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I'm an old trial lawyer.

I actually became a lawyer because I thought you had to be a lawyer in order to get into national politics.

I ran for attorney general to be attorney general.

I was a chief justice. And before that, I was a district court judge, handled major felonies, including capital murder cases; and I handled major civil litigation.

I was one of the worst attorneys. I didn't enjoy law.

People have said I can come off a little trial-lawyerish. I tell people I never actually became a lawyer, but I play one at City Hall.

I worked as a lawyer; as a member of the teaching staff of a technical college; and then I worked principally as legal adviser to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Party.

When I was at school, I wanted to be a lawyer.

I was a prosecutor and an FBI agent for many, many years.