Marcia Clark Quotes

I have a J.D., but I'm not a practicing attorney as far as entertainment law goes.

I practise law almost every day. Exclusively criminal work these days.

I was interested in getting courtroom experience. When I was a young lawyer, the only way I could get real courtroom experience was in the criminal law field.

My father is a practicing criminal law attorney in the Seattle area.

When I wanted to be an attorney, I think I wanted to be a litigator; I wanted to be in a courtroom.

I worked as a federal prosecutor in New Jersey.

I had no plans to be ever a lawyer, a crime fighter [in school].

Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.

I was in the courtroom prosecuting violent felonies for well over a decade.

The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.

Since the Puffy Combs case in New York, I will not try any more criminal cases.

The law seemed to be always what I came back to. I have never, one day in my life as a lawyer, regretted my decision to become a lawyer.

It's always been my dream to be an attorney, and I'm that weird breed of human being that loves being in a courtroom.

My father was a lawyer. I was fascinated to become a lawyer, too.

I will be the defense attorney for all Italians.

My dad is an attorney. I've always been interested in it. My sons are probably going to law school.

The practice of the law is a perfectly distinct art.

Yeah, I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.

I've been told by the prosecutors and by my own attorneys I should go to law school. I guess I have a knack for it.

I'm sure I took some licks at the system, and at trials and lawyers in general. I've seen enough of them for so many years both as a cop and a defendant in defamation cases.

I was a prosecutor and an FBI agent for many, many years.

I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately.

I like practicing law.

I don't think the trial practice is dead. But it is very ill. There are some days you could throw a hand grenade down the hall of the Harris County Courthouse and not hit anybody.

The work is challenging, interesting and an important part of our legal system.