I'm sorry to be a pedant, but some language mistakes do make the article a little hard to follow. "counsel" (verb) means to give advice, "council" (noun) means a governing committee or chamber. In British English, neither has anything to do with lawyers. American lawyers sometimes use the word "counsel" as a noun to mean "lawyer", but it's not a common or ordinary use.
I suggest you keep it simple and understandable: just use "lawyer".