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- Nov 07, 2020
Lawyer Quotes
On practicing law, and what makes a lawyer worth trusting.
These quotes take the profession seriously — a call for justice to be delivered quickly and affordably in every case, and an observation that courtroom and medical dramas fascinate audiences because they show ordinary people under real pressure. See Jokes for a lighter companion.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are lots of similarities between being a writer and a lawyer: to tell a story to a jury, hold their attention, make them laugh, make them like you. But what makes being a barrister less satisfying than being a writer is, finally, that it's about what someone else wants you to say.
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- Nov 07, 2020
A good lawyer is a bad Christian.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got an English degree in college and then went to law school because I didn't know what else to do. I was a lawyer in Houston, Texas. I started writing plays and screenplays, and after about three years of practicing, I decided I would move to Los Angeles and give it a shot.
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- Nov 07, 2020
He wanted to be a lawyer, couldn't afford it, so he started dealing to go to college - good intention.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I seriously doubt I would ever have written the first story had I not been a lawyer. I never dreamed of being a writer. I wrote only after witnessing a trial.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a lawyer for 10 years, and several of my clients had the misfortune, through no fault of my own, of going to prison. I visited them occasionally.
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- Nov 07, 2020
After I'd been a lawyer for about five or six years, I started playing around with fiction.
- Medical
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- Nov 07, 2020
Medical liability reform is not a Republican or Democrat issue or even a doctor versus lawyer issue. It is a patient issue.
- Husband
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- Nov 07, 2020
My friends in the Congress, I have known Coretta King since I went south during the civil rights movement as a lawyer. She was a vibrant, consistent, totally dedicated partner with her husband.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a couple of years at the end of the 1970s, Dustin Hoffman was a fixture in our family. My father was his lawyer and friend.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is important that people support prisoners of the Italian state like Joe in whatever way they can. I was not allowed contact with a lawyer for the first 24 hours, and no phone calls were permitted, but apparently telegrams have been getting through to Joe.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
In violation of the Habeas Corpus Act and the fundamental laws of our constitution these men have never been brought to trail or even allowed to see a lawyer.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not an angry person. When I write, the lawyer in me tries to make it as easy to read as possible.
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- Nov 07, 2020