Senior partners are generally used in law firms. The so-called senior partner may be the founder of the company, and he will share the profits of the company. They may also be so-called secondary partners who help the company bear part of the costs. Partnership law firms will have different administrative divisions depending on the number of people they have. In some large law firms, partners can be divided into senior partners, general partners and associates. Senior partners are partners with higher administrative levels in law firms and can be regarded as deputy directors in addition to directors.
The definition of lawyer
A lawyer is different from ancient litigation lawyers and lawyers. It refers to a lawyer who has passed the national judicial examination, obtained a lawyer's practicing certificate in accordance with the law, accepts entrustment or designation, and provides legal services to clients. Service practitioners.
According to the nature of work, lawyers can be divided into full-time lawyers and part-time lawyers. According to the scope of business, lawyers can be divided into civil lawyers, criminal lawyers and administrative lawyers. According to the client and work status, lawyers can be divided into social lawyers. Lawyers, corporate lawyers and public lawyers. Lawyer business is mainly divided into litigation business and non-litigation business.
Lawyers are in business.
Article 28 of the current Lawyers Law allows lawyers to engage in the following businesses:
(1) Accept entrustment from natural persons, legal persons or other organizations to serve as legal advisors;
(2) Accept the entrustment of parties in civil cases and administrative cases, act as agents, and participate in litigation;
(3) Accept the entrustment of criminal suspects or defendants in criminal cases or legal aid agencies in accordance with the law Appointed as a defender, accept entrustment from private prosecutors in private prosecution cases, victims in public prosecution cases or their close relatives, and represent them in litigation;
(4) Accept entrustments and act as agents for appeals in various litigation cases;
< p>(5) Accept entrustment and participate in mediation and arbitration activities;(6) Accept entrustment and provide non-litigation legal services;
(7) Answer legal questions and write Litigation documents and other documents related to legal matters.