Attorney Role Quotes

Historically, the Justice Department has been Congress' ally in fighting wrongdoing in government, but under this Justice Department and Eric Holder, rather than being the people's attorney, Eric Holder sees himself as the president's attorney and he'll do anything to defend the president.

The physicians are the natural attorneys of the poor, and the social problems should largely be solved by them.

It's fine to get paid and get a big verdict, but to go out and represent people, sometimes in unglamorous ways, is really what lawyering is all about.

I would like to think that I have followed in the proper tradition of attorneys-general, providing good quality advice to my colleagues in government and have taken on their needs and concerns.

It did not prepare me for writing or 'Power of Attorney.' However, what it did is that it forced me out of the DA's office. I stopped getting that county check.

Your job as a trial attorney is to try to convey to the jury the essence of the people you represent.

I actually was a defense attorney first.

There's only so much you can do with an attorney on a show that's about New York policemen.

The attorney doesn't decide what to do; the client ultimately decides what to do.

I finally gave up my little law practice and stayed home for about three years. You have to do what you can to keep the family going. But I wanted to get back to work. So I got another babysitter and went to work as an Assistant Attorney General.

As attorney general I see my role as defender both of press freedom and of the fair administration of justice.

I've never played an attorney, and I'd like to do so on a show like 'The Practice' or 'Law & Order.'