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Law I Chapter 6

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Law I

Chapter 6

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Lawyers

Pages 60-67

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Key Terms

Litigators Bar AssociationRetainerContingency FeeAttorney Client PrivilegeDisbarred Legal Malpractice

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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

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Johnny Cochran

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Marsha Clark

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Strom Thurmond

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Abraham Lincoln

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Bar Association

Organization of lawyers.

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Retainer

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

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Contingency Fee

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

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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.

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Disbarred

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

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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.