Law firm

A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise clients (individuals or corporations) about their legal rights and responsibilities, and to represent clients in civil or criminal cases, business transactions, and other matters in which legal advice and other assistance are sought.

Arrangements

Law firms are organized in a variety of ways, depending on the jurisdiction in which the firm practices. Common arrangements include:

  • Sole proprietorship, in which the attorney is the law firm and is responsible for all profit, loss and liability;
  • General partnership, in which all the attorneys who are members of the firm share ownership, profits and liabilities;
  • Professional corporations, which issue stock to the attorneys in a fashion similar to that of a business corporation;
  • Limited liability company, in which the attorney-owners are called "members" but are not directly liable to third party creditors of the law firm (prohibited as against public policy in many jurisdictions but allowed in others in the form of a "Professional Limited Liability Company" or "PLLC");
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    Past Lives

    by: Level 42

    An angel came to me last night
    She saw me in a different light
    She told me all things I thought I could be
    Are not a million miles away
    As surely as night follows day
    It follows, I'm a king not a slave
    Is this another case of déjà vu
    It seems to happen everyday
    It all comes back to me whatever I do
    There's always been a price to pay
    Past lives, past lives
    You can never put the ghost to bed
    Get the feeling that you live, forever she said
    Past lives, past lives
    Rub my stomach while I pat my head
    Get the feeling in your mind
    When you're out of your head
    And to the eastern side of the bay
    My shadow is sailing away
    Treasured possessions and money to burn
    I won't be taking these with me
    I hear the echoes and I've nowhere to turn
    After all I'm all at sea
    Past lives, past lives
    We can anchor off the coast she said
    The storm will pass and the fog will clear in your head
    Past lives, past lives
    You can never put the ghost to bed
    Get the feeling that we live forever she said
    In another world where dreams collide
    To the mocking bird of faith we're tied
    She comes to pass but not to stay
    Through the looking glass, she fades away
    Welcome to the house of usher
    (Repeat chorus)
    An angel saw through me last night




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