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litigator

[ lit-i-gey-ter ]

noun

  1. a courtroom lawyer.


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˜yĞÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of litigator1

First recorded in 1900–05; litigate ( def ) + -or 2( def )
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As the district's top prosecutor, she oversaw a staff about 300 prosecutors, litigators and support staff.

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A single abuse case in Kokomo, Indiana, involving Little's former girlfriend, launched his career as one of the country’s most prolific and successful litigators on behalf of youth sports coach abuse victims.

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Gates gained attention in Orange County as an aggressive litigator on behalf of Huntington Beach, frequently picking legal battles with the state’s Democratic leaders.

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Edward Caspar, co-lead litigator and acting co-chief counsel for the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, argues that the lawsuit is one of the last standing legal efforts to hold Trump accountable.

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“I’ve never seen a case like this,†said Neville Johnson, the veteran entertainment litigator who has represented actors, musicians and other artists for nearly 50 years.

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What doesÌılitigator mean?

A litigator is a lawyer, especially one who specializes in civil cases.

To litigate is to engage in a legal proceeding, such as a lawsuit. It can mean to bring a lawsuit or to contest one. The word especially refers to what litigators do in such a proceeding.

Less commonly, litigator can refer to a person engaged in a lawsuit. However, a more common word for this is litigant.

The process of engaging in a legal proceeding is called litigation. To be in litigation typically means to be engaged in a civil legal proceeding (as opposed to a criminal one, in which one is said to be on trial).

Example: He was a prominent litigator in the ’80s before he became a prosecutor.

Where doesÌılitigator come from?

The first records of the word litigator come from the early 1900s. It ultimately derives from the Latin verb ±ôÄ«³Ù¾±²µÄå°ù±ğ, meaning “to go to law,†from ±ôÄ«³Ù- (a stem of ±ôÄ«²õ, meaning “lawsuitâ€) and agere, “to carry on.â€

Litigators litigate, and litigating often takes the form of carrying on a lawsuit. Litigation is often expensive and time-consuming (which might be good for the litigators but not so much for their clients). For this reason, people often try to avoid litigation when they’re on the wrong end of a lawsuit. Some choose to go through arbitration, which is a process in which a third party helps to settle the dispute.

Those who do engage in litigation and present their cases in court can still agree to settle before a decision is reached by the court—meaning they agree to stop litigating and come to a deal on their own (though often still with the help of the litigators).

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Litigator is a common way of referring to lawyers who work on civil cases, especially lawsuits.

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