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What is the difference between a lawyer and a attorney

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Generally speaking, an attorney, or attorney-at-law, is a person who is a member of the legal profession. (MORE?)

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Description: Generally speaking, an attorney, or attorney-at-law, is a person who is a member of the legal profession.

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The terms can be used interchangeably, they just have different origins - attorney is Old French while lawyer is Middle English.

Jul 08 2009, 06:32pm | Source: attorney definition | Dictionary.com | dictionary.reference.com

An attorney is anyone in the legal profession, and a lawyer is one of many types of people in the legal profession. ChaCha!

Feb 27 2009, 08:32pm | Source: What is the Difference Between an Attorney, Lawyer, Barrister, and Esquire? | www.wisegeek.com