Occupation: Attorney Birth: June 10, 1933
I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately..
The legal profession is a business with a tremendous collection of egos. Few people who are not strong egotistically gravitate to it..
Each lawyer makes somebody unhappy either by beating him, embarrassing him or tying him in knots..
The memory of the American public is about six weeks..
Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee..
My experience is, people who retire die sooner than they should have..
Fear is something you have to throw into a corner. Constantly. Because it never goes away..
In America, an acquittal doesn't mean you're innocent, it means you beat the rap. My clients lose even when they win..
Among the rednecks of America, which there are many more than people seem to realize, it was terribly damaging. I got blamed for O.J.'s acquittal..
I use the rules to frustrate the law. But I didn't set up the ground rules..
The public regards lawyers with great distrust. They think lawyers are smarter than the average guy but use their intelligence deviously. Well, they'….
A person in the business of defending criminal cases is going to live in controversy all of his or her life..
When you see a lawyer trying to pick a smart jury, you know he's got a strong case..
I enjoy personal injury cases. I've tried quite a few of those. And, frankly, any kind of litigation that is trouble-shooting, whether it's equities,….
Those who think the information brought out at a criminal trial is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth are fools. Prosecuting or de….
I get paid for seeing that my clients have every break the law allows. I have knowingly defended a number of guilty men. But the guilty never escape ….
Justice Scalia is predictable. He can be counted on to come down with a conservative opinion, and generally, to bring Justice Clarence Thomas with hi….
Most people think that 'I don't recall' is a clever answer. But it isn't that clever. You might not recall that you had bacon and eggs for breakfast-….
The people I have no feeling for are professional killers. But I count that man no worse than a governor who won't commute a death sentence because i….
If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time..
I can get a firestorm going anywhere in the United States by saying 'O.J.'.