With the door locked, usually around 3:00 p.m. Everyone who worked at the law firm of Boone & Boone knew that Woods was upstairs, shoes off, feet on the desk, phone on Do Not Disturb, snoring away for...
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Miranda v. Arizona, the most famous of all self-incrimination cases, the Supreme Court imposed procedural safeguards to protect the rights of the accused. A suspect has a constitutional right not to b...
Once again I had asked an innocent question, and because of it, I was banished from the conversation.
Privileged people don't march and protest; their world is safe and clean and governed by laws designed to keep them happy.
She was pondering the option of law school, the great American baby-sitter for directionless postgrads.
All students enter law school with a certain amount of idealism and desire to serve the public, but after three years of brutal competition we care for nothing but the right job with the right firm wh...
I thought they were honest.’ ‘They are, but they’re bankers, remember.
Life is too short to despise people who simply can't help what they've done.
Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit card clearly marked John Grisham, yet no one recognises me. I often say I'm a fam...
He's my client, and he's counting on me. I'll take him, warts and all.
He's busy taking the fifth
I'm here to tell you, separate was never equal.
If a prosecutor gets caught cheating, he either gets reelected or elevated to the bench. Our system never holds a bad prosecutor accountable.
Some people have more guts than brains.
If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.
My dad's filthy rich, and even though we're Irish Catholic I'm an only child. I've got more money than you do so I'll work for free. No charge. A free law clerk for three weeks. I'll do all the resear...
Guilt beyond a reasonable doubt means if he probably did it, then let’s get him off the streets.
It wouldn't pay to get fresh with a missionary.
Once again, I was reminded that Tally was the prettiest girl I'd ever met, and when she smiled at me my mind went blank. Once you've seen a pretty girl naked, you feel a certain attachment to her.
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