Litigation is notoriously time-consuming, inefficient, costly and unpredictable.
I'm trying to read more dead people because I keep having to read stuff for juries and so forth.
Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.
When 'The People's Court' came along, I had an opportunity to really teach people about law. It was very important to me.
When someone makes a claim against the state, that person must legally verify that the facts in the claim are true.
Lawsuits generally originate with the obstinate and the ignorant, but they do not end with them; and that lawyer was right who left all his money to the support of an asylum for fools and lunatics, saying that from such he got it, and to such he would bequeath it.
In Connecticut, my understanding, although I haven't seen the actual litigation, is that they want to measure every other year and not provide annual assessment as is required in the statute.
Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends.
The news changes every day. So it's not like being involved in any litigation that goes on for four years, and the trial lasts three months.
It was an interesting experience to work alongside the solicitor general's team and then turn around and argue against them. You certainly grow as a lawyer from getting such a varied set of experiences.
I am actually for the first time looking forward to a litigation.
And as soon as I did the research, I realized the law seemed to be on my side and I filed the suit.
When you're thrust into litigation, you obviously have to make sure you're prepared to deal with that.
Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
I doubt anything will really come of this lawsuit. First of all, it's a lawsuit. It involves a subpoena. And try to find a Republican who will be willing to be seen serving a black man.
Whate'er is best administered is best," may truly be said of a juridical system, and the due distribution of justice depends more upon the rules by which suits are to be conducted, than on the perfection of the code by which rights are defined.
Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
As De Tocqueville said, sooner or later in the United States, every controversy ends up in court. I think that's a great - says great things about our judicial system.
While we believe there are fruitful opportunities to update and improve old rules, we do not want to set up a review process that could create a litigation morass.
When you're a litigator, you write so much, so many briefs, over and over again, that you're kind of really focused on one document and have draft after draft, and really pay attention to every single word.
The land of litigation, the courts are like game shows. Take what's behind the curtain the jury cries.
The civil justice system is a backup system when the criminal justice system fails.
In legal practice, in the representation of clients, I have always felt deeply engaged, serene, and not all inclined to stand aside. I have always done whatever needed to be done, and have usually gotten my way.
Jurisdiction is not given for the sake of the judge, but for that of the litigant.
So my attorneys brought litigation in the U.S. federal courts. The judge ruled in our favor.
