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I think when you play a role, you always have to be a defense attorney for that character.

As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence gathering.

Whenever you manage more than 100 attorneys, there's always going to be attorneys who believe that someone isn't as good as they are.

My dad is an attorney. I've always been interested in it. My sons are probably going to law school.

I think lawyers have a fidelity to the system itself that's always got to be with them, and indeed, most of the defense lawyers I know observe that.

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.

In seeking a lawyer, you are looking for an advocate, an expert advisor on the law and on your rights and responsibilities, a strategist, a negotiator, and a litigator.

It takes a lot of money to hire an attorney.

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.