Democrat's elected, receiving US lawyer's scorn (7)
I believe the answer is:
disdain
'scorn' is the definition.
(I know that scorn can be written as disdain)
'democrat's elected receiving us lawyer's' is the wordplay.
'democrat' becomes 'dis' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'elected' becomes 'in' (in government).
'receiving' indicates putting letters inside.
'us lawyer' becomes 'DA' (abbreviation for District Attorney).
'dis'+'in'='disin'
'disin' going around 'da' is 'DISDAIN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for disdain that I've seen before include "Contumely" , "cold shoulder" , "Haughtiness" , "Think unworthy, scorn" , "Arrogance" .)