Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pettifogger \Pet"ti*fog`ger\, n.
   A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods
   are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.

         A pettifogger was lord chancellor.       --Macaulay.

Source : WordNet®

pettifogger
     n 1: a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses
          unscrupulous or unethical methods [syn: {shyster}]
     2: a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty
        objections [syn: {quibbler}, {caviller}, {caviler}]