Famous Quotes & Sayings

Governor Jeb Bush, Attorney General Charlie Crist, State Attorney Mark Ober, we are waiting. We are watching, but not for long.

Graham had a secret deal with the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana that in exchange for his testimony in numerous cases the U.S. Attorney would not prosecute him for his crimes in Louisiana and would even seek a sentence reduction for his crimes in other states, ... With this motivation, Graham conveniently knew all sorts of information about nefarious dealings in other districts.

There's a perception that the attorney general's office is just for Albuquerque and Santa Fe.

As you know, I serve on a number of boards, which has caused the city attorney some concern. I think it would be in the best interest of the city for me not to challenge his position.

Norm Crosby

All's fair if you have a really good attorney.

Andrew Cohen

Clearly, there is more to this story than what has been made public; than what defense attorneys or the prosecutor have disclosed. There has to be because what has been talked about publicly is a terribly weak case; one that even an eager grand jury would not have embraced the way this one did.

City Hall in Chicago, the complete county machine in Cook County. Bernie Carey, the Republican state's attorney up there, is a lonely watchdog.

Alberto Gonzales

I'm focused on doing a very important job for this president and for the American people, and that's to serve as attorney general.

Eric Holder

If I were attorney general in Kansas in 1953, I would not have defended a Kansas statute that put in place separate-but-equal facilities.

The city attorney retains complete discretion to engage in litigation.

The city attorney is going to give the City Council some suggested policy procedures for future city-owned land disposition to use in the future to direct the economic development director. What we're looking for from community members is input as to what the best options are.

The city attorney at that time said you couldn't do it.

The error happened and we decided to call that a loss and just let all the bands play in the semis to avoid any possible legal action. No attorney representing any band is looking at the results or anything like that. Everyone is happy with the decision. This has happened many times before and has even reached the courts. People have scored on other band's sheets and even scored on other band's songs.

The guy's worked for about half the attorneys general in the country on this or related issues. That speaks volumes.

The hardest part was watching the defense attorney in front of the TV cameras blaming Melanie for her death.

The impact is that it really gives attorneys an avenue to raise new types of challenges to federal statutes that wouldn't have been considered 15-20 years ago.

The district attorney was not interested in this. There has to be some mechanism for the district attorney to be second-guessed.

The district attorney wants to throw the book at them with a sentence that tops out at nine years. The defense is holding out for one to six.

The district attorney takes very seriously the violation of the public trust. And this prosecution will reflect that.

The district attorney said the officer was in imminent danger, but in the same breath, he said we don't know where he was standing.

a gross violation of the trust of the residents. ... I hope the district attorney will pursue criminal charges in this case.

A good district attorney can indict a ham sandwich if he wants to, and Mr. Earle understands that, ... The accusations harm as much as the convictions. Because all you have right now is accusations, and we're having an interview on a national television show about accusations. So they're obviously harmful or it wouldn't be news.

The election code says the Election Day is from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. His chief attorney said 7 p.m. after polls close it's okay to sign petitions, he changed that because he is a Perry appointee he's been interpreting the law, and I use the term loosely, because it's not law you have to wait until today.

The County Judge has to make some decisions based on legal issues that come before the commissioners court. As an attorney I will be better able to understand those issues.

The county attorney has basically given us an opinion ... that says that (the) board of directors of the medical center are considered public officers and therefore cannot serve unless they are residents of New York state.

Bill Snyder

The county attorney did what he had to do, ... I'm confident there was no intent on Thomas's part time bring harm to anyone. He made a bad choice, a bad decision, and outside of that I don't have anything in particular to say.

The county attorney and sheriffs office are reviewing possible further charges.

All but one of the attorneys who made loans practiced at one time or another before Judge Neal, ... The one exception is a former law partner who did not practice at all in Municipal Court.

Rachel Scott

Their attorneys are latching onto an incident that occurred 23 years ago. These children weren't born until a decade after the incident occurred.

It's dangerous for both attorneys to have a wild card who thinks you can disregard the law.

It's been turned over to the U.S. attorney and the military.

Ron Kuby

I told Curtis earlier that he would have to eat all his lies, but the attorney has made this a very long meal,

This issue - whether to put them on trial again, and on the basis of what law ... is currently in the hands of the attorney general.