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Also known as attorney company, lawyer company, law company

business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law

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Encyclopedic overview

A law firm Mills & Reeve at the Botanic House, 100 Hills Road, Cambridge, England A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise clients (individuals or corporations) about their legal rights and responsibilities, and to represent clients in civil or criminal cases, business transactions, and other matters in which legal advice and other assistance are sought.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “law firm” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.