George T. Conway III Quotes

Good lawyers win so-so lawsuits. Great lawyers can win lawsuits in which you have little or no chance to win.

There is no better lawyer than Cristiano Ronaldo.

I'm a lawyer; I win arguments for a living.

There are some lawyers who think of themselves as basically instruments of whoever their clients are, and they pride themselves on their professional craft.

F. Lee Bailey had been an inspiration to me. It was my desire to have him behind the scenes, to rely on his great wisdom and his brainpower, but I did not feel he should be in the courtroom.

I am really impressed by lawyers who write books and tell us that they never lost a case. Most lawyers who have never lost a case have not had enough hard cases. But there are very difficult cases out there.

For me, I don't participate in the filming when I represent a reality show star in a case, because that would mean waiving my right to attorney-client privilege, and that would hamper my ability to mount an effective case.

'Competent counsel' ought to require more than a human being with a law license and a pulse.

Virtually all big law firms have good to super-good lawyers. All big law firms don't have great litigators.

A lawyer is just like an attack dog, only without a conscience.

Incidentally, Boies, I'm sure, is a very fine lawyer.

The advocates of a criminal are seldom artists enough to turn the beautiful terribleness of the deed to the advantage of the doer.

Most lawyers who win a case advise their clients, "We have won," and when justice has frowned upon their cause ... "You have lost.

A lawyer's duty is to read the law well himself, then tell the people what it is, and let them act upon it.

Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.

lawyers never go to law, do they? They know better.

A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch.

If you're going to have someone defend you, it doesn't get any better than Kristen Stewart.

I don't really believe in moral victories. You can have them when you're dealing with public opinion, but in litigation, you want to win the case. I want to win.

Knowing the law is not much help for an advocate. In fact, it's a bit of a disadvantage, cramps your style.

You learn on the job. When I was a young lawyer and got a case, I knew nothing about the subject. You start reading, you look for the philosophy behind it, and by the time you are actually in a court of law, you are a master.

Lawyers know that certain witnesses are simply not going to be cooperative and are not going to answer the questions. And what matters at that point is what is your question? Because everything you want the jury to know should be in your question, or everything you want the jury to wonder about should be in your question.

Government lawyers, like private ones, face the problem routinely of aiding in the defense and development of positions in whose correctness they don't believe.

The sharp employ the sharp; verily, a man may be known by his attorney.

It is easy to defend the innocent; but who is eloquent enough to defend the guilty?