Mikie Sherrill Quotes

The role of the federal prosecutor and the purpose of a criminal investigation are well-defined.

Honestly, I have heard a lot in my 16 years as a prosecutor.

I was a prosecutor for 20 years.

I actually was a defense attorney first.

When I was a prosecutor in San Francisco I would get advice on trying cases from public defenders and defense attorneys.

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

I was a prosecutor for many years, I'm a crime victim myself, and I've tried so many cases I don't even know how many anymore.

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

Well, my dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years.

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

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

I went to law school. And I became a prosecutor. I took on a specialty that very few choose to pursue. I prosecuted child abuse and child homicide cases. Cases that were truly gut-wrenching. But standing up for those kids, being their voice for justice was the honor of a lifetime.

The experience of being a prosecutor gives us a sort of proctologists view of our society.

It is a core principle that prosecutors should charge and pursue the most serious readily provable offense.

More than 90 percent of criminal cases are never tried before a jury. Most people charged with crimes forfeit their constitutional rights and plead guilty.

I love doing bank robberies, drug cases, homicides - as a prosecutor, that's what I thought I was going to be overseeing when I got to the bureau.

That's who I was: a prosecutor. I really loved it.

I'm a former federal prosecutor, a former associate attorney general. If I had done that, I'd have been prosecuted. It's a clear violation of 18 United States Code Section 791.What [Hillary Clinton] did were criminal acts. She has displayed the facts.

I was a lawyer for 12 years in New York and Sweden.

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 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've always had an affinity for lawyers. My dad is a lawyer. He's retired now. My brother is a lawyer. It's always been easy, the legalese.

As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence gathering.

One of the main arguments that I make in my new book, 'The Great Degeneration,' is that the rule of law in the U.S. is becoming the rule of lawyers.

I was a prosecutor in Brooklyn in the homicide division and then as a senior assistant district attorney.