Why do lawyers specify that they are “attorneys at law?” Are there some attorneys that are not “at law?”

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Why do lawyers specify that they are “attorneys at law?” Are there some attorneys that are not “at law?”

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Yes. The contrast is with “attorney in fact”, which is someone who has been given the “power of attorney” to make legally-binding decisions on another’s behalf: e.g. to buy and sell property in their name. An attorney-in-fact does not necessarily have a license to practice law.

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