Lawyer takes it from accountant in the southeast (4)
I believe the answer is:
case
'accountant in the southeast' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'lawyer takes it' is the wordplay.
'lawyer takes' becomes 'cas' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'it' becomes 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT').
'cas'+'e'='CASE'
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for case that I've seen before include "Police investigation" , "Patient - luggage" , "Outer shell" , "Action taken" , "jacket, for example" .)