law firm
173
2.6
- noun
- /lɔː fɜrm/
:
bufete
- She works at a law firm that specializes in family law.
- law firm clients
- law firm representing a client
- lawyers and law firms
They were terrified of Hillary, Hillary's law firm, Rose Law Firm.
- They were terrified of Hillary, Hillary's law firm, Rose Law Firm.
- And and it's the founder of my law firm stepped on Johnson.
- And no Texas law firm hires African Americans.
- So Phil Norcross is a partner in this law firm called Parker McKay.
- Targeting law firms was a part of this play.
- There was an attorney that whose law firm worked for Les Wexner's Limited.
- They, they have a law firm in in Mexico.
- I had to find a law firm in New Jersey.
- You are the managing partner of Pellitory Law firm, Firm A.
- If you've been injured, you can check out America's largest injury law firm, Morgan and Morgan.
- People are losing their their jobs at law firms.
- And it was at a law firm, but I had already been in the field.
- A scholarship check from some local law firm.
Examples
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He was an accountant at that big law firm.
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You were partner in a law firm making X.
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And it was at a law firm, but I had already been in the field.
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I called the law firm in New Mexico and I lied.
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I work with him at the law firm downtown.
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I work for one of those law firms.
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Many lawyers and top law firms want to represent me in the Russia case.
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She works at a law firm in town.
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At the tribute Dad's law firm is throwing him.
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- I'm a paralegal at a corporate law firm.
Synonyms
10
3.7
A business where lawyers give legal help to people and companies
How Big
173
2.6
33
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a business organization made up of lawyers' is directly and compositionally derived from 'law' (legal profession/field) + 'firm' (a company or business), following a common noun–noun compound pattern. This construction is cross-linguistically common (e.g., equivalents like 'firma de abogados', 'cabinet d'avocats', 'avukatlık bürosu'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The compound law firm comes from joining law, meaning the work of lawyers, and firm, meaning a business or company. This gives a clear image of lawyers working together as one business, so law firm means 'a business organization made up of lawyers'.