Summary: Probate law doesn’t get the recognition of other practices; but it nonetheless is a very important aspect of law, particularly for families.
- Probate lawyers don’t receive the glamorousness of other types of law.
- They aren’t high profile corporate legal representatives or criminal attorneys made famous by broadcast television.
- However, that isn’t to devalue probate attorneys, especially when a loved one’s estate is at risk.
Probate Lawyer: A Type of Lawyer in a Practice Area That Benefits Everyone
Even if you’re in your first, second, or third year of law school – even if you’re not yet in law school, it is always good to know the various practice areas for lawyers who concentrate their legal careers in specialty fields.
These fields of law practice include but aren’t limited to:
Corporate law – which usually involves issues regarding business transactions that usually take place within large corporations.
Family law – which focuses on protection and representation of family-type issues such as wills, estates, and other legal involvements. Adoption, custody and divorce fall under family law.
Bankruptcy law – which concentrates on issues involving money and finance (or a lack thereof).
Employment law – which tends to focus on employee and employer rights that regards compensation, termination, harassment and workplace safety, etc.
Civil Rights law – in which a lawyer who specializes in civil rights focuses on discrimination, civil liberties, gay and lesbian rights, as well as voting and human rights.
Of course, this is just the tip of the legal iceberg. Law has many applications in life, and many applications in life do, at some point, require legal representation. From the military to personal injury, it seems as if there’s a type of lawyer for every facet of life.
Probate law may be a type of legal practice that doesn’t get the big exposure as might criminal law, or in some cases when millions, if not billions of dollars are at stake, corporate law. No, probate law entails a small, rather unsung offshoot of the legal tree, yet one that is nonetheless necessary, particularly if you and your loved one have an interest in a deceased relative’s or friend’s estate and/or property.
This article first appeared “Probate Lawyers Explained“ on LawCrossing, Also on Powershow.
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