Trial Lawyers Quotes

• I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Men, Anchors, Law

  Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1859). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence”, p.71

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• Los únicos abogados de verdad son los abogados litigantes, y los abogados litigantes juzgan los casos ante jurados.

  Clarence Darrow

  Real, Trying, Trials

  "My trials by jury service" by Rick Gekoski, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2012.

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• The trial lawyer does what Socrates was executed for: making the worse argument appear the stronger.

  Irving Kaufman

  Stronger, Doe, Trials

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• Los abogados litigantes de éxito son como misiles buscadores de calor que transportan cargas útiles de información perjudicial para el caso de su oponente, buscando constantemente la oportunidad de descargar su carga, hasta los momentos finales del juicio.

  David Berg

  Éxito, Pruebas, Oponentes

  David Berg (2006). "El abogado litigante: What it Takes to Win", p.12, American Bar Association

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• I think being called a she-devil by a trial lawyer is meant as a compliment.

  Ann Coulter

  Thinking, Devil, Trials

  "Ann Coulter Reacts After John Edwads Calls Her a "She-Devil". "Hannity & Colmes" with Alan Colmes, www.foxnews.com. August 23, 2007.

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• People expect Byzantine, Machiavellian logic from politicians. But the truth is simple. Trial lawyers learn a good rule: 'Don't decide what you don't have to decide.' That's not evasion, it's wisdom.

  Mario Cuomo

  Simple, People, Political

  "The Quotable Politician". Book by William Whitman, p. 25, 2003.

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• I have been shaped by the experiences of the people who are closest to me, by the things I've learned from [my wife] Martha, by my hopes and my concerns for my children, Philip and Laura, by the experiences of members of my family, who are getting older, by my sister's experiences as a trial lawyer in a profession that has traditionally been dominated by men.

  Samuel Alito

  Niños, Hombres, Personas

  Declaración inicial ante la Comisión Judicial del Senado, pronunciada el 9 de enero de 2006

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• Cagey trial lawyers have figured out there's a pretty good likelihood their case - no matter what its merit - will literally get its day in court because of favorable judges.

  Dennis Hastert

  Good Day, Feet, Judging

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• I was a trial lawyer. At the same time, I was a teacher. I taught about the political and social content of film for American University. Then I left and became a teacher at the University of California at Santa Cruz. I taught about the political and social content of film, but I also taught a course in law for undergraduates.

  Ben Stein

  Teacher, Law, California

  Entrevista en The Onion, www.avclub.com. 27 de enero de 1999.

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• Ya que los liberales estadounidenses van a seguir anunciando que se avergüenzan de su país, ¿qué tal si se avergüenzan de nuestras escuelas públicas o de nuestra ridícula cultura de abogados litigantes que otros países consideran irrisoria?

  Ann Coulter

  Campo, Escuela, Largo

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• Planeamos conseguir otros cinco escaños en el Senado y mantener la Cámara mediante la redistribución de distritos hasta 2012. Y en lugar de negociar con los sindicatos de profesores y los abogados litigantes y los diversos grupos de interés izquierdistas, nos proponemos acabar con ellos.

  Grover Norquist

  Profesor, Casa, Grupos

  "Grover Norquist: El alma de la nueva máquina", por Michael Scherer, www.motherjones.com. Enero de 2004.

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• Tell the trial lawyers to get out of your state and to quit costing businessmen and women.

  Rick Perry

  Trials, Quitting, Lawyer

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• Dozens of America's wealthiest taxpayers - including hedge fund legend Michael Steinhardt, super trial lawyer Guy Saperstein, and Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's fame - have appealed to President Obama not to renew the Bush tax cuts for anyone earning more than $1 million a year.

  Joe Conason

  Cutting, Years, America

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• And I've always felt comfortable certainly in a courtroom because you're just performing. And there was a time in my life when I thought when I grew up I'd be a trial lawyer myself.

  Scott Bakula

  Trials, Lawyer, Grew

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• I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Aggravation, Trials, Lawyer

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• If they don't have the guts to come up here in front of you and say, 'I don't want to represent you, I want to represent those special interests, the unions, the trial lawyers ... if they don't have the guts, I call them girlie men.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Men, Special, Trials

  "Calif. Gov not sorry for 'girlie men' remark". www.nbcnews.com. July 19, 2004.

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• The only ones who will see an increase in pay are some of the trial lawyers who bring the cases.

  Orrin Hatch

  Trials, Pay, Lawyer

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• In recent years personal injury attorneys and trial lawyers have attacked the food industry with numerous lawsuits alleging that these businesses should pay monetary damages to those who, of their own accord, consume too much of a legal, safe product.

  Bob Ney

  Years, Trials, Safe

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• I view myself primarily as a trial lawyer who happens to be writing, as opposed to a writer who happens to be a trial lawyer, so the audience is like a jury to me.

  Vincent Bugliosi

  Writing, Views, Trials

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• I can assure the conspiracy theorists who have very effectively savaged [Gerald] Posner in their books that they're going to have a much, much more difficult time with me. As a trial lawyer in front of a jury and an author of true-crime books, credibility has always meant everything to me. My only master and my only mistress are the facts and objectivity. I have no others.

  Vincent Bugliosi

  Book, Objectivity, Mistress

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• Este proyecto de ley permitiría a un empleado interponer una demanda contra un empresario décadas después de que se produjera el presunto acto inicial de discriminación. Los abogados litigantes, pueden estar seguros, están salivando ante esta perspectiva.

  Buck McKeon

  Trials, Bills, Lawyer

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