legal counsel
Professional juridical advice
Legal counsel is a lawyer or team of lawyers who provide legal advice and representation.
The term often appears in formal or institutional contexts: The company's legal counsel advised against the merger.
Someone may seek legal counsel before signing contracts or facing charges.
Legal counsel can refer to the person, the role, or the advice itself.
- attorneyLicensed legal representative
- solicitorDocument-drafting legal professional
- barristerUK courtroom advocate
- public defenderAttorney representing those unable to afford one
- lawyerLicensed legal representative
litigation · court appearance · fiduciary duty · client confidentiality · mediation · bar association · advocate · pro bono work · professional integrity · law firm · attorney-client privilege · arbitration · civil law · corporate law · billable · bar · courtroom · closing argument
- Islamic Lawsharia, Sharia, Shariah, Islamic law, fatwa
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship
- lawlaw, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys
- legal systemattorney, landmark cases, criminal cases, lawyers, civil cases
- advisorspolicy advisors, consultant, adviser, advisor, think tanks
- interrogationquestioning, interrogator, suspect, interview room, Miranda rights
legal counselprosecutor
Government's trial lawyer
district attorney · state's attorney · accuser · adversary · prosecution
legal counselvigilante justice
Unauthorized punishment by civilians
mob justice · taking the law into one's own hands · lynch mob · kangaroo court
legal, illegal, counsel, counselor, legally, counseling, illegally, legality, counsels