law i chapter 6. lawyers pages 60-67 key terms litigators bar association retainer contingency fee...

Law I

Chapter 6

Lawyers

Pages 60-67

Key Terms

Litigators Bar AssociationRetainerContingency FeeAttorney Client PrivilegeDisbarred Legal Malpractice

Litigators

Trial lawyers Barristers Lawyers that go to court.

a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court

Johnny Cochran

Marsha Clark

Strom Thurmond

Abraham Lincoln

Bar Association

Organization of lawyers.

Retainer

A down payment by which a client hires an attorney to act in his or her behalf.

Contingency Fee

The fee paid to an attorney based on a percentage of the sum awarded to his or her client in a lawsuit.

Attorney-Client Privilege

The right and the duty to withhold information from others because of some special status or relationship of confidentiality. Other types of privileges include husband-wife, and doctor-patient.

Disbarred

To take away an attorney’s license to practice law because of illegal or unethical conduct.

Legal Malpractice

The type of lawsuit brought against a lawyer for loss to his or her client caused by the lawyer’s failure to meet acceptable standards of practice for the legal profession.