His name was Joe Welling, and his fa- ther had been a man of some dignity in the commu- nity, a lawyer, and a member of the state legislature at Columbus.When Jim was still an obscure young lawyer, struggling to make his way in New York, his career was suddenly advanced by a brilliant marriage.They stood in little groups, listening eagerly to a sharp-faced lawyer, or, in sullen despair, eying each other.According to some versions of the story, a regular contract to the above effect was drawn up by a lawyer, and signed and sealed in the presence of witnesses.For, though bred a lawyer, and accustomed to speak of Bacon, Coke, Noye, and Finch, as his professional associates, the exigenties of this new country had transformed Governor Bellingham into a soldier, as well as a statesman and ruler.Queequeg, said I, come along, you shall be my lawyer, executor, and legatee.But this same bone is not in the tail; it is in the head, which is a sad mistake for a sagacious lawyer like Prynne.Elzbieta had firmly fixed in her mind the last solemn warning of Jurgis: "If there is anything idea protection wrong, do not give him the money, but go out and get a lawyer.I hid myself behind the curtains when Missis was talking with the lawyer.His lawyer said he reckoned he would win his lawsuit and get the money if they ever got started on the trial; but then there was ways to put it off a long time, and Judge Thatcher knowed how to do it And he said people allowed there'd be another trial to get me away from him how to get legal assistance and give me to the widow for my guardian, and they guessed it would win this time.Pembroke Howard, lawyer and bachelor, aged almost forty, was another old Virginian grandee with proved descent from the First Families.A good part of the whispering had been occasioned by an event which was more or less rare -- the entrance of visitors: lawyer Thatcher, accompanied by a very feeble and aged man; a fine, portly, middle-aged gentle- man with iron-gray hair; and a dignified lady who was doubtless the latter's wife.
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