Esquire" (or its abbreviation, “Esq.”) is not any kind of official title. Esquire is an honorary title that is placed after a lawyer's name. As a title, esquire, meaning shield bearer, originated in Great Britain and France as a term of nobility in the Middle Ages. It applied to the squire of a knight, who hoped to acquire a noble rank as he rose to knighthood himself. Confirmed by #UniversityofToronto Alhamdullilah, so far so good. 👨🏽⚖️