10/16/2026
🚨 PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT! ⚖️😂
With all the controversy swirling around the new White House press secretary and whether she passed the bar exam, the social media comment sections have apparently become law schools overnight!
And somewhere along the way, a whole debate erupted about the supposed difference between a lawyer and an attorney.
Well, as an actual lawyer AND attorney with 21 years of experience practicing law, licensed in New York, New Jersey, and Florida, I figured it was time to perform a little public service and clear up the confusion.
Graduating from law school does NOT automatically make you a lawyer. Passing the bar exam alone does NOT make you an attorney. And lawyer and attorney are NOT two different stages of becoming licensed to practice law!
There. We've cleared that up. You're welcome! 😂
And YES, I said it. Because it needed to be said.
If not me, who? If not now, when? 🤣⚖️
- Eldonie S. Mason, Esq.