The first records of the word litigator come from the early 1900s. It ultimately derives from the Latin verb lītigāre, meaning “to go to law,” from līt- (a stem of līs, meaning “lawsuit”) and agere, “to carry on.” Litigators litigate, and litigating often takes the form of carrying on a lawsuit.

What is the difference between a lawyer and a litigator?

As nouns the difference between lawyer and litigator

is that lawyer is a professional person qualified (as by a law degree and/or bar exam) and authorized to practice law, ie conduct lawsuits and/or give legal advice while litigator is a person employed to litigate, a lawyer skilled in arguing in court.

What does the word litigator mean in English?

: one who carries on a legal contest by judicial process : one who litigates legal cases As a civil-rights litigator, Payton had argued a Richmond, Va., case before the Supreme Court …—