Wednesday, November 9, 2011

The Difference between these types of Attorneys?

A plaintiff’s attorney is a lawyer who represents individuals who have been harmed physically or financially. They fight for the rights of the “little guy” against the powerful. Plaintiffs' attorneys typically take on corporations, insurance companies, hospitals, business interests and even governmental organizations.The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice (see 28 U.S.C. § 503) concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. The Attorney General is considered to be the chief lawyer of the U.S. government. The Attorney General serves as a member of the President's Cabinet, but is the only cabinet department head who is not given the title Secretary, besides the now defunct Postmaster general.In the United States, the State's Attorney (or State Attorney) is, most commonly, an elected official who represents the State (prosecution) in criminal prosecutions and is often the chief law enforcement officer of their respective county, circuit. The position of State's Attorney is ogous to that of the District Attorney, Commonwealth's Attorney, County Attorney, County Prosecutor, Prosecuting Attorney (Prosecutor), or Solicitor (South Carolina).the state wide prosecutor im not sure but the attorney general is the highest paid

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