#lawyer

If the only way a library can offer an Internet exhibit about the New Deal is to hire a lawyer to clear the rights to every image and sound, then the copyright system is burdening creativity in a way that has never been seen before because there are no formalities. ↗

— Lawrence Lessig

#because #been #before #burdening #clear

I thought I would, you know, go to college, get to law school, finish, and then get a job and work as a lawyer, but that proved to be not a good fit for me. ↗

— Demetri Martin

#finish #fit #get #go #good

It is a different genre - a show about something other than doctors, lawyers and cops. Teachers are something completely different. I think it makes for very interesting television. ↗

— Chi McBride

#completely #cops #different #doctors #genre

Time is money, especially when you are talking to a lawyer or buying a commercial. ↗

— Frank Dane

#commercial #especially #lawyer #money #talking

Foreman told Ray to plead guilty and he'd then give his brother $500, if Ray didn't cause any problems at the guilty plea hearing, and he could take that $500 and hire a lawyer to set aside the plea. Foreman actually put that in writing. ↗

— William Pepper

#any #aside #brother #cause #could

We shouldn't have to be burdened with all the technicalities that come up from time to time with shrewd, smart lawyers interpreting what the laws or what the Constitution may or may not say. ↗

— Dan Quayle

#come #constitution #from time to time #interpreting #laws

Lawyers advocate more so than state their own positions. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#lawyers #more #own #positions #state

Every trial lawyer knows what it is like to sit patiently while the other side puts on its case. Inevitably they make a few points that appeal to the jury, and waiting for the opportunity to respond can be painful. The desire to jump up immediately - to point out the flaws in logic or the factual distortions - is often overpowering. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#case #desire #distortions #every #factual

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#best #cheapest #compromise #lawyer

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. ↗

— Joseph Wambaugh

#cases #cop #defamation #defendant #enough