Sentence:  Unlike the United States, where a notary public is often a clerk you find working in a bank or real estate office, a Mexican <WSD>notary</WSD> has a higher ranking than an ordinary attorney who is not a <WSD>notary</WSD>. (In Mexico all <WSD>notaries</WSD> are attorneys, but not all attorneys are notaries.) 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A lawyer of noncontentious private civil law who drafts, takes, and records legal instruments for private parties, and provides legal advice, but does not appear in court on clients' behalf.