Scott Turow Quotes

By not trying the small cases, the lawyers don't get the courtroom experience. So when the huge, bet-the-company cases come along, there are only a handful of trial lawyers who can handle it. That's why these big corporations still call us old-timers every day.

Virtually all big law firms have good to super-good lawyers. All big law firms don't have great litigators.

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.

I'm an old trial lawyer.

I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it; also realizing it. Most lawyers are very successful, and they think that because they're making money and people think well of them, they must be doing everything right.

I've had ample contact with lawyers, and I'm convinced that the only fortune they ever leave is their own.

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 am really impressed by lawyers who write books and tell us that they never lost a case. Most lawyers who have never lost a case have not had enough hard cases. But there are very difficult cases out there.

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.

I can't see that it's wrong to give him a little legal experience before he goes out to practice law.

It's such a dangerous thing for desperation to drive litigation.

I don't really believe in moral victories. You can have them when you're dealing with public opinion, but in litigation, you want to win the case. I want to win.

I'm clearly not a major legal genius.

I'm a lawyer; I win arguments for a living.

I'm a lawyer by training, of course.

Not suing others does not mean that others won't sue you.If people are desperate enough to think that they can gain some kind of financial advantage, they'll sue.

I've argued in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. I've argued in almost every circuit. And I tried, as a personal lawyer and U.S. attorney, over 50 cases.

A reputable lawyer will advise you to keep out of the law, make the best of a foolish bargain, and not get caught again.

Everybody hates lawyers, but they don't realize judges are just lawyers with a promotion. Think about it.

The lessons of experience are always learned too late.

Timothy Batten is an individual of high integrity and has given many years of service to Georgia and to the United States, .. His common sense dedication to the rule of law, intellect and experience make him a solid candidate for the federal bench in North Georgia.

A lawyer's duty is to read the law well himself, then tell the people what it is, and let them act upon it.

Prosperity: that condition which attracts the lively interest of lawyers, and warrants your being sued for damages, or indicted, or both.

Lawyers tend to be bright people. They tend to be-much more than many journalists I've encountered-sticklers for detail and accuracy, and they have a logical way of arguing.

Don't mess with me, man, I'm a lawyer!