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Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.
Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.
The trouble with law is lawyers.
The trouble with law is lawyers.
Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business anywhere else.
Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business anywhere else.
If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.
If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.
And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, Depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.
And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, Depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.
In cross-examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch.
In cross-examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch.
God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.
God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.
If there were no bad people there would be no good lawyers.
If there were no bad people there would be no good lawyers.
Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it.
Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it.