Lawyers quotes

“- Hans Beckert: And who are you?
- Beckert's Defender: I have the dubious honor of being your defense counsel. But I am afraid it won't be much use to you.”
Peter Lorre - Hans Beckert
Rudolf Blümner - Beckert's Defender

“- Walsh: Does that mean he wants you to prove your own client is guilty of murder?
- Jake Gittes: Yeah.
- Walsh: Well, is that ethical?
- Jake Gittes: Larry, he's a lawyer.”
Joe Mantell - Walsh
Jack Nicholson - Jake Gittes

“The lawyer who shares his client's pain, in my opinion, does his client such a grave disservice, he should have his license to practice law taken away. It clouds his judgment. And that's a beneficial to his client as a doctor who recoils at the sight of blood.”
John Travolta - Jan Schlichtmann

“If you want your dog back, call my lawyer.”

Debi Mazar - Regina

"Adele Louise Stanton has passed the State Bar Examination". Wow! Does this mean you're qualified to tend bar?

Jim Carrey - Peter Appleton

“- Joe: Who did Macelli eat?
- Marie: Some guy named Manny. An innocent person dead because you screwed up!
- Joe: Manny Bergman? He wasn't so innocent. He's a lawyer.”
Anthony LaPaglia - Joe Gennaro
Anne Parillaud - Marie

“- Vince LaRocca: How can you let them grill me there for six hours?
- Larry Merrick: I can't control how long they're gonna question you.
- Vince LaRocca: Did you go to law school, Harry?
- Larry Merrick: Yeah, I went to law school, Vince.
- Vince LaRocca: Did you graduate?
- Larry Merrick: Hey, I'm a lawyer, of course I graduated.”
Harvey Keitel - Vince LaRocca
Michael Durrell - Larry Merrick

“I see disaster. I see catastrophe. Worse, I see lawyers!”
Danielle Ferland - Cassandra

“- Valerie McCabe: Fred, Mr. Oliver is a potential fugitive. Lock him up.
- Neal Oliver: Lock me up?
- Valerie McCabe: Of course. We lawyers have to protect our livelihood.
- Neal Oliver: Wait; you can't do this to me. I have rights.
- Valerie McCabe: I know you do, Sweetie. I'm here to protect them.”
Deborah Odell - Valerie McCabe
James Marsden - Neal Oliver

“- Jack Forrester: You still think I'm guilty? How can you defend me if you think I'm guilty?
- Teddy Barnes: It happens all the time. It's the way our legal system works.”
Jeff Bridges - Jack Forrester
Glenn Close - Teddy Barnes

“When capitalism gets f - -ed up, the communists come back. They're waiting in the bushes. First thing they do is shoot the lawyers.”
Danny DeVito - Lawrence Garfield

“- Carl Hanratty: How did you do it, Frank? How did you cheat on the bar exam in Louisiana?
- Frank Abagnale Jr.: I didn't cheat. I studied for two weeks and I passed.”
Tom Hanks - Carl Hanratty
Leonardo DiCaprio - Frank Abagnale Jr.

“If you spend half as much time trying to be a lawyer instead of trying to be Dick Tracy, I might not be dead in five days.”

Gene Hackman - Sam Cayhall

“You have the right to shut up. Anything you say, can and will piss me off! If you can't afford a shyster attorney, we will assign you an overworked loser, who doesn't give a shit and will screw up your case anyway. Now, do you understand your rights?”

Brion James - Detective Harry Ball

“- Blade: You're human.
- Kounen: Barely. I'm a lawyer.”
Wesley Snipes - Blade
Karel Roden - Kounen

“- Doctor at Hospital: Now, Miss X... we have a safer, more comfortable, private room... where you'll be a lot more comfortable, and we'll all be a lot safer.
- Joanna: Well, I'm glad you've finally come to your senses. I was prepared to sue you. I don't know who I am, but I'm sure I have a lawyer.”

Marvin Braverman - Doctor at Hospital
Goldie Hawn - Joanna

“- Rusty Sabich: Don't eat standing up. Sit down.
- Nat Sabich: Food goes down easier. It has the help of gravity.
- Barbara Sabich: Oh, God. We've got another lawyer.”
Harrison Ford - Rusty Sabich
Jesse Bradford - Nat Sabich
Bonnie Bedelia - Barbara Sabich

“- Mona Lisa Vito: What the fuck is going on here, Vinny? You fucking up this case or what?
- Vinny Gambini: I explained it to you already, didn't I? It's a procedure. I'm learning all this as I go along. I'm bound to fuck up a little.
- Mona Lisa Vito: A little? You've been thrown in jail twice!”
Marisa Tomei - Mona Lisa Vito
Joe Pesci - Vinny Gambini

“People are roaming the streets homeless because of these assholes!”

Gary Leonard Oldman - Jackie Flannery

“Well, I got a bullshit traffic ticket. I went to court, I got the cop on the stand, and I argued with him until he admitted he was wrong. And the judge, this Judge Malloy. All the while he's laughing and smiling. And then afterwards, he asks me to go to lunch with him. Then he says to me, you know what? You'd be a good litigator. I didn't know...” (continue)(continue reading)

Joe Pesci - Vinny Gambini

“- Shad: Accordin' to the Wall St. Journal we got here the hottest selling yogurt in the country. I bring this in, say my hair fell out from the shock. Boom! They pay off big time. My lawyer thinks it's a genius idea.
- Erin Grant: Your lawyer has an office over a video store.
- Shad: Call me a dreamer. I don't wanna be a bouncer forever.”

Ving Rhames - Shad
Demi Moore - Erin Grant

“- Carl Travers: I was your first, you know that, Arthur? I was your first client, you broke cherry on me.
- Arthur Kirkland: Now is not the time to go down memory lane, Carl.”
Dominic Chianese - Carl Travers
Al Pacino - Arthur Kirkland

“Now the single greatest liability a lawyer can have is pride. Pride... Pride has lost more cases than lousy evidence, idiot witnesses and a hanging judge all put together. There is absolutely no place in a courtroom for pride.”

Robert Duvall - Jerome Facher

“- Mr. Kim: You're not gonna open it? It might be important.
- Korben Dallas: Yeah, like the last two I got were important. The first one was from my wife, telling me she was leaving. The second was from my lawyer, telling me he was leaving... with my wife.”

Kim Chan - Mr. Kim
Bruce Willis - Korben Dallas

“- Little Professor Atom: Is this a friend of yours?
- Antonio Pirelli: I should say not, he's a lawyer.”
Jerry Maren - Little Professor Atom
Chico Marx - Antonio Pirelli