Irving Kaufman Quotes
The trial lawyer does what Socrates was executed for: making the worse argument appear the stronger.
The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.
The judge is forced for the most part to reach his audience through the medium of the press whose reporting of judicial decisions is all too often inaccurate and superficial.
No other profession is subject to the public contempt and derision that sometimes befalls lawyers. the bitter fruit of public incomprehension of the law itself and its dynamics.
Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special.