As I was on my way to work yesterday, I saw a billboard that had an advertisement on it for a lawyer. It read "Chad Pinkerton. Lawyer. Warrior." Then at the bottom, it said, Personal Injury Attorney at Law. That got me thinking. What's the difference between a lawyer and an attorney? Is there one? Why does it say attorney-at-law? Can you be an attorney at something else? I did a little digging and found that the main definition of an attorney is someone who acts on your behalf, basically a proxy. The other main use of attorney is when you give someone the power of attorney. In this case, its considered a "planting attorney". I guess this makes sense because your lawyer is essentially representing you and acting on your behalf in front of the court.
That got me thinking some more. Does that mean that Chris is our attorney before the judgement seat of God? We do sometimes refer to Him as our Advocate with the Father. I kinda hope mine is an open and shut case (in the most positive sense of the phrase). Fascinating.
BTW - I'm not longer ending all of my posts with "I wonder..." (That didn't take long). I just found it too cumbersome to try and make my sentences end just right so that I could have a catch phrase.
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