Legal Expertise Quotes

The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and angle of contingency, and qualifies all his qualifications, but who throws himself on your part so heartily, that he can get you out of a scrape.

Well, I don't know as I want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell how to do what I want to do.

A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch.

A lawyer's either a social engineer or he's a parasite on society.

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

Juries are not qualified to judge questions of law, but they are very capable of judging questions of fact.

Judge Kavanaugh has an exemplary record of service to the judiciary and the rule of law.

I'm more of an engineer with a law degree than I am a lawyer with an engineering degree in terms of how I think.

I'm a lawyer. I make lawyers for a living.

My concern was whether I could do the job of a justice well enough to convince the nation that my appointment was the right move.

I'll trust an attorney before I'll trust a doctor.

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.

There's probably nobody that knows the Justice Department better than me.

I believe having judges with real world, frontline experience as a prosecutor is a good thing.

Judge Sarah Frisch is a wonderful woman, and does an excellent job.

The ablest lawyers are always associated with the biggest fees.

When you have a group of engineers and designers, they are not exactly the best to deal with copyright law.

I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am.

As a private lawyer, I could bill $750 an hour, but I don't.

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

There is much to be said for having an experienced international jurist who is entirely unconnected with the allied invaders, on the tribunal.

To have the opportunity to lead the Solicitor General's office is the honor of a lifetime. As you know, this is an office with a long and rich tradition, not only of extraordinary legal skill but also of extraordinary professionalism and integrity. That is due, in large measure, to the people who have led it.

Lawyers are fleas on the hide of human nature.

I'm a trained lawyer, after all, so I don't have to admit to anything.

I have a record as attorney general that is separate from my personal beliefs.