You just write it after the name in all lower case letters: John Smith esq.
Yes, "Esq" is a suffix commonly used for both men and women in the legal profession to denote that they are a lawyer. It is often used in formal contexts such as on business cards or in professional correspondence.
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To write Esq with the last name first and middle initial, it would be formatted as follows: "Last Name, First Name Middle Initial, Esq." For example, "Doe, John A., Esq."
Yes, esq. has no real meaning in todays society so anyone can use it.
Esq. (abbreviation of Esquire) is a British term, at least in origin. The suffix was used to denote social status. In the United States Esq. has been assumed, not awarded by any authority, mainly by law practitioners.
John Brown, Esq
Some lawyers will have a "J.D." "LL.M." or an "Esq." after their name. "J.D." stands for Juris Doctor, which is the degree received upon graduation from law school. "LL.M." stands for Master of Laws. "Esq." stands for Esquire, which has long been used as a social status right above Gentleman and below the Peerages.
Melons P. Wafflebottom III Esq.
Technically, J.D. means someone who has attained the degree of Juris Doctor, the degree granted at United States law schools. Esq. is commonly used after a lawyer's name on pleadings, letters, and court documents. Usually, a lawyer or "esq." also has a J.D., though in some jurisdictions it is possible to sit for the bar examination or be admitted to practice without actually completing such a degree.
The abbreviation esq. stands for esquire, which in terms of medieval levels of social ranking, indicated a person who is respectable, but not of the nobility. In more modern usage, it is properly used after the name of a lawyer, though few lawyers today would do it. In the years around 1900, it was sort of a fad for any man who did not have to earn a living with a shovel to sign his name "John Smith, Esq." but it was soon seen as an affectation, and passed into history. Lawyers have the right to use it, but as noted - few ever do.
Most probably, it's Esq. which stands for Esquire, the denominator of social status.