Editing Solicitor (section)

===Modern usage===
In modern American usage, the term solicitor in the legal profession refers to government lawyers.

On the federal level, departmental solicitors remain in the Department of Labor,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dol.gov/sol/|title=Office of the Solicitor (SOL)|publisher=U.S. Department of Labor|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601191354/https://www.dol.gov/sol/|archive-date=1 June 2017}}</ref> Department of the Interior,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.doi.gov/solicitor|title=Office of the Solicitor|publisher=Department of the Interior|date=20 August 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513072607/https://www.doi.gov/solicitor|archive-date=13 May 2017}}</ref> and the Patent & Trademark Office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/organizational-offices/office-general-counsel/office-solicitor|title=Office of the Solicitor|publisher=US Patent & Trademark Office|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612051545/https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/organizational-offices/office-general-counsel/office-solicitor|archive-date=12 June 2017}}</ref> The [[Solicitor General of the United States]] is the lawyer appointed to represent the federal government before the [[United States Supreme Court]].

In various states, the title "solicitor" is still used by town, city and county lawyers. These states include Delaware,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/civil/|title=Civil - Attorney General, Matt Denn|publisher=State of Delaware|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602040152/http://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/civil/|archive-date=2 June 2017}}</ref> Georgia,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.augustaga.gov/816/State-Court-Solicitor|title=State Court Solicitor|publisher=Augustaga|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710124901/http://augustaga.gov/816/State-Court-Solicitor|archive-date=10 July 2017}}</ref> Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and West Virginia.

In [[South Carolina]], criminal trials in the state's judicial circuits are overseen by a "[[circuit solicitor]]" whose role is analogous to that of [[district attorney]] in most other states.<ref>[https://scprosecutors.com/about/what-is-a-solicitor/ "What is a Circuit Solicitor?"] at the South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination website. 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c007.php South Carolina Code of Laws (Unannotated): Title 1 - Administration of the Government, Chapter 7], Article 3: Solicitors, Assistants, and Investigators. Retrieved 5 February 2023.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dilloncounty.sc.gov/Departments/solictor/Pages/default.aspx|title=Dillon County|publisher=State of South Carolina |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612225700/http://dilloncounty.sc.gov/Departments/solictor/Pages/default.aspx|archive-date=12 June 2017}}</ref>

In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the professional organization for government lawyers was formerly known as the City Solicitors and Town Counsel Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.massmunilaw.org|publisher=Massachusetts Municipal Lawyers Association – The Bar Association of Massachusetts Municipal Attorneys|title=Home page|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106142755/http://www.massmunilaw.org/|archive-date=6 November 2017}}</ref>