Famous Quotes & Sayings

Byron Dorgan

I don't know whether Ken Lay is going to testify. What I do know is that his attorneys have told us that we should prepare for a hearing in which he will testify,

Samuel Alito

I do not question that the attorney general should have this immunity. But for tactical reasons, I would not raise the issue here.

I believe the office of district attorney is an important opportunity to help victims of crime and to make the community safer for our families.

I believe the (Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission) expects me to express remorse, but I don?t see where there was even a conflict.

Ben Bradlee

He couldn't really go to his superior, who was L. Patrick Gray, who was busy throwing documents into the Potomac River from the bridge. He couldn't go to the attorney general, who was on his way to jail himself.

Mark Jackson

There are some attorneys out there that I object to what they do. But I don't object to you guys. I hope you pursue it more.

If other attorney generals or tort lawyers follow the example of Rhode Island, it could ruin a whole industry.

Given the fact that she was found in South Carolina indicates she has contacts there, ... Once she gets an attorney we can talk about this further.

Given the fact that anything that is really new is classified, we won't learn anything in the hearings that we don't already know. Congress is so ineffectual most of the time and so afraid, if the attorney general just sticks to his script, they won't lay a glove on him.

Chris Christie

Given my last position, that I was the first U.S attorney post 9/11 in New Jersey, I understand acutely the pain and sorrow and upset of the family members who lost loved ones that day at the hands of radical Muslim extremists. And their sensitivities and concerns have to be taken into account.

I don't think an expensive solution is the answer. I think prosecutors belong in the courtroom, but supervisors and the district attorney belong in the community.

Eric Holder

Kids who I grew up with, who I played ball with, basketball, baseball, and went to parties with - for whatever reason - they ended up in a fundamentally different place than I did. I'm the attorney general of the United States and they are ex-felons.

John Edwards has been an ASA since 1998 and most recently has been working in the Juvenile Justice Bureau. This is considered a very serious charge. He has been suspended and the case turned over to the Illinois attorney general's office.

Based upon parameters that are dictated by a court settlement, the attorney general often consults with the governor, but the final determination as to how the monies are returned to the people of the state lies with the Attorney General's Office, again, based upon the parameters that are dictated by the court.

Basically all we can do is get a bankruptcy attorney and get in line.

John Ashcroft

I look upon the position of attorney general with an awesome sense of responsibility, ... If I am confirmed, on my shoulders will rest the responsibility of upholding American justice ... protection of the weak, freedom for the restrained, liberty to the oppressed, and security to every citizen.

I have little doubt the old NYRA management would have never even brought their suspicions forward to the attorney general. The new NYRA management did so immediately.

if effective measures are not implemented to provide security for defense attorney who are clearly at risk.

I think it's interesting that the media gets discovery materials before the defense attorney in this case.

It is 100 percent baseless and false. These provisions were requested by border-based U.S. attorneys to help crack down on human smugglers.

It is a fallacy that a broker needs to shore up any real estate transaction engaged in by two people. A simple attorney for a purchase-and-sale review is all you need, and a home inspection.

Bob Woodward

He's happy. He has his attorney writing a book due out later this year. It was an easy secret to keep. In essence, it helped me in my work.

Kate Michelman

His public record makes him the wrong choice to be attorney general of the United States.

George Eads

Hm, I think I always had respect for the profession, my dad was a district attorney back home for over 20 years, so I had that going in.

I don't want to badmouth the management or the company, but this change does put all of the pressure and accountability to prove the harm of the sale on the attorney general's shoulders. The original law forced a dialogue with the public on those responsible for any potential sale, and now they can essentially do whatever they want to do without any public encumbrances.

Ignorance of the law must not prevent the losing attorney from collecting his fee

Kit Williams

hundred of thousands of dollars in attorneys fees.

Eric Holder

I was raised - professionally - in the Public Integrity Section. I started in 1976, stayed there for 12 years. It was formed after Watergate by then-head of the Criminal Division Dick Thornburgh, who ultimately became Attorney General.

Sarah Lewis

I got into Mock Trial because I really wanted to be an attorney when I was younger. If anything, it has reinforced it.

Sidney Jones

If they get a technocrat and a skilled professional in the job as minister of justice and attorney general, we could see some real movement that's been lacking over the last several years.

I have huge respect for Preet Bharara, a great U.S. Attorney by any measure. But even great men can make mistakes.

Howard Dean

If the governor were serious about ridding his administration of partisan patronage, he never would have pardoned them in the first place and would have cooperated with the Attorney Generals investigation,

Jack Johnson

He (Dyer) was grandfathered into the position when the state law was passed that mandated that all judges need to be lawyers, ... That means that if we were to appoint a city judge, it would have to be an attorney - and that would probably be a good thing. It would take politics out of the court.