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- From: srm@world.std.com (Stevens R Miller)
- Subject: Re: Attorney v. Lawyer
- Message-ID: <BzMxrG.771@world.std.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <1992Dec17.124527.13395@mwhhlaw.uucp> <BzF4Bs.79A@world.std.com> <BzKEJK.D2q@world.std.com> <1992Dec21.064511.11596@eff.org>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 00:38:04 GMT
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- mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin) writes:
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- >It has always seemed apparent to me that "attorney" is what lawyers call
- >each other, as well as what a non-lawyer calls his lawyer when he wants to
- >make that lawyer sound more high-powered and highfalutin.
-
- Interesting. My experience is that attorneys and policemen address
- lawyers as "counselor," but for entirely opposite reasons.
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- Stevens R. Miller J.D.
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