Lawyers are people who have gone to law school and often may have taken and passed the bar exam. Attorney has French origins, and stems from a word meaning to act on the behalf of others. The term attorney is an abbreviated form of the formal title 'attorney at law'.
Medical Attorneys Medical lawyers are among the highest-paid types of lawyers and earn one of the highest median salaries in the legal field.
Law School Rankings by Median SalaryNo.Law SchoolMedian Salary Public1Harvard University$60,0001New York University$60,0001U. of California-Berkeley$60,0001U. of Texas-Austin$60,00046 more rows
The majority of lawyers, or rather attorneys, are not rich, but many of them make a decent income in exchange for complex work.Apr 6, 2021