Litigation solicitors handle trial preparation and act as advocates for clients with legal issues that require trial. They file documents, conduct legal research, and create comprehensive cases for their clients. Any attorney can specialize in litigation, and there are various litigation solicitor jobs. Originally, lawyers and barristers were separate professions, but this has been relaxed in most common law countries.
Litigation solicitors are lawyers who work in some common law countries, particularly the UK, to handle all aspects of trial preparation. The term “attorney” is essentially equivalent to “attorney” or “attorney”. It is rarely used outside of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, where the common law system had its beginnings. In these countries, litigation lawyers act as advocates for clients with legal issues that can only be resolved by trial. Lawyers generally work in narrow specialties, only taking on cases that align with their expertise.
More a legal technique than a practice, litigation encompasses all court proceedings, from the deposition and cross-examination of witnesses to opening and closing arguments. No type of case has a monopoly on litigation. Property disputes, trademark infringement actions, and even murder cases involve litigation if they go to trial. As such, any attorney or solicitor, regardless of their specialization or discipline, can be a specialist in litigation, and there is always a wide variety of different litigation solicitor jobs.
Originally, most common law countries divided the practice of law into two professions: lawyers and barristers. Lawyers were responsible for preparing all aspects of a case, including gathering evidence, identifying witnesses, and formulating arguments. Solicitors would not actually argue the case before the court. Only lawyers could appear before the court, and only then under the direction of a lawyer. This restriction has been greatly relaxed, even in countries that still recognize solicitors and lawyers.
Today, most litigation attorneys are able to represent their clients before a court of law, although not all still choose to do so. The attorney’s primary role remains advocacy, research, and preparation. The work of the attorney or litigation attorney begins with an interview with the client. The attorney will meet with a potential client, listen to the client’s case, and determine if the client is worth representing. In this case, the lawyer begins to prepare for possible litigation.
Litigation always begins with filing documents with the court and with other implicated parties. Solicitors manage all records for their clients, ensuring deadlines are met and parties are served properly. Then they conduct legal research and come up with a litigation plan.
A significant amount of planning is required for litigation, although the precise parts differ depending on the dispute at hand. A commercial litigation attorney might spend a lot of time examining corporate practices and regulations, for example, while a real estate litigation attorney might devote more energy to combing through land records, locating titles, or deposing construction experts. The goal of litigation attorneys is to create as comprehensive a case as possible for their clients. Depending on the facts, this may involve collecting and examining evidence, identifying witnesses, and sometimes even investigative investigation, as well as understanding all related legal precedents. Litigation attorneys’ job is to create cases as much as to argue them.
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