An attorney or, in less formal terms, an attorney-in-fact, is a professional member of the legal community who defends a client in legal court when defending or pleading guilty to a crime. In the US, private attorney applies only to a lawyer licensed by the state to practice. The word private comes from the French meaning “one appointed or constituted” and the word lawyer comes from Old French meaning “a student of law”. It therefore means a student of law. The career of an attorney or lawyer can be started in many ways. Many people decide to start out as a paralegal or assistant to a lawyer, doing legal research…