lawyer

A good lawyer knows the law. A great lawyer knows the judge.

— Magdalen Braden

A lawyer must first get on then get honor and then get honest.

— Anonymous

A lawyer's opinion is worth nothing unless paid for.

— English proverb

Any attorney with a conscience always speaks the truth. An attorney can and should practice law in a scrupulous manner, but some dishonest attorneys disregard ethical mandates in order to win. Unethical attorneys shape their clients stories, which is a fancy way of assisting them tell a fib.

— Kilroy J. Oldster

As a society, we adhere to the belief in a fair trial for a person accused of a serious crime, but some of us struggle when it comes to the business of providing a competent lawyer to guarantee said fair trial. Lawyers like me live with the question “But how do you represent such scum?” I offer a quick “Someone has to” as I walk away. Do we really want fair trials? No, we do not. We want justice, and quickly. And justice is whatever we deem it to be on a case-by-case basis. It’s just as well that we don’t believe in fair trials because we damned sure don’t have them. The presumption of innocence is now the presumption of guilt. The burden of proof is a travesty because the proof is often lying. Guilt beyond a reasonable doubt means if he probably did it, then let’s get him off the streets.

— John Grisham

Confound the subtlety of lawyers with the subtlety of the law.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Don't be afraid. There is no more to fear. Do not fear rejection. If you fear rejection by another you do not love the other, though you may profess it. You are only being anxious for his love of you. The free man does not seek the love of others, nor fear that his love will be rejected, for rejection - as is known from the night Christ was betrayed - does not destroy love, and it does not destroy the one who loves. Don't be afraid, you are not alone.

— William Stringfellow

Finney slid down the bar, sassing three groomsmen and winking at a fourth on her way.“I totally get why some animals eat their young,” Pepper said.

— Jamie Farrell

Forget the garden rake. Remember that time you dived over the desk at that guy in moot court? Had him by the throat in two seconds flat, that's what I heard."" You heard wrong."" And they suspended you for how long?" Antonia innocently asked." A day. And I apologized. Actually I crawled like a slug and ate dirt," Bree said ruefully. "But that was years ago, and have I pulled a stunt like that again? No, I have not.

— Mary Stanton

For me, taking the sort of dry principles of the law and bringing them into contact with human beings. . . It's like you jump into hyperspace. And everything that's dull about the books and the theory becomes provocative.

— Michael Ponsor