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You can't be a practicing attorney without being very disciplined and detail-oriented and having good time management.

Being a trial lawyer sounds like glamorous work, but most of your time is spent pushing paper and arguing.

Tell the trial lawyers to get out of your state and to quit costing businessmen and women.

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.

When you're dealing with a big amount of money, you should have your own accountant and your own lawyer.

By not trying the small cases, the lawyers don't get the courtroom experience. So when the huge, bet-the-company cases come along, there are only a handful of trial lawyers who can handle it. That's why these big corporations still call us old-timers every day.

I don't sell enough books to pay for the lawyers, however. And these various problems finally became too much.

All I want to do is be the best attorney general that I can be.

Unless you have a perception of who you are as a lawyer, you will never be at ease in dealing with legal matters, clients, or courts. But if you know who you are and why you're there, all you need is the expertise and the information.