What do litigation and criminal lawyers do?

I am a civil litigator, which means that my primary practice involves handling disputes.  Usually these disputes wind up in litigation, either in a lawsuit, or an arbitration.  This distinguishes me from attorneys who, for example, primarily handle estate planning, or real estate transactions, or securities filings.  If you have a dispute over your husband's estate, or you claim that the seller of the house you bought defrauded you, I would handle any ensuing lawsuit.  I do not handle matters where someone is being prosecuted for an alleged crime; that would be the work of a criminal attorney.