sentences:  He became a Notary Public (NP) in 1992 and joined the Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland in 1993.In 1994, he moved from the Crown Office's High Court Unit to its Appeals Unit, and in 1995 qualified as a solicitor-advocate.In 1997, he became the first member of the Procurator Fiscal service to be appointed an Advocate Depute, a lawyer charged with prosecuting in the High Court in the name of the Lord Advocate.