicial decisions and apply the laws to the specific circumstances that their clients face.
• Lawyers often oversee the work of support staff, such as paralegals and legal assistants.
• Lawyers may have different titles and different duties, depending on where they work.
- Criminal law attorneys are also known as prosecutors and defense attorneys.
- Prosecutors typically work for the government to file a lawsuit, or charge, against an individual or corporation accused of violating the law.
- Defense attorneys work for either individuals or the government (as public defenders) to represent and defend the accused.
- Government counsels commonly work in government agencies. They write and interpret laws and regulations and set up procedures to enforce them. Government counsels also write legal reviews on agencies decisions. They argue civil and criminal cases on behalf of the government.
o Corporate counsels, also called in-house counsels, are lawyers who work for corporations. They advise a corporations executives about legal issues related to the corporations business activities. These issues may involve patents, government regulations, contracts with other companies, property interests, taxes, or collective-bargaining agreements with unions (if any needed)
o Tax lawyers handle a variety of tax-related issues for individuals and corporations. Tax lawyers may help clients navigate complex tax regulations, so that they pay the appropriate tax on items such as income, profits, or property. For example, they may advise a corporation on how much tax it needs to pay from profits made in different states to comply with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rules.
o Intellectual property lawyers deal with the laws related to inventions, patents, trademarks, and creative works, such as music, books, and movies. An intellectual property lawyer may advise a client about whether it is okay to use published material in the client’s forthcoming book.
o Litigation lawyers handle all lawsuits and disputes between parties. These could be contract disputes, personal injury disputes, and real estate and property disputes. Litigation lawyers may specialize in a certain area, such as personal injury law, or may be a general lawyer for all types of disputes and lawsuits.

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