#lawyers

I wouldn't pretend to tell you we don't pay our lawyers well. ↗

— Jay Alan Sekulow

#i #lawyers #our #pay #pretend

Listen, we all have to agree that there is too much litigation going on in this world. But every year it seems to multiply tenfold. Why can't we stop it? Well, it's because the lawmakers in Congress and the Senate are almost all lawyers, too! ↗

— James Belushi

#almost #because #congress #every #going

We are led by lawyers who do not understand either technology or balance sheets. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#balance #balance sheets #either #lawyers #led

That D.C. grand jury investigation of Abramoff can't go on forever. Eventually the lawyers at the Public Integrity Section will go to their bosses with some decisions about just who they want to indict. That's when Al Gonzales will have to show his cards. ↗

— Joshua Micah Marshall

#abramoff #al #bosses #cards #decisions

Has he come armed, then?” she asked anxiously. “Has he brought a pistol or a sword?” Ian shook his head, his dark hair lifting wildly in the wind. “Oh, no, Mam!” he said. “It’s worse. He’s brought a lawyer! ↗

— Diana Gabaldon

#lawyers #humor

Sometimes a word, a sound, triggers an image or recollection of something forgotten. A search for the truth sounds romantic, a thoughtful quest. As often as not, it is as mind numbing as reading a list of names or looking through scores of obtuse documents in the hope of finding a clear pattern, divined by not much more than intuition and observation. A shrugged-off remark can lead to more truth than studied responses to severe cross-examination. ↗

— Jackson Burnett

#jackson-burnett #lawyers #the-past-never-ends #the-search-for-truth #romantic

If you don't start playing by my rules, you'll be lucky to be licking stamps in some lowly, legal aid office. ↗

— Linda Pohl

#lawyers #love #power #romance #secret

Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation and credibility to do so. ↗

— Barney Frank

#good #keeping #lawyers #out #prison

Claude rubs the back of his neck and wrinkles his nose, about to tell me he was never sad. I believe this is called bravado and is not limited to lawyers, or even men, although that combination makes it almost unavoidable. ↗

— Rachel Hartman

#humor #lawyers #men #humor

The law is so complex and voluminous that no one, not even the most knowledgeable lawyer, can understand it all. Moreover, lawyers and legal scholars have not gone out of their way to make the law accessible to the ordinary person. Just the opposite: Legal professionals, like the priests of some obscure religion, too often try to keep the law mysterious and inaccessible. ↗

— Jay Feinman

#law #lawyers #order #politics #society