Power Lawyer

[ladorada]

What kind of lawyers are "power lawyers"? What do they do more precisely? I found the term in a biographical work about an American president. Do they help the president and the first lady make the right decisions so as not to break the laws related to power?

[woofgang]

what is the context please?

[ladorada]

The president (or the first lady) hires a power lawyer to run his (her) office.

[Buenchico]

The term seems to mean an influential top-rated lawyer in his/her specialised field as, for example, in the entertainment industry list here
https://www.Power Lawyers annual listingpaulhastings.com/news/details/?id=bbf7696f-2334-6428-811c-ff00004cbded
but, presumably, in the field of politics in respect of the White House.

[Buenchico]

I'll try retyping that with the link in the right place!

The term seems to mean an influential top-rated lawyer in his/her specialised field as, for example, in the entertainment industry list here
https://www.paulhastings.com/news/details/?id=bbf7696f-2334-6428-811c-ff00004cbded
but, presumably, in the field of politics in respect of the White House

[Hopkirk]

It sounds a very American phrase.

[ladorada]

Interesting, Buenchico. Then it seems that "power" does not refer only to political power.

[ladorada]

That's true, Hopkirk, it seems to be cultural-specific, not very easy to find a correspondent in other cultures.

[douglas9401]

They tend to be well connected and switched on.