Is a middle ranking lawyer of approximately 5-7 plus years post qualification experience (depending on jurisdiction). Generally their time costs substantially less than that of partners.
Senior Counsel or State Counsel
Senior Counsel
An attorney can act as the only counsel when no interests of either parties are conflicting.
He was advised to seek counsel from an attorney.
"SC" stands for "Senior Counsel." It is a title sometimes used to denote a senior or experienced lawyer within a law firm.
QC's or Silks (for the material of their formal court wear).
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Attorney.Attorney, advocate, jurist, and proctor.
1976-1981, legal-department counsel
No. "Retained' counsel implies clearly that you have engaged the services of an attorney to represent you. If you simply received free legal advice, and no other commitment for services was made you can say, "On the advice of counsel."
Examination of a witness by opposing counsel is called cross-examination, assuming that by "opposing counsel" you mean examining a witness that is testifying against the client of the opposing counsel. Examination by either counsel of witnesses in favor of their client's position is called direct examination.
A senior attorney in a firm will usually make well over a 100,000 dollars a year. This depends on how big the firm is that they are working in.