An informal abbreviation for 'attorney,' a lawyer or legal representative.
A shortened form of 'attorney,' which comes from Old French 'atorné' (assigned to), from Latin 'attornare' (to transfer or assign to another).
In legal documents and law offices, you'll see 'atty' used constantly as shorthand—it's one of those abbreviations that's become so common people sometimes forget it's short for something else!
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