pettifogger
noun
[ ˈpɛtɪfɒɡə ]
• an inferior legal practitioner, especially one who deals with petty cases or employs dubious practices.
Origin:
mid 16th century: from petty + obsolete fogger ‘underhand dealer’, probably from Fugger, the name of a family of merchants in Augsburg in the 15th and 16th centuries.
