All that you say is undoubtedly true. However, back when I worked as a legal secretary, we ALWAYS used the term "Esquire" when addressing an envelope to another attorney, male or female: Joe Jones, Esquire Dewey Cheetum & Howe 100 Main Street Springfield, MS Jan **************Big savings on Dell XPS Laptops and Desktops! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219799634x1201361008/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubl eclick.net%2Fclk%3B214133440%3B36002254%3Bj)

common courtesy NOT a requirement. And perhaps your lawyers just liked the sound of it and felt it made them more important? [email protected] wrote: > All that you say is undoubtedly true. However, back when I worked as a > legal secretary, we ALWAYS used the term "Esquire" when addressing an > envelope to another attorney, male or female: > > Joe Jones, Esquire > Dewey Cheetum & Howe > 100 Main Street > Springfield, MS > > > Jan > **************Big savings on Dell XPS Laptops and Desktops! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219799634x1201361008/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubl > eclick.net%2Fclk%3B214133440%3B36002254%3Bj) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

In other words, it's a COURTESY title, and is NOT required by anyone, unless they have a pretense to a title *g* The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 squire NOUN: 1. A man who attends or escorts a woman; a gallant. 2. An English country gentleman, especially the chief landowner in a district. 3. A judge or another local dignitary. 4. A young nobleman attendant upon a knight and ranked next below a knight in feudal hierarchy. TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: squired, squir·ing, squires To attend as a squire; escort. ETYMOLOGY: Middle English squier, from Old French esquier. See esquire. esquire NOUN: 1. A man or boy who is a member of the gentry in England ranking directly below a knight. 2. abbr. Esq. *Used as an honorific usually in its abbreviated form, especially after the name of an attorney or a consular officer: Jane Doe, Esq.; John Doe, Esq. *3. In medieval times, a candidate for knighthood who served a knight as an attendant and a shield bearer. 4. Archaic An English country gentleman; a squire. ETYMOLOGY: Middle English esquier, from Old French escuier, from Late Latin sctrius, shield bearer, from Latin sctum, shield. See skei- in Appendix I. Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 es·quire (es?kwi-r?; e skwi-r?, i-) noun 1. Historical a candidate for knighthood, acting as attendant and shield-bearer for a knight; squire 2. in England, a member of the gentry ranking just below a knight 3. *a title of courtesy, usually abbreviated Esq., Esqr., placed after a man's surname and corresponding more ceremoniously to Mr.: in the U.S., now specif. used for lawyers, male and female* 4. Archaic a landed country gentleman; squire [email protected] wrote: > All that you say is undoubtedly true. However, back when I worked as a > legal secretary, we ALWAYS used the term "Esquire" when addressing an > envelope to another attorney, male or female: > > Joe Jones, Esquire > Dewey Cheetum & Howe > 100 Main Street > Springfield, MS > > > Jan > **************Big savings on Dell XPS Laptops and Desktops! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219799634x1201361008/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubl > eclick.net%2Fclk%3B214133440%3B36002254%3Bj) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >