Anyone trained in the law who has received a law degree from a recognized university and who is authorized to practice law in a given jurisdiction.

Standards for determining whether clients are fairly and intelligently represented by their lawyers when they are charged with crimes.

1. Senior U.S. prosecutor in each federal district court.
2. A cabinet member who heads the Justice Department.

Relation between a counsel and his/her client wherein any information exchanged between them will not be disclosed to others; such as, prosecutors.

Attorneys are protected from disclosing information about the clients they represent because of this privilege.