solicitor general
Government's Supreme representative
The solicitor general is a government's second-ranking legal officer, typically responsible for representing the state in court cases.
In the United States, the solicitor general argues the federal government's position before the Supreme Court and decides which cases merit appeal.
The title exists in various countries with different specific duties.
Plural: solicitors general.
Federal legal enforcement agency
- executive branchGovernment's implementing arm
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- federal governmentCentralized national ruling body
- United StatesNorth American federal republic
official · office · appointment · presidential · confirmation · deputy · staff · agency
Reasoned case or dispute
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
- legal reasoningLogic applied to cases
- precedentPrior authoritative example
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
constitutional · position · stance · defense · prosecution · representation · counsel · rhetoric
Nation's top tribunal
- oral argumentSpoken case presentation
- certiorariHigher court's review order
- briefShort in duration
- petitionFormal written appeal
merits · writ · appeal · SCOTUS · docket · jurisdiction · federal courts · circuit court
Department of Justice
Federal legal enforcement agency
- executive branchGovernment's implementing arm
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- federal governmentCentralized national ruling body
United States · official · office · appointment · presidential · confirmation · deputy · staff · agency · public interest
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
- legal reasoningLogic applied to cases
- precedentPrior authoritative example
doctrine · constitutional · position · stance · defense · prosecution · representation · counsel · rhetoric · strategy
Supreme Court
Nation's top tribunal
- oral argumentSpoken case presentation
- certiorariHigher court's review order
- briefShort in duration
petition · merits · writ · appeal · SCOTUS · docket · jurisdiction · federal courts · circuit court · review
Thurgood Marshall
filing
Storing documents systematically
- briefingConcise information session
- replyVerbal or written answer
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
motion · pleading · record · transcript · citation · appendix · deadline · rule · format · service
- Federal JobsFBI agent, CIA agent, DEA agent, ATF agent, TSA agent
- Legal Careerslawyer, attorney, paralegal, barrister, counsel
- legal professionalslawyer, attorney, barrister, counsel, judge
- officialsofficial, officials, bailiff, bureaucrat, congressman
- appointeesappointee, nominee, designee, ambassador, cabinet secretary
- european professionalbarrister, chartered accountant, notary, magistrate, advocate
solicitor generaldefense counsel
Lawyer representing the accused
corporate lawyer · personal injury lawyer · solo practitioner · outside counsel
solicitor generalpublic defender
Attorney representing those unable to afford one
solicitor, general, solicit, solicitation, soliciting, solicited, solicits, solicitous, generalize