"counsel", "special counsel", and "senior counsel" for the same concept. According to American Bar Association Formal Opinion 90-357, the term "of counsel"...
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A King's Counsel (post-nominal initials KC) is a senior lawyer appointed by the monarch (or their viceregal representative) of some Commonwealth realms...
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The Robert Mueller special counsel investigation was an investigation into 45th U.S. president Donald Trump regarding Russian interference in the 2016...
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Look up counsel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A counsel or a counsellor at law is a person who gives advice and deals with various issues, particularly...
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standby counsel to take over the defense. Standby counsel also remains available during the trial for consultation. The appointment of standby counsel over...
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In the United States, a special counsel (formerly called special prosecutor or independent counsel) is a lawyer appointed to investigate, and potentially...
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The title of Senior Counsel or State Counsel (post-nominal letters: SC) is given to a senior lawyer in some countries that were formerly part of the British...
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Junior counsel Defence counsel Special counsel Counsel General Crown Counsel King's Counsel (KC) / Queen's Counsel (QC) Advice (opinion) or counsel Counselor...
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A general counsel, also known as chief counsel or chief legal officer (CLO), is the chief in-house lawyer for a company or a governmental department. In...
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The White House counsel is a senior staff appointee of the president of the United States whose role is to advise the president on all legal issues concerning...
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The corporation counsel is the title given to the chief legal officer who handles civil claims against the city in some U.S. municipal and county jurisdictions...
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of the republican constitution, Crown Counsel were re-titled State Counsel. In Hong Kong, following the handover of Hong Kong to China, Crown Counsel...
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Parliamentary counsel are lawyers who prepare drafts of legislation to be passed into law. The terms Parliamentary drafter, Parliamentary draftsman, legislative...
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The United States Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is a permanent independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency whose basic legislative authority...
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Counseling is the professional guidance of the individual by utilizing psychological methods especially in collecting case history data, using various...
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Good Counsel may refer to: Our Lady of Good Counsel High School (Montgomery County, Maryland), United States Good Counsel GAA, a Gaelic Athletic Association...
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In criminal law, the right to counsel means a defendant has a legal right to have the assistance of counsel (i.e., lawyers) and, if the defendant cannot...
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Shadow counsel or a shadow lawyer is a term used in law to mean an appointed, duplicate lawyer as an auxiliary or alternate, should the original lawyer...
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The Office of Special Counsel was an office of the United States Department of Justice established by provisions in the Ethics in Government Act that...
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Corporate lawyer (redirect from In-house counsel)
corporate counsel is a type of lawyer who specializes in corporate law. Corporate lawyers working inside and for corporations are called in-house counsel. The...
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The Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the United States House of Representatives prepares and publishes the United States Code, which is a consolidation...
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Our Lady of Good Counsel (Latin: Mater boni consilii) is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary, after a painting said to be miraculous, now found in...
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The California Office of Legislative Counsel (OLC) (officially the Legislative Counsel Bureau) was founded in 1913 and is a nonpartisan public agency that...
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The 2017–2019 Special Counsel investigation involved multiple legal teams, specifically the attorneys, supervised by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, taking...
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Mother of Good Counsel, or, Virgin Mother of Good Counsel, or, Our Mother of Good Counsel, or, Holy Mother of Good Counsel, may refer to: Mary, mother of Jesus...
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The general counsel of the Department of Defense is the chief legal officer of the Department of Defense (DoD), advising both the Secretary and Deputy...
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such as marriage and family counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical mental health counseling, educational counseling, etc. In each setting, they...
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ineffective assistance of counsel (IAC) is a claim raised by a convicted criminal defendant asserting that the defendant's legal counsel performed so ineffectively...
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The Special Counsel investigation was a United States law enforcement and counterintelligence investigation of the Russian government's efforts to interfere...
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practitioners of philosophical counseling ordinarily have a doctorate or minimally a master's degree in philosophy and offer their philosophical counseling or consultation...
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