町まち弁べん

noun

local lawyer; community lawyer; town lawyer

Colloquial term for a lawyer who runs a small local practice, often handling everyday legal matters for individuals and small businesses in a specific town or neighborhood. Contrasts with large-firm or corporate lawyers.

• 彼かれは大おお手て事じ務む所しょを辞やめて、地じ元もとで町まち弁べんになった。

  He left the big firm and became a local lawyer in his hometown.

• 町まち弁べんは離り婚こんや相そう続ぞくなど、身み近ぢかな法ほう律りつ問もん題だいを扱あつかうことが多おおい。

  Local lawyers often handle everyday legal issues like divorce and inheritance.