Retainer

Fee paid to hire/secure a lawyers services (down payment)

Retainer

Fee paid higher/secure lawyer services (down payment)

Oral agreement

Legal binding agreement (Usually spoken words)

code of professional responsibility

Set of rules governing the conduct of lawyers

Contingency fee

Lawyer paid only if client wins client pays nothing except expenses, if lost (can be higher %)

flat fee

Fee charge for services

Legal malpractice

lawyer fails to use reasonable skill/care (client harmed financially/etc)

Bar association

Organization that license is lawyers in some states

Disbarred

No license to practice law

Attorney client privilege

Confidentiality the privacy between an attorney and a client

Litigator

A trial attorney which goes to court

Become a lawyer?

Four year + LSAT + completing law school