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This article or section has multiple issues. Please help improve the article or discuss these issues on the talk page. (December 2007) Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved. Many American attorneys limit their practices to specialized fields of law. Often dichotomies are drawn between different types of attorneys, but these are neither fixed nor formal lines. Examples include: Plaintiff v. Defense Attorneys (some attorneys do both plaintiff and defense work, others only handle certain types of cases, like personal injury, business, etc.) Transactional (or "office practice") attorneys (who negotiate and draft documents and advise clients, rarely going to court) v. litigators (who advise clients in the context of legal disputes both in and out of court, including lawsuits, arbitrations and negotiated settlements) Trial attorneys (who argue the law, such as David Boies) Outside counsel (law firms) v. in-house counsel (corporate legal department) Despite these descriptions, most states forbid or discourage claims of specialization in the following fields: administrative law; business bankruptcy law; civil appellate law; civil trial law;

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