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Law firm

Meaning in law, with examples

nounCore term

In law, law firm means: A business in which lawyers work together to provide legal services to clients, often organised as a partnership.

In Turkish: hukuk bürosu, avukatlık ortaklığı, avukatlık bürosu

How it is used

Used for practices of all sizes, from small local firms to international firms with thousands of lawyers. People 'join' or 'work at' a law firm, and clients 'instruct' one. Senior owners are 'partners'; employed lawyers are often 'associates'.

Example sentences

  1. After graduating, he joined a mid-sized law firm in Istanbul.

  2. The bank has instructed an international law firm to handle the dispute.

Common collocations

  • join a law firm
  • international law firm
  • partner at a law firm
  • instruct a law firm
  • lawyerA person trained and qualified in law who advises clients and represents them in legal matters; the general word that covers attorneys, solicitors and barristers.
  • clientA person or organisation that receives advice or services from a lawyer or law firm and pays for them.
  • paralegalA person trained in legal work who helps lawyers with tasks such as research, preparing documents and managing files, but is not a qualified lawyer.
  • solicitorIn England, Wales and some other countries, a lawyer who advises clients directly, prepares documents and runs cases, but usually does not argue in the higher courts.
  • attorneyA lawyer, especially in the United States, who is licensed to advise clients and represent them in court; more generally, a person allowed to act for someone else.

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