Legal quotes

The only people who benefit from lawsuits are lawyers. I think we made a couple of them rich.

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.

It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't have a system where the losing team has to pay the winning team's lawyers.

I used to want to be a lawyer, but I didn't want to have half my brain sucked out.

Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.

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

The law has no compassion. And justice is administered without compassion.

I would say that IQ is the strongest predictor of which field you can get into and hold a job in, whether you can be an accountant, lawyer or nurse, for example.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.

A good lawyer is a bad Christian.

The events of the day inspired me to become a lawyer.

Frivolous lawsuits are booming in this county. The U.S. has more costs of litigation per person than any other industrialized nation in the world, and it is crippling our economy.

People do not win people fights. Lawyers do.

Misery is the company of lawsuits.

I have a different approach. I don't file lawsuits because I really don't care.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Where there is a will there is a lawsuit.

I'm trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer.

Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected.

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