“Make crime pay. Become a Lawyer.”
Will Rogers
“We all know here that the law is the most powerful of schools for the imagination. No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth.”
Jean Giraudoux
“With trial lawyers, rapport with the jury is very important. An out-of-state lawyer may find it more difficult to connect with a jury, but it's all about preparation.”
Howard Erichson
“As a plaintiff's lawyer, I had always been jealous of the money that defense attorneys got from insurers to pay for mock juries. Those things are extremely expensive . . . about $30,000 to $50,000 in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. If you've got a case worth $50,000 you can't afford to use it.”
Chris Bagby
“The way the laws are set up, all the guys got to do is get a lawyer, pay a lawyer and get out. This guy allegedly just murdered somebody and he's out on the street.”
Father Tom Bonnett
“[One of Ms. Miller's lawyers, Floyd Abrams, wrote a letter to Mr. Libby's lawyer on Thursday in what he said was an effort] to set the record straight. ... coerced and had been required as a condition for Mr. Libby's continued employment at the White House.”
Floyd Abrams
“I am very sorry that some colleagues, some lawyers -- because I too am a lawyer -- were killed,”
Jalal Talabani