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Infatti l'assessora è un'ottima avvocata.

Infatti l'assessora è un'ottima avvocata.
Indeed, the local councillor (f.) is an excellent lawyer (f.).
From Lesson 428:Feminine forms of professions (la sindaca, l'avvocata)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Infatti l'assessora è un'ottima avvocata.

Why do we see avvocata here instead of avvocatessa or l'avvocato?
Historically, women in this profession were referred to with the masculine avvocato or the suffix avvocatessa. Modern Italian strongly prefers regularizing titles by simply changing the masculine -o ending to -a, so avvocato becomes avvocata. The -essa suffix is often avoided today because it can sound dated or slightly dismissive.
How does the masculine word assessore become assessora?
For professions ending in -tore, the feminine usually becomes -trice (like scrittore to scrittrice). However, for most other professions ending in just -ore, modern Italian creates the feminine simply by changing the final -e to -a, turning assessore into assessora.
Just a quick refresher: why does un'ottima have an apostrophe?
Because ottima is feminine and starts with a vowel, the feminine indefinite article una drops its final -a and uses an apostrophe. If the subject were masculine, it would be un ottimo avvocato without an apostrophe, because the masculine article un is already a complete word.
Is infatti a false friend here?
It can be! While it translates to 'in fact', infatti is used in Italian to confirm or back up a previous statement, much like 'indeed' or 'sure enough' in English. You cannot use infatti to contradict someone; for that, you would use in realtà (actually).

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