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