David Guterson Quotes

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

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

I actually was a defense attorney first.

Ask any experienced defense lawyer: the real risks are for an accused person who is innocent. A guilty defendant has many more options available.

I will be the defense attorney for all Italians.

My lord, I have some matter of law relating to the indictment, and I desire counsel to speak to it.

The criminal defense attorney is misunderstood if not despised by most of society. It doesn't matter if we believe in our adversarial system and the ideal that everyone charged with a crime is entitled to a vigorous defense. Ideals give away to reality - defense lawyers working loopholes and angles to get their clients off.

My job is all about defending the people that I play.

I will be the defence lawyer of the Italian people.

I worked as a federal prosecutor in New Jersey.

I was a prosecutor for 20 years.

I'm an old trial lawyer.

Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.

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

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

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.

Lawyers claim that their clients have been grossly mistreated, which is what criminal defense lawyers are paid to do.

The vast majority of A.D.A.s put everything on the line to make sure justice is served. That's what I love about prosecutors and the New York police.

There are a whole variety of reasons I want to be attorney general, a whole variety of things that I do as attorney general that go beyond national security.

One of the people that wrote a forward to my book is Gerry Spence, whom I admire. Gerry is a friend of mine, and Gerry's perhaps the leading criminal defense attorney in the country.

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.

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

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

The first thing a good lawyer does is immediately presume the guilt of his client.

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