The phrase "a separate lawyer" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a lawyer who is distinct from another lawyer or legal representative involved in a case or situation.
Example: "In this matter, I recommend that you consult a separate lawyer to ensure that your interests are fully represented."
Alternatives: "an independent lawyer" or "a different lawyer".
To resolve the issue, Nickerson appointed a separate lawyer to advise Schwarz.
Ms. Nyirahabiyambere's sons requested that she be appointed a separate lawyer; she was not, although John M. Powell, a board member of the Virginia Guardianship Association, said she should have been, given the complexities of the case.
I recently learned that a separate, lawyer-generated document submitted to the court apparently does list an article by Mr. Rekers in connection with my testimony, but that document, on this point, is in error.
In a separate development, lawyers representing some of the 90 firms suing the Legal Aid Agency over their failure to obtain a duty criminal solicitors' contract said disclosure of documents had revealed a basic mathematical error had unfairly robbed one firm, Edward Fail, Bradshaw & Waterson (EFBW), of a legal aid contract.
[C4.] Lay Asks for a Separate Trial Lawyers for Kenneth L. Lay, the former chief executive of Enron, filed motions asking a federal judge to separate his criminal fraud case from those of other charged defendants and to order a trial by Sept. 14. [C2.] Crude Oil Prices Reach Record Crude oil rose to a record $44.98 a barrel after Iraq cut shipments to tankers in the Persian Gulf.
Discuss and plan a prenuptial agreement in advance with each of you hiring separate lawyers to advise you.
Federal prosecutors objected to the unusual move, saying that allowing two separate lawyers to question their witness amounted to giving the defense a "second bite of the apple".
Then they visited separate lawyers, both of whom insisted that they draw up an ironclad business-dissolution agreement, just in case.
Three separate lawyers were assigned to investigate the death.
Through their separate lawyers, the McClellans said they were not guilty.
Once the city files its formal charges against the boys, the two will have separate lawyers to avoid conflicts of interest.
