lawyers'
Legal professionals' belonging
Lawyers' is the possessive form of the plural noun lawyers, indicating something belonging to or associated with multiple lawyers: The lawyers' fees exceeded our budget, a lawyers' association.
Use lawyers' when the possession involves more than one lawyer; use lawyer's for a single lawyer.
Costs for services
- clientsThose receiving professional services
- officesProfessional work spaces
- briefsSnug lower undergarments
- casesContainers or instances
billable · retainers · consultations · partnerships · practices · associates · paralegals · depositions
Required tasks or charges
- confidentialityQuality of protecting secrets
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- obligationsRequired responsibilities
- conductManner of behaving
bar · disbarment · malpractice · conflicts · disclosure · integrity · accountability · ethics
Group with shared aim
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- barDrinking establishment
- societyOrganized communal human existence
- fraternitySpirit of brotherly connection
network · community · profession · ranks · circles · unions · organizations · conferences
Artificial head coverings
- robesLong loose outer garments
- gownsElegant full-length dresses
- briefcasesHinged work bags
- credentialsEvidence of qualification or identity
diplomas · licenses · letterheads · seals · libraries · chambers · desks · gavels
fees
Costs for services
- clientsThose receiving professional services
- officesProfessional work spaces
- briefsSnug lower undergarments
cases · billable · retainers · consultations · partnerships · practices · associates · paralegals · depositions · filings
duties
Required tasks or charges
- confidentialityQuality of protecting secrets
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- obligationsRequired responsibilities
conduct · bar · disbarment · malpractice · conflicts · disclosure · integrity · accountability · ethics · oaths
association
Group with shared aim
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- barDrinking establishment
- societyOrganized communal human existence
fraternity · network · community · profession · ranks · circles · unions · organizations · conferences · conventions
wigs
Artificial head coverings
- robesLong loose outer garments
- gownsElegant full-length dresses
- briefcasesHinged work bags
credentials · diplomas · licenses · letterheads · seals · libraries · chambers · desks · gavels · portfolios
lawyers'clients
Those receiving professional services
non-lawyers · defendants · plaintiffs · judges · laypersons
- defense lawyerAttorney for the accused
- divorce lawyerAttorney for ending marriages
- lawyer upObtain legal defense
- criminal lawyerAttorney handling criminal cases
- lawyering upObtaining legal representation
- corporate lawyerLegal counsel for companies