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The field of law that deals with representing people in business and/or legal matters is "agency law," and the representative may be called an "agent," an "attorney at law," an "attorney in fact," a "conservator," an "executor," a "guardian," a "personal representative," a "procurator," a "receiver," or a "trustee." Such a representative is a "fiduciary" for the person represented (often called the "principal"), so agency law covers fiduciary responsibility, too.
POACh defines its mission as helping people who are acting as representatives only one time, such as being executor of a parent's will, or as a career, such as working as an agent for authors or celebrities.
External link to POACh webpage : http://www.poach.org
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