legal representatives
Courtroom spokespeople hired
Legal representatives are people authorized to act on someone else's behalf in legal matters.
The term covers attorneys, court-appointed guardians, executors of estates, and others with formal authority to make decisions or take actions for another person: The contract was signed by her legal representatives.
In some contexts, it refers specifically to those who inherit or manage a deceased person's affairs.
- attorneyLicensed legal representative
- attorney at lawLicensed legal practitioner
- counselorOne who advises
- solicitorDocument-drafting legal professional
- agentOne who acts independently
public defender · court appointed · lawyer · fiduciary · proxy · advocate · executor · barrister · trustee · conservator · guardian · district attorney · litigator · trial attorney · law firm · corporate lawyer · in-house counsel · state attorney
- legal partiesassignee, assignor, creditor, debtor, beneficiary
- agency lawagent, principal-agent, agency contract, power of attorney, proxy
- litigation partiesparties, plaintiffs, defendants, litigants, petitioners
legal representativesclients
Those receiving professional services
principals · litigants · defendants · plaintiffs · accused
legal, legally, legality, legalize, legalization, illegal, illegally, illegality, legislate