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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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ELI5: Why do lawyers specify that they are “attorneys at law?” Are there some attorneys that are not “at law?”
gpt
Yes. An attorney is just someone that represents you and make decisions on your behalf. This could be in a legal, business or medical context. You can grant anyone "power of attorney" and make them responsible for making decisions that are legally binding on your behalf. This frequently happens when people are too old, too young, too uninformed or too feeble to act for themselves.

An attorney at law is someone who makes a living by specialising in being appointed to act in just a legal context.