Lawyers in general can handle as many cases as they want and whatever kind as long as they can defend it. This may be true however; most lawyers always opt to excel in the fields that they choose.
Lawyers can opt to specialize in many fields and below are the known fields lawyers are usually exposed in:
- Commercial law
- Real estate
- Criminal law
- Civil law
- Public governance
Commercial Law Lawyers
In commercial law, lawyers would have to specialize and deal with corporate problems. Usually, what would be tackled here are intra-corporate issues as well as issues with contract breaches. Mostly, lawyers who practice commercial law are placed in the corporate lawyers and hired as stitch as having a retainer’s fee. Seldom do you see corporate lawyers who are called as is, usually they are retained for a certain duration.
Real Estate Lawyers
Real estate lawyers are also called developers’ attorneys. These lawyers focus mainly on the needs of their clients in terms of sale, contract to sell, lease, construction contracts and even litigation in terms of their business dealings. The usual transactions involving real estate would be:
- Zoning
- Land use
- Agreements in terms of Developments
- Construction Contracts
- Environmental contracts and compliance
- Regulatory compliance such as the building code, permits, licenses and the like
These are just some cases these developers’ attorneys tackle, there are still a number that they resolve such as management contentions or employee queries.
Criminal Lawyers
This, by far, is the most challenging field in lawyering. Criminal law does not only talk about winning or losing, mainly because it is not just victory or defeat. What is at stake is your client’s life, liberty or property. Criminal law has to be followed through as well as the rules of court. Unlike civil, real estate or even commercial cases, criminal law cases are cases that are twice as onerous compared to other cases and the criminal lawyers must have to be keen into details in order to protect their clients.
Civil Lawyers
For civil lawyers, the main focus here are civil cases such as land disputes, collection of sum or even issues involving attachment or garnishment. The cases are not life threatening however, a good lawyer is also necessary in order to protect the client’s interest.
Public Governance
These lawyers are those who have chosen to be in line with the government. These are those who opted to run for the elections, and these are those employed by the state such as prosecutors, public attorney officers and even judges for the State.
