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Originally Posted by bd5400
It's actually pretty simple and I'm surprised no one has yet to get it correct.
A lawyer has gone to law school and possesses a J.D.
An attorney has passed a bar exam and is admitted to practice in a state.
All attorneys are lawyers but not all lawyers are attorneys. Despite common usage, the terms lawyer and attorney are not interchangeable.
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Didn't know that. If that's how it is, then the newspaper was right, which might be a first for them.