Counselor

Opposing counsel only says it when being polite. The mug says it every morning.

Black, with one word in plain type, for the stretch of desk between the keyboard and a stack of files nobody has explained yet. Fill it before the morning's first call and the question of what to be called is settled.

For the new admittee still waiting to be called counselor, the title gets to their desk before the judge says it, and a court reporter setting up can read it.