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legal executive

 
 
noun [C] LAW

Definition

someone whose job is to work on legal cases in a law firm but who is not a qualified lawyer: The legal executive representing him, said: "He will not be giving in".
(Definition of legal executive noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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